Jeremy Pavka: Heart of Gold, Stomach of Steel

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Jeremy Pavka, "waterfall," 2017

E6 transparency, 40" x 22.5"

Opening Reception Friday September 15th 2017, 5-8 pm Artist in attendance.

Heart of Gold, Stomach of Steel uses humour, craftsmanship and material choices in search of a punchline. By considering the presence and absence of the artist’s hand, Pavka creates settings resembling a lifestyle full of leisure and luxury. Playing with symbolisms of contemporary class, and the prevalence of activewear, fine dining traditions, comfort food trends, and nature imagery Pavka represents familiar scenarios through multiple mediums.  

Jeremy Pavka (b. 1987, Lethbridge Alberta) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Calgary, Alberta and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Media Arts + Digital Technologies from the Alberta College of Art + Design (2011). Pavka’s practice uses analogue and digital technologies combined with comedic tropes to create laborious renditions of the everyday. 

Recent exhibitions include: Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Canada (2017), Stride Gallery, Calgary, Canada (2016), Unitt Pitt, Vancouver, Canada (2016), Sometimes Art Space, Havana, Cuba (2015), and 8eleven Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2015). He has participated in numerous residencies including Still Alive, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada (2016), Common Opulence, Demmitt, Canada (2015), and the Corbin Union Residency, Corbin, Canada (annual). 

Pavka would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity for their generous support.