I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.
— Frida Kahlo
Artist Statement
"But the way to enjoy the city of art thoroughly is to take a room there and stay awhile."
—Alexander Eliot
Stacey Walyuchow (1975 Calgary, AB)
Inspired by experiences, memories, music and the many faces of women, I create mixed media artworks. My intention is to create stories and situations that break the passivity of the viewer by developing scenes that do not follow logical criteria. Stories that bring the spectator into a narrative that could be of dreams. My work is based on impactful situations from my own life experiences and some inspired by story and song lyrics, though each piece is open for interpretation. I want the viewer to personally feel something when they look at the work. A sense of wonder, a strong emotion, even a determination to figure out what each element represents.
Through juxtaposing women and other human forms with birds and moody, abandoned landscapes/structures, I want to provide a glimpse into those hidden places in our minds where we store all of the things we have yet to work through, the things we believe we should forget, and the things we long to remember.
Artist CV
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September 2023 Apocolyptica Exhibition, Spanic Arts, Calgary
September 2023 Riverview Artists, Intact Place Exhibition, Calgary
June 2023 Bow Valley Ranch Historical Society Exhibition, The Ranche Restaurant, Calgary
May 2023 Riverview Artists, 5th an 5th Exhibition, Calgary
April 2023 21st Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
March 2023 Riverview Artists, Centennial Place Exhibition, Calgary
December 2022 The People’s Portrait Prize, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary
November 2021 Art From The Unknown presented by Rachel Notley, Online
September 2021 Solo Exhibits, Esperanto Gallery, Markham, ON
August 2021 Papier, Esperanto Gallery, Markham, ON
June 2019 XPOSED, Knox Contemporary Gallery of Art, Calgary
June 2019 This Woman’s Work, Loft 112, Calgary
April 2019 17th Annual Juried Members Show, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
March 2019 Art Series III, with Maillot Homes, Calgary
October 2018 People’s Poetry Festival Art Show, Loft 112, Calgary
May 2018 Branch Out Neurological Foundation, cSPACE, Calgary
November 2017 Art Series II with Maillot Homes, Calgary
September 2017 Art Series I with Maillot Homes, Calgary
June 2017 Gathering, FosterMAK -East Village, Calgary
March 2016 Collective Ascension, Elevation Gallery, Canmore
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September 2022 Pieces II, Loft 112, Calgary
October 2021 In Between, Loft 112, Calgary
October 2020 Kintsugi, Loft 112, Calgary
March 2020 Lyrics, Loft 112, Calgary
April 2019 The Significance of Home, Loft 112, Calgary
November 2018 WILD with Kate Hewko, Kate Hewko, Calgary
March 2018 Faces of Eve, Loft 112, Calgary
June 2017 Pieces, Loft 112, Calgary
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Owen, Catherine, Moving To Delilah, Cover art, Freehand Books, November 2023
It’s A Theory Podcast with Melanie Nicholson: “The Expression of Art with Wakefield Brewster and Stacey Walyuchow”, September 2023
Hobsbawn Smith, dee, Among The Untamed, Cover art, Frontenac Publishing, April 2023
Meisner, Natalie, It Begins In Salt, Cover art, Frontenac Publishing, April 2023
Samreen Ahmed: “Calgary artist spotlight: Stacey Walyuchow”, Calgary Journal, February 2023, online at calgaryjournal.ca
Canadian Podcast with ZAK: “Creating Art through the Creative Blocks with Stacey Walyuchow”, October 2022
Christy Wright: “Vegan Verve”, Style At Home Magazine, April/May 2022, p.55 and 57
Murphy Lamb, Lisa and Stacey Walyuchow, Kintsugi, Loft on Eighth, 2020
Hajnoczky, Helen and Stacey Walyuchow, Lyrics, Loft on Eighth, 2020
Vance, Erin, and Stacey Walyuchow, The Significance of Home, Loft of Eighth, 2019
New Forum Magazine, Cover, vol. 1, June 2019
Stacey Walyuchow: “Finding Inspiration in Loss”, Purposeful Entrepreneur Magazine, Inspire Edition, Fall 2018, p. 12-13 Mollie Smith:
“Stacey Walyuchow: Addressing mental illness through art”, Calgary Journal, July 2018, online at calgaryjournal.ca
Project Bookmark Canada, Cover, Postcard announcement for Calgary Bookmark, October 2018
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Works held in private collections in Canada, the United States and Europe.
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December 2020 Common Unity, carya Village Commons, Calgary
May/June 2019 Local Shades, FosterMAK, Jubilee Auditorium Rotating Art Exhibition
March 2019 Art Series III, with Maillot Homes, Calgary
February 2018 I SPY, Loft 112, Calgary
November 2017 Art Series II with Maillot Homes, Calgary
September 2017 Art Series I with Maillot Homes, Calgary
June 2017 Gathering, FosterMAK -East Village, Calgary
March 2017 Collect - East Village, Calgary
November 2016 Local, Calgary
May 2016 Art Collecting 101, Calgary
March 2016 Collective Ascension, Elevation Gallery, Canmore
March 2016 Welcome Home Art Show with Brookfield Homes, Calgary
October 2015 FosterMAK Fall/Winter Exhibit, Calgary
March 2015 FosterMAK Spring Show and Sale, Calgary
December 2014 FosterMAK Launch Exhibit, Calgary