ARTIST STATEMENT
Employing a grammar of abstraction that borrows equally from aerial photography,
map symbolism and primitive iconography, Chris Ahlers creates colourful
paintings that are as visually engaging as they are cerebral.
Painterly abstraction meshes with hard-edge elements to yield canvases that
reverberate with compositonal tension and evoke natural rhythms.
These paintings form a contemporary response to the riddle of
beauty and subjective experience.



 


SING I
12" x 12"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD
reproductions available


SING II
12" x 12"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD
reproductions available


STUDY - BROWN
12" x 12"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD
reproductions available




STUDY AUGUST
12" x 12"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD



STUDY SPRING
12" x 12"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas



STUDY RED
20" x 20"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD
reproductions available




STUDY - FALL
24" x 24"
Acrylic + Oil on Canvas
SOLD
reproductions available




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CURRICULUM VITAE

Education
1987-1990
Ryerson Polytechnical Institution - Film Studies

Solo Shows
2005 -Bookshelf e-bar
2005 -Harriston-Minto Cultural Centre
2004 - Distill, Toronto
2003 -Sutra Lounge, Toronto
2003 - Bookshelf ebar, Guelph
1996 - Service Hardware Gallery, Guelph
1995 - Guelph Exchange Gallery, Guelph
1994 - Bookshelf Cafe, Guelph
1993 - Wyndham Art Supplies, Guelph
1989 - Robarts Library, U of T.

Group Shows
2005 -Guelph Arts Festival
2005 -Beyond the Frame MSAC
2005 -"Yuletide" Barber Gallery
2004 -Guelph Arts Festival
2004, TOAE (Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition) , July, 2004
2004 - 'Guelph Abstraction 2.0', Bookshelf ebar
2003 - 'Beyond the Frame' ,Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
2003 - Guelph Arts Festival
2003 - 'Square Foot' A.W.O.L. Gallery
2003 - Art on the Street, Guelph
2003 - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2002 - Guelph Arts Festival
2002 - 'Guelph 2002', Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
2000 - 'Fathers & Sons', Wellington County Museum & Archives
1996 - Guelph Studio Tour
1995 - 'Viewpoints', Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

Gallery Representation
Barber Gallery, Guelph
Distill Gallery, Toronto



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519-836-8493

 



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