“The best piece of advice I got early on was: Never stop working…Aim for authenticity, stay focused on your work, and your career will follow.” – Barbara Steinman The Paul- Émile-Borduas Prize is a prestigious award granted by the Government of Québec, it represents the highest distinction in culture and science. The prize highlights the […]
Occurrence: Espace D’art et D’essai Contemporains presents: The Empty S(h)elf, second iteration Angela Grauerholz in collaboration with Réjean Myettesoundscape by Melissa Gray + David Morneau November 4 – December 17, 2022opening: November 3, 2022 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The installation of The Empty S(h)elf at Occurrence represents the second iteration of Angela Grauerholz’s ongoing exploration into […]
Denyse Thomasos is in The Art Newspaper The late Denyse Thomasos, a star of the latest Whitney Biennial, lives again in Toronto October 14, 2022 Larry Humber Read here: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/14/denyse-thomasos-art-gallery-ontario
Toronto painter Denyse Thomasos’ posthumous AGO exhibit ‘just beyond’ pays homage to a towering talent Tue., Oct. 11, 2022 By Neil Price https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2022/10/11/toronto-painter-denyse-thomasos-posthumous-ago-exhibit-just-beyond-pays-homage-to-a-towering-talent.html
October 5, 2022 – February 20, 2023 Exhibition Overview One of the finest painters to emerge in the 1990s, the late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012) left an indelible, yet frequently overlooked, mark on contemporary painting. A career retrospective, Denyse Thomasos: just beyond, brings together more than 70 paintings and works on paper, many rarely seen, to show how […]
Sep 15–Dec 10, 2022 University of Waterloo Art Gallery The Further Apart Things Seem Anna Binta Diallo, Atanas Bozdarov,Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper & Ryan Suter,Brendan Lee Satish Tang,and Couzyn van Heuvelen Co-curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson Opening Reception: Thursday September 15, 5–8 pm Curator’s Walk-Through: Thursday September 29, 12–1 pm In a social […]
See Katherine’s work in Inuktitut Magazine Issue 130, page 31-35. https://www.itk.ca/inuktitut-magazine-issue-130/
BARBARA STEINMAN: KEEPING TIME Barbara Steinman: Keeping Time, photographic portfolio. Introduction by Zoë Tousignant, Border Crossings, Issue 159, 2022 For the past few years popular literature on psychology has been dominated by the notion that being connected to the present moment brings happiness. The vast number of books dedicated to the topic is evidence that […]
Art writer Jordana Moore Saggese recently had an article published in ASAP Journal on Sandra Brewster’s iconic Blur series. “A photograph of a body looms before us. Cut just at the torso we are only able to view the bust of the figure, positioned in a quasi-traditional, three-quarter view. There is no indication of interior […]
“Sandra Brewster’s Blur visualizes the migrant experience. Her series of portraits, which range from small photographs to large series, stem from her extensive work with gel transfers. Her images are intentionally blurred, cracked, and distorted: these alterations depict the shifting and mutilation of identity that can occur as a part of the Black and migrant […]