About The Art of BRANDY SATURLEY

Short Biography

Brandy Saturley was born in Victoria, Canada in 1972. Self taught at an early age, she spent time cartooning, drawing portraits, drawing mazes and abstract shapes. In 1992, she attended college and studied the art of feature film production where she was introduced to cameras, lighting, script writing, editing, sound and set dressing. After working in the industry for a couple years she returned to her arts education at college studying art history and visual arts (painting, drawing, 3D). In the years following she immersed herself in her art practice in and out of the studio including traveling to, photographing and studying the Mayan pyramid sites in Mexico, the Coachella Valley, Grand Canyon, the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the island of Maui and New York City.

In 2007 her art practice, through support from patrons, went from part-time to full-time allowing Brandy to fully immerse herself in studio work day and night. In the past five years she has exhibited in various private galleries as well as artist run centers in Canada and the US. Her work appears  in corporate, public and private collections in Canada, the US and France.

In 2010 Brandy was awarded a prestigious finalist position at the SCOPE Miami Art Fair, Juried by Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curator, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Jarrett Gregory, Curatory of Contemporary Art, The New Museum, New York. Brandy's work has also been featured in Art Avenue Magazine, Canmore Leader News, Monday Magazine, A-Channel News, CHEK 6 Island 30, CityTV Vancouver and reviewed by Agora Gallery New York.

Artist Statement

I paint because it gives me a voice. I discovered as a child the easiest way for me to communicate with others was through my art, my art has always been the ice-breaker in beginning a dialogue with someone I have yet to meet. I believe that Art is truly successful when it gives one pause and imaginatively seduces you into a new way of relating to the world so that you study things more carefully and think about how things are affecting you. This series I am currently working on 'Iconic' was created as an homage to famous artists who have inspired my work translated using themes of Canadian stereotype and Iconography.