Image: Damian Moppett,Large Painting and Caryatid Maquette in Studio at Night (Sculpture Version), 2012. aluminum, paint. SFU Art Collection. Gift of the artist. Work commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery for Offsite (Nov. 8, 2012 - April 1, 2013) with support from the City of Vancouver and the Michael O'Brian Family Foundation.
Book Launch: Damian Moppett: The Bells
Saturday, September 26 2015, 3pm
SFU Gallery
Join us in celebrating the permanent installation of Damian Moppett's Large Painting and Caryatid Maquette in Studio at Night (Sculpture Version), 2012 at SFU's Burnaby campus and the launch of the publication The Bells: Damian Moppett. The first in the new SFU Galleries Critical Reader Series, the publication includes texts by the artist, Hollis Frampton, Sharon Kahanoff and Lisa Robertson.
The artist will speak to both projects at SFU Gallery before leading viewers to the sculpture, located at the SFU Residences Dining Hall.
Damian Moppett is a Vancouver based artist. His work has been exhibited at Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa; Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver; Vancouver Art Gallery; The Power Plant, Toronto; Rennie Collection, Vancouver; and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, among others. He has taught at Concordia University and Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and has been awarded residences through Glenfiddich in Scotland and International Residencies Program in London.