Erik Volet

Bacchantes: The Celebrants

Artist Statement
Erik Volet operates between modes of perception, travelling into the collective-unconscious retrieving symbols from mythic space, returning to give form to these discoveries. His paintings construct scenarios with figures from disparate times, animals, hybrid creatures, fantastical flora, and transitory architecture. The work explores the crossroads of the forbidden, madness, and magic.

Artist Bio
Erik Volet (b. 1980) is an artist based in the West Coast of Canada and is a member of the Inner Island Surrealist Group. He has shown in Canada, the United States and France. His primary focus is on painting and drawing. He has also produced and illustrated books, zines and has been active in outdoor mural painting. Influences which continue to be important to his process of art making are early twentieth century art movements, comic book art, graffiti, and an ongoing engagement with Surrealism.

You can visit Erik at www.erikvolet.com and on his Instagram at www.instagram.com/erikvolet

Opening night:

Friday, May 2, 2025, 7 to 9 p.m.
Artist Talk: May 3, 1:00 pm

Gallery hours:

Continues every weekend from Saturday, May 3 until Sunday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.