01 - Main Space

The Reckoning / Jeff Wielki

21.3 - 6.4.2025

Opening Reception March 21 @6PM

01 - Exhibition Statement

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1834 poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Coleridge’s poem resonates with themes of human/environment conflicts. The Reckoning abstracts a moment in Coleridge’s work when deathly supernatural figures arrive to decide the fate of the Mariner and the ships crew after the Mariner kills one of God’s creatures. The Mariner must spend the rest of his days warning others of the wrongs he committed against nature.

02 - Artist Statement

My sculptural practice revolves around experimenting with thrown away objects and materials. I attempt to repurpose or recontextualize the discarded to examine how humans exist with and conflict with the forces of nature. Through The Reckoning, I reflect on whether human forces oppose nature, or whether the opposite of nature might be something else entirely, perhaps something supernatural.

Roxas City Fishing Port / Thea Galang

21.3 - 6.4.2025

Opening Reception March 21 @6PM

01 - Exhibition Statement

"Roxas City Fishing Port" is the artist’s interpretation of an important aspect of their birthplace in the Philippines. To them, the fishing port in their hometown represents the livelihoods of people, and how their lives are fueled by the act of fishing. The sculpture captures a singular moment in industrial fishing, where the fish are just barely raised out of the water and the tones of the fish emerge from the water.

02 - Artist Statement

Thea Galang (she/they) is a first-generation Filipino-Canadian in their second year at the Alberta University of the Arts, majoring in Sculpture with a Minor in Media Arts. They primarily work as a multimedia artist, with their recent body of work focusing on comparing food and its processes with the artist's immigrant journey from Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines, to Calgary, Alberta.