Roman Pijanka

The Contemporary Art Gallery will be presenting the work of five young or emerging Vancouver painters. CAG has a commitment to providing opportunities for lesser-known, emerging artists working in our community. All the artists participating in this exhibition are recent graduates from Emily Carr College of Art and Design or the University of British Columbia and their work has not yet had wide exposure. Each artist is engaged in developing their own voice and coming to terms with the issues of making paintings in the late 1980s. The work of all these artists displays a commitment to painting as a viable art form and a willingness to engage in this dialogue.

The paintings in the exhibition range from the more representational work of Lucy Hogg and Mark Vatnsdal, to the more abstract and expressive work of Jill Sabre and the reductive or “pure” abstraction of Roman Pijanka and Bill Marshall. By no means comprehensive, the exhibition will provide the viewer with an insight into the issues and concerns currently explored by younger painters in Vancouver.


A closeup of 2 paintings in black frames. Both are nearly identical, but are painted in slightly different colours. Both show a half-circle with vertical strips, and a black triangle in the centre.

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3 large paintings in a gallery. One is red and black in a frame. The other 2 paintings are bright and colourful, composed of 3 different canvases. On the floor, there is a table and 2 chairs visible.

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A closeup of 2 large paintings on a white wall. The paintings have abstracted backgrounds with detailed patterns in pastel colours on black, showing a bedroom with a red floor, and human figures.

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A closeup of 2 large paintings on a gallery wall, both showing different scenes. One shows 5 people in and around a red car on an airport landing strip. The other shows 2 people in a dark wooded area. 

Roman Pijanka

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