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REPRESENTATION

ARTEFUNKTIONAL GALLERY, Vernon BC

GALLERY MERRICK, Victoria BC


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Girl Interrupted
Gallery Merrick, Victoria BC
2019 Fictitious Form
ARTEFunktional Gallery, Kelowna BC
2017 Backwards and Forwards
Summerland Public Art Gallery, Summerland BC
2016 Wonderland Redux
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
2015 Dear Diary
Armstrong Spallumcheen Public Art Gallery, Armstrong BC
2012 Conversations with Myself
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Human Condition
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
If I were you Exhibition: 3 artists
Lake Country Art Gallery, BC
2021 14th Annual Figurative
Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2018 Tall Tales
Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC
2017 Heads Up
Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC
2016 Journeying
ARTE funktional, Kelowna, BC
2014 A Step Forward - Juried Group Exhibition
Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
Artist, Artisan, Architecture & Design
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
Abstract Break
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC
Under 100 - Juried Group Exhibition
Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
2013 Small Objects
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
Annual Members Exhibition
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC
Under 800 - Juried Exhibition
Sopa Gallery, Kelowna BC
60 Anniversary, 60 Artists - Juried Exhibition
BC Arts Council, Kelowna BC
Pop Goes the Art
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC
2012 Mapping - Members Exhibition
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Art for Change - Juried Group Exhibition
Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC Vikki Drummond - 1
Colours of Spring
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC


PUBLICATIONS

2020 Create Magazine - Sarah Mills - June 2

2019 Morning Star - Brieanna Charlebois - July 2

2016 ArtaFacts, Daily Courior - Anna Jacyszyn- September 20

2013 60 Artists 60 Spaces - Arts Council Central Okanagan

AWARDS AND WORKSHOPS

2022 Gallery Ring Crystal Award
2019 Opus Art Supplies, Kelowna, BC


EDUCATION
Diploma in Business Administration.
Restauranteur 25 years


COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Canada, United States, Australia & Saudi Arabia


DONATIONS
Hepatitis C Trust, Art on a Postcard Fundraiser by invitation, London UK
Project Literacy Fundraiser, Kelowna BC
Art on the Line 2015 Fundraiser, UBCO Visual Arts, Kelowna BC

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BIO

From early childhood Vikki has been exploring her creative side, opting for crayons and paints over dolls. As a teenager she mostly focussed on drawing skills. The art of shadowing and infusing light with a charcoal pencil formed the foundation for her future work.
Post-secondary prompted a sensible choice and Vikki enrolled in a Business Administration program which led to a two-decade career in Sales and Marketing. While her beloved art was on hold, Vikki met her adorable husband and together they owned and operated several restaurants and a bar; raised a son and daughter and three mutts.
Vikki never lost her love of gummy bears, strawberry lip gloss and daily trips down rabbit holes to colourful worlds she yearned to explore. In 2000 she took a part-time position with a Fashion House. The work fueled a passion for costume and expressive dressing and inspired her to take her whimsical side more seriously.
She sold her first painting in 2012 and began working as a professional artist.
In 2020 Vikki and her husband downsized to beautiful downtown Victoria BC, where the cry of the gulls and the briny kiss of ocean air inspired Vikki in mystical ways. She brings a belief in both the beauty and the absurdity of our human world to the canvas, convening with magical creatures and dark monsters in equal measure.
She realized a lifelong dream when she opened her own studio in historic Fan Tan Alley. Her pieces have been selected for public display by the City of Victoria, featured on a beer can label with Bones Brewery, and collected as far away as far as Australia, Saudi Arabia, Europe and New York.
She is thrilled to be represented by Gallery Merrick in Victoria, BC and delighted to welcome the public into her cozy studio. Stop by and say hello. Oh, and bring some gummy bears or maybe those strawberry marshmallow candies, slightly stale, when you do.