February 26Rodney Graham was born in Vancouver, where he continues to live and work. He is a prolific creator and has exhibited a wide range of art forms as video, photography, music, sculpture, drawing and installation. He studied at the University of British Columbia, originally pursuing a degree in Literature. In the 1970’s he founded new-wave band UJ3RK5 (pronounced “you jerk”) with artists Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace and Frank Johnston, playing and touring widely.
His work can be found in numerous major private and public collections in North America and in Europe including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Van Abbe Museum in the Netherlands. He has received many honours including being selected to represent Canada in the prestigious Venice Biennale in 1997. He also received an honourary Doctorate from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2002.
Tim Lee
Tim Lee is an artist based in Vancouver who is currently living in Berlin as a DAAD artist-in-residence. Since graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 2002, he has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery, London; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco and Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, as well as group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium; Tate Modern, London; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, the Biennale of Sydney and Yokohama Triennale.
Times:
The Candahar Bar will be open 12pm to Midnight
Location:
Offsite in the PTC Studio, 3rd Floor
1398 Cartwright Street
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
Admission:
Daytime $5 / Evening $10 at door
The Candahar Bar is presented with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
Generous support has been received by Grouse Mountain, Whistler Brewing, Whistler Water, British Columbia Arts Council Unique Opportunities Program, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Culture Ireland and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland.