Brandy Saturley

Brandy Saturley (born 1972) is a Canadian visual artist.

Early life and education
Saturley was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1972. She was raised on a hobby farm in a fishing community in Sooke, Vancouver Island. She is of Ukrainian, Cornish, and Canadian (Vancouver Island) descent. Her mother was a mixed media artist, and her grandmother was a painter.

Saturley completed her studies in visual culture at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and later studied contemporary art practices at the Royal College of Art in London, England. Saturley is also a graduate of the Victoria Motion Picture School, where she earned a degree in cinema.

Career
Saturley began her career as a visual artist in the mid-1990s, transitioning to full-time work in this field in the early 2000s. Her first public gallery exhibition, Iconic Canuck, was the subject of a short documentary film directed and produced by Randy Frykas in 2020, titled The Iconic Canuck.

Saturley began her art series Canadianisms in 2011. Over the next five years, she explored various Canadian locales and uncovered their hidden secrets. These explorations were later reflected in her work, showcasing her observations and interpretations of Canadian culture and landscapes. The series, titled Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada, was exhibited in 2017 in a touring exhibition with public galleries in Alberta, Canada.

In 2012, her artwork, Goalie's Mask, was added to the hockey gallery at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary. The artwork features Ken Dryden's hockey mask set against a backdrop of the Canadian flag. Later, it was shortlisted for the Canadian Olympic Committee's trophy for Sport and Art in 2014.

In 2014, Saturley started the People of Canada Portrait Project, an online exhibition that includes 20 portraits. The project was officially launched in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, Saturley was part of the Judging Panel for the 2023 Canada International Art Competition, funded by the Government of Canada.

Work
Saturley worked on the I See Mountains series, influenced by her ten-day journey through the Canadian Rockies in 2010. The series used horizontal canvases to depict landscapes such as Babel, Rundle, Crowfoot, Mount Assiniboine, and Mount Robson.

Saturley's Canadianisms series, exhibited in cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, reinterprets acclaimed artworks to incorporate Canadian cultural elements, such as hockey masks, into traditional artistic motifs.

In 2018, her painting, Balance, was featured in the Society of Canadian Artists' 50th Open International Exhibition in Toronto. The work explored landscape themes, blending elements of realism and abstraction.

Selected exhibitions

 * #ICONICCANUCK, CARFAC Alberta Gallery at Harcourt House, 2013
 * Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada, Okotoks Art Gallery, 2017
 * Half Decade inspired by Canada, Gallery @501 in Strathcona County, 2017

Permanent collections

 * Canadian Tire Corporation
 * Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
 * Colart Collection (Rossy Family Trust)
 * Banff & Lake Louise Tourism