TWO EXHIBITIONS opening at Sivarulrasa Gallery

TWO EXHIBITIONS opening at Sivarulrasa Gallery
LISE LEROUX: RECONNECTIONS, Sept 20 – Oct 25, 2024
JENNY MCMASTER: NO NEUTRAL GROUND, Sept 20 – Oct 25, 2024
Combined Vernissage/Artists Reception: Saturday Sept 21, 2pm-4pm.

From September 20 to October 25, 2024, Sivarulrasa Gallery is pleased to present LISE LEROUX:
RECONNECTIONS, a solo exhibition of new works by artist Lise Leroux. Based in Montérégie, Quebec,
Lise Leroux earned her Bachelor of Fine Art degree at the Université du Québec à Montreal. She has
spent the last 10 years experimenting and developing her own techniques, perfecting her skills in painting,
collage, printmaking, and drawing.

Born in a farming environment, she is inspired by the land, forests, and by her extended family
background. Working between abstraction and figuration, her practice is introspective and intuitive. In
this new body of work, her explorations take her back in time, reconnecting with her childhood years. “I
associate some of my most heartwarming childhood memories with being outside”, she says. “Playing in
mud, water, sand, grass… the better way to reconnect is for me to go back in time.”

Lise Leroux’s works have been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, as well as solo shows in
Montreal. She was twice awarded the Prix d’excellence by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mont-Saint-
Hilaire (2022 and 2021). Her works are held in private collections in Canada and Europe.
JENNY MCMASTER: NO NEUTRAL GROUND will run in Gallery II. Based in Gatineau, Quebec,
Jenny McMaster earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Ottawa in 2021. Her practice
includes sculptural works, fibres, encaustics, and performance art.

For the past ten years, her primary medium has been handmade paper. “I am fascinated by paper’s
figurative and tactile capabilities as well as its identity as an organic substance with a natural and cultural
history,” she says. “Paper, like the land, is not a neutral ground or void space.” This thought-provoking
installation combines new works in paper from her New Arboreal series as well as older works from her
Ruptured Planes series and her historical explorations of the Mississippi River and the Ottawa River.

Jenny McMaster is a former member of the Enriched Bread Artists Studios in Ottawa and a current
member of Les Artistes de Cent Trente-Cinq in Gatineau. She has exhibited in many public gallery spaces
including Espace Pierre-Debain (Gatineau), the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte), City Hall
Gallery (Ottawa), and the Ottawa Art Gallery. Her work is held in many private collections and the City
of Ottawa Fine Art Collection.

Artists Lise Leroux and Jenny McMaster will be in attendance at the Artists Reception on Saturday
September 21, 2pm-4pm.
For more information and available works, visit our Exhibitions page:
http://sivarulrasa.com/exhibitions/

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