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Arts, Culture and Heritage

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The Vernon Public Art Gallery (VPAG) is proud to present the Okanagan Print Triennial (OPT) 2021, the Okanagan’s international printmaking competition and exhibition. For the 5^th time, the OPT will bring to the Okanagan the best in printmaking worldwide. This year the VPAG will host artwork created by 28 artists from around the globe.

About the OPT 2021

Launched in 2009 at the VPAG, the OPT celebrates the vitality and variety of approaches and techniques in contemporary printmaking. This collaborative project of the Vernon Public Art Gallery, Kelowna Art Gallery, and the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus, is an open, juried exhibition featuring the world’s leading printmaking artists. The exhibition aims to bring the very best in current printmaking practice to audiences in the Okanagan Region of British Columbia.

With 680 works from 103 artists submitted to this year’s OPT, the jurors were faced with some difficult choices. The results are a strong, curated exhibition which highlights the best of contemporary printmaking. The varieties of printmaking range from traditional to experimental, and include methods such as mezzotint, etching, lithography, and screen printing. Please visit our website for more information on the OPT 2021.

The Artists

Alberto Balletti – Italy                                    Tomasz Matszak – Poland

Lene Bennike – Denmark                                Nils-Erik Mattsson – Sweden

Derek Besant – Canada                                  Yangbin Park – South Korea

Victoria Bilogan – Australia                             Endi Poskovic - USA

Pawel Binczycki – Poland                                Mikhail Pogarsky - Russia

Snezhina Biserova – Bulgaria                          Sevdalina Prodanova - Bulgaria

Silvana Blasbalg – Argentina                          Jaco Putker - Netherlands

Mark Bovey – Canada                                     Marzieh Rahmani - Canada

Bert Brouwer – Netherlands                            Anna Trojanowska - Poland

Monika Brzegowska – Poland                           Cleo Wilkinson - Australia

Sean Caufield – Canada                                  Ulrich J. Wolff - Germany

Luke Johnson – Canada                                   Fumio Yamaguchi - Japan

Tomasz Kukawski – Poland                              Nanako Yoshikawa - Japan

Guy Langevin – Canada                                   Piotr Ziacek - Poland

Free Virtual Artist Talks

New to this year’s OPT will be live artist talks featuring a select number of participating artists selected for the show. Every week starting on March 18^th through May 18^th a new artist will be speaking live from their home country on an online platform, available for FREE through the VPAG website.