Ruth Beer: Seep | Swell | City of Burnaby

November 30, 2024-January 26, 2025

The Burnaby Art Gallery and the Art Gallery at Evergreen in Coquitlam co-present the exhibition Ruth Beer: Seep | Swell, an exhibition in 2 parts. Taking place across the 2 galleries concurrently, this exhibition contemplates Beer’s artistic research on the entwined relationships between humankind and our industries.

For decades, Beer has used sculpture to explore the depictions, constructs and myths of landscape. Her dynamic practice revolves around an ecological examination of our rapidly transforming Pacific Northwest region. Beer’s early explorations of minimalist abstract and elemental forms have evolved into an interest in materials and their relationship to culture and society. In the artist’s hands, raw natural materials are shaped through the cultural and sociopolitical forces that harvest them. Through an array of materially seductive artworks—glistening copper weavings, tapestries, bronze and ceramic stones, woven photographs and prints on paper—Beer offers timely reflections on themes related to belonging, human-land relationships and the pressing climate crisis.

Ruth Beer, Seep | Swell is co-produced between the Art Gallery at Evergreen and the Burnaby Art Gallery, curated by Katherine Dennis and Jennifer Cane.

Ruth Beer is a Vancouver-based artist whose interdisciplinary artistic practice examines and envisions contested geographies and landscapes in transition. Her artworks, which include sculpture, video, photography and tapestry projects, have been exhibited internationally, most recently at the Rovaniemi Art Museum in Finland (2024). Beer’s recent research-creation projects, including Trading Routes: Grease Trails, Oil Pipelines and Shifting Ground: Mapping Energy, Geographies and Communities in the North (2019–25), are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and BC Arts Council. Beer is Professor of Art in the Faculty of Art and Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver.

Tour and opening reception: Saturday, November 30, 2-5 pm

2 pm: Artist tour begins at Art Gallery at Evergreen
3 pm: Shuttle transportation to Burnaby Art Gallery
3:30 pm: Opening remarks and reception

Join us on Saturday, November 30 for an artist-led tour and the opening reception of Ruth Beer: Seep| Swell, an exhibition in 2 parts at the Art Gallery at Evergreen and Burnaby Art Gallery. 

A tour with artist Ruth Beer will begin at 2 pm, followed by complimentary shuttle service to Burnaby Art Gallery for the opening reception of the exhibition. Light refreshments will be offered. Registration is required to reserve a spot on the Art Bus. Limited seats are available.

The gallery tours are wheelchair accessible except for the upper gallery at the Burnaby Art Gallery. Unfortunately, the shuttle is not equipped with a wheelchair lift.

Art Bus Reservation

Tour and publication launch: Saturday, January 25, 2-5 pm

2 pm: Artist tour begins at Burnaby Art Gallery
3 pm: Shuttle transportation to Art Gallery at Evergreen
3:30 pm: Catalogue launch and reception

Join us on Sunday, January 25 for an artist-led tour and the publication launch of Ruth Beer: Seep| Swell, an exhibition in 2 parts at the Art Gallery at Evergreen and Burnaby Art Gallery. 

Beginning at 2 pm, tour the exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery with artist Ruth Beer, followed by complimentary shuttle service to the Art Gallery at Evergreen for the publication launch and refreshments. The tour will be approximately 30 minutes; catalogue launch will begin at approximately 2:30 pm. Registration is required to reserve a spot on the Art Bus. Limited seats are available.

The gallery tours are wheelchair accessible except for the upper gallery at the Burnaby Art Gallery. Unfortunately, the shuttle is not equipped with a wheelchair lift.

Art Bus Reservation

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Ruth Beer: Seep | Swell