Bicycle Rehabilitation Project
Michael Flaherty
August 7 - 10, 2007

Michael Flaherty is currently cycling from the west to east coast, stopping at various venues along the way to set up a bicycle repair shop. The Union Gallery is pleased to welcome Michael from August 7th to 10th and invites you to bring your bike and meet him for a tune up, free of charge.The gallery is open 11-4:30pm. for this period. To follow the artist’s tour, visit the website at www.bicyclerehabilitationproject.com

“I wish to instill in my viewers/participants a consciousness of and an appreciation for the meaning of bicycling - that meaning being that one does not have to drive. Ultimately, my goal is to encourage more cycling - and therefore less driving - by dealing with the individual technical problems that might inhibit it on a bike by bike basis.” – Michael Flaherty

Originally hailing from Newfoundland, Mike Flaherty has lived, learned and laboured his way across the continent for the past ten years. Along the way he collected degrees from NSCAD University (BFA, 2001) and University of Regina (MFA, 2007), worked as ceramicist in Ontario and Montana, taught ceramics in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan, and enjoyed the great outdoors of British Columbia. Mike continues to be an itinerant subsistence artist through his current work, Bicycle Rehabilitation Project.