Larissa Tiggelers: tender waves make the softest gestures

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Larissa Tiggelers, "always on hope," 2017

acrylic paint on panel, 20" x 16"

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

Artists Talk Saturday September 16th 2017, 2 pm

Jarvis Hall Gallery is pleased to open the fall season with two solo exhibitions by Larissa Tiggelers and Jeremy Pavka. We hope you will join us to celebrate their opening receptions on Friday, September 15 , between 5-8 pm. 

Larissa Tiggelers’ abstract painting process includes withdrawing from external concerns into intensive and contemplative colour mixing. She disregards scholarly attempts to standardize and rationalize colour through colour theory in order to embrace the unknowability of colour and enter a place of quiet contemplation. This is articulated in a discreet, almost shy colour palette and the discernible care enacted on the painting’s surface. Colour is foregrounded through spatial ambiguity, while gestural authorship is minimized through the gentle, abstemious application of paint. 

Larissa Tiggelers is a recent graduate of the MFA program at the University of Guelph. Prior to graduate school, she studied at Grande Prairie Regional College and the Alberta College of Art and Design where she received a BFA with distinction in 2010. Along with maintaining a rigorous studio practice, she has served in a number of positions in Calgary-based artist-run centres, most recently as the Director of Stride Gallery. Tiggelers will be attending her first artist residency at Elmo’s House Artist Residency in the Philippines this coming November.