Elizabeth Zvonar

Elizabeth Zvonar’s practice considers concepts of hope, utopia and progress. Central to these possibilities and limitations are the potential for social, political, and aesthetic transformation. Works have spanned a variety of mediums, from performances and interventions to installations, and most recently, sculpture, digital collages, and text-based works. Talking Stick is a work about other artists.

Elizabeth Zvonar (b. 1972) is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design. Her recent exhibitions include Parallel Dimension at Artspeak Gallery (Vancouver), Fade Away and Radiate at the Cohan and Leslie Gallery (New York), and Concrete Language at the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver). She will have work in an forthcoming exhibition organized by the Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Mechelen, Belgium and solo exhibitions at The Western Front in April 2009 and the Contemporary Art Gallery in November 2009. Zvonar has participated in professional development initiatives at the Banff International Curatorial Institute and was the winner of the Vancouver Art Development Award in 2007 from the Vancouver Foundation and the Contemporary Art Gallery. In 2008 Zvonar was the inaugural artist at the Malaspina Print Research Residency and was an artist in residence at the Banff Centre during the Janice Kerbel led thematic residency, Cosmic Ray Research. Zvonar lives and works in Vancouver, BC.