The Geography of Becoming is currently under review with select contemporary galleries in Canada and abroad.
Gallery Exhibition Proposal
Artist: Catherine Liora
Exhibition Title: The Geography of Becoming
Medium: Digital Abstract Works (Backlit Acrylic Presentation)
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Contact: artistliora@gmail.com Cell: 236-510-3655
Introduction
The Geography of Becoming is a series of luminous digital abstract works by Canadian artist Catherine Liora, whose intuitive, gesture-driven practice explores the shifting terrain between emotion, light, and perception. These works were created through a process of experimentation, discovery, and continuous refinement—beginning with a single mark and unfolding through layers of colour, movement, and adjustment until each piece reaches a point of clarity.
Though not literal landscapes, the pieces often lean toward horizon-like structures and open spatial atmospheres. They hold the suggestion of places that don’t exist, yet feel strangely familiar—internal geographies shaped by intuition rather than observation.
Artist Background
Born on Cape Breton Island and now based in Victoria, BC, Catherine Liora is a self-taught artist who found her way to painting after an early career in science and law. Her practice is rooted in reinvention: a willingness to start again, explore, and trust the discoveries that arise in the process.
Working digitally allows her to push boundaries freely—adding, removing, and transforming gestures until the image finds its essential form. The work reflects an ongoing search: to capture “everything at once,” the atmosphere of a feeling before it becomes language.
Her recent cross-continental RV journey from Nova Scotia to British Columbia—taken with her two young puppies—has reinforced themes of movement, unpredictability, transition, and arrival, all of which echo throughout the collection.
Exhibition Concept
The Geography of Becoming presents twelve digital abstract works as backlit acrylic pieces, a format that amplifies the internal luminosity of each composition. The light-based presentation gives the works a quiet, radiant presence, encouraging slow looking and immersive engagement.
The exhibition is structured as a progression—moving from energetic, catalytic pieces into calmer, expansive works that explore spaciousness, emergence, and subtle emotional shifts. Together, the artworks create a visual rhythm that mirrors the artist’s process of navigating change and discovering new internal landscapes.
Themes & Significance
The collection explores:
Gesture as origin: Each piece begins with one mark—simple, unplanned, honest.
Colour as meaning: Colour drives the emotional architecture of the work.
Transformation: Images evolve through addition, removal, layering, and revision.
Unfixed landscapes: Forms that suggest horizon lines, atmospheric shifts, and open space.
Intuition over theory: A practice built on discovery rather than predetermined outcomes.
Emergence: The moment when an image feels “right”—complete without explanation.
The work sits comfortably within contemporary digital abstraction, while offering a distinctly personal language shaped by curiosity, movement, and an inner sense of navigation.
Technical Specifications
Medium: Digital abstract paintings
Exhibition Format: Backlit acrylic face-mounted prints
Sizes: Uniform (all works presented at the same dimensions for coherence)
Quantity: 10–12 pieces
Installation Requirements: Standard gallery lighting; each piece includes its own integrated LED backlighting
A ready-to-send exhibition PDF is available upon request.
Artist Statement (Concise)
“I begin with a single gesture and follow it into colour, movement, and discovery. Working digitally lets me experiment freely—adding, undoing, shifting—until the piece reaches a point that feels true. My work often leans toward imagined landscapes, not of real places but of internal ones. Each piece is a record of searching, adjusting, and recognizing the moment something essential emerges.”
— Catherine Liora
Conclusion
The Geography of Becoming offers viewers an immersive, contemplative experience grounded in light, colour, and the intuitive process of transformation. The exhibition is ideal for contemporary galleries seeking work that is atmospheric, emotionally resonant, and aligned with the expanding space of digital fine art.
