This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
Images
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![Inside a fig cut in half, chained together with the text in one Easy Come and the other side says Easy Go]()
Easy Come, Easy Go, 2024 by Ella Chay -
![Surreal image of a checked floor emerging from a painting onto the floor, columns and furniture in the room]()
Artifacts, 2022 by Ella Chay -
![Surreal image of 4 windows]()
Day Dreamers, 2023 by Ella Chay -
![oblong 3d frame with an image inside of a street and dinosaur-like creatures waiting]()
Mirage, 2022 by Ella Chay
Painting & Sculpture Exhibition - Ella Chay - I saw you in a dream
In-person
Intercultural Sculpture & installation Painting Self-guided Visual artsDate and time
Location
Xchanges Artists' Gallery and Studios (Xchanges Gallery)
2333 Government Street
Victoria, BC
Directions: Xchanges is located behind the old Gregg's Furniture (now closed). A sandwich board will be on the sidewalk. There are 2 flights of stairs to get to the gallery. Address: 2333-6E Government Street, Victoria, BC V8T 4P4.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Ella Chay is an emerging BIPOC artist.
In Ella Chay's exhibition, I Saw You in a Dream, she explores the intersections between
dreams and memories. This exhibition includes a collection of mixed media paintings
and sculptures that reflect the shifting chaos and peace of dreams, and the
unpredictability of the subconscious mind. Dreams also provide an opportunity to dive
into the emotions, fears and desires revealed by the subconscious.
Ella has a BFA Visual Arts Honours with Distinction, from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC and is represented by Sweetpea Gallery.
Links
- Xchanges Website xchangesgallery.org
Organizer
Xchanges Gallery and Studios
Welcome to Xchanges Gallery and Studios, Canada’s oldest artist-run-centre (est. 1967). Located and serving on unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən, Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. The spirit that gave birth to Xchanges began over 55 years ago. A small group of artists envisioned a way to meet the challenges of being an artist. Xchanges persists because it continues to provides support for many of these challenges. This vision rests on solid bones in a structure that has carried it forward through changes over the years to today. As a non-profit charity Xchanges is committed to being of service to the greater community through its artistic and gallery goals and developing its people and supporting creativity. The mandate of Xchanges is to provide affordable studios, present challenging and engaging contemporary art in diverse media whether in our physical spaces or online and virtually, and to support a positive and creative culture in Victoria, BC.