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Immerse yourself in the parallel perspectives of the landscape, painted by artist Gina Sarro, where Gina paints reimagined views of the natural environment through contrasting approaches. Using abstracted marks of colour and form, one path is distinctly contemporary and experimental, celebrating our environment up close and personal. The other takes a vintage, romantic turn, capturing open vistas through luminous skies, and hazy horizons.
Her new collection of work is an intimate exploration of how she uses colour and technique to completely rewrite the mood of the landscape, creating space for personal reflection. Gina paints skies, earth and water evoking a sense of flatness and depth. Using both a brush and palette knife, partly to diminish, and partly to layer the paint itself, Gina balances strong compositional horizontals with rhythmic vertical gestures. Abstracted marks of colour come together to create both movement and stillness, enticing the viewer to look a little closer, searching to understand the meaning and what Gina is trying to say with her paint; a moment of pause and reflection.
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, and now paints full-time in her studio near Vancouver, BC, where she continues to draw inspiration from the West Coast environment and her travels throughout North America.
Gina is represented by numerous top galleries across Canada and the United States, and her art is collected internationally. A donated 13 foot triptych graces the main corridor of the Jim Pattison Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital. Visitors, patients, and doctors often contact Gina, giving thanks for the moment of peace she gave them during difficult times spent at the hospital. This reinforces Gina’s career path as an artist to be meaningful, fulfilling, and relevant.
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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
Koyman Galleries – Ottawa, ON Canada
Effusion Gallery – Invermere, BC Canada
Fringe Gallery – Telluride, CO USA
The Christopher Hill Gallery – St. Helena, CA USA
Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada
Jorge Mendez Gallery – Scottsdale, AZ USA
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Solo Spotlight Exhibition – September 24 – Oct 18, 2026 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2026 “Convergence Group Exhibition” – July 2 – Aug 23, 2026 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2026 “Spring Group Exhibition” – April 2 – 26, 2026 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2026 “Winter Group Exhibition” – Jan 8 – Feb 1, 2026 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2025 “Holiday Season Exhibition – Dec 4, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2025 “Solstice: A Group Exhibition – May 29 – June 30, 2025 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2025 “Color Infatuation: A Group Show – Jan 2 – Feb 2/25 – Fringe Gallery – Telluride, Colorado
2025 “Winter Group Exhibition – Jan 8 – Feb 2/25 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2024 “Holiday Season Group Exhibition – Dec 5/24 – Jan 5/25 – Kurbatoff Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2024 “New Collection Showcase Exhibit – Aug 2-9 – Effusion Gallery – Inermere, BC
2024 “Group Summer Exhibit” – Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, CO
2024 “Solo Spotlight Exhibition” – Opening Reception June1, 2-4pm- 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, 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, 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
Bell Alliance, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver General Hospital Foundation, Vancouver, BC
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Vancouver, BC
Specialist Referral Clinic, Vancouver, BC
Fortius Sport and Health, Burnaby, BC
Herman Miller Workplace Resource, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver General Hospital, Neurology Dept. Vancouver, BC
Collette Parsons Trial Lawyers, Vancouver, BC