{"title":"Featured Artist | Angie Quintanilla Coates | Hope For Everything","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/3940\/7955\/files\/I_Believe_In_Second_Chances_II_Vertical_600x600.jpg?v=1785348179\" alt='I Believe In Second Chances II, 2026, Angie Quintanilla Coates, Acrylic on reclaimed wood, 9\" x 16”' style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eI Believe In Second Chances II, \u003c\/em\u003e2026, Angie Quintanilla Coates, Acrylic on reclaimed wood, 9\" x 16”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"comp-miaisn4u\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHope for Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, Angie Quintanilla Coates integrates wooden shapes that for previous projects posed too many obstacles. Although these reclaimed pieces hadn’t easily cooperated with her earlier work, their strangeness interested her, so she kept them to the side, wondering if they would ever find a way into her art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Quintanilla Coates, the past year involved several personal and professional transitions. While these experiences were not negative, they were challenging, and they required her to accept limitations on what she could control, and to learn to adapt to what she could not. The pieces in \u003cem\u003eHope for Everything\u003c\/em\u003e mirror her process of finding equilibrium during a period of change and uncertainty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the difficult experiences she faced outside her studio, the strangely shaped reclaimed wood in \u003cem\u003eHope for Everything\u003c\/em\u003e refused easy integration. Quintanilla Coates had to work with their incongruous forms, softening the edges, painting with bold, saturated colours, and using layers to bring an illusion of depth. She balanced working on these pieces with periodic returns to her traditional wood reliefs, finding in them a reprieve from the struggle of managing obstinate objects. Although her reliefs are complex structures, working with them felt familiar this time, a process that came with the kind of intuitive control learned from years of practice. Working with the reclaimed wooden objects, however, presented an entirely different artistic encounter. Just as her own life required her to face the realities of her circumstances, the process of working with the reclaimed wood insisted that she acknowledge her powerlessness, and invited her to reframe those limitations as opportunities for new design. In this way, \u003cem\u003eHope for Everything\u003c\/em\u003e reflects a process of acceptance and adaptation—an act of facing an unchangeable situation and, rather than turning away in fear or uncertainty, meeting the moment with curiosity and a willingness to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-bc0c5e88-7fff-fee9-b7b5-c92d14cea9d6\"\u003e\u003c!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%20x-tinymce%2Fhtml%20%2D%2D%3E--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%20x-tinymce%2Fhtml%20%2D%2D%3E--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngie Quintanilla Coates\u003c\/strong\u003e is a visual artist born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, and now based in British Columbia, Canada. She is inspired by Mexican tile design and folk art, with repetition playing a central role in her practice. She uses it not only as a visual structure, but as a way to build movement and rhythm that spark curiosity and reward close looking. In her work, colour becomes a language, one that's both cultural and deeply personal. Rooted in her Mexican heritage, known for its unapologetic, defiant optimism, and shaped by her own path toward healing, her pieces become conversations in that language. Through shape and colour, she extends an open invitation to pause, celebrate, and experience what she likes to call dopamina mexicana. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngie Quintanilla Coates'\u003c\/strong\u003e work will be featured in the Showroom until\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNovember 6, 2026. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin us for an artist talk in the Showroom on Friday, October 2nd at 6 PM.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Showroom is open Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm. Appointments are encouraged. \u003cbr\u003ePh. 604-662-4746  or email info@artrentalandsales.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/3940\/7955\/collections\/I_Believe_In_Second_Chances_II_Vertical.jpg?v=1785348293","url":"https:\/\/artrentalandsales.com\/collections\/featured-artist-angie-quintanilla-coates.oembed","provider":"Art Rental \u0026 Sales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}