On the walls of the gallery is a selection of new paintings by John Player. Player’s choice of images are diverse and far reaching, each one a piece in a puzzle of relational aesthetics and free-association. The stories and contexts of each painting are individually significant, while the ensemble evokes a message. The works selected here have a broader relation to the overuse, misuse and neglect of natural resources and romantic ideals of nature.
John Player was born in Victoria, BC in 1983. He holds a BFA in Studio Arts and a MFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University. He has participated in various group exhibitions in Montreal, where he has worked and lived since 2004. John was part of the Baie St-Paul Symposium in 2015 and of the Art Omi (NY) residency programme. In 2016, he was awarded the William Blair Bruce Travel Scholarship to undertake research cycling through former Soviet Republics. Finalist of the RBC Painting Competition in 2015, his work can found in numerous private collections and in the corporate collections of Groupe Courchesne Larose and BMO Financial Group.