Flux Gallery

A Stew to Stand In | Marijana Mandusic | Flux Gallery

Exhibition run: 15 August – September 7 2019

Launch: 7pm, 15 August 2019

Gallery hours: 12-5pm Tuesday – Saturday

A Stew to Stand In uses the flat plane of the canvas to activate a series of personal objects. Each object represented is powerful in its own right while simultaneously being only a skin of the physical painting itself. Employing the symbolism of still life painting, arranged personal objects bring up my own emotions like a burp that unintentionally contains barf. Subtle yet loaded, these still lifes become portraits that mirror myself, each one with knowing eyes that laugh back at me.

Marijana Mandusic is a painter and performance artist whose work is focused on embodying feelings of loneliness, isolation and self-exposure. Creating odd looking characters through her paintings and an awkward, often troubled persona in her performances she hopes to bring out the humor in dejected states of being. Marijana completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours) in 2013 and currently lives and works in Winnipeg.

Flux Gallery Call for Committee Members

Deadline: 1 July 2019

Flux Gallery is programmed by a volunteer committee of Winnipeg-based emerging artists, designers, curators, writers, and editors, as well as the aceartinc. staff and board.

We are seeking candidates that identify themselves as emerging in their practices and that are prepared to join the committee this August. The positions are Fundraising Coordinator (2 spots available), Communications Coordinator, Graphic Designer, and outreach for the Flux Writing Program (2 spots available).

We encourage Indigenous peoples, people of colour, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ people (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) to apply and self-identify in their letter of interest.

See form for more information.

Please email a letter of interest to flux@aceart.org with the subject line “Call for members” by 11:59pm on July 1, 2019. In your letter be sure to rank your top 3 positions of choice in order of preference.

Flux Gallery Call for Submissions

Flux Gallery will be seeking exhibition proposals from emerging artists.

To apply please submit the following in a digital format to flux@aceart.org by 11.59pm, 28 February 2019.

The upcoming show dates are:

  • April 28-May 12
  • July 9-26
  • August 12-Sept 7
  • October 22-Nov 10

To submit, enclose:

  1. An exhibition proposal (1 page)
  2. Support Material
  3. List the dates in your order of preference. We cannot guarantee you’ll get your preferred date.

Support material:

  • You may include up to 5 images
  • Individual images must be jpegs 72dpi, 1024 x 768 pixel, 500k (.5 MB) RGB or SRGB only
  • Video may be submitted through a link to Vimeo, YouTube or any other easily accessed website, a max of 5 minutes will be reviewed by selection committee

When applying, please consider:

  • Flux Gallery is  run by volunteers. Two members of the committee will facilitate your show and help things run smoothly for you. If you need assistance or access to resources they can help point you in the right direction
  • You must know how to install your own work. If desired, you can request time in the space to practice installing your work.
  • Works involving sound must be played through headphones.
  • You must return Flux Gallery to its pristine state during the strike of your exhibition.
  • Your work will be for sale; artist fees are therefore not applicable. We will provide a $100 honorarium per show.
  • A map of the space can be found here.

2018/2019 Programming

Fall 2018 / Winter 2019:

November 4 -17, 2018: Simon Fuh
December 3 – 16, 2018: Niamh Dooley
January 11 – 19, 2019: Leah McInnis + David Peters
February 1 – 9, 2019: Abhishek Chaudhary
March 15 – 24, 2019: Meganelizabeth Diamond

About

Flux Gallery exhibits engaging contemporary art in any medium by early-stage emerging artists.  Located in Winnipeg at 2-290 McDermot Avenue, within aceartinc., Flux Gallery seeks to address the lack of exhibition space for this group by providing a 400 square foot space dedicated exclusively to the exhibition of work by early-emerging artists.

Flux Gallery is programmed by a committee of Winnipeg-based emerging artists/ Designers/ Curators, aceart Staff and Board.  Shows are programmed on a quarterly basis. Selected artist(s)/ curators will have the gallery for two weeks; this period includes install, run, and strike of exhibition.

aceartinc. is acting as an arm’s length facilitator but is very pleased to provide support to more artists via this innovative project. You can support Flux Gallery by making a donation!

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The Committee

Graham Wiebe, Christina Hajjar, Tani Miki (Interim Director), Noor Bhangu, Alyssa Bornn, Pablo Javier Castillo Huerta, Annie Beach, Olenka Skrypnyk, Kelsey Smith, Hassaan Ashraf, Genevieve Farrell.

Founders & former committee members: Julian Kirchmann, Sean McLachlan, Hannah Doucet, Alena Rieger, Jeanine Saurette, Nicole Flynn, Michael Mogatas, Mariana Muñoz Gomez, hannah_g (ace Director), Chantel Mierau (ace Finance & Admin Manager).

The committee was awarded the Volunteer Manitoba Investors Group Award for Arts & Culture in 2017.

flux@aceart.org

Flux Writing Program

Flux Gallery invites emerging writers to respond to exhibitions. You can read their writing here.

Archive

To see past exhibitions and calls for submissions, visit our archive.