Kelly Mark

Back Burner

April 1, 2017 – April 22, 2017

Joining the Olga Korper Gallery for her first solo exhibition on Morrow Avenue is conceptual artist and all-around badass Kelly Mark. This exhibition, titled Back Burner, will feature new video, sculpture, photography, drawing, and print works. A formal opening will be held on Saturday April 1st from 2-5pm. The exhibition will be on view from April 1-22.

When Kelly first joined the gallery in November she was given a choice; to wait until 2018 for her inaugural grand entrance, or to nab the final 2017 slot in April, which would restrict her to a tight timeline. She jumped on the April option like a cat on a mouse with no real plan for what was to come. Having made no new work in almost a year, Kelly had been, as she eloquently puts it: bummed out. However, with a looming deadline of a show mere months away, she strapped on her big girl boots and went to work.

As she went through her folder of old art ideas (we suspect every artist has one of these), there were several works, variations and versions, that struck her as being deserving of another chance. Hence the exhibition title: Back Burner, these are works that have been cooking on the back burner of Kelly’s brain, waiting for their chance to be served up. Kelly’s newest offerings reflect her current outlook, many of the pieces resonate with the familiar themes of gratitude, relationships, livelihood, and the future; all delivered with Kelly’s trademark dark humour, precision and wit.

Kelly would like to thank Anthony Cooper, Christina Ritchie, Stefan Hancherow, Marc Littlejohn, Orest Tataryn, Mitch Robertson & Superframe, Ivan Jurakic and vsvsvs.