Making and Unmaking Selves: Mar. 6-16

Presenting the work of five Toronto-based artists whose intersecting practices explore a nuanced view of figuration and the formation of identity. Mediated by an analysis of personal histories, each artist brings a unique aesthetic and process to the examination of the inner workings of the self in relation to the exterior world. Whether by means of celebrity culture, the home, the body, or the experience of immigration, each artist seeks to find a way to navigate the gap between the self and the other. The figure is presented in diverse forms throughout the works – by physical impression, representation, or by the hand of the artist. The negotiation of presence and absence can be traced through each distinct practice. Through the various works presented the artists look at how our perceptions and projections of self are formed, informed and altered.

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OCAD University’s Sculpture/Installation Program, in collaboration with Birch Contemporary, Lonsdale Gallery, LE Gallery, Erin Stump Project, Gallery 1313, NO FOUNDATION and VERSO Gallery, is pleased to announce the 2014 Sculpture/Installation Thesis exhibitions series, between zero and one.

For a period of seven weeks, this series of fifteen exhibitions will feature the multi-media artworks of 4th-year students in professional galleries across Toronto. These exhibitions are made possible by the generous support of the Nora Vaughan Bequest to the Sculpture/Installation Program and of the Faculty of Art Innovation Fund.

Gallery 1313 presents the works of Brennyn Bauer, Catalina Gonzalez, Charlie Moynes, Samantha Rodrigues and Diana Ho Ching Sze, from March 6 to March 16.