The Arts Council of New Westminster gallery is being transformed into a "one-of-a-kind forest" for an upcoming exhibition.
The gallery plays host to Tree, an exhibition of work by Ximeng Guo, from March 31 to April 26.
Guo was born to an artist and art educator's family in China and introduced to the freehand style of Chinese brush painting at an early age. She trained at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts and then at the University of Victoria, with work as both an artist and art researcher.
Her artistic interest has been focused on what she calls "a nature-based environment, sometimes spotted with traces of humans' co-existence or ever-presence."
"I am fascinated with the primitive vigor in nature, its inner disciplines behind the appearance of a multi-layered chaos, the sense of extraordinary tranquility it creates, and its reflection on a puzzled dialogue with man-made efforts," she writes in an artist's statement.
Images of trees, in various forms, thread through the majority of works at the show.
"All together, I hope they would transform the gallery into a one-of-a-kind forest, a distinctive surrounding that invites people to enter, contemplate, relate and reflect," Guo says in her statement.
The Arts Council of New Westminster gallery is in Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park. It's open Tuesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
See www.artscouncilnewwest.org for more details.
