What: Ursula Kabis: Prints
Exhibition: February 22 – 26, 2016;
Artist Reception: 3 – 5 PM Wednesday February 24
Where: Fina Gallery, UBC Okanagan Campus, Kelowna BC
Gallery Hours 9 AM – 4 PM
The Department of Creative Studies at UBC Okanagan Campus is proud to present this short-run exhibition of Ursula Kabis prints. The artist grew up in the southern part of Germany, and later achieved a Masters degree in Dressmaking, Pattern-making and Design in Baden-Baden, Germany. She worked as a pattern-maker and designer in Zurich, Stuttgart, and in St. Gallen, Switzerland before immigrating to Canada in 1967.
Intaglio print, Ursula Kabis
Ursula Kabis and her family moved to Kelowna in 1977, and she took her first Visual Art courses at UBC Okanagan in the academic year 2008-09. Specializing in Printmaking Kabis has continued to distinguish herself for the quality and prodigious volume of print works in her portfolio. She is a consummate drawer and has turned this ability to print productions in Etching, Dry-point, Aquatint, Linoleum & Woodcuts, Mono-prints and Collagraphs. Her primary subject matter includes animals, landscapes, and architecture, with images and compositions sourced in the Okanagan region.
The public is welcome to visit this comprehensive presentation by one of the leading printmakers in the Okanagan.
For more information about the Visual Arts Program, visit our web site.