Using a limited colour palette on birch boards, emerging artist Caitlin McGuire’s vibrant new series of drawings depicts signs and messages that pedestrians encounter when traversing the city on foot. Her exhibition, Visual In Formation, is on view in the Corridor Gallery June 2 – 29, 2016.

Describing the work on view, McGuire explains:

I travel primarily by foot, walking to and from work and my studio almost daily. Walking allows me to develop ideas and discover things I wouldn’t notice if I wasn’t walking, like street signs and other elements of visual communication. Through this body of work I am trying to document and accurately portray the messages I encounter, but after being processed by my mind’s filter, what the viewer is experiencing is actually these messages through my perspective.

Caitlin McGuire is a visual artist in Halifax, NS. She completed her BFA at NSCAD University in 2015 and holds a BSc from St. FX University. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning in Dartmouth, NS. She is a gallery assistant and represented by Argyle Fine Art in Halifax. Caitlin works primarily as a painter and an illustrator.

You can see more of Caitlin McGuire’s work on her website: http://caitlinmcguireart.ca.

Located inside the Visual Arts Nova Scotia office at the Halifax Seaport since 2000, the Corridor Gallery is complimented by a historical legacy of Nova Scotia culture, simple yet modern architectural elements and an array of current cultural activity in the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia office. The Corridor Gallery is located at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia and is open Monday through Friday, 9:30am-5pm.

For further information regarding the exhibition contact:

Carri MacKay
Programming Coordinator
902.423.4694 | 1.866.225.8267 | f: 902.422.0881
vans@visualarts.ns.ca | www.visualarts.ns.ca