THE Water bearer // 2017
EXERtION
gold
SUN
Exertion Gold Sun is an artist from Shantigar, a tiny kingdom, established on the belief that art can transform life: by giving voice to the silenced, making the invisible visible, and provoking wonder.
Through painting, drawing, photography, object making and writing, Exertion creates original expressions of cultural innovation.
Exhibitions
Les Atelier, Baie-St.-Paul, QC, 2021
The Ocean Within, RAM Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, 2017
Picture IS, Good Faith Space, Williamsburg, NYC, 2013
Honors
Artist-in-Residence, Les Atelier, Baie-St.-Paul, QC, 2020 & 2021
Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, 2018
Poet-in-Residence, U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, 2015-2017
Artist-in-Residence, Chashama North, 2013
Featured Emerging Artist, ArtSlant.com, NY, 2013
Artist-in-Residence, Shantigar Foundation 2010-present
Publications
The Rain, 2015
Don’t Honor Your Poets, 2015
ART
MINDFIELD // 2015
JUAN-PACO // 2015
DISCIPLES // 2013
SINGLE MOMENT MIND // 2013
FLood on furman //
2017
wildflowers // 2018
death in blue //
2016
overlooked edges //
2012
parc jarry, montreal // 2019
portales // 2020
birchface // 2013
zhang daqian tribute //
2015
Wind FARM // 2022
UNTITLED (OVERVIEW) // 2022
LAURENTIDES // 2020
PARC DES AMOUREUX // 2021
KILOMETER 36 // 2021
ETLA TEXTURAS // 2023
BIOPHILIA: costa rica // 2016
altos del monte
limon
manzanillo
san jose
SILLY GOOSE // 2013
YOUR new swan // 2013
WHALE ON THE LAWN // 2014
POST GLAcial // 2014
YELLOW TREE // 2015
KOI OVER CUTOUTS // 2014
ELEPHANT CAVE // 2014
VISERION
RHAEGEL
three dragons // 2013
DROGON
santa fe art institute // 2018
zuni dancer
SHARED
EARTH
wildflowers
fly
blossom
zia
sage
domicile
ALL THAT remains
a.i.
projection: helmet
projection: abstract
the gift
out west // 2019
brooklyn
van nuys sushi
last straw
santa fe
meow wolf michael
Baie-st-paul, qc // 2021
la baie
habitat minus heron (work-in-progress)
solsticio
brook view
le couvent
pastorale
compost
moineau
interdit
river view
SHANTIGAR // 2022
greys
bridge
garden
orchard
arhat
tomates
lions
@exertiongoldsun