Preston Pavlis, solo exhibition at Contemporary Calgary

Bradley Ertaskiran is pleased to highlight Preston Pavlis’s solo exhibition, You there, on view at Contemporary Calgary from September 25, 2025 to February 15, 2026. Curated by Kanika Anand, Senior Curator at Contemporary Calgary, the presentation marks Pavlis’s first major institutional solo exhibition.

You there features a new body of work continuing Pavlis’ fusion of painting and textiles. Painted on one side and quilted on the other, Pavlis’s painted compositions are richly textured, while the quilted side is stitched from worn pieces of clothing, each bearing traces of touch and use. Pavlis’ subjects are drawn from the artist’s home in Halifax, where moments of quiet abandonment surface in both the ordinary and the unexpected.

Click here to learn more abuot the exhibition at Contemporary Calgary.

Click here to read more about Preston Pavlis’s practice.