VIS Studio Art Gallery

294 Harewood Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 2Y9

Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm.

The VIS Studio (Vancouver Island Sculpting Studio) is the residence studio of professional sculptor Joel A. Prevost, where he creates and teaches.

Visitors are warmly invited to explore the gallery, enjoy the remarkable artwork on display, and may even see sculptors at work.

Artists represented include Grant Leier, Jacques Clement, and Dee Fontans.

The studio is also open by appointment at any time, including weekdays and weekends.

Visit during open hours to experience the studio firsthand, or contact Joel today to book your private viewing and discover the artwork up close.

Please call Joel directly at 250 797 8432 to arrange a private viewing.

NEW WORK October 19, 2026

Bold, vibrant, and full of character, Grant Leier’s artwork draws you in with playful patterns, vivid colours, and meticulous attention to detail. Each piece evokes joy, humour, and wonder, making it a striking addition to any home or office. Reserve your private viewing to find the perfect artwork to brighten your space and bring Leier’s distinctive artistic vision into your life.

Grant Leier

Born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, in 1956, Grant Leier studied at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary before further refining his skills at the Illustrator’s Workshop in New York. In addition to his training in illustration, Leier is an accomplished painter and is also known for his textile work.

Leier has presented numerous solo exhibitions across Canada and California. His paintings, textiles, and assemblages have also been featured in significant group exhibitions in both public and private galleries. His work is held in many corporate and private collections, including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Public Archives Canada, and Chevron Canada. Leier currently lives and paints in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Grant Leier once compared himself to a crow, gathering the most beautiful and colourful objects it could find. That sense of curiosity and delight runs throughout his whimsical, technically masterful work. With full command of design, a love of pattern, and exceptional hand skill, Leier combines illustration, wit, humour, and imagination to create works that both engage and enchant the viewer.

Appropriation Series

Jacques Clement

Jacques Clément is a Quebec-based visual artist whose career spans more than four decades. Trained at UQAM, the Université de Montréal, and Concordia University, he works in soft pastel, painting, and mixed media. His work has been featured in more than 50 solo exhibitions and 80 group exhibitions across Canada, France, and the United States. A recipient of numerous awards and grants from the CALQ and the Canada Council for the Arts, he has also shared his expertise as an educator for more than twenty years.

Clément’s practice explores human presence through gesture, medium, and light. Moving between precision and instinct, figure and erasure, he creates work that captures the energy of the moment, the vibration of the line, and the density of silence. Soft pastel, painting, and mixed media allow him to navigate a space where the figure is both constructed and deconstructed in a single movement.

He is deeply interested in the tension between the visible and the invisible: what emerges, what fades, and what endures. The body, the landscape, and interior space become creative terrain, offering a way to make the intangible felt.

His approach blends technical experimentation with profound emotion, making the two inseparable. Each work is an attempt to capture the ephemeral and inhabit time through colour and matter.