Bernadette Phan

This series of drawings explore the kinetic quality of an organic pattern reminiscent of cells or skin. Intended to be visually evocative, the pattern icreates a visual oscillation between familiarity and unease.

Bernadette Phan lives and works in Vancouver, her studio is located in Japan town. She defines her work as interstitial: between figurative and non-representational. Her interest lies in the exploration of visual slippages between spaces collapsing into one another or the representations created when different intentions don’t quite come together. She is still fascinated by that the ways in which paintings slow down one’s gaze, where everything is not absorbed all at once and can be continually revisited. Phan creates works mainly in painting and drawing and is represented by Equinox Gallery in Vancouver.