ABOUT

THE BAINZY

Oooh La La!  The Bainzy, a West coast contemporary art gallery, is now open in downtown Nanaimo -- located at 223 Commercial Street.  Showcasing top artistic talents from Vancouver Island and surrounding regions, you'll find a thoughtfully curated selection of collector-grade, masterful artworks including acrylic and oil paintings, metal and wood sculpture, ceramics and more.  Be sure to visit the Bainzy art gallery the next time you find yourself in beautiful Nanaimo.  Find details on our location, business hours  on our Contact us page.

Here's what some of our recent visitors have had to say about the Bainzy:

"Absolutely Spectacular!"

"Very Well Curated."

"Such a beautiful gallery!" 

"I feel like I just stepped into a gallery in Vancouver!"

"Thank you for opening here... Nanaimo needed this."

"We'll be back!"

 

 

MEET THE GALLERIST

Melissa Bain is a professional full-time artist living in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

She is self-taught in the Arts and creates with a dionysian nature, displaying creative, intuitive power in her unique and colorful, illustrative paintings. Her work is diversified in style; ranging from abstract expressionate and impressionistic pieces to highly detailed figurative and portraiture. Inspired by the works of Chagall, Picasso, and German Expressionist painter Max Beckmann, Melissa paints intriguing figurative subjects in various mediums, but favors acrylic or oil on canvas. 

Melissa has exhibited her artwork in various Canadian galleries, private shows and retail. Her artwork and photography has been licensed commercially allowing for international distribution and recognition of her work. She is an active contributor of stock imagery on Getty Images and iStock.com. Her art works are also found in private collections around the world.