A World Made Fresh- Claire Scherzinger

Studio Sixty Six Contemporary is proud to introduce Claire Scherzinger’s first exhibition
with the gallery (they/them), A World Made Fresh.

Opening Reception, July 19, 2024 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Free Admission. Artist will be present.
Exhibition is from July 19 until September 6, 2024

Claire Scherzinger (they/them) uses painting, writing, and digital media to depict imagined exo-planetary
worlds. They are predominantly interested in the Western canon of science fiction and how it has influenced
Western entities to envision the future in hopeful and problematic ways. As space colonization begins in
earnest, Scherzinger uses imagined worlds as a sandbox to dissect and consider common issues in science
fiction texts, such as resource extraction and the re-romanticization of frontier life. Their overriding aim with
their work is always to inspire hope by imagining better and more inclusive futures for all people.

"For far too long, science fiction as a genre in visual arts has largely been viewed as pulp or trash
and shunned by many academics. Indeed, some can argue that much of SF suffers from tropes that
reinforce patriarchal and often colonial attitudes. Yet, for many emerging artists, revisioning hard and
soft SF through painting has become the catalyst to express creativity in our hyperreal times. I
believe Scherzinger is not only an early advocate for SF in art in Canada, they're at the top of the
game."
- Brendan A. de Montigny, Director, Studio Sixty Six Contemporary

About The Artist
Claire Scherzinger has a BFA in drawing & painting, and creative writing from OCAD University and an MFA in
interdisciplinary arts from the University of Victoria. Their work has appeared in exhibitions across Canada
and internationally in the US and UK. They were a purchase prize winner of the 2015 Royal Bank of
Canada-funded Painting Competition and were shortlisted for the Equitable Bank Emerging Digital Artist
Award in 2019. Scherzinger currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.

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