Biography of Niina Chebry
Artist Niina Chebry draws from a wide range of sources for her paintings. She has traveled – collecting inspiration from Asia, Europe and South America. Her childhood spent under vast prairie skies of rural Alberta, she now lives in Vancouver – where the shift to coastal flora and fauna seep into her compositions.
Chebry often selects imagery with a mind for the abstract as well as the narrative. The suggestion of a tree, a horse, or some ancient calligraphy, built through layers of texture and translucent colour, creates a sense of mystery to her work.
Niina studied art at the University of Alberta and received her Bachelor of Education in 1986. Her work is included in public and private collections in Canada, United States, Europe and Japan. In 2000, her paintings were selected for exhibitions in Tokyo at both the Canadian Embassy and the Ueno Royal Museum of Art.
Exhibition Record Solo 2007 Kanji, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, Canada 2004 Divine Equine, Art Junction, Whistler, Canada 2003 Simply Bovine, Gallery 83, Vancouver, Canada 2003 HOLY COW II, Iron Works Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2001 New Work, Phoenix Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada 1999 Returning, Tokyo Salon, Tokyo, Japan 1999 HOLY COW, Vision Network, Tokyo, Japan 1999 KANJI, Bauhaus Gallery, Sapporo, Japan 1998 Sacred Cow, Sassenach Café, Sapporo, Japan 1998 KANJI, Obihiro International Centre, Obihiro, Japan 1998 Sacred Cow, Chomin Hall, Shikaoi, Japan 1993 New Work, Annie Mourillon Galerie, Strasbourg, France Group 2009 TREES: The Storm or 2006, Studio 316, Vancouver, Canada 2008 Mousieur RoDent, Studio 316, Vancouver, Canada 2007 Fowl Play, Studio 316, Vancouver, Canada 2006 Ruby Red, Sugar and Sugar, Vancouver, Canada 2005 Holy Cow, Britannia Library, Vancouver Canada 2004 Serendipity, Vancouver Art Gallery Art Rental, Vancouver, Canada 2002 Juxtapose, Gallery 83, Vancouver, Canada, 1999 New Work, Art Space, Sapporo, Japan 1996 Member Show, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Canada 1996 Figurative, Ortona Gallery, Edmonton, Canada 1995 Member Show Harcourt Gallery, Edmonton, Canada 1992 Plasticiens, L’Estampe Galerie, Strasbourg, France 1987 From The field, Oppertshauser Gallery, Stony Plain, Canada Juried Invitation Shows 1999 Vision 2000 Canadian Embassy of Japan, Tokyo, Japan 1999 The 18th Ueno Royal Museum of Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1997 New Artists 1996 Edmonton Art Rental Gallery, Edmonton, Canada Acquisitions Alberta Art Foundation 1996
Publications
Judy Szabo, "Two Artists, Two Great Shows", The Question, Jan.9, 2004 Shelley Arnusch, "New Works on Whistler Gallery Walls", The Pique, Jan.30, 2004 HOLY COW " Pick of the Week", Georgia Straight, July19, 2003 Monty DiPietro, "Show 2000", Canada Culture, Canadian Embassy News, May 4, 1999 Maki Nibayashi," Time in Japan", Tokyo Classified, 1999, 2000 Tokachi News, review of Kanji, Mainiti, May 5, 1999 Benjamin Rosse, "Eric Vu-An" (illustrations of a dancer’s biography), 1993