Jordan Miller has solo exhibition at 210 Gallery
If you like paintings with spontaneity, flow, and landscapes that keep you looking for more, you’ll want to stop by 210 Gallery in Winnipeg while Jordan Miller’s exhibition Soulful Seasons: Transitions of Change is taking place.
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“For this particular exhibition and my last couple of exhibitions, I’ve kind of been working towards abstracting the landscape in terms of more of an emotional response to the environment that is around in the area, or things that I have seen where the pieces could be literally anywhere. It’s sky, grass, water, lakes, those kinds of things, but it’s not a specific place,” Miller explained.
Her abstracted landscapes are created with layered alcohol ink and acrylic mark-making, reflecting on transition, resilience, and change.
“I used to travel across Canada with my parents, so I saw a lot of common elements in the environment that have always inspired me,” she said.
The exhibition opens on March 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. and closes on April 4.
Miller will be in the gallery on Saturdays (March 7, 14, 21, 28) from 12 to 4 p.m. as well as April 3 and 4 (12-4 p.m.).
She plans to have 33 pieces in this exhibition and a further 15 pieces in the gift shop, and is excited to be able to get them up on the wall.
“When I take them out of the box, when I go to hang the show, I celebrate all the work that went into them. You just kind of need that little bit of time away from them to really appreciate them,” she said.
This exhibition is all landscapes, which is different than her last one, which was the final exhibition at Cre8tery in Winnipeg, the gallery that she owned before transitioning to being a full-time artist and mentor.
Though she has examples of her work online, Miller welcomes residents to check out the art in person, saying it’s a different experience.
“When it’s in a gallery, you walk through, you really get that feeling of what it looks like, what it feels like, that sensation that you’re standing there with,” she said.
She hopes that when visitors are at the gallery, they enjoy their time.
“I just hope it makes them happy and feel good. There’s a lot of (stuff) in the world. There’s a lot of hard times out there. Everybody seems to be struggling, that I know, with their health or their finances or just whatever they might be struggling with, family, friends. I just want people to feel calm when they walk in there and just appreciate beautiful pieces,” said Miller.
She encourages anyone interested to check out the exhibition.
“I just want people to come and enjoy my work and sort of celebrate it with me absolutely,” she said.
You can see some examples of Miller’s work online on her website (https://www.jordanlmiller.com/) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jordanlmillerartist/), but make sure to see the exhibition in person, as she doesn’t have her work up her website just yet, so the whole show will be new to see.
You can also visit Miller’s website if you are an artist wanting to tap into the many years of experience that she has as a gallery owner as she also offers consulting services.
