My Best Friend...... Felon
Kendra Yee and the White House Studio Project presents: My Best Friend...... Felon
July 14 - 20
The White House Studio Project, 277.5 Augusta Ave
Opening reception:
Thursday July 14, 6 - 9 pm
Open to the public July 16 and 17 from noon - 5 or by appointment (contact 647-232-7149 or kendrayeeart@gmail.com)
Ugly felons and evil creatures screech through anonymous hallways. They roar across Chinatown; demanding steamed bao buns. They swarm together, fornicating in hidden voids. They steal the stories of the earth, whispering them over and over and over again. They twist the words that you thought you once knew. These ugly felons and evil creatures are now trapped by the mediums of paintings, illustrative narratives and ceramic installation. Each frame serves as a pause into their alternate reality. The viewer acts as a voyeur; finding new curiosities by observing the unobserved.
The White House Studio Project is thrilled to host Kendra Yee's new body of work My Best Friend...... Felon, the phenomenal result of our first artist residency program. As an art space that proudly supports emerging artists, The White House Studio Project defies the absence of affordable opportunities for local emerging artists to create and show their work in a professional environment. By establishing the White House Studio Project Artist Residency, a free month-long residency that culminates in a solo exhibition, we hope to provide opportunities to those who need it most. We invite you to our inaugural residency solo exhibit, My Best Friend...... Felon, by the powerhouse of emerging talent Kendra Yee.
Kendra Yee is a Toronto based artist who is entering her fourth year at OCAD University studying illustration. For the last five years, she has been designing illustrations and interactive content for the online and print based magazines. She explores multidimensional worlds through the use of painting, installation, ceramics and narrative comics. New characters always appear within her work, shapeshifting though improvised spaces and questioning the experience of what it means to be considered “other.”
