Liminal Illusions, Premiers at Culture Crawl 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Nov. 9, 2022 - PRLog -- (Vancouver, BC) Garrett Andrew Chong's latest body of work, Liminal Illusions, opens with the announcement of his inclusion into a special juried exhibition titled: NEXT and the Eastside Culture Crawl's curated artist preview catalogue.

Chong's latest 2D artworks, Gaia, 2022 – "Traditional Lands… New Beginnings" was selected for the Culture Crawl's special juried exhibition and Kinship, 2022 was selected for the curated artist preview catalogue: NEXT – "…After the extraordinary challenges of the last couple of years, there seems to be a longing for change or a sense of normalcy. For this exciting exhibit, Eastside Culture Crawl artists present opportunities to reach for something new, perhaps a fresh start, or maybe the progression of current practices. It will explore the aftereffects of living through a pandemic as we long for and ponder about what's NEXT." – ECC 2022

After recently being named "Artist of the Week" by regional publication TriCityNews.com and successful 2021 solo show at the Canadian Pacific Gallery @ Port Moody Arts, and group shows at 2022 Vancouver East Cultural Centre / The Cultch, 2019 Britannia Art Gallery 2019, The Cultch / Eastside Culture Crawl 2022/2021/2019/2018, the independent multimedia artist will also open his studio at 89 Gore Avenue to the public. Open House / Studio Tours will commence mid-November, 2022 with current COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Liminal Illusions, is Garrett Andrew Chong's latest body of work focused on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Nations. "Forced into seclusion, accepting solitude and re-emerging from isolation; my illuminations symbolically capture our human transition through the flow of nature" Chong shares "Stumps and trees radiate their true auras, seedlings glow and burst with everlasting spirits and landscapes open as vibrating apparitions, metaphorical illusions or signposts to the next path." Chong says "My art practice has become a transformational reflection through the light of creation, life, decay, death and rebirth."

A fourth-generation Chinese-Canadian, Garrett Andrew Chong was born in Armstrong, BC, in the early 60's and graduated with honours from ECUAD (Emily Carr University & Design) in the mid 80's. His pieces capture the auras, energies and "unseen light" within spaces, forms and living beings.

Vancouver's Eastside Culture Crawl is a free annual 4-day visual arts festival in November that involves 400+ artists on Vancouver's Eastside opening their studios to the public. Open House: November 17- 20, 2022, Thursday + Friday: 5pm - 10pm, Saturday + Sunday: 11am - 6pm

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