Category: Exhibitions
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Drawn Together – Nov 22 – Dec 3
MAIN GALLERY Works by THE THURSDAY ARTIST GROUP November 22- Dec. 3/23 Reception November 23 6:30-9:30 “Drawn Together” is a celebration of art and community that brings together a passionate group of artists and friends united by their deep appreciation for the human form. Meeting every Thursday night to draw from life models, this diverse and…
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Ignorance Is Bliss
WINDOW BOX GALLERY Toronto-based artist, Gina D’Aloisio (BFA) utilizes interdisciplinary sculpture and installation,her primary material focuses are hypereal mould-making and found objects. The replication of flesh and the body using silicone, in combination with found objects explore the human relationship with the material world. Her work is a reflection of the times, employing satire and irony…
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Cityscapes – Alex Shifrin – Sep 27 – Oct 8
PROCESS GALLERY Sept. 27Th – Oct. 8th Works by Alex Shifrin Reception Sept. 27Th 6:30pm Urban abstracts inspired by Toronto’s lines, contours and moods. Cityscapes is an exploration of downtown Toronto vibes and contours as the sprawl of visitors and residents push their way back into the city amidst the construction, heat and reviving nightlife…
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40×40 OCA 1980’s Oct 11 – 22
Reception Oct. 14 /23 1-5pm You are invited to attend the opening party of the exhibition “40×40”, a 40th year survey of notable artists from OCA during the 1980s. The exhibition 40 x 40 takes place at Gallery 1313. Curated by Adrienne Trent. Original concept by David Cheung and Karl Apple. Curatorial essay by Carla…
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Celebrate Art – Sep 23
This Saturday Sept. 23/23 is a busy day with Gallery 1313 open 1-11pm CELEBRATE ART and the Parkdale Art Thing going 2-11pm at Queen West and Cowan . Gallery 1313 will have several exhibitions open to the public (www.g1313.org ) including artists from Argentine and Canadian Latin artists from EL Salvadore , Chile , Columbia…
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Peripheral – Neil Polson Oct 11 – 22
Reception Sat .Oct. 14 1-5pm The title Peripheral is meant to suggest a sense of experimentation. Rearrangements of imagery that possibly contain some new imaginative play. Painting mainly with only black, white or grey I see these pieces as closely related to earlier work. Gallery Hours Wed- Sat . 1-5pm Sun . 1-4pm
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UNSETTLED BEAUTY – Gilles Morin – Sep 27 – Oct 8
MAIN GALLERY + CELL GALLERY Reception September 28 6:30-9:30pm Artist Talk September 30 Sat. 2pm Celebration September 30 11:30 to 5:30pm “The feminine seen through the male gaze is strongly represented”… was the response by the artist to the question “what is a woman”. These recent paintings are the result of the artist’s own reflections…
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Standpoint – 25 Oct – 5 Nov
1313 Queen St. West 416-536-6778 October 25- Nov. 5 2023 Reception Oct. 25 Toronto Three painters – Catharine Somerville, Ramon Serrano and Christopher Baker – have all collaborated to embrace their own personal ideas of what “landscape” means. Catharine says, “I live and work in both Canada and the UK and have established strong links…
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Joachim Oepkes – NARRATIVE PORTRAITURES – Sept. 13 -24
CELL GALLERY Works by Joachim Oepkes Reception Sept. 14 6:30 Joachim Oepkes continues to exhibit narrative portraitures with new entries entitled “Queens Reign” (2023) and “Society Sad” (2023) on two large flatscreen monitors. Climactic confrontational images. Gallery Hours Wed- Sat 1-5 Sun 1-4pm
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Efecto – Mariposa – Apaisada – Sept. 13 – 24
Sept. 13-24 2023 Reception Sept. 14 The Latino Canadian Cultural Association (LCCA) invites you to the North-South Project: Transversal Feminism in Canada and Latin America. This All Women’s Exhibition presenting Female Artists from Argentina and Latin American Female Artists from Canada will take place from September 14 to September 24 at the Gallery 1313…
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In Between the 30 Raised Beds – July – Sept
WINDOWBOX GALLERY In Between the 30 Raised Beds hosts suggestions of the activities brewing across the many Parkdale community gardens. While community gardens are public spaces for shared growing, they are also deeply intimate, especially in food-insecure Parkdale where these growing spaces double as spaces of gathering. Amongst the 30 raised beds of West Lodge…
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Frank Perna – Frontliners and Backgrounders Aug 30 – Sept 10
August 30 – Sept. 10th 2023Reception August 31 6:30-9:30pmArtist Talk Sept. 2nd 2pmGallery 1313 www.g1313.org1313 Queen St. West, Toronto Frontliners and Backgrounders:This series began as a group of unresolved abstractions that suggest exterior/interior spaces as well as landscapes. The figures were drawn literally from social media, printed in various sizes, painted in oil and collaged…
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Parkdale: Past, Present, Future – July 19 – 30
This exhibition will have some city archive photos of Parkdale’s history, some more recent images and a few designs for its change with the Parkdale Hub. Historically it was a garden suburb of Toronto . It transitioned into an area with problems but still a caring community . Its future is in question as it…
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Oman Niazi – July 19 – 30
CELL GALLERY Reception July 20 , 6:30pm This artwork is entirely made with wheat straw without the use of paint. Each piece is made from carefully selected stalks that are cut into strips and cleaned by hand. The strips are then glued on the surface and cut to shape the design. The shading is done…
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Sally Holcomb Blackman – Stonescapes – July 5 – 16
CELL GALLERY STONESCAPES, works by Sally Holcomb Blackman. I am inspired by rocky outcrops, stones, mountains and other geologic formations. They are patterned, striated, textured, subtly coloured geometric shapes that inhabit the landscape like silent presences. I am overwhelmed by their scale and their beauty. Mountains change slowly by erosion, sometimes swiftly in an avalanche,…