Darlene Kalynka is an instructor at the University College of the Cariboo in Kamloops, British Columbia. She studied at Concordia University, Montreal, where she received an Master of Fine Arts degree in 1982, after studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979 and a Diploma from Red Deer College, Alberta, in 1976.
Scope and content
The collection consists of an audio tape recording entitled "Oceania Kalynka meaningful: Life story Side B," four editioned serigraphs in a plastic sleeve [screen prints], entitled "Birth," "Spring," Summer," and " Shadow of Death," and one colour photoprint, 10 x 15 cm, a snapshot of Oceania Kalynka.
Notes
The artist stated: "This submission is a memorial to my sister Oceania Kalynka who passed away June 27, 1996. The set of four serigraphs depict the farm she was raised on and the home made crib my uncle made for our family. The tape was recorded by Diamond Destiny, a motivational company. The colored snapshot was taken by me, her sister, during a tourist's cruise around Lake Ontario."
The artist also stated: "I am currently working on a series of earth boxes depicting farm family history and the issues that surround family inheritance."
