Media oil on canvas
Dated
2021
Size 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.6 cm.
Frame Size 20.5 x 16.75 x 1 in.
Sold $1,000
Estimate $1,500 - $3,000
Notes
signed and dated verso; framed
Provenance
proceeds going to the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge; donated by the artist
Biographical Information
Les Ramsay ~ [b.1976] Canadian
Les Ramsay was born in Vancouver and studied fine arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Universitat de Politecnica in Valencia [Spain] and completed his MFA at Concordia University in 2015. He has taken part in group and solo shows such as Local Cherries Sweet Corn, presented at Towards in Toronto [2020]; The Adventures of Atrevida Reef at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal [2019]; Li Salay, at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton [2018]; Border X, at Winnipeg Art Gallery [2016]; Retreat of the Horstman, at the Field Contemporary in Vancouver [2016]; Ignition 10 at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery Montréal [2014]; and Keep the Glove at Sunset Terrace in Vancouver [2014]. His works can be found in many private and corporate collections such as The Claridge Collection, Medcan, the TD Bank and RBC collection. He has exhibited in Canada, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, as well as in the US.
a recent exhibition titled Excitation Station was held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in 2022
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website