Conversation with Artist David Alexander and Icelandic Curator Adalsteinn Ingólfsson

An evening in conversation with Lake Country Artist David Alexander and Curator of the Iceland Museum of Design Adalsteinn Ingólfsson

Tuesday, January 17th 2012  7pm
at the Lake Country Art Gallery

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear David Alexander in conversation with Adalsteinn Ingolfsson. Topics will range from Alexander's show currently on at the Kelowna Art Gallery, European Artists residencies, the connections between Iceland and Canada, the Art Scenes in each country and reciprocal exchanges of ideas and facilities.

Adalsteinn Ingolfsson was born in Iceland in 1948. He studied literature and art in Scotland, England, Italy and Sweden. He completed a Master's degree in English Literature at the University of St. Andrews in Andrews, Scotland; and master's degree in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, England. He has worked as an art teacher at Art School (Kjarvalsstaðir), the National Gallery and other institutions. He has been an art critic and cultural editor of DV.  He has taught at the Arts and Crafts and the University of Iceland.  Inolfsson has written over twenty books on Icelandic artists, including Kjarval, Kristin Jonsdottir, Eric Smith, Leif Breiðfjörð, Kristjan Davidsson and Sigurjón Ólafsson, as well as books on the Faroese artists.  He was also Director of Design Museum of Iceland and is currently working as a researcher, writer and curator.

David Alexander studied at the Vancouver Art School and Langara College art dept. and then graduated with a BFA from Notre Dame University. In 1980 he moved to Saskatoon to obtain his Master degree while researching in New York, London and Paris. He has travelled the world to attend his exhibitions, conduct lectures and drawing and painting research. In 2006 Alexander attended the Morris Graves Foundation in California as an invited guest artist in residence and completed a large body of small paintings on wood panels. In 2007 he visited Tokyo and Kyoto and was inspired by the parks and water features. David Alexander's art is in many public, private and corporate collections throughout the world, including The Vancouver Art Gallery, Museum of London, University of Toronto and Concordia University in Montreal, Museum of Art in Iceland, Canadian Embassies in Berlin, Beijing and Krakow. Corporate collections also include works throughout Canadian cities as well as Dubai, Seoul, New York, Mumbai and Nice France and others. Alexander's signature landscapes/waterscapes represent his significant 40 career in painting through a bold palette  and gestural application.