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SUMMARY:Popcorn Clouds
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Clouds is a solo exhibition by Calgary-based multidisci
 plinary artist Winner Brave\, featuring new portraiture work exploring weig
 ht\, transformation\, and the interior life that lives just beneath perform
 ance.\n\nA popcorn cloud is what meteorologists call those scattered\, puff
 y cumulus that dot a summer sky. They look soft. Aesthetic. Harmless. But t
 hey are densely packed with water\, weight\, and a quiet instability that b
 uilds into something new. This body of work is about that kind of weight\, 
 and the surprise of ground beneath your feet after a long season of floatin
 g.\n\nA year and a half in the making\, the exhibition is presented in two 
 registers: a yellow series of suspended\, liminal portraiture\, and a red g
 rounded series titled Before I Let Go. Together they trace a real-time arc 
 of self-recognition\, transformation\, and the artist's own emergence into 
 calling herself\, out loud\, an artist.\n\nCurated by Sarah Uwadiae.\n\nExh
 ibition Dates: July 10 – 13\, 2026\n\nOpening Reception: Friday\, July 10
 \, 6:00 PM\n\nLocation: Nrvrlnd Arts Foundation\, 1048 21 Ave SE\, Calgary\
 n\nAbout the artist: Winner Brave is a Nigerian-Canadian multidisciplinary 
 visual artist based in Calgary. Holding a BDesign in Photography and Media 
 Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts\, her practice bridges the vis
 ual precision of editorial and commercial photography with the raw terrain 
 of self-discovery and emotional consciousness. Her work centers on portrait
 ure\, color\, and psychological interiority operating at the threshold of v
 isibility and shadow.\n\nBrave explores transformation\, identity\, and the
  liminal spaces of becoming rather than being. She is drawn to the unspoken
  weight of personal history and the invisible architectures that shape how 
 we see ourselves. Her aesthetic carries the bold contrasts of advertising\,
  yet beneath that polished surface\, her practice excavates the deeply pers
 onal: obsession\, intimacy\, rebirth\, the beauty that emerges from destruc
 tion.\n\nWith over seven years of professional experience across editorial\
 , fine art\, and commercial photography\, Brave is the founder of 11th Casa
 \, a talent development initiative for visual artists.\n\nInstagram: @winne
 r.brave\n\nWebsite: winnerbrave.ca\n\nhttps://www.visitcalgary.com/events/p
 opcorn-clouds\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/popcorn-clouds-solo-exhibition
 -by-winner-brave-tickets-1986002320402
LOCATION:nvrlnd. arts foundation\, 1048 21 Ave Se\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G
  1N2
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