Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Elizabeth Zvonar: Art Alley
November 30, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Art Alley
Mounted to the façade of Pelissier Street Parking Garage and visible from Ouellette Avenue is a reproduction of an artwork by Vancouver-based artist Elizabeth Zvonar. Old Happy shows the turn-of-the-century car that won the Great Automobile Race of 1895 between Bordeaux and Paris. Zvonar is known for her large-scale works in collage, which she meticulously builds and then prints as large-scale, seamless images. Old Happy, presented on a parking garage near the river separating two automotive manufacturing centres, is a tongue-in-cheek nod to our cities’ origins during a transformative shift in the sector.
About the artist: Elizabeth Zvonar
Elizabeth Zvonar graduated from Emily Carr University, Vancouver (2022), after having studied at Capilano University, North Vancouver; Aichi Gakusen University, Toyota City, Japan (1994); and Hokkaido University of Art & Design, Sapporo, Japan (1996). Solo exhibitions include SFU Audain Gallery, Vancouver (2022); Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (2020); Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2018); Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver (2017); and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2009). Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (2022); Vancouver Art Gallery (2021; 2019); Musée d’Art de Joliette (2020); Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2018); and the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2017). Zvonar has participated in residencies at Malaspina Printmakers and the Banff Centre, and was the City of Vancouver Artist in Residence from 2012-2015. She has received numerous awards including the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation’s VIVA Award, and was a finalist for the AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize in 2016. Her work is included in the 2023 Phaidon publication Vitamin C+ Collage in Contemporary Art. She lives and works in Vancouver.
