Squirrealism

Squirrel Collection Database Launch

By | June 10th, 2022|Art News, Art of Consumption, Squirrealism, Squirrel Database|

Launched! URL: www.squirreldatabase.com   Squirrel Collection Database, launched Spring 2022. ABOUT The Squirrel Collection Database (#squirreldatabase) is a database of objects, photos, and videos containing squirrel imagery gifted to me primarily from 2007 to the present day. One entry, however, is dated from almost a decade earlier. When my grandmother died in 1998, [...]

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becoming-Feral publication launch with readings, video, and feral musical explorations.

By | November 1st, 2021|Art News, Art of Consumption, Art Shows, Articles and Media, Squirrealism|

Excited to be apart of this publication. Read online here: http://becoming.ink/publications/2021963/2021963.pdf becoming–Feral a book of beasts. "Eastern Grey Squirrel" (116-119) by Carollyne Yardley becoming–Feral a book of beasts. "Eastern Grey Squirrel" (116-119) by Carollyne Yardley Yardley, Carollyne. “Eastern Grey Squirrel.” becoming-Feral: a book of beasts. Objet-aCreative Studio, Glasgow, Nov. 2021, [...]

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Sympoetics of Squirrealism

By | August 16th, 2021|Art News, Art of Consumption, Art Shows, Squirrealism|

  Carollyne Yardley, Sympoetics of Squirrealism (installation view), 2021. Mixed media, 18' x 2' x 8'. Installation in Becoming (Final Thesis Exhibition), Emily Carr University, 2021. Photograph by Carollyne Yardley. Carollyne Yardley, Becoming-with (detail), from the Sympoetics of Squirrealism series, 2021. Pigment on canvas, 78′′ x 60′′. Exhibited in Becoming (Final Thesis Exhibition), Emily Carr University, [...]

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Holobionts: Making and Living through Squirrealism

By | June 22nd, 2021|Art News, Art of Consumption, Articles and Media, Squirrealism, Synanthropes: Squirrel and Deer Stories|

Yardley, Carollyne. “Holobionts: Making and Living through Squirrealism.” Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, vol. 2, no. 1, July 2021, pp. 109-17, doi:10.46863/ecocene.36. https://ecocene.kapadokya.edu.tr/index.php/ecocene/article/view/58/59

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Urban Deer Hunter, 2020

By | January 13th, 2021|Art News, Art of Consumption, Art Shows, Squirrealism|

  Installation view (right) Collaboration with buck who used antlers during the rut of fall 2020 to smash my garden sculpture made from a tomato cage. Buck hair has been left in the corners of the tomato cage as DNA evidence. Deer hair entangled Urban Deer Hunter, 2020. Installation view. Urban Deer Hunter, 2020. Installation [...]

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the creative dive with renée leighann

By | December 10th, 2020|Art News, Art of Consumption, Articles and Media, Squirrealism|

Thank you Renée Leighann for including me in your new arts podcast. The creative dive is a podcast that explores the hidden gems in the stories and experiences of artists, musicians, and creative people of all kinds, to create connections within creative communities and to help people learn about the struggles and triumphs of working [...]

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Living Room – Group Exhibition | October 1 – November 30, 2020 | Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver, BC

By | September 25th, 2020|Art News, Art of Consumption, Art Shows, Squirrealism|

Audie Murray, Catherine Blackburn, Marcy Friesen, Carollyne Yardley, and Trace Yeomans October 1 – November 30, 2020Fazakas Gallery, 688 East Hastings Street MediaLederman, Marsha. "Covid-19 masks make meaningful, whimsical debuts at art galleries in Vancouver and Banff." Globe and Mail. Oct 4, 2020 COVID-19-masks-make-meaningful-whimsical-debuts-at-art-galleries-in-Vancouver-and-Banff-The-Globe2Download The eerie objects and compositions are grounded firmly in reflections on [...]

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Zoonosis explored during the pandemic

By | September 22nd, 2020|Art of Consumption, Articles and Media, Squirrealism|

Zooetics, 14" x 20", oil on board, 2020 Due to Covid-19, many patterns have changed in our lives. The lockdowns in city centres—and the attendant quiet on normally busy streets—have created an unprecedented chance for urban animals to roam. Throughout the world, cities continue to spread out into the natural landscape, continuing to destroying ecosystems [...]

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Pandemic Sculpture Garden

By | August 2nd, 2020|Art News, Art of Consumption, Art Shows, Squirrealism|

Remnants 5, from Pandemic Sculpture Garden series, 2020 Mirror, mannequin hand, used nitrile examination glove, false nails, squirrel hair, 36.5" X 32" X 4” Media: The Georgia Straighthttps://www.straight.com/arts/unearthing-art-by-valerie-chartrand-robert-morris-ben-oswald-suzanne-paleczny-jennie-vallisUnearthing: art by Valérie Chartrand, Robert Morris, Ben Oswald, Suzanne Paleczny, Jennie Vallis, Carollyne Yardley Steve Newton on December 11th, 2020 at 5:23 PMInstallation:Due to Covid-19, many patterns have changed in our lives, [...]

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Levelling the Hierarchy

By | February 23rd, 2020|Art News, Art of Consumption, Squirrealism|

Foraged Materials on wood panel: seagull feather, peanut shells, Garry oak acorns, pine cone, pine frond, peafowl feathers, slate, plastic gems, Garry oak branches, pine cones and branch with red spray paint, wired earpiece, stones, lichen, nut/bolt, rock with paint and writing, ribbon, origami folded paper, bottle cap x 2, City of Victoria tree tag, [...]

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