Month: February 2014
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Curator Talk with Heidi McKenzie – Face Value: Mar. 1
Curator Talk: Face Value Heidi McKenzie Saturday, March 1st 2pm On Saturday March 1st at 2pm Curator Heidi McKenzie invites you to her curator’s talk about current exhibition Face Value. This is a great opportunity to find out more about this exhibition that explores the complexities of mixed-race identity.
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THIS – Evan Steenson: Mar. 5-15
THIS – Evan Steenson March 5-15, 2014 | Opening Reception March 6th 7-10pm Cell Gallery Toronto artist Evan Steenson will be presenting a series of 12 recent works on paper which combine the visual vocabulary of gestural abstraction with micro-fiction narratives. Referencing the expressionist abstraction of high Modernism and the shared experiences of adolescent life,…
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Making and Unmaking Selves: Mar. 6-16
Making and Unmaking Selves March 6 – March 16 Opening: Thursday, March 6th from 7 – 10 pm Brennyn Bauer, Catalina Gonzalez, Charlie Moynes, Samantha Rodrigues and Diana Ho Ching Sze 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…
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Unusual Landscapes – Gilles Morin: Mar. 19-30
Unusual Landscapes – Gilles Morin March 19-30, 2014 | Opening Reception Thursday, March 20th 6-9pm Cell Gallery These landscapes are divided into sections; chaotic, stormy, confining grids and bright atomic seascapes. The amalgation of these different forces and division of the canvas surface gives the paintings a dynamic energy. The combinations of forces and symbols are…
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The Contingent: Mar. 20-30
The Contingent March 20 – 30 | Opening: Thursday, March 20th, 7 – 10 pm Main Gallery Behrad Danesh, April Densham, Andrew Kostjuk, Ryan S. C. Johnston, Reid Orsten and Zach St Hillair The Contingent is a group of people unified by a common feature. The Contingent is what is uncertain, unpredictable, unexpected, haphazard, accidental, incidental, casual and…
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UNVEILING: April 2-13
The 2014 Sculpture/Installation Thesis Exhibitions Series Unveiling April 2-13, 2014 Opening: Thursday, April 3rd, 7 – 10 pm Main & Process Gallery Antonia Boultwood, Lauren Hunter, Colleen Johnston, Hannah Lindgren, and Ada Leung We are excited to present Unveiling, a group show featuring five emerging artists from OCADU’s Sculpture and Installation…
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THE PATIENCE STONE – LILA FATEHI: APR. 2-13
The Patience Stone – Video installation by Lila Fatehi April 2-13, 2014 Opening: Thursday, April 3rd, 7 – 10 pm Cell Gallery The patience stone in Persian myth is a rock used through the ages as an object for confessions for the suffering. As a multidisciplinary artist my work in digital media, photography and sound…
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IN TRANSITION – MILENA ROGLIC: APR. 16-27
IN TRANSITION: Milena Roglic MFA Thesis Exhibition April 16 – 27, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday April 17, 7-10pm Main Gallery In Transition Precarious circumstances within our environment galvanizes our feelings towards an uncertain and unknown future. In Transition is a series of…
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IT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER- PAUL BRANDEJS: APR. 16–27
IT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER- PAUL BRANDEJS April 16 – 27, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday April 17, 7-10pm Process Gallery I am an abstract artist who works with acrylic and photography on sculpted canvas. I have studied in Banff School of fine Arts and have a four year diploma in Fine Arts from Ontario College of…
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SANCTUM – MICHELLE MONTAGUE: APR.16-27
SANCTUM – MICHELLE MONTAGUE April 16 – 27, 2014 | Opening Reception: Thursday April 17th, 7-9pm Cell Gallery Michelle Montague returns with “Sanctum”, an interpretation of patterns found in Nature. Using crochet, acrylic and oil sticks, Michelle explores interlocking gestural lines and the arrangement of shapes and colours. These elements serve as metaphors of…
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Articles
ARTS ON QUEEN Gallery 1313, New Home of The Parkdale Village Arts Collective ARTS REVUE West End Revue: Fantasy Fashion Show, August 2001 ART SYNC ArtSync Interview with Phil Anderson, November 2011 THE CAMBRIDGE TIMES Young Photographer Captures the Surreal Side of Suburban Li, July 2013 L’EXPRESS UN LANGAGE PICTURAL ET MÉTALLIQUE, September…
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Media and Video
Gallery 1313 Media and Video Links Gallery 1313: Vimeo Toronto Artscape – Developing the Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre Gallery 1313: Artery First Issue Launch Party Globe and Mail Video – R.I.P. Morgan Freeman
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Face Value: Feb. 19 – Mar. 2
Face Value February 19th – March 2nd, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday February 20th, 7-9pm | rsvp at facevalueopening@gmail.com The exhibition Face Value explores the complexities of mixed-race identity described by theorist Diana Taylor as “the double-coded neither/nor subjectivity.” The three artists featured in the exhibition engage in self-portraiture to narrate their experiences of being…
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“Red is a Whore Colour”: Feb. 19 – Mar. 2
“Red is a whore colour”: Explorations in Black and White Paintings by Sharon Erlichman February 19th – March 2nd, 2014 | Cell Gallery | Opening Reception: Feb 20th, 2014 This was easily one of my more memorable moments at art school—from an art teacher who was anchored to earth tones. Red is a colour I…
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Little Sunday – Mara Eagle: March-April
Little Sunday – Mara Eagle March, 2014 Window Box Gallery Mara Eagle is an emerging artist who lives and works in Montreal.Through painting, drawing and sculpture her work explores questions of familiarity and estrangement: how repetition and memory can render familiar forms, materials, and traditions distant and symbolic. Her sculptural work is often fiber-based and references the cultural content…