Art @ KCT

KPMG presents
ART@KCT Exhibition featuring Marzieh Homayoun and John Leinemann

Art @ KCT is a professional art exhibition within the lobby of the Kelowna Community Theatre presenting the work of visual artists from the Central Okanagan featuring accessible, thought-provoking visual art.

The program presents the work of a variety of local visual artists to showcase Kelowna’s expansive creative community and provides professional development and progression opportunities for local artists.

Kelowna Community Theatre is excited to present two new exhibitions as part of the Art@KCT program, presented by KPMG. This latest edition of Art@KCT features the work of artists Marzieh Homayoun and John Leinemann, exploring diverse connections to nature through drawing and sculpture.

Above: Marzieh Homayoun's Disappearing World

In the Rise exhibition space, Marzieh Homayoun presents Disappearing World, a selection of drawings that investigate the relationship between nature and survival through surrealism. Inspired by the natural world's constant transformations, Homayoun reimagines landscapes as living entities where organic forms merge and sometimes clash. By blending rock formations, textures, and animal forms, she depicts nature as a powerful force—both violent and resilient. Each piece tells a story of survival, capturing moments of tension, adaptation, and coexistence. This series invites viewers to look beyond the familiar and engage with the hidden forces that shape life in its rawest, most poetic form.

The Cube exhibition space features John Leinemann’s The Nature of Spheres, an exploration of the beauty and rarity of spherical forms, inspired by their limited occurrences in the natural world. Using a newly learned technique incorporating three axes on his woodturning lathe, Leinemann created these wooden spheres to highlight each orb’s uniqueness through his craftsmanship.

Spheres hold a special place in our perception of nature, representing unity, balance, and the infinite. However, these forms are relatively rare in our natural environment, making their appearance even more significant. Keeping this in mind as he turned each piece, Leinemann reflected on this concept of rareness and the inherent beauty of these shapes. Using a variety of locally harvested woods, each piece was crafted to reveal and showcase its hidden characteristics. With twenty years of woodturning experience, Leinemann aims for a high level of craftsmanship in each sphere by using razor-sharp tools that allow him to explore different textures, grains, and finishes.

Above: John Leinemann's The Nature of Spheres

Disappearing World and The Nature of Spheres will be on view from June 14 - October 12, 2025 in the lobby of the Kelowna Community Theatre.