May 4 - May 26, 2012

Rachel M. Schappert

The Essence of Small Particulars:
A Series of Material Poems

Opening Reception:
Friday, May 4, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Rachel M. Schappert
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Website: rachelmschappert.com
E-mail: rm.schappert[at]gmail.com

Biography

Rachel M. Schappert is an emerging multi-disciplinary Artist whom recently completed her BFA Honours at the University of Manitoba, School of Art. Schappert's Art practice extends into realms of oil painting, mural painting, performance, video, as well as mixed-media sculpture and installation. She has shown at the National Art Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, at AXENEO7 in Gatineau, Quebec, at The Artesian in Regina, Saskatchewan, and at the Julie Saul Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Schappert's work has also been shown locally in Winnipeg where she finds inspiration amid the grass roots creative community.

Artist Statement

The Essence of Small Particulars: A Series of Material Poems

Imagine extracting meaning from the small and still:
the particulars of reality that we often overlook and surpass.
Within these Particulars, one may discover enigmatic anomalies.
Within these anomalies, an acute essence subsists.
And this Essence, on the periphery of what we generally perceive -
so shall connect us to a re-emerging truth of shifting proportions.

Rachel M. Schappert combines manufactured materials fused with collected organic matter. Through the process, a mysterious gathering of small hybrid objects emerge. Schappert considers the objects as poems and messages that question relationships between what is natural and what is constructed.

C.V.

Download Rachel M. Schappert's C.V. (PDF file)

Prices

Between $50 and $70 each piece
Please contact Semai Gallery for inqury.