Pop-Up IR Art Gallery – Join the Red River Students’ Association for two fantastic immersive art exhibitions featuring two local artists: Ryan Takatsu and Morgan Traa.
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Pop-Up IR Art Gallery Presents:
Ryan Takatsu, Winnipeg Media Artist.
Selected works from “PoCket ViDeos“
Date and Time:
Wednesday, March 26
1 PM to 3 PM
The Artist will be in attendance.
Location:
Located at RRC Poly Tech, GM-33 , 2055 Notre Dame Ave, Winnipeg, MB
Enter the office of Emerging Media and Production, by the North Gym, to access the show.
Artist Bio:
Ryan Takatsu is a sansei, designer, video artist, cultural equity advocate and co-founder of Video Pool Media Arts Centre. Born in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba – School of Architecture, Interior Design; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – Toronto Publishing Workshop; the University of Toronto – Information Technology Design Centre, Apple Design Modeling Centre; and the University of Winnipeg.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Ryan was a cultural worker with the diverse visual arts communities of Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
Currently, Ryan is a prolific, social media-pocket video artist focusing on music, art, social comment and social anthropology. He is an occasional writer and has written for the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation and recent video works have been screened at the Gimili Film Festival, ArchiShorts and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.
Show Description
(Details to come)
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SA Art week (March 27)
Pop-Up IR Art Gallery Presents:
Morgan Traa, Winnipeg Artist.
Selected works from “My City is a GraveYard”
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2025/01/09/you-are-here-and-there
Date and Time:
Thursday, March 27
10 AM to 3 PM
The Artist will be in attendance.
Location:
Located at RRC Poly Tech, GM-33 , 2055 Notre Dame Ave, Winnipeg, MB
Enter the office of Emerging Media and Production, by the North Gym, to access the show.
Artist Bio:
Morgan Traa is a Winnipeg-based artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) from the University of Manitoba. Working across film, installation, and arts administration, Morgan is an active member of IATSE 856 and Chair of CARFAC Winnipeg. Their work has been recognized with several awards, including the University of Manitoba’s Emerging Leader Award (2022) and the Canadian International Film Festival’s Rising Star Award (2016). A passionate advocate for artists’ rights, Morgan also contributes to local arts initiatives, while continuing to shape Winnipeg’s creative landscape through their practice and leadership.
Show Description:
My City is a Graveyard documents Traas’ relationship with the city of Winnipeg as a young adult following the loss of her mother, and home, and the feeling of displacement within the city that accompanied these life-altering changes. Consisting of selected paintings and a video that includes the artist’s poetry, My City Is a Graveyard uses Winnipeg as a backdrop for longing, anger and reclamation of place. Utilizing a painting style akin to American voyeurism, an unbridgeable distance is felt between the viewer and the painting, void of figures, the visual tension in Traa’s
landscapes are paradoxically heavy with absence.
The hot sun casts sharp lines dappled by sunlight through trees, buildings resembling monuments to grief imposing on the blue sky. Traas’ work asks us to reflect on what it means to stay in a city full of memories with buildings like gravestones.
“I’m Isolated within the city walls; downtown is quiet, and I am stuck in time. The city and I have this in common. We sit and wait to be moved, brutal in our stance and uncompromising in our resolve. My city is a graveyard.” – Traa
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