Welcome to the silent art exhibit auction - Fort St. James: Silences and Solitudes -  featuring the works of Mariusz Wesolowski. The exhibit and auction are being hosted by Pope Mountain Arts in support of the Fort St. James Animal Care Team Society (FSJ ACTS). All the pieces in the exhibit are available through silent auction bidding on this site. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the FSJ ACTS.

Click on this link Pope Mountain Arts - Community Arts Council of Fort St. James's Auction | MyMiniAuction to access the bidding platform.

The original pieces are available for in-person viewing at Pope Mountain Arts gallery, located at 675 Birch Street in Fort St. James. The gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, between 10 am and 3 pm. There will be an exhibit reception on July 10th from 7 pm - 9 pm. 

The exhibit is a collection of Mariusz's original photographs transferred onto special canvas and executed as diamond art. This relatively new technique allows the viewer to interact with the image by watching it from various distances and angles. The smallest size of such works as presented in the collection (24.5 by 24.5 cm) contains over 3,500 drills (round beads) and takes between eight and ten hours to make. This project features images from around Fort St. James and was created by Mariusz out of his love for animals and sincere hope to help animals in need. 

Auction bidding will begin on July 7th and will close on July 30th at 11:59 pm.

Artist Bio:

Mariusz Wesolowski studied literature and art history at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, afterwards working as assistant curator at the National Museum of Krakow. He also published art exhibition and book reviews, literary studies, essays, prose translations from English, and poetry. In 1982 he migrated to Canada and has lived in Fort St. James since 2019. Mariusz is an active volunteer with the FSJ ACTS.