Dana Shukster: Pre-Flight – Trace

Dana Shukster’s recent explorations of the fugitive aspects of light, and the resulting perceptions of reality and illusion have led to the creation of a series of large scale, sepia-toned inkjet prints on paper. These mysterious and ephemeral images are derived from projected shadows of magpies in flight, and are accompanied in the gallery by video and direct shadow projections. Dana Shukster comments in her artist statement, “[t]he shadow photographs are an attempt to visually represent traces of shifting states of being or altering states of reality.”

Dana Shukster is based in Medicine Hat, Alberta and has exhibited her work across Canada and in the United States and Europe. Her work has been supported by grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and is held in numerous public and private collections in Alberta and British Columbia.

As a special artist project in association with this exhibition, the Esplanade Art Gallery is pleased to present Flight, a billboard print work by Dana Shukster. The billboard is located at Dunmore Road, south of 22 Street SE, and Flight can be viewed from March 11 to April 8.

Meet artists Laara Cassells and Dana Shukster on Thursday March 4 at 7.30pm during the public reception for the exhibitions. Both artists will provide a brief tour of their work.