Artist: Lucas Soi

After The Dance (2010) Pen & Ink 14" x 34"

Black Mass (2009) Pen & Ink 14" x 51"

Deep End (2009) Pen & Ink 14" x 51"

Glass House (2009) Pen & Ink 14" x 34"

The Witches (2009) Pen & Ink 14" x 51

Bio:

Lucas Soi is a Canadian artist living and working in Vancouver, B.C. His work focuses

on how the consequences of our actions in the past relate to the circumstances in which we find ourselves today.

Relation to Work:

While I couldn’t find too much on Soi, I found his work to be very refreshing to look at. I love the simple use of pen and ink, the repetition of dots, and the environments chosen. I also like the panoramic format, which I think adds to the strangeness. His style suggests cartoons or coloring books, yet the messages are very dark. I like his use of abrasive imagery and that he doesn’t feel the need to censor himself. These drawings give us a voyeuristic peek into odd rituals.

Inspirational Quotes:

“I think being young, you're closer to conception than to existence. Meaning you're really closer to death than life. If you're fourteen years old, surrounded by your parents who are, say, triple you’re age, you're closer to "just being born" than to "everyday life". So destruction, which is a kind of creation in reverse, is closer to your understanding, maybe?”

“So maybe the darkness that you see in these drawings is just the connection all youths have to that unknown place where we come from, and where we go when we die.”

“I wanted to reflect where we’re at in our culture right now, but show that we've always been here. We haven't changed that much. Ancient myths are really eternal truths, you know?”

Artist Site:

http://www.lucassoi.ca/

Interview:

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php/features-mainmenu-102/2253-lucas-soi-interview

Gallery Representation:

http://www.shootinggallerysf.com/