Members' Exhibition Listings

“Scènes Gatineau Scenes”
Jean Gauvreau

Jean Gauvreau est heureux d'annoncer une exposition de ses peintures à l'huile et à l’acrylique,illustrant la beauté et les caprices saisonniers de la région de Gatineau.

Jean Gauvreau is pleased to announce an exhibition of his paintings in oils and acrylics,depicting the beauty and seasonal moods of the Gatineau region.

27 January to 15 February 2012
27 janvier au 15 février 2012

Vernissage reception : Sunday, 29 January, from 1pm to 4pm
Vernissage : dimanche 29 janvier, de 13 h à 16 h

10 Scott Rd., Old Chelsea, QC
819 827 4945

www.galerieoldchelsea.ca

London Ontario Live Arts 2011
Independent Project
Co-ordinated by Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner
Rebecca Belmore Billboard

I AM WORTH MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO MY PEOPLE
Location: Ridout Street at York Street, London, ON, CANADA

November 28 – December 28, 2011

Artist, Rebecca Belmore will be in London, ON and meet with the public at the billboard site,
Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 PM

Rebecca Belmore’s gifting of a work of art to the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2010 as part of a performance Worth (Statement of Defense) responding to a 2006 lawsuit waged against Belmore by her former art dealer set off an important debate in the North American arts community.

Belmore’s performance and an ensuing national campaign and fundraising effort raises important questions around ownership, monetization, and the valuation of art given the multiple statuses of art along the continuum from idea genesis to finished object or performance.

LOLA, since its inception in 2006 as an accomplished producer and supporter of Canadian art, has often internally wrestled with the questions raised by the Belmore controversy around ownership, contractual dynamics and the pragmatics of financing and showing art and doing so in a manner fully aligned with artist interests.

LOLA is proud to support London artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner in their coordination of The Rebecca Belmore Billboard and wish Belmore a swift resolution.

The billboard is installed in downtown London to give visibility to the issue in London, a city long recognized for it’s cultural activism and the formation of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation) in 1968. LOLA hopes additional debate will continue addressing the questions raised in this unfortunate episode.

The reception on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 PM will be followed by Rebecca Belmore, Jamelie Hassan, and Ron Benner joining a concurrent LOLA event scheduled for later in the evening at Museum London.

Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan conceived The Rebecca Belmore Billboard to give moral support to the cultural work and activism of Rebecca Belmore. I AM WORTH MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO MY PEOPLE billboard references the national campaigns in support of Rebecca Belmore. The text - the first time it is being presented as a billboard - is based on the performance by Belmore, titled, Worth (Statement of Defense) which she performed in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery in Sept. 2010.

"Giving that message to the public restores my belief in the power of art."
Rebecca Belmore, Nov. 24, 2011

Rebecca Belmore, an Anishinabe First Nation artist based in Vancouver, is internationally recognized for her ground-breaking video, installation and performance works. Belmore was Canada’s official representative in the 2005 Venice Biennale, curated by Scott Watson and Jann Bailey and since the 1980’s has presented her work in numerous public galleries in Canada and internationally, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. For more information on the artist and this case visit the website: rebeccabelmorelegalfund.com

Rebecca Belmore Billboard I AM WORTH MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO MY PEOPLE is presented with the support of Paul Walde, Judith Rodger, Randall Gray, Anthea Black, Janice Gurney, Andy Patton and other supporters from across Canada.

For more information contact:
Andrew Francis, LOLA Founder
andrewpfrancis@gmail.com
1-647-994-0404

 

Christian McLeod

Current Works - Spring Open Studio

May 7th, 11:00am - 5:00pm

89 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, ON

My open studios have traditionally served as a forum for presenting new ideas that are still in development, in advance of the large works then being sent off to galleries for exhibition. It's an informal gathering of friends and colleagues and a perfect afternoon spent drinking wine and having interesting conversations. After being locked away in the studio painting all winter, I get a kick out of hearing people's opinion on the new work.

Please join me anytime between 11am and 5pm on Saturday, May 7th to celebrate the spring and a preview a series of new works at my studio in the heart of downtown Toronto, at 89 Ossington. [map]

Follow me on Twitter!

Starting April 1st, I will be posting a series of 30 indictments - follow me on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/christian.m.mcleod or www.twitter.com/blamechildren

I will follow at Tweeters who follow me, and will accept all friend requests - send me your comments, rants, complaints. Together, we can share the blame.

 

Teodora Pica
HYDROPONICS

TeodoraART Gallery

214 Avenue Road Toronto OntarioM5R 2J4

December 10, 2011 - January 28, 2012
Opening Reception: December 10 at 4:00 pm

TeodoraART opens with Teodora Picaʼs solo exhibition, Hydroponics, three related series of drawings and paintings created in the artistʼs “hydroponics lab.” In this artistic laboratory Pica uses a “hydroponics kit” to grow “mood flowers” through a combination of light, water and nutrients regulated by the artistʼs creative moods. Pica symbolically represents this nurturing environment for moods and emotions in her brash, exuberant floral- and sun- inspired pieces.

www.teodoraartgallery.com

 

Gareth Bate's Open Studio Event & Artwork Sale
Dec. 9 & 10 at Studio S17, 401 Richmond St. W. Toronto.

Part of FROLIC: 401 Richmond's Annual Artists Open Studio event featuring 23 artists.

Opening Night: Friday Dec. 9, 6 - 10pm.
Continues: Saturday Dec. 10, 12 - 6 pm.

Gareth Bate Art Projects
STUDIO S17: BASEMENT ORANGE SECTION
401 Richmond St. West. Toronto, (at Spadina)

Website:
www.garethbate.com

Available Work:
www.garethbate.com/available_work/available_work.html

Contact:
Phone: 416-530-0057
Email: contact@garethbate.com

FROLIC: 401 RICHMOND ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO

For the second year ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO invites visitors into the workspaces of resident artists at 401 Richmond offering a chance to meet the artists and see their work right where they create it. The event features 23 Artists! This is part of the larger FROLIC event which is 401 Richmond's first Holiday Open House.

FROLIC is 401 Richmond St. West's first annual holiday open house. This is your chance to see more of 401 then ever before with Artists Open Studio and Artisans Marketplace events, Galleries + Shops, Tours, and a Frolic Soiree all from December 8 - 11.

FROLIC celebrates the art, culture, and community that make our award-winning cultural landmark so unique. Whether you're interested in meeting artists in a relaxed studio environment, picking up a one-of-a-kind gift item from a local artisan, catching an exhibition, or getting a glimpse inside a restored Toronto gem, we've got it. There's a little something for everyone, so come Frolic with us!

Event Organized by: Erin MacKeen & Gareth Bate

FACEBOOK EVENT

This is a FREE event. Maps available at the door.

401 Richmond Website: www.401richmond.net/events/artistsopenstudio.cfm

 

 

Cécile Comblen

Vernissage de mes oeuvres
le mercredi 30 novembre 2011, de 17h00 à 19h00

Bienvenue!
à Corail Bleu Voyages
6293, rue St-Hubert, Montréal
(5 min. du métro Beaubien)
Amenez  amis et amateurs d'art

CORAIL BLEU VOYAGE,Tél.: 514.284.6737
Lu-Ve: 10h00-17h00
Sa:      10h00-15h00
Facebook: vernissage/CorailBleu Voyages

Cécile Comblen
Peintre & professeur d'art
www.ccomblen.com

 

Christine Pensa in a group show:
The Collective 12 Days of Art & Ideas
December 8 – December 19, 2011
Opening Reception: December 10 at 1pm

Triangle Gallery
38 Abell Street
Toronto, ON

Choose handmade this holiday season.

The Collective show features work by fine artists, photographers and artisans who design with textiles, clay, wood and glass. Meet the exhibitors at an opening reception on Saturday December 10, from 1pm to 4pm.

The expanded show includes an all-day letterpress event on Sunday December 11, with some of the city's most creative printers.

It's the season for giving.  Artists will be decorating a chair, which will be auctioned at the end of the show.  The proceeds will go to Sketch, which supports impoverished youth.

For more information about The Collective, check the show blog at http://www.thecollectivegallery.blogspot.com/ or contact thecollective@rogers.com

 

Nighthawk Bain
Solo Exhibition
March 9 – March 16, 2012
Opening: Saturday, March 10 from 3pm to7pm

Ben Navaee Gallery
1107 Queen Street East
Toronto, On
www.bennavaeegallery.com

The sculptures and painting in this exhibition explore connections and relationships between nature, humans and the spirit world.

 

 

Franke James

Banned on the Hill!
Canada’s First Crowd-funded Art Show Fights Government Censorship using Outdoor Ad Media November 2-27th, 2011

Location of Street Ad Posters:
Bank Street, (between Wellington and Queen), Ottawa, ON
Date: November 2-27th, 2011

 

Canadian artist Franke James’ crowd-funded, outdoor art show, Banned on the Hill in downtown Ottawa is up until Sunday, November 27, 2011. The artist has mounted the show to protest the Harper Government’s censorship of her work. Franke is fighting back using her creativity and social-media savvy. Franke spread the word on Twitter, and then launched Canada's first crowd-funded media campaign at LoudSauce.com to bring her art to the Prime Minister's doorstep.

"Franke James' commitment to art, free expression and political commentary put her in the cross-hairs of the Harper Government. Come and see what the government didn't want the world to see." ~ Elizabeth May, MP Saanich, Leader of the Green Party of Canada

Franke's visual essays - about rising emissions, loafing leaders and her personal responses to our environmental challenges - have earned her a spot on the Harper Government's blacklist.

Titles of the six “Dear Prime Minister” art posters on the streets:
Please Stop Blacklisting!
Alice in Hell: The Dirtiest Oil on Earth
Canada’s Global Warming Joke
Dangerous Parties
Leaders Loafing
Sewer Sky

Read the visual essay: Banned on the Hill (and in Europe!)
www.frankejames.com/debate/?p=8431

See the pictures of the launch online:
www.frankejames.com/debate/?p=8468

LoudSauce campaign to crowd-fund outdoor media in Ottawa
loudsauce.com/campaigns/40

About Franke James:
Franke James is an award-winning artist whose visual essays on environmental and social issues have been reviewed and showcased around the world. She is the author of the illustrated book, Bothered by My Green Conscience. Franke has received awards and support from Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, the Banff Centre, and others. She is a member of the Writers Union of Canada, PEN Canada and CARFAC. Franke has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria.

Contact Franke James:
416-256-9166 (studio)
franke@frankejames.com
For more information: www.frankejames.com
Twitter: twitter.com/frankejames

 

Michelle Tardiff
Exposure

December 2, 2011 - January 1, 2012

Centrepointe Theatre Gallery
Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive,
Ottawa, ON
Reception:  December 12 at 6:00 pm

Lines and shapes, natural and man-made:  they each offer a different perspective on life.  In this show, the images reflect the juxtaposition of natural and fabricated subjects, interpreting the landscapes of everyday life.

Mary Kroetsch
Holiday Sales Gallery Print Exhibition and Sale
November 11 to December 24, 2011

The Print Studio
173 James Street North - Hamilton, Ontario
905-524-5084
www.theprintstudio.ca

Mary Kroetsch
Members’ Holiday Exhibition
November 18 to December 21, 2011

Hamilton Artists’ Inc. Gallery –
155 James Street - North, Hamilton ON
905.529.3355
theinc.ca

And if you are looking for something different to do with family or friends this holiday season, on December 9th, 2011, the Hamilton Arts Scene is hosting a Gallery and Studio Crawl.  It starts at 7:00 pm and both of the above galleries will be taking part.  More information on this Art Crawl can be found at:

www.jamesstreetnorth.ca/blog

 

Franklin Beecham
Debut
December 28, 2011 - January 29, 2012

Markham Theatre
171 Town Centre Blvd,
Markham, ON L3R8G5
Reception: January 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm

An invitational group presentation by the Markham Art Collective featuring artists and photographers from York Region.

 

 

Leslie Sorochan
Standing Waves

Transit Gallery

230 Locke Street,

Hamilton Ontario

November 1 to November 26, 2011

Opening Reception: November 4 at 7:00 pm

New works in colour.

 

 

Finian Paibomesai
New Direction and Where will it go
December 1 - 30

Brockville Arts Centre
235 King Street West,
Brockville ON

For last few years, I have painted in Woodland Style of Art with Black
outlines and vibrant colours. What has changed is the vibrant colours to a
pallet of pastel colours.

 

Margot Cormier Splane
Pandora’s Trojan Horse and the Smell of Money; The Paintings of Margot Cormier Splane
January 17 – February 12, 2012
Opening reception: Tuesday January 17 at 7pm.

The Campus Gallery, Georgian College
1 Georgian Drive, Barrie , Ontario  L4M 3X9

When I was a child, I remember sitting in my family car, as we drove over this bridge by the pulp mill. I would look out the window at the mill, spewing smoke into the air, and I always gagged. It smelled like everyone in the car had farted simultaneously! One day I asked my parents, “What is that terrible smell?”    “That,” they replied with a smile, “is the smell of money.”

 

 

Teodora Pica
Unfording Estate
October 4 – October 22, 2011

TeodoraART
214 Avenue Road Toronto Ontario M5R 2J4

My dowry: reaches from my ancestral Transylvanian estate its treasures: colours, shapes and symbols explored as vessels that shelter the past of humanity.

 

Christian McLeod
The New Nature
October 22 - November 15,2011

La Parete Gallery
1086 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON

My paintings strive to position the city in the larger context of nature, since almost every city was founded by water, in the midst of ample farmland, or in a strategic high point – nature shapes our ambitions. There is perhaps something utopian in my work, but I seek to excavate our recent history to find a way forward, rather than imposing the fetish of the new.

 

Josée Savaria
Passing Through - Paintings by Raine Davis, Josée Savaria and Katja Van den Enden
October 26 – October 30, 2011
Reception: October 29 at 10am  

McKay Art Centre
197 Main Street, Unionville, ON  L3P1X7

Three uniquely different artists with a penchant for colour and layering of mixed media, evoke a sense of mystery and imagination with this collection of dynamic paintings.

Josée Savaria in a group show:
2011 One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale
November 24 – December 4, 2011
Reception: December 1 at 10am

Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
100 Princes' Blvd., Toronto ON M6K 3C3

Mixed Media paintings: fanciful, stylized, playful depictions of our world that convey happiness and wonder!

Doris Lamontagne
Le corps transformé (The Transformed Body)
November 5 – December 13, 2011
Opening Reception: November 5 at 12:30pm

Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle
81 avenue Beechwood  Ottawa, ON K1M 1L7

L’Exposition internationale d’estampe numérique, sous le commissariat de Katy Le Van, fera découvrir le travail de 45 artistes en provenance, entre autres, de l’Algérie, de la Bulgarie, du Canada, de la France et de la Slovénie.

 

Jane Martin
WE
October 5 - October 29, 2011
Vernissage: October 8, from noon - 5pm

Red Head Gallery
115- 401 Richmond St W, Toronto, M5V 3A8

WE is the third and final part of The Ewen Trilogy. As with those in the first two parts, these works are based on photographs Martin took of her husband, Ewen McCuaig, throughout the last year of his life. Included in this third part are photographs he took of her, and she took of herself.
The first part, Something Happened, an exhibition of 36 drawings of Ewen, exhibited at The Red Head Gallery in 2008, is now in the permanent collection of The Art Gallery of Ontario. 
Part two, The Roses are just moving into Fabulosity, paintings, was shown at The Red Head Gallery in 2010. Several of the Fabulosity paintings will be shown at Art Toronto 2011 at the end of this month.
With the WE, double portraits of the artist and her husband, Martin returns to drawing for what she feels is the last time.

 

Yael Brotman, Libby Hague and Ed Pien in a group exhibition:
Miner for a Miner for a Heart
Opening: September 27, 2011
www.impact7.org.au

Artists: Nadine Bariteau , Yael Brotman,  Janet Cardiff,   Libby Hague,  Christopher Hutsul,   Ed Pien, Richard Sewell, Penelope Stewart,  Ho Tam and Jeannie Thib. Curated by Yael Brotman.

This exciting project will be showcased at Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference held bi-annually in different countries throughout the world. In 2011, Impact is being held in Melbourne, Australia at Monash University.  Miner for a Heart was selected through a highly competitive proposal process as one of the feature exhibitions for this global conference.
The curatorial premise of this exhibition is that each of these artists migrated to Toronto from other countries, other provinces or small towns in Ontario. The exhibited work foregrounds their relationship with the city and their negotiations between the personal and political. It crosses disciplines to incorporate printmaking into sculpture, drawing, video and installation.
To accompany this exhibition a catalogue has been published and will be launched at Open Studio in Toronto, in November.

 

 

Roslyn Levin in group exhibitions:

The Headwaters Arts Festival Juried Exhibit
The Brushfire Artists at Monora Park: October 29 -30 Gala on Saturday evening October 29 6pm to 9pm
Brushfire Artists at The Edge Restaurant, September 21- October 10 in the Headwaters Racquet Club
Dragonfly's Arts Festival Event where all the Studio artists will be demonstrating their expertise throughout the Festival
Sumi-e Artists of Canada Annual juried Exhibit - November 19-20
Shodo Canada's Annual Japanese Calligraphy Competition - November 13-26 where I have won a Gold Prize
www.artbyroslyn.on.ca

 

Judy Gouin
New Paintings
October 1 - October 27, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, October 14, 7-9pm 

Ferneyhough Contemporary
157 First Ave E., North Bay, ON P1B 1J7

This event takes place in conjunction with the North Bay Downtown Gallery Hop.

 

Panchal Mansaram in a group show:
The Colour and Form Society (CFS) Members Show
September 21 - October 2, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday September 24, 2-5 pm

Gallery 1313
1313 Queen Street West, Toronto ON  M6K 1L8

Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday 1-6pm
Saturday October 1, Open 1pm - Past Midnight

 

Christian McLeod
NOIR : Exhibition
September 24 - November 5, 2011
Opening: Saturday, September 24 1-6pm

Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art
31 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON

This exhibit is a BLOCKBUSTER featuring some of the finest emerging, mid-career, established and senior artists from what I consider to be the best galleries in Toronto... and it's all under one roof. I'm very excited and honoured to be able to show this work.

 

Jeanette Luchese in a group exhibition:
TRINITY
September 23 - October 9, 2011
Opening reception:  Friday September 23, 6-8 pm

Le Studio Gallery
348 Lafontaine Rd W, Lafontaine ON
Gallery hours:  Friday - Sunday 11-5 or by appointment

Pat Fairhead
Beyond Borders: Exhibition of Fine Art From Canada
October 7 - October 28, 2011
Reception: Thursday, October 13, 6-8 pm

Agora Gallery
530 West 25th St., Chelsea, New York, US

Ablaze with color, Pat Fairhead paints cascading images of light and mystery, creating large, sweeping watercolor paintings that are at once elemental and abstract. Choppy white splatters of paint arc in linear explosions across Fairhead’s atmospheric references to the forces of wind & weather, falling water, storm & thunder and quiet depths, discovering strength in the structures and cycles of nature. Bringing together great texture and depth, on a larger scale than one expects to find in a watercolor, the artist pushes the boundaries of her medium, finding inspiration in the intensity of her creative process.

 

Emma Ates
Gaia Art Project
September 14 – November 9, 2011
Opening Reception: September 14 at 4pm

LucSculpture School & Studios
663 Greenwood avenue, Toronto, ON.  M4J 4B3

CALLING ALL INTERGALACTIC SPACE EXPLORERS !
Are you a Space Being between 7 to 12 solar years?
JOIN OUR INTER-PLANETARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM ON THE NEW PLANET GAIA
Project GAIA is a journey of the imagination for curious minds. This creative arts and mindfulness program for children brings to life the amazing complexity of being human and the interconnectedness of our life on Earth- looking at what we think we know through fresh eyes.

 

 

Julita Wolanska
Musical Muse - Seven Artists Exhibition
September 12 - September 25, 2011
Opening Reception: September 14 at 6pm

Art Square Gallery
334 Dundas St West, Toronto, ON  M5T 1G5

Paintings as eclectic as the inspiration from music can be : classical realism, lyrical abstract, dreamy whimsical, conservative landscape, fun contemporary, jazzy conceptual, romantic floral. Seven artists represent different styles influenced by music. Pat Leary, Alejandro Rabazo, Karen Fox, Liz Russ, Christel Scott, Dianne Secord, Julita Wolanska.

Art Works Art School presents:
All Figured Out
September 23 - October 14, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday September 23, 2011 6-8pm  

Art Works Art Gallery, AWAS main floor 
238 Jane Street
Toronto, Ontario M6S 3Z1

Art Works Art School is having a faculty art show in September and you’re welcome to come by and view the work by our instructors.

 

Doris Lamontagne
The eye’s subconscious via digital pinhole
September 17 – October 25, 2011
Opening Reception: September 17 at 1pm

Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle
81 avenue Beechwood, Ottawa, ON

First Edition: Digital Pinhole Photography Triennial Group show

Doris Lamontagne
Le corps transformé (The Transformed Body)
November 5 – December 10, 2011
Reception: November 5 at 1pm

Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle
81 avenue Beechwood, Ottawa, ON 

A Group show of international digital art exhibition.

 

Marion Bordier
L'inconscient de l'œil par le sténopé numérique
September 17 – October 25, 2011
Opening Reception: September 17 at 2pm

Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle
81 avenue Beechwood, Ottawa, ON  Ottawa, Ontario  K1M 1L7

I am interested in the instability and expansive quality of light and its innate substance: coloured waves that travel and transform what we see depending on the media.

 

 

Margot  Cormier  Splane
Art for the Thoughtful Mind; Exploring the World from an Artists Perspective
November 11 - December 8, 2011

The Art Gallery Paquin
7 Avenue Aurora, Kapuskasing Ontario, 
PH:705-335-8461

I call my style ‘Reality with a Twist’, because it is very realistic, but unlike anything you would ever see.