Welcome to The

RICE HOWARD WAY ALLEY OF LIGHT

MURALS

SEPTEMBER 2022

RICE HOWARD WAY ALLEY, EDMONTON, ALBERTA;

Alley between The McLeod Building and Craft Beer Market;

Alley between the Canada Permanent Building, College Tower and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Building, Edmonton, Alberta.

“Humanities Dominion over the Natural World” & “Monsters”

The inaugural mural exhibit, features several artworks spanning the Rice Howard Way Alley of Light by Edmonton-based artists Josh Harnack and Nathan Panousis.  The murals depict an examination of Humanities Dominion over the Natural World, its push backs, and Monsters.

Location

• West-facing wall of The McLeod Building (10134 - 100 St. NW);

• East-facing wall of the Craft Beer Market building (10013 - 101A Ave.);

• South-facing boarded windows of the Canada Permanent Building (10126 100 St NW);

• North-facing doors of the Canadian Pacific Railway building (10012 Jasper Ave).

About the RHW Murals 

• The East-facing wall portrays the struggle for dominance echoed by landscape against ingenuity of natures ability to grow and become reborn through the harshest conditions. Together they find harmony.  

• The West-facing mural represents the dynamic between human ambition and the natural world.  It aims to illustrate how the two influence and resonate with each other and the ways in which our industrial growth can hinder and displace the environment mourned us, even if the intent seems innocuous.

• The South-facing wall features 5 creatures caught between their world and ours. The digitalization of the animals and their world are at odds with the natural world. A battle for dominance, visually, metaphorically and literally.  

• The North-facing overhead doors showcase humanity's existence within the world and its obvious signs (Monsters).

About Josh Harnack Artwork  “My work speaks to those who wander—who don’t belong. My battles with cancer as a young adult warned me that my time should not be spent trying to fit in but learning to embrace the strangest parts of myself. This struggle is found in each of my pieces: the corruption of realism with the surreal; the distortion of the physical world by our metaphysical imaginations. I believe that seeking to understand this internal dialogue is critical to a healthy life. I’m pleased to report that I’ve been in remission for 7 years. Hopefully, beholders will use my artwork as prompts for their own self-discovery. Our journey has begun.”

Artist Bio – J. Harnack   Josh was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, where his spark for the arts began. After graduating high school in 2012, Josh moved to Vancouver to study film. Over those three years, Josh’s passion shifted towards fine art. In 2015, Josh moved back home to Edmonton, where he began his professional career as an artist. Josh graduated with honours from NAIT, majoring in both Graphic Design and Visual Communication. His work extends to many different mediums but specialized in oil and acrylic painting.

About Nathan Panousis Artwork   The work of Nathan Panousis explores the nature of the self and the differing contexts and factors that shape our individual experiences. He has cultivated a style that illustrates these narratives through the use of contrasting colours, values and bold line work. Channeling the mythological framework of his Greek heritage, the work utilizes his unique visual language to tell universal stories about who we are, our place in the world and its reaction to us.

Artist Bio – N. Panousis   Nathan Panousis is a born and raised Edmonton artist. He attended Victoria School where his creative flame was initially harnessed and he has been producing art in the public sphere since. He works in a wide variety of mediums and disciplines including but not limited to mural creation, painting and tattooing.

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