Ryland Fortie & Max Keene
In this conversation we discuss working with found objects, storytelling through sculpture, and West Edmonton Mall.
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This audio is from our virtual studio visit with artist Ryland Fortie in conversation with Max Keene, and was originally recorded on July 28, 2022 over Zoom.
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Ryland Fortie received his BFA in 2016 from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC, and has been based in Edmonton for the past several years. He has exhibited in group shows nationally with Prometheus Projects in Montreal, at The Plumb in Toronto, and with Lowlands Projects here in Edmonton. Fortie has been accepted as an upcoming MFA candidate at the University of Victoria.
Max Keene is a Canadian artist and current MFA candidate at the University of Victoria. He uses an amalgamation of techniques simultaneously in his work ranging from airbrush painting, analog and digital photographic processes, 3D rendering, and drawing. He has exhibited in a group and solo capacity across Canada, most recently in collaboration with artist Trevor Bourke at 8146 Drolet, Montreal and Afternoon Projects in Vancouver. He enjoys walking around and eating sunflower seeds.
Hannah Quimper-Swiderski (she/they) is a visual artist, curator, and Digital Program Manager at Latitude 53. They currently live and work in Edmonton-Amiswaciwâskahikan.
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