{"id":793037,"date":"2026-07-10T15:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793037\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:32:21","slug":"concordia-alumni-artists-bring-colour-and-creativity-to-montreals-bixi-bike-network-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793037\/","title":{"rendered":"Concordia alumni artists bring colour and creativity to Montreal\u2019s BIXI bike network | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public-art initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/bixi.com\/fr\/art-en-mouvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" adhocenable=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">l\u2019art en mouvement<\/a> is transforming Montreal\u2019s dull grey BIXI bikes and stations into colourful mobile and open-air exhibitions across the city this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Three Concordia alumni \u2014 Trevor Kiernander, BFA 06, Gabor Bata, BFA 19, MFA 23, and Alexandra Riesbri, BFA 24, \u2014 are among the artists contributing to the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that my work can be part of something with this broad of a reach and that can be part of the city\u2019s summer,\u201d says Bata. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun challenge, to make a design that you\u2019re creatively excited about while also making something that you hope people will connect with and want to ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kiernander, who\u2019s also a part-time instructor in Concordia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/finearts\/studio-arts.html\" title=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/finearts\/studio-arts.html\" adhocenable=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Studio Arts<\/a>, agrees that the project offers a fun way to get their work out of the gallery and into the streets. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I have worked on a project like this or painted on a relatively slim three-dimensional object. I\u2019m happy with the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Riesbri, the project carries personal significance. \u201cAs an immigrant, seeing my artwork become part of the city\u2019s everyday landscape is incredibly welcoming and meaningful,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is something special about knowing that the work is moving through different neighbourhoods and reaching people in unexpected ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The public-art initiative l\u2019art en mouvement is transforming Montreal\u2019s dull grey BIXI bikes and stations into colourful mobile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-793037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}