Image: The artist sitting on a bench she painted for the Oceanside Benchmark Project 2021

ABOUT Silke

Silke Seiler was raised in the Village of Lions Bay in Howe Sound on the coast of British Columbia. Having come from a family of mariners, Silke spent much of her time as a child exploring the gulf islands, inlets and islands of British Columbia's south coast. It was there that her understanding and desire of pursuing both her traditional art history and contemporary art practices began. Silke Seiler spent much time in a Tofino floathouse and then on Lasqueti Island; a wholly off-grid remote island where the ocean, trees and animals inspired her to begin expressing her art through acrylic paint.

Silke is a Canadian of Japanese descent of the Yonsei generation on her mother's side and of immediate German citizenship on her father's side. Silke brings a background of commercial graphic design to the process of her work; commercial arts set a fast paced stage for the execution of personal projects.

The artist paints in a style that is is not merely representational but delves into the world of magical realism. While not appearing outwardly political, Silke's work aims to explore the often tense relationship of humans and our coast's trees and waterways, showing their priceless beauty during a time of excess resource monetization.

Silke is an Active member of the Federation of Canadian artists, a member of the Decosmos Art Society and a member of the Lasqueti Island Arts group.

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Artist's CV

2023 SHORE POWER Solo Exhibition, Arts Centre, Lasqueti Island, BC

2023 The Beach Club Summer 2023 Solo Exhibition, Parksville, BC

2023 Lasqueti Island Arts Festival, Lasqueti, BC

2023 Shape & Form Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2nd Place Award

2023 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Contest

2023 Bayside Winter Show, Bayside Gallery, Parksville, BC

2023 Active Members Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2022 Juried Fall Group Exhibition, MLA Office Gallery, Arrowsmith Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists, Qualicum, BC

2022 Exquisite Corpse, Collaborative Painting Project, Bayside Resort Gallery, Parksville, BC, First Place Prize with artists Joanne Nemeth and Kat Cearns

2022 Oceanside Studio Tour, Solo exhibition, Parksville, BC

2022 Arts Fest, Lasqueti island Arts Festival Group Exhibition, Lasqueti Island, BC

2022 Moving Forward, Spring Juried Group Exhibition, MacMillan Arts Centre, Parksville, BC.
Third Place Juried Award

2022 Spring Show Group Exhibition, Lasqueti Arts Centre, Lasqueti Island, BC

2021 Gallery of Small Works Group Exhibition, Lasqueti Arts Centre, Lasqueti Island, BC

2021 Storm Warning, Solo Exhibition, Lasqueti Arts Centre, Lasqueti, BC
Sold out show

2021 Oceanside Benchmark - A Community Art Project, Collaborative Project

2021 Quarantine Qapsule BC Edition -Online Group Exhibition and honorarium

2021 Commission, 24"x36", Private Collector

2021 Commission, 30"x40" Painting, Private Collector

2019 Commission, Dragon Coffee, Illustration

2018 Through a Wild Lens, llustration Commission, Sechelt, BC

2018 Commision Last Resort Gate Design, Lasqueti, BC

2017, 2018, 2019 Arts Fest, Lasqueti island Arts Festival Group Exhibition, Lasqueti Island

2016 Commission, Private Children's Book,
Illustrations, Sechelt, BC

2015, 2016 Arts Fest, Lasqueti island Arts Festival Group Exhibition, Lasqueti Island