53 Ways to Leave Your Lover : Silent Auction

The tenth annual 53 Ways to Leave Your Lover features a silent auction with art works from some of Edmonton’s hottest artists. Bidders can treat themselves to a fantastic night out while supporting Latitude 53’s year-round programming.

Art Auction

Alexander Stewart
Aryen and Andrew Hoekstra
Bob Prodor
Christopher Zaytsoff
Cindy Couldwell
Cordelia Chan
Corissa O'Donnell
Emily Soder-Duncan
Emery Lane Norton
Esther Scott-Mckay
Gabe Wong
Gabrielle Pare
Genevieve Simms
Gerry Dotto
Jaime Calayo
Jaye Benoit
Jes McCoy
Josh Holinaty
Justin Wayne Shaw
Karen Chow
Kristen Hutchinson
Lawrence Kwok
Mandy Espezel
Mariya Kerpenko
Matthew Arrigo
Nick Dobson
Penny Jo Buckner
Rachelle Bowen
Robert Harpin
Sarah Patterson
Sergio Serrano
Shane Golby
Smokey (Nickelas Johnson)
Stacey Caan
Taylor Schaerer
Tyler Sherard
...And more

Alexander Stewart

Alexander is a conceptual artist working in the areas of intersection between art and design. His works take a user oriented process in creating critical objects whose subject matter focuses on perception of one's physical self.
Bob Prodor

Bob is an Edmonton born & raised illustrator and comic book artist. He is currently hard at work on volume 4 of his self-published comic "Wine, Women & Song".
C. Couldwell

C. Couldwell is a Master of Design student at the University of Alberta, studying museum and gallery exhibition design. She has been part of the Edmonton arts community for several years.
Cordelia Chan

Cordelia Chan loves animals, fresh-baked cookies, and books with neat pictures. Conforming to no traditional school or style of art, Chan will draw or paint what you may be familiar with only from dreams.
Corissa O'Donnell
Emery Lane Norton

i. Oh you adorn me for my decorative purposes, practically without words.

ii. Why is a happening to be your barren behaviour (blue). Looking down, these shapes procure, condescending, a sullen state of mind.
Emily Soder-Duncan

Emily Soder-Duncan graduated in 2010 with a BFA in printmaking from the University of Alberta. She currently lives and works in Edmonton and recently joined the Latitude 53 Board of Directors in 2010.
Gabrielle Paré

"Eyes closed, body not yet mine, but still part of something - of air, of earth, of fire, of water. I opened my eyes and pulled my body to me again."
— Sylvia Plath
Genevieve Simms

Genevieve Simms is an illustrator living in Edmonton.
Gerry Dotto

I've been active in the Edmonton area art scene for over 25 years. I'm a conceptual artist, working primarily with various printmaking techniques, mixed media and digital prints.
Jaime Calayo

Trained in the art of ninjutsu by his sensei Splinter, he made his home in the storm sewers of New York City, battling petty criminals, evil megalomaniacs, and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society at large. Jaime loves skateboarding, pizza and comic books.
Jes McCoy

Jes McCoy is in the graduating class of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the UofA. Her work for this show, in keeping with the theme, is a humorous comment of sexual fetishes.
Josh Holinaty

Josh is an illustrator/creator of visual objects. He thinks astrology is for dumb heads.
Justin Wayne Shaw

Born July 23, 1983 in Nanaimo, BC, Justin Wayne Shaw was raised in Edmonton, AB. He attended Strathcona Composite High School, graduating in 2001. He attended the University of Alberta Fine Arts program in 2002-2004. He relocated to Montreal in 2005 and began working as a part time artist. Since returning to Edmonton in 2007 he has had solo art exhibitions, been involved in group shows, completed public murals, and been featured in Edmonton arts publication Notebook Magazine. He enjoys travel, literature, writing and performing music, and taking part in good conversation. He currently resides in the community of Belgravia, in Edmonton, AB.
Karen Chow

Karen bought a sewing machine for $20 at a garage sale in 2005 and hasn't looked back. See more of her work at loversandhaters.com.
Kristen Hutchinson

Kristen Hutchinson has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the U.S. In her artistic practice, she uses collage, photography, installation, video and performance art to investigate the realms of memory, beauty, mortality, embodiment, urban space, queerness, and the macabre.
Mandy Espezel
Mandy Espezel

Mandy Espezel is an artist originally from Fort McMurray, AB. She received her BFA from the University of Alberta in 2007. Currently, Espezel is a 2011 MFA candidate at the University of Lethbridge.
Mariya Karpenko

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, I moved to Canada in 2003 and since have been calling it my home. Right now I'm in my final year of Bachelor of Design at the UofA, after graduating I plan on pursuing furhter my interests in printmaking, illustration and graphic design. Please visit www.mariyakarpenko.wordpress.com for more information.
Mariya Karpenko
Matthew Arrigo

Matthew Arrigo was born October 24, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. In 2008, he received his BFA in printmaking from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. He is currently a third year MFA candidate at the University of Alberta in Printmaking.
Nick Dobson

Nick Dobson is an Edmonton artist and printmaker. His new work involves burning old woodcut, photographing the process; the resulting digital prints are then printed over with woodcut. BFA/UofA. MFA/UofC.
Penny Jo Buckner & Kevin Romaniuk

Born & raised in Edmonton with a brief stint in Southern California, Penny Jo Buckner now calls Vancouver, BC her home. She paints, drums, draws, sews and enjoys bike riding and sipping fine tequila. This is her first collaboration with sweetheart Kevin Romaniuk, a photographer, visual artist and fellow drummer.
Rachelle Liette Bowen

Rachelle Liette Bowen will graduate from the University of Alberta in the spring of 2012 with a BFA in Art and Design. She was primarily trained as a figurative painter but now prefers spending her time tap dancing, blowing bubbles and reading tarot cards.
Robert Harpin

Robert Harpin is too lazy to mix paint, this makes his work very bright.
Sarah Patterson

Since moving to Edmonton from Halifax, Sarah has perfected the art of confetti surprises, balloon drops and magic shows. DJ services available upon request.
Sergio Serrano

Sergio is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator & sort of printmaker - sometimes. He likes mythology and imaginary beings, as well as magic realism, non-liinearity, silence, miscommunication and long walks at night. Currently he's having a hard time figuring out what else to write in this box, and feels a little anxious about the fact that he ran out of space and had to start writing outside the box.
Shane Golby
Smokey

Nickelas "Smokey" Johnson runs naked and furry with his friends, likes eating late and reading comics.
Tyler Sherard

Tyler Sherard was raised in the small town of Beaverlodge in Northern Alberta. He is currently in the final year of his BFA at the University of Alberta, where he his studying intermedia, painting and printmaking, with an emphasis on photography.
ZEE

Human kind has two gifts. The first is an ability to make something from nothing. The second is a manifest destiny among the stars. One begets the other; make what you are able. If you can make nothing, make love.