The Karla Pearce Art Gallery is situated in the heart of the Thompson Okanagan in downtown Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It is nestled in between Vancouver, Calgary and Kelowna. The Gallery is made up of professional artists that all live and work in the area. It operates on a rent sharing basis allowing artists to keep more of the money generated by their sales and encourages them to develop their careers. The gallery is privately owned and operated by its director Karla Pearce who is an artist. The artwork is rotated on a regular basis keeping the gallery fresh and new upon each visit.One can find many different styes of painting ranging from abstracts, surrealist, landscape and floral. The gallery also carries a wide selection of jewellery, ceramics, hand dyed silk scarfs and art supplies.
Karla Pearce also offers art classes right in the gallery where her painting studio is located. Art classes are available for all levels ranging from the novice painter to the advanced artist. Karla Pearce also offers Childrens Art Classes, including After School Art Classes, Art Camps and Pro-D Art Days.
About Karla Pearce
Karla Pearce studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design and the University of Calgary. Karla Pearce is a painter, teacher, author, publisher and producer.
Karla Pearce currently has had her work shown by many public galleries throughout Western Canada, some of these are; The Grand Forks Art Gallery, Centre 64 - Kimberly, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Alternator Gallery - Kelowna, Truck artist Run Centre - Calgary, the Nelson Museum and the Castlegar Museum.
In 2008 Pearce opened up her own art gallery in Castlegar called the Creative Edge Gallery where she showed her own work as well as the work of many local artists. There she taught art classes in conjunction with Selkirk College and the Kootenay Boundry Reginal District.
Pearce has also done a great deal of volunteer work over the years with children and has completed many public murals. Her mural accomplishments are, Blueberry School Castlegar, Winlaw Elementary School, Trail's Memorial arena, Rosemont Elementary in Nelson, Nelson Civic Centre and Central School. All projects Pearce completed the work with local children.
Karla Pearce has published two books “Anise and the Magic Fish” which she wrote and illustrated, and Art of the Kootenays. a hard cover coffee table book. She started writing an arts column in 2004, The Creative Edge, which was published in The Nelson Daily News, the Trail Daily Times, Kootenay Carnival Magazine,The Castlegar News, Some Kootenay Arts Talk and is currently published in Kamloops This Week .
Karla Pearce produced a radio arts feature for BKRadio, for four years as well as a TV feature The Creative Edge on Shaw TV. Pearce also publishes a magazine called SKAT (Some Kootenay Arts Talk) that was published in the West Kootenays 2003-2011. The Publication has been re-named Some Kamloops Arts Talk and is now published in Kamloops.
Karla Pearce currently owns and operates out of her gallery, Karla Pearce Art Gallery located in Kamloops BC, where she paints and teaches art classes for all ages.
"Storm" 20 x 16 by Karla Pearce
" Wave" 46 x 30 by Karla Pearce
" Shadow Light" 31 x 28 by Karla Pearce
