Roberta Pyx Sutherland: Mycophilia, Volume II

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Roberta Pyx Sutherland, "Spore," 2019

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Mushrooms creating their own art prints. Mycophilia, Volume II:

An artshow of mushroom spore prints by Victoria artist Roberta Pyx Sutherland.

“I contracted a fascination and love of mushrooms in the final days of my first residency in 2017,” confesses Sutherland. 

From her first solo show at the Victoria Art Gallery in the 1980’s, her work has focused on the environment and the interconnectivity of all life forms. 

“If you saw any of the work at my exhibition last year at Caetani you realized I had a severe case with fully blown symptoms! I’m inspired by the relationships of cosmic patterning and divine intelligence,” Sutherland explains.

This artshow deepens an exploration of mushroom spore printing she started last year, as an artist-in-residence at the Caetani Centre, but the weather in October 2018 was very different than the weather in October 2019. 

“Despite the early frost, Caetani House and this beautiful season in Vernon have offered the opportunity to further research the hidden possibilities of  inter-species collaborations.” 

The mushrooms were harder to find, yet she pulled it off.

Roberta Pyx Sutherland is a contemporary Canadian artist who works from Victoria and Hornby Island.

Her work is represented in a number of public collections including the Canada Council for the Arts, Burnaby Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Toronto Public Library, University of British Columbia, Concordia University Library, and the Bibliothèque de Genève

Come meet Roberta and experience her mycophilic art during the opening reception, on Friday, November 8^th, 7pm - 9pm, as well as during gallery hours Saturday & Sunday November 9^th & a demonstration of soft-pastel making on Sunday November 10^th at 1pm and Monday November 11^th from 1-3pm in the Caetani Cultural Centre Studio Gallery.