Art @ KCT
KPMG presents
ART@KCT Exhibition featuring Jian Suniga and Lucie Bardos
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.
In collaboration with KPMG, the Kelowna Community Theatre is thrilled to unveil the latest installment of its ongoing Art@KCT initiative. This joint showcase highlights the thought-provoking practices of Jian Suniga and Lucie Bardos, two creators who prompt audiences to deeply examine concepts of selfhood, recollection, and the shared complexities of life.
These two exhibitions, running from June 19 through October 10, 2026, will transform the lobby into a vibrant space for reflection and discovery.
Above: Jian Suniga's It Takes Time
In the RISE Exhibition Space, Jian Suniga presents It Takes Time. In this exhibition, Suniga introduces an array of expansive, patchwork spray-painted canvases that investigate how physical materials intersect with personal history and identity. Pieced together from repurposed textiles—including denim and various clothing fragments—his collage-driven style taps into familiar cultural textures, drawing direct inspiration from the urban landscapes of his youth. Formed through close collaboration with peers and advisors at UBC’s Okanagan campus, this collection serves as a visual diary of lived experiences, translating raw, discarded items into a tangible record of memory.
Displayed within the RISE gallery, these large-scale works establish an immersive environment where the gritty, energetic pulse of city streets intentionally collides with the pristine gallery walls. Through their grand scale, deliberate rhythms, and varied textures, these multi-layered compositions capture the chaotic sensory experience of metropolitan life, prompting viewers to pause and reflect on concepts of belonging. By merging these specific mediums and techniques, Suniga ultimately challenges us to consider how place, heritage, and memory intertwine to sculpt our evolving sense of self.
In the CUBE Exhibition Space, Lucie Bardos presents I Dance Between Them, a multidisciplinary exhibition that weaves together painting and poetry to explore belonging, identity, and transformation. The series grew from Bardos' debut poetry collection of the same name, with each visual piece emerging as an intuitive response to one of the poems—an echo of its rhythm, emotion, or imagery translated through colour and texture. The titles of the paintings are derived directly from the poems that inspired them, utilizing either the poem’s title or a significant line.
The arrangement within the CUBE creates a contemplative space where words and images intermingle. Printed versions of the poems are displayed alongside the paintings, creating an environment where viewers can move fluidly between written and visual language. Positioned intentionally to evoke movement and openness, the works physically manifest the sense of crossing thresholds that underlies the project. Ultimately, the exhibition invites reflection on our own in-between places: the shifting spaces where identity, memory, and community meet.
Above: Lucie Bardos' I Dance Between Them
It Takes Time and I Dance Between Them will be on view from June 19 to October 10, 2026, in the lobby of the Kelowna Community Theatre.