About
Statement
“Although we are all on our own journey, we share many life experiences. In my recent body of work, ‘Places We Share’, I paint vast, serene landscapes focussing on simplicity and calm while simultaneously searching for how to document our shared life moments. My intention is to offer a landscape sanctuary where realism is intertwined with abstraction offering a reprieve from the overwhelming world events and unknowns that we are all experiencing while living during a pandemic. Through a distinct technique, skies, mountains, water, and trees evoke both flatness and depth. I use both a brush and knife partly to diminish, and partly to layer the paint itself while balancing strong compositional horizontals with rhythmic vertical gestures.
There’s something about the permanence, but also the fragility of the landscape that resonates with me; it’s a place to breathe and explore, and we all need to care for, nurture and be guardians of the landscape so that it is always there for us.”
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EDUCATION
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2010
Alberta College of Art, 1989
University of Calgary, 1983-87 (B.A. Economics & Political Science)
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC Canada
Slate Gray Gallery – Telluride, CO USA
Effusion Gallery – Invermere, BC Canada
Koyman Galleries – Ottawa, ON Canada
The Christopher Hill Gallery – St. Helena, CA USA
Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
Jorge Mendez Gallery – Scottsdale, AZ USA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Solo Spotlight Exhibition” – June 2024 – July 2024 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2024 “Spring Group Exhibition of New Works” – March 28 – April 28, 2024 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023/2024 Group Exhibition “All the Good Stuff” – Dec 2023 – Jan 2024 – Slate Gray Gallery, CO, USA
2023 Holiday Season Group Exhibition – Dec 2023 – Jan 28, 2024 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023 Artist Feature: Creative Series Gina Sarro, August 26 – Effusion Gallery, Invermere, BC
2023 Group Exhibition – “Life in the Valley:Client Photo Show” – Aug 5 – 11 – Effusion Art Gallery, Invermere, BC
2023 Group Exhibition – “Summer Group Exhibition” – June 28, 2023 – August 28, 2023 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023 Group Exhibition – “Mountainfilm Art Walk” – May 25 – 29 – Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride,CO
2023 Group Exhibition – “Spring Exhibition of New Work” – April 26 – May 2 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2023 Duo Exhibition – “Without Reservations” – March 2 – April 2 – Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride,CO
2022 Group Exhibit – Holiday Exhibit – Dec 10 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2022 Group Exhibit – Holiday Exhibition of Smalls – Nov 26 – Jan 1,2023 – Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, ON
2022 Group Exhibit – “Reminiscence” Oct 6 – Nov 6 – Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO
2022 Group Exhibit – “Summer Group Exhibition” July 6 – July 30 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Group Exhibit – “Summer Creative Series:Gina Sarro” July 15 – 22 – Effusion Gallery, Invermere, BC
2022 Group Exhibit – “Sheer Imagination” May 27 – June 27 – Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO
2021 Spotlight Feature – “Places we Share” October 21 – Nov 11 – Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021 Artist Feature – Fall Creative Series: Gina Sarro, October 8 – 15, Effusion Gallery,
Invermere, BC
2021 First Impressions Feature – New to the Gallery, October, Koyman Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021 Spotlight Feature | “Landscape Artists” February, Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 Curated Feature | “Coastal Scenes” September, Artfully
2020 Curated Feature | “Minimal Lines” August, Artfully
2020 Group Exhibition, winter SALON Part 2, February1-22, Elissa Cristall Gallery,
Vancouver, BC
2019 Solo Exhibition, “Disrupting the Landscape” The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 Solo Exhibition July, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 Solo Exhibition April, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 Solo Exhibition February, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 IDS Toronto, Madeleine Design Group & AKDesign, Toronto,ON
2018 Solo Exhibition, December, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 Group Exhibition, Art Affair Charity – Vancouver, BC
2018 Group Exhibition, ArtMOB – AKDesign & Madeleine Design Group – (Sept 2018 – Jan 2019)
2018 Solo Exhibition, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 Solo Exhibition, Front Gallery at The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Group Exhibition, “Deck the Walls” The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Solo Exhibition, “Intervals of Time” The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Group Exhibition, “Opening reception” The SPACE Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016 Solo Exhibition, Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association – Reid Developments
2016 Group Exhibition, Art! Vancouver Exhibition – Canada Place, Vancouver
2016 Group Exhibition, Allure & Prestige – Live Art Auction, Vancouver
2015 Group Exhibition, Black & White – Art Affair Charity, Vancouver
2014 Group Exhibition, Hollyburn Golf and Country Club, West Vancouver
2014 Solo Exhibition, New Beginnings – The Perfect Gift, Vancouver
2014 Group Exhibition, Roundhouse Exhibit – AIOM, Vancouver
2013 Solo Exhibition, Spa on the Rocks, Vancouver
2013 Solo Exhibition, Pane E Formaggio, Vancouver
2013 Group Exhibition, Hills of Kerrisdale, Vancouver
2013 Group Exhibition, The Roundhouse Exhibit – AIOM Vancouver
2010 Group Exhibition, Enigma on 10th, Vancouver
2009 Solo Exhibition, RBC Royal Bank Main Branch, Vancouver
2009 Lily and Lola, Vancouver
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Specialist Referral Clinic, Vancouver
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Vancouver
Fortius Sport and Health, Burnaby
Herman Miller Workplace Resource, Vancouver
Vancouver General Hospital, Neurology Dept. Vancouver
Collette Parsons Trial Lawyers, Vancouver
DONATED WORK
2020 CLICK – Contributing to the Lives of Inner-City Kids, Online Auction 1 in 5
2018 CLICK – Contributing to the Lives of Inner-City Kids
2017 CLICK – Contributing to the Lives of Inner-City Kids
2015 The Art Affair – Supporting Salvation Army Food Hamper
2014 Vancouver General Hospital – Jim Pattison Pavilion
2010 BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
2017 CLICK for Kids News Letter “Donor Profile”
2016 Impact Newsletter VGH/UBC Hospital Foundation, “The Art of Giving”
2015 Fresh Vancouver magazine, “Art! Vancouver”
2013 VCH Newsletter, “Help Inspire Art to Heal Thousands!”
Bio
Painter Gina Sarro captures the vast landscape with her distinct technique, painting skies, mountains, water and fields evoking both flatness and depth. Inspiration from homes in Saskatchewan, where she was born, and the Alberta foothills, where she completed an Economics degree at the University of Calgary and studied painting at Alberta College of Art and Design, strongly influence her work. Gina attended the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where she currently resides. Her paintings are held in private and corporate collections in Canada, the US and Australia. A donated 13’ triptych graces the Jim Pattison corridor at Vancouver General Hospital.
Using both a brush and knife, partly to diminish, and partly to layer the paint itself, Gina balances strong compositional horizontals with rhythmic vertical gestures. Abstracted marks of color come together to create a serene, reminiscent composition. These abstracted marks seem to hold their own little narratives, allowing the viewer to recall their own personal past experiences out in nature’s pristine landscape. Her vast landscapes allow the viewer to wander throughout the painting, giving pause to take in the little moments that are captured in each mark, and enticing the viewer to look a little closer, searching to understand the meaning behind her work: a moment of pause and reflection.
Newly represented by Slate Gray Gallery in Telluride CO. USA, Gina is also currently represented by The Kurbatoff Gallery in Vancouver, BC; Koyman Galleries in Ottawa, ON; Canvas Gallery in Toronto, ON; The Effusion Gallery in Invermere, BC; Jorge Mendez Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ, and The Christopher Hill Gallery in Napa Valley, CA. USA