Linocut prints by Sara Norquay
May 30 – July 3, 2025 – Naess Gallery
The Naess Gallery is proud to present Who We Are, by artist Sara Norquay. This exhibition consists of twenty-two 12 x 12 inch Linocut portraits of people in relationships. A wide range of ages is represented and all of the subjects are people the artist knows personally. Each subject received copies of their print in exchange for permission to portray them.
Artist Statement
My interest in portraiture is lifelong. This, my third series of Linocut portraits, can be viewed within the portraiture tradition. In this age of identity politics and the encouragement to seek personal definition from a digital public, I considered the individuals within my own personal social milieu. Human beings are complex and develop and change over and over again in their lifetimes. We come into the world with physical and mental capacities inherited from our parents, but then are formed and influenced by the people we are in relationship with, whether family members, friends, or even strangers we meet in the course of our lives. I do not claim to be portraying these individuals within any particular interpretation, I simply see them as people in relationship. I present these relationships for recognition by the viewer to be celebrated as such.
Bio
Sara Norquay is a Canadian artist who lives and works in Treaty Six Territory also known as Edmonton, Alberta. She has been a print artist for over thirty years, making monotypes, photopolymer etchings, woodcuts, linocuts and copper etchings. She also makes artists books and commissioned illustrations. In the last five years, she has been making textile works some of which include relief prints on fabric. Her work has been shown locally, nationally and internationally and resides in private and public collections.
Her website is: https://saranorquay.com
Instagram handle: @norquaystudio
You can learn more about our last show with Sara Norquay here:
Sara Norquay and Mark Dutton – Implications of a Relationship
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