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About web

Craig Brumwell is an interdisciplinary artist from Vancouver, Canada, where he is currently completing a Fine Arts Degree at the Emily Carr Universtiy of Art and Design. A secondary educator by day, this portfolio documents his artistic inquiry and course work since 2000. Brumwell engages with the nature of the human response - to place, people and time. The concepts of connection, transformation and memory are common themes in his work.

Rail Installation: Fall 2011

This rail installation is the final project of my Fall Senior Studio class with Merritt Johnson and Janice Kerbel. I combined it with my drawing installation from last Spring for my 4th year panel review.

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Rail Filing

This is the first project of my Fall 2011 Senior Studio class.

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Drawing Installation: Senior Studio, Spring 2011

These are a series of charcoal drawings I made for GEVA 410 with Jen Weih during Spring, 2011.Closer views:

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Workbench Wall 3 (December 2010)

This is the last video of a series on memory created during my senior studio class with Babak Golkar. I will update a new version with sound soon.

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Workbench Wall 1 (November 2010)

This video is the first of a series focusing on memory created during my senior studio class taught by Babak Golkar.

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Fall 2009 Paintings

These paintings are from my Fall 2009 Painting 304 class with Philippe Raphanel. Untitled is done with acrylic paint on board. I switched to oil for the second half of the term. Spring 2006 started as a study. I decided … Continue reading

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Yet More Installation With Liz: Tape & Piano Room II, Spring 2009

All paths lead to the piano room. The tape converges onto keys that play the E major chord – the unending final note of The Beatles A Day In The Life (and the Apple computer boot-up chime: very subtle, Steve … Continue reading

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More Installation with Liz: Duct Tape + Piano

This is my first project from Sculpture 318 – the next level of site specific installation with Liz Magor in Spring Term of ’09. My chosen site is know to Emily Carr students and staff as the “piano room.” It … Continue reading

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Site Specific Installation with Liz

These projects are from Sculpture 218: Site Specific/Installation, with Liz Magor from the Fall 2008 term.� Every Emily Carr student should have to take a course with Liz – her reputation as an artist and an instructor precedes her.� She … Continue reading

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Alert Bay Trip

On August 21st, I finally made a trek to Alert Bay. My Art History 206 class that I took in 2006 with Laura Wee Lay Laq focused on a number of events from the village’s history that really interest me: … Continue reading

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