Soft Spin

Monday, June 2, 2014 - 4:00am to Friday, June 20, 2014 - 4:00am

Performance June 5th 12:30pm

With choreography by Andrea Nann, Dreamwalker Dance Company
Produced by Emma Mackenzie Hillier, Nightswimming Theatre
Music by Radiant Brass Ensemble

Exhibition of work by Graduate Studies Alumnus Heather Nicol

Soft Spin offers a fresh view of the hard-surfaced symmetry of the space with the playful interruption of five enormous fabric forms, gently twirling overhead. Colour, texture, movement, and decidedly flirtatious forms invite visitors to look up and embrace the unexpected, highlighting the ever-present potential for encounters with unforeseen pleasure and drama in the day-to-day.

Venue & Address: 
Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place 181 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario
Website: 
http://www.heathernicol.ca/
Cost: 
Free

H. Lan Thao Lam: Where Does It Go From Here?

Monday, June 2, 2014 - 6:00pm to 7:15pm

A Contemporary Sculpture/Installation Shortlist Public Lecture

H. Lan Thao Lam is a bi-national, bilingual artist whose work examines the ramifications of the past for the current socio-political moment through object-making, installation, film, video, writing and intervention. For thirteen years, she has been active as “Lin + Lam,” producing collaborative multidisciplinary projects about immigration, sites of residual trauma, national identity and historical memory.

Lam is an alumna of OCAD, California Institute of the Arts, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. She considers her experiences in refugee camps and housing projects also part of her education. Her work has been exhibited at international venues, including The New Museum and The Kitchen, NY; 3rd Guangzhou Triennial; Korean Arts Council; Taiwan International Documentary Festival; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Cold City Gallery and Lennox Contemporary, Toronto. Her awards include Canada Council for the Arts, Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellowship, H.L. Rous Sculpture Award, and Sir Edmund Walker Grant.

Venue & Address: 
Room 1525 113 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

Scott Sawtell: There is a light that never goes out

Painting of an alligator hanging from vines.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 4:00am to Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 4:00am

Reception: Friday, June 13, 7 to 11 p.m. during art crawl)

OCAD U alumnus exhibition

B Contemporary presents their first solo exhibition of recent paintings by Scott Sawtell. Each painting in the series “there is a light that goes out” shows a majestic animal in situ, with flowers blooming from them.

The paintings are purposefully uncanny. The animals might be sleeping or they might be waking. They might be alive or they might be dead. The flowers might be growth or funereal flowers placed upon them. The animals could be metaphors for people, or they might just be animals. Sawtell’s goal is for them to exist in no particular space which allows the viewer to place them wherever they imagine.

About the Artist:
Scott has an M.F.A from the University of Waterloo and is a graduate of OCAD University. As well as maintaining a vital artistic career showing work across Canada and the United States, Scott has previously curated exhibitions for The Town of Newmarket, the City of Kitchener and Oakville Galleries. He also organized and participated in 60 Painters; an ambitious exhibiton of contemporary Canadian painting which was held at Humber College in May of 2012.

Scott Sawtell is also an art instructor at Brock University in St. Catharines, as well as Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario. He previously taught at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.

Image: Hidden Behind Moonlight. 2014. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. 47 x 63.5 inches.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The second Friday of the Month (Art Crawl)
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 to 11 p.m.

Venue & Address: 
b contemporary 226 James Street Toronto, Ontario
Website: 
http://www.bcontemporary.ca
Email: 
<p><a href="mailto:davidbrace@bcontemporary.ca">davidbrace@bcontemporary.ca</a></p>
Cost: 
Free

Anthony Gerace visits a county in decline in Design Observer

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 4:00am

International Design Observer features a visual essay by Graphic Design alumnus Anthony Gerace (BDes, 2012) this week. “Box Elder” explores a county in decline in northwestern Utah — home of Robert Smithson’s famous land art intervention Spiral Jetty — a place known for its “rugged beauty and for its incongruous histories.”

Be Mysterious

Saturday, August 2, 2014 - 4:00am to Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 4:00am

Opening Reception Friday, August 1, 5:00 p.m.

Exhibition including work by MFA Alum Rebecca Baird

Be Mysterious is a survey of recent sculpture by Canadian and international artists, who invert the practicality of commonplace things. Accentuating the sensual and physical qualities above their use, these artworks go beyond appearances and allow for the development of alternate relationships with and among objects.

The exhibition includes work by: Mark Clintberg, Rebecca Baird, Patrick Jackson, Daniel Jacoby, Joo Choon Lin, Alex Morrison and Brent Wadden

Exhibition Hours: Wednesday through Sunday,
12:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 12:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Venue & Address: 
The Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive Banff, Alberta
Website: 
http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/
Email: 
walter_phillipsgallery@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 
403.762.6281
Cost: 
Free

Postcards from the Psyche: Images from an Interior Source

Watercolour image of a figure flying through the nigh sky over a field of flowers
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 4:00am to Friday, October 24, 2014 - 4:00am

OCAD University's Alumni Association in partnership with Yellow House presents a solo exhibition of artist John N. Inglis’ recent watercolour works.

Weaving personal and psychological narrative with considerations of universal myth, Inglis’ vibrant imagery suggests that by looking inward, and paying homage to our own subconscious visions, we can inform greater philosophical theories on the shared human experience.

This exhibition marks the inaugural show of what will be an annual series of alumni solo exhibitions presented by the OCAD U Alumni Association, and hosted by Yellow House.

Opening reception: Thursday October 2, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Venue & Address: 
Yellow House Gallery 921 Kingston Road Toronto Ontario M4E 1S6
Website: 
http://www.yellowhousegallery.ca/?page_id=147
Email: 
<p><a href="mailto:christina@yellowhousegallery.ca">christina@yellowhousegallery.ca</a></p>
Phone: 
<p>416-792-8460</p>
Cost: 
Free

Yana Vorontsov named finalist in Adobe Design Achievement Awards

A truck drives away from the forest with a segment of trees in its cargo.
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 8:45pm

2014 Illustration graduate Yana Vorontsov has been named a finalist in the prestigious Adobe Design Achievement Awards for her work Subtraction. The ADAA recognize international achievement in student design. She has been selected from among more than 4400 entries from 1500 colleges and universities located in 70 countries.

The competition consists of ten categories across three media segments: Interactive Experience Media, Video and Motion Media, and Traditional Media. A winner will be selected from each category, who will receive a 1-year membership to Adobe Creative Cloud, $2,000 USD, a trophy and a 1-year mentorship with a design professional. Three grand prize winners will be announced at the Adobe Design Achievement Awards Grand Prize Screening and Reception, to be held in conjunction with Adobe MAX on October 5, 2014. The grand prize winners will each receive an additional $3,000 USD.

ULTIMA: Nicholas Di Genova

Image: Boreas, Guardian God of the Northern Tundra, ink and watercolour on paper, 24"x34", 2014
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 4:00am to Sunday, September 28, 2014 - 4:00am

An exhibition by OCAD U alumnus Nicholas Di Genova

LE Gallery is pleased to announce the return of Toronto based artist Nicholas Di Genova. On the heels of exhibitions in New York City and Paris, Di Genova returns with ULTIMA, a new focus, and the addition of sculptural elements to his exploration of the chimera. Ultima will feature the first three dimensional manifestation of one of Di Genova’s city states. At 1:87 scale, Di Genova turns his unique brand of splicing and mutation from his drawings and paintings, to form a capsule of life in a day of his grotesque menagerie. The sculpture will be accompanied by the inclusion of his signature, ultra detailed manga meets Nat Geo drawings, detailing the taxonomies of species included. The urban area is large enough to include separate ethnic regions, such as the Homo-Avian Quarter, wherein the landscape, architecture, and local businesses have evolved to accommodate a type of resident who possesses both human and bird-like anatomy and habits.

In the early 2000's Di Genova shot to prominence as one of Canada's first artists working at a time when the influence of illustration, comic arts and graffiti were beginning to find their way into contemporary art practice. His unique ability to draw a menagerie of evolved creatures with unique skill and ability helped capture the attention of not only comic nerds and Japanese toy freaks but also devotees to Bosch and the study of Biology. ULTIMA brings together a long term dream to build out a province from his menagerie, utilizing many techniques learned through artists and experts, but also informed by childhood model making and Warhammer strategy.

Nicholas Di Genova has garnered many levels of press, featuring reviews in Artforum, Canadian Art Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post. Nicholas Di Genova is represented in Toronto by LE Gallery, in New York by Fredericks +Freiser Gallery, and Galerie Dukan in Paris. Di Genova is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Works by Di Genova have been and included in exhibitions and reviewed in New York, Singapore, London and Berlin.

Venue & Address: 
LE Gallery 1183 Dundas St. W. Toronto, Ontario 416-532-8467
Website: 
http://le-gallery.ca
Email: 
<p><a href="mailto:wil@le-gallery.ca">wil@le-gallery.ca</a></p>
Cost: 
Free

Georgia Dickie wins Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize

Work from Georgia Dickie's thesis series, Findings, 2011.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 4:15pm

Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts announced this year’s prize winners, offering a range of prizes recognizing achievement and supporting projects. Among this year’s recipients is 2011 Sculpture/Installation medal winner Georgia Dickie, who will receive $10,000.

“Georgia Dickie’s practice seems to transcend time and ordinary language and therefore propels us towards a future, where everything is malleable, where transformation is the only constant,” said the TFVA news release.

Be Mysterious

Saturday, August 2, 2014 - 4:00am to Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 4:00am

Opening Reception Friday, August 1, 5:00 p.m.

Exhibition including work by MFA Alum Rebecca Baird

Be Mysterious is a survey of recent sculpture by Canadian and international artists, who invert the practicality of commonplace things. Accentuating the sensual and physical qualities above their use, these artworks go beyond appearances and allow for the development of alternate relationships with and among objects.

The exhibition includes work by: Mark Clintberg, Rebecca Baird, Patrick Jackson, Daniel Jacoby, Joo Choon Lin, Alex Morrison and Brent Wadden

Exhibition Hours: Wednesday through Sunday,
12:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 12:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Venue & Address: 
The Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive Banff, Alberta
Website: 
http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/
Email: 
<p>walter_phillipsgallery@banffcentre.ca</p>
Phone: 
<p>403.762.6281</p>

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