Olivier Salvas Unveils PARADOX – Part II
(Vancouver, BC – November 2025) — Following the resounding success of PARADOX – The Gospel of Shadows, Olivier Salvas Artiste returns with PARADOX – Part II, a new chapter in his acclaimed series now on view at Art Salon 2025, Federation Studios (1243 Cartwright Street, Granville Island) until November 9th, 2025.
While Part I confronted the contradictions of modern life through symbolic characters and societal commentary, Part II turns the gaze inward. This continuation marks a shift from outward observation to personal revelation, a dialogue between the artist and his own paradox. Where the first collection invited viewers to reflect on their place in the shadows of society, Part II explores the artist’s own entanglement within them.
Olivier Salvas blends acrylic, aerosol, and pastel once again, but this time his palette and imagery are steeped in self-reflection. Though photographed in the now, his recurring character appears styled as if from the past , an echo of what once was, juxtaposed against the present self. The result is a hauntingly intimate study of identity and time, where nostalgia collides with self-awareness.
“Part II is about standing in the very paradox I once painted from afar,” says Salvas in an interview on Radio-Canada’s Culture & Confiture. “It’s about allowing ourself to be vulnerable.”
The PARADOX series remains Olivier Salvas’s most successful body of work in years, praised for its conceptual depth and emotional resonance. PARADOX – Part II extends this dialogue through new visual and psychological dimensions, inviting viewers to reconsider the boundaries between the artist, the art, and the audience.
Pieces from PARADOX – Part II will also be featured this fall at the Federation Gallery as part of the Abstracted Exhibition and Ten Squared Exhibition. Meanwhile, the original series, PARADOX – The Gospel of Shadows, continues its long-term showing at Bean on Hastings Gallery, 175 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, where it will remain on display through Winter 2026.
Through this evolving collection, Olivier Salvas continues to challenge perceptions of beauty, duality, and the human condition — reminding us that the truth often lives not in light, but in the paradoxical space between.
Exhibition Details:
PARADOX – Part II
Now showing at Art Salon 2025
Federation Studios, 1243 Cartwright Street, Granville Island
On view until November 9th, 2025
Further exhibitions:
Abstracted Exhibition – Federation Gallery, Fall 2025
Ten Squared Exhibition – Federation Gallery, Fall 2025
PARADOX – The Gospel of Shadows – Bean on Hastings Gallery, 175 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC (until Winter 2026)
