Tara Nicholson and Jeroen Witvliet at the Alternator

Puma Bones, Palaeontology Collection, Whitehorse, Yukon. 2024. Image courtesy of Tara Nicholson.

The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art is pleased to present their first exhibitions of 2025: Mammoths, EcoZombies and Permafrost Extinction by Tara Nicholson, and I Regret / Listen, Tree / Feel by Jeroen Witvliet, on view from February 7, 2025 through March 21, 2025.

In the Alternator Main gallery will be Mammoths, EcoZombies and Permafrost Extinction by Tara Nicholson. This exhibition endeavours to depict a polar ecosystem warming at a rate of 3-7 times faster than other landmasses, re-characterizing “frozen life” as something increasingly valuable. Examining the fleeting nature of the Arctic, Nicholson questions the unseen realities of climate collapse to envision a post-anthropocentric representation of the Arctic. Tara’s exhibition will include photography and ceramic tusk installation.

Seedling, Division, and The Crossing by Jeroen Witvliet, charcoal on paper. Images courtesy of the artist.

In their Project gallery, Jeroen Witvliet will be exhibiting I Regret / Listen, Tree / Feel. Jeroen Witvliet is a Dutch / Canadian artist who mainly works in painting and drawing. Jeroen’s practice revolves around finding distinct imagery that addresses a variety of issues and subjects, ranging from history, environmental, social and group dynamics, landscape, memory, art history and more, but all are driven by a deep sense of uncertainty. In his paintings/drawings there is a constant push to challenge preconceived notions of the medium but also to question the linearity of his practice and (historical) timelines.

Both Mammoths, EcoZombies and Permafrost Extinction and I Regret / Listen, Tree / Feel will be on display from February 7 until March 21, 2025.

About the Artists

Tara Nicholson is an artist who explores ecological activism through a more-than-human lens. Her photo-based and installation practice has investigated Arctic extinction and permafrost research for the past ten years. She has exhibited and attended residencies across Canada and internationally while receiving funding from the BC Arts Council and Canada Council. She was invited to Earthed, an eco-art residency (Banff Centre) and her recent exhibitions include Wicked Problems (Queens Gallery, UK), This Image That (Victoria Arts Council), Site, Surface, Sample (Gallery 44, Toronto) and Fieldwork (Lake Country Gallery). Tara is a Continuing Lecturer at UVic and is completing an interdisciplinary PhD at UBC, Okanagan.

Jeroen Witvliet is a Dutch / Canadian artist working mainly in painting and drawing. After immigrating from the Netherlands to Canada, he moved to Vancouver BC and from there to Vancouver Island. Jeroen graduated from the Wilem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands with a BFA, studied film, video, and painting at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and holds an MFA from the university of Victoria, BC, Canada. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe and North America and is part of private and corporate collections. Jeroen has had thematic exhibitions based on the research and production of new work after the completion of international residencies and his practice has received multiple Canada Council for the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council Grants.

About the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art

The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art is a non-profit artist-run centre founded in 1989. We leverage knowledge, expertise, empathy and resources to support creative projects that nurture our community.

The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art respectfully acknowledges its presence on the unceded territory of the syilx (Okanagan) people.

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