ERYN FOSTER
The Shapes of Lakes

REOPENING: June 17 — June 27, 2021
in-person gallery hours restart on June 17th (Thursdays and Fridays, 4-7pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 12-6pm); or by appointment (email or call 902 329 3796).

Fern Pellerin, ME MANGAV TUT, 2020; wool yarn, rug canvas, cotton thread; 29x59”

The Shapes of Lakes is a series of new wall-based works by Halifax artist and Hermes member Eryn Foster. In this work, Foster colourfully explores abstract forms and amorphous shapes she delightfully and obsessively takes notice of in nature. Reminiscent of water bodies, these works also depict random shape patterns that Foster has also come to observe in other natural spaces both micro and macroscopic. Selected works will be available for sale as well as exhibition “souvenirs”. 

About the Artist:
Eryn Foster is an interdisciplinary artist based in K’jipuktuk/Halifax. She also works as a curator, filmmaker, educator, arts administrator and consultant. Her work has previously been shown in artist-run centres, galleries, museums, and various off-site locations across Canada and beyond. She has participated in several artist residencies such as ones at the Banff Centre (Alberta), the Macdowell Colony (New Hampshire),  Cite des Arts (Paris) and Artscape Gibralter Point (Toronto). Foster has previously also been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, most recently, a research & creation grant from the Canada Council in support of her ongoing art/science project A Proposition of Organisms. At present she works out of her studio in The Blue Building (2482 Maynard St, Halifax) and is a proud tenant of the Wonder’neath Art Society. Her exhibition at Hermes, The Shapes of Lakes, is her first solo (gallery-based) show in more than a decade. Please be so kind to not visit her website, it is very out of date, but she promises it will be refreshed within the next couple of months. You can instead follow her on instagram @eryn.fosterini

Reopening Dates: June 17 — June 27, 2021, with appointment only options for early June

Original Dates: April 10 — May 9, 2021 with a Slow Motion Opening + Meet the Artist: Saturday, April 10th (12-6pm).