Terryl AtkinsAssociate Teaching ProfessorMy main interest is the experiential place between what the mind thinks it sees as reality, the pictures it conjures through various methods – conscious or not – in order to bring sense (or nonsense) to that experience, the effects of embodiment, subjectivity and...
>> View full bio Terryl AtkinsMy main interest is the experiential place between what the mind thinks it sees as reality, the pictures it conjures through various methods – conscious or not – in order to bring sense (or nonsense) to that experience, the effects of embodiment, subjectivity and environment on perception, and the point at which we try to bring perceptual experience to fruition through a concrete proxy (such as drawing or photography). My research background is the phenomenology of imagination and consciousness in its relationship to the process of drawing, the evolution and pathology of drawing, embodiment in relation to perception and the historical development and evolution of pictorial space. Further, my research includes the influence of photographic technologies on perception, contemporary art, and cultural practices. I teach visual culture, drawing, curating, women’s art history, art theory, and the fourth year seminar. I am a TRU Teaching and Learning Scholar investigating the effectiveness of the use of imagery in pedagogy and am principle investigator of the TRU PicWiki for postsecondary educators worldwide to share best practices in the effective use of imagery to facilitate teaching. My interdisciplinary scholarly activities include peer reviewed publications and conference presentations, artistic production and curating of contemporary art.
>> View personal website Doug BuisAssociate ProfessorDoug Buis was born in London Ontario, lived in many places including BC, Mexico, Montreal, Saskatoon, and in California for 7 years, before moving to Kamloops. His BFA is from the University of Victoria and his MFA is from York University in Toronto....
>> View full bio Doug BuisDoug Buis was born in London Ontario, lived in many places including BC, Mexico, Montreal, Saskatoon, and in California for 7 years, before moving to Kamloops. His BFA is from the University of Victoria and his MFA is from York University in Toronto. His exhibition record includes galleries and museums across Canada, in Holland, Belgium, Korea, New York, Denver, Washington St and numerous venues in the Los Angeles area. Doug has also curated a number of exhibitions in many of the same locations. He was a tree planter for 18 years, having planted close to 2.3 million trees.
In his own work he investigates our malleable perception of landscape and environment through a series of different media and strategies including sculpture, video, kinetic art, installation, other time-based media, photography and some writing.
>> View personal website Darlene KalynkaAssociate ProfessorDarlene Kalynka, an Associate Professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), was born in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, and is of Ukrainian descent. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and her M.F.A. from Concordia University, Montreal....
>> View full bio Darlene KalynkaDarlene Kalynka, an Associate Professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), was born in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, and is of Ukrainian descent. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and her M.F.A. from Concordia University, Montreal. Darlene has lived in Kamloops and taught at TRU since 1988. Her artistic practice is print-based, specifically in the mediums of etching and screen-printing. In recent years Darlene brought to her artistic practice an interest in book-making. Recent bodies of artwork explore narratives of family history and of discovering her ancestral heritage while travelling to the villages of western Ukraine. Imagery of objects that convey her family’s history, such as a remnant of her grandmother’s wedding dress or the family’s scythes, form a thematic basis for Darlene’s artistic practice. Her most recent exhibitions include Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books II and III that has traveled throughout Europe, USA, and Asia. Her work has been exhibited in the “Trilateral Print Exchange: Re-Identification” in Utrecht, Netherlands, Yokohama, Japan and Vancouver, Canada, as well as in solo shows in other Canadian venues as well as in and numerous group exhibitions throughout Canada and Europe.
>> View personal website Donald LawrenceProfessorAt TRU Donald Lawrence teaches Visual Arts courses in a wide range of studio disciplines, including drawing, foundation, photography and sculpture. He has complemented such discipline-specific offerings with Special Topics courses, including Art and Wilderness, Parade Float, and Shelters and the Art of Personal...
>> View full bio Donald LawrenceAt TRU Donald Lawrence teaches Visual Arts courses in a wide range of studio disciplines, including drawing, foundation, photography and sculpture. He has complemented such discipline-specific offerings with Special Topics courses, including Art and Wilderness, Parade Float, and Shelters and the Art of Personal Vehicles. Through gallery and landscape-based projects his own artistic and other related research practice explores the meeting place of urban and wilderness culture. Such projects as Kayak/Camera-Obscura and the Underwater Pinhole Photography Project relate his particular interests in sea kayaking and the ocean environment to a long-standing fascination with pre-photographic optical apparatuses. In addition to his studio and teaching practices Lawrence engages in a range of publication and conference activities and has been the recipient of research grants from the BC Arts Council, the Canada Council and SSHRC. He is the lead researcher of the SSHRC-funded Camera Obscura Project.
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