David Jager reviews Eric Farache's Quixtopia

David Jager from NOW Magazine recently gave Eric Farache's Quixtopia exhibition at loop a stunning four N's! Make sure to read the rest of the piece here.

CALL FOR APPLICANTS! Loop Gallery's Summer Internship

Six weeks. Five Shows. One Intern.  
 Program Dates: May 29th - July 3rd

Loop gallery is seeking a university/college student or recent graduate of fine arts, art history, or a related field to join our team for a 6-week summer internship. The successful candidate will spend 1 day per week at the gallery and produce one 300-word blog post per week. This volunteer opportunity is geared at students looking to pursue a career in cultural management or arts writing and offers first-hand experience in an established artist-run centre in Toronto’s vibrant Dundas West community. The incumbent will work with the gallery director and have the chance to hone his/her writing skills as loop’s summer web correspondent, blogging and tweeting about a new show each week.

Our ideal candidate is:
• An excellent writer (for print and web) with a strong command of the English language
• Highly organized and deadline-oriented
• Tuned in to Toronto’s contemporary art scene
• Social media savvy

How to apply: Interested applicants should email a resume, cover letter, and writing sample (not to exceed 400 words) to internships.loop@gmail.com, attention gallery director.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 19 

Late submissions will not be considered. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

VIDEO & PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING: Charles Hackbarth and Barbara Rehus

Charles Hackbarth’s Everything AND Nothing and Barbara Rehus’s Can’t. Breathe. opened to a lovely crowd composed of friends and family last Saturday. Please enjoy the short video and photos taken at the reception.

Video and photos by Patricia Njovu

Opening on Nuit Blanche! Kelly Cade and Sheryl Dudley at Loop Gallery

September 29th – October 21st, 2012
Reception: Saturday, September 29th, 7–10 PM

loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members Kelly Cade entitled My My, There There, and Sheryl Dudley, Skirting Damocles. 

My My, There There echoes our relationship with the worlds we inhabit – the natural phenomenal world and the manufactured world we create. As the world bends, fragments, pixelates, becoming more and more a place where we are drawn away from ourselves, Cade looks to the natural world and its resilience and readiness to push its way through, to regenerate, rebalance and calmly assert itself in the midst of all we’re creating. This work is an interpretation of that assertion, an optimistic take on the intertwining of these disparate worlds.

Cade is a Toronto based artist and graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design who has exhibited in both solo and group shows. Her work can be found in private and public collections throughout Canada, the United States and the U.K.

Skirting Damocles presents a suite of oil paintings on aluminum that position majestic ice giants within the technology for tracking and charting the arctic waters for safer passage. Revisiting images taken during an arctic expedition more than 5 years ago, Dudley paints isolated glacial masses onto discarded circuit board sheets, transforming the weathered metal into a dynamic surface that is at once a field and a void. The oil paintings are shown alongside a collection of intimate watercolours which cast an ironic gaze on arctic tourism.

Dudley’s paintings and photographs have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Canada. Her work can be found in many private collections on both sides of the border.

Images: Kelly Cade, My My, There There, mixed media, 2012; Sheryl Dudley, Skirting Damocles, oil on aluminum, 2012. 

              

Q&A + Canadian Art Gallery Hop Tour on Saturday, September 22

loop Gallery is delighted to announce that we have been included on the Canadian Art 2012 Gallery Hop's tour of Dundas West galleries alongside Art Metropole, Cooper Cole, Jessica Brandley Inc, LE Gallery, and MKG 127. 

Join us on the weekend of Saturday, September 22 for the last remaining days of our two current exhibitions and a Q&A panel for Plus 2 by Linda Heffernan and False Fractions and Relations by Ester Pugliese. The Q&A will be from 3PM, followed by the Gallery Hop at 4:05PM. 

In the meantime, here are some pictures from the shows' opening reception. If the photos appear too small, click to enlarge! 

Linda Heffernan and friend

Ester Pugliese speaks to visitors

Photos by Patricia Njovu

In the Loop: Yael Brotman and Gareth Bate

What have our talented members been up to lately?

Yael Brotman in Genius Loci at the Art Gallery of Mississauga
Yael Brotman, whose last show at loop featured beautifully constructed paper caravans, will have works exhibited in Genius Loci, an R. Stuart Keeler curated show at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. The exhibition brings together established and emerging Canadian artists, including Nuit Blanche stand out Jon Sasaki, to explore works from noted collections of Canadian Art – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, The Tom Thomson Gallery and The Art Gallery of Mississauga Permanent Collection. Genius Loci opens Thursday, September 13 and runs until Thursday, November 4. 

Gareth Bate interviewed on Studio Beat
Gareth Bate talks about 401 Richmond and 'How to Get Fit as an Artist' while working on Jewel Net of Indra, a series of mirror drawings. Read the interview on Studio Beat.

Want to know what else we're doing in and outside of the gallery? Stay in the loop by joining us on Facebook for artist updates, behind the scene pictures and more. 

Linda Heffernan and Ester Pugliese at loop Gallery

September 1 –23, 2012
Reception: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 2-5 PM
Q&A Session: Saturday, September 22, 3PM

loop Gallery is pleased to announce two exhibitions by loop members Linda Heffernan entitled Plus 2, and Ester Pugliese entitled False Relations and Fractions. 

Linda Heffernan, 'Plus 2' (2012)

Plus 2 continues Linda Heffernan's exploration of the potential ramifications of extreme climate change and the opposing points of view that make a considered global response so challenging. The textured semi-abstract paintings in this exhibit use satellite views of major cities and snippets of media commentary as a jumping off point to depict the consequences of choosing to explore or ignore the search for a green economy. 

Linda Heffernan is a Whitby-based artist exploring themes of consumer capitalism and bureaucracy in an ever more interconnected global economy. She has a BFA from OCAD University and her work is included in a number of private and public collections in Canada. Linda Heffernan is a member of loop Gallery and has exhibited her work in a number of galleries in Toronto 's Queen West district as well as Whitby's Station Gallery and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. 

Ester Pugliese, 'False Relations I' (2012)

The mixed media works in Pugliese’s False Relations and Fractions offer up an arrangement of incongruous image pairings and split second variations that layer cultural references, natural elements and imagined realities. Roofs of Toronto houses open up to reveal ephemeral hierarchies; output graphs from Ontario's wind power facilities intertwine with musical notation spectrograms of Italian madrigals; and groupings of fragile objects invite closer inspection. 

Pugliese is a Toronto-based artist who has exhibited her work in Canada and England. She holds a BFA from York University and received the Humber College Board of Governors Achievement Award with her post-graduate certificate in Arts Administration/Cultural Management in 2004. Her work is in private and public collections in North America and Europe, including the Donovan Collection at St. Michael’s College, Toronto.

'anti-gravitational particle acceleration' at loop Gallery

August 15th – 26th, 2012 

Reception: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 2-5 PM

loop Gallery is pleased to announce a guest exhibition by Don Allain entitled ‘anti-gravitational particle acceleration'.

Don Allain is an abstract painter currently based out of Toronto, Ontario, (b. Summerside, P.E.I.) whose studio practice and theoretical research focuses on evolving temporal states and overall spatial cognition. Allain explores multi-dimensional contemporary understandings of physical and cognitive reality by investigating various concepts from the frontiers of theoretical physics and neurological scientific research. They both serve as points of artistic departure and are echoed throughout his paintings, ie. (CERN’s LHC, the large hadron particle accelerator and collider in Geneva, Switzeland). Specifically, this research motivates an expressionistic studio practice and style that explores offshoot trajectories of the drip, line, geometry and colour theory by layering many different optical and abstract strategies. He engages in this method as a way of potentially discovering, re-envisioning and collapsing historical abstract wave functions towards new vistas of thought. To translate and articulate this discursive formation he has been considering and maneuvering via multiple routes so as to not consider things in a similar manner while simultaneously opening potential for visual growth. Allain does this via an interdisciplinary blend of art, philosophy, physics, neuroscience, and mathematics with the psychology of colour, optics and perception.

"I have been investigating the drip technique for over 10 years now and extensively as a form of expression over the last 5 years since graduating from the MFA program at York University in 2007. The paintings that make up this exhibition are examples of some of the experiments and discoveries that I have made along the way working in this style. They are formatted to echo and mimic HD flat panel televisions and engage the viewer in experiences of varying optical energies and resonances of hi-def colour, depth, and navigationally diverse visual trajectories encompassed within the cultural phenomena of electronic visual entertainment. Simultaneously, I have activated discoveries from the frontiers of theoretical physics as points of cognitive departure while maintaining an abstract visual vocabulary towards a means of conveyance and invites viewers to engage in an experiential menage of painting, optics and physics. Vestiges of past painterly tropes are strategically employed so as to arrive at a final abstract synthesis that is both contemporary and referential towards various historical abstract formations and artists.” - Don J. Allain

‘anti-gravitational particle acceleration' opens on Wednesday, August 15th, followed by the opening reception on Saturday, August 18th, 2-5pm. 

Image: Don Allain, anti-gravitational particle acceleration - lime rickey green, acrylic on canvas, 44.25" x 24.50", 2012.

Collective Vision at loop

Loop's talent pool is overflowing, said Globe and Mail critic R.M. Vaughan, and it's none the more evident than in Collective Vision, our current group exhibition. Come in on Sunday, July 29 at 3PM for a Q + A session with member artists Mark Adair and Libby Hague, and loop co-founder Richard Mongiat. The panel will be moderated by Will Huffman, Associate Director of the Toronto Arts Council.

Collective Vision features works by John Abrams, Mark Adair, Elizabeth Babyn, Yael Brotman, Heather Carey, Tara Cooper, Tanya Cunnington, Elizabeth D'Agostino, Sheryl Dudley, Martha Eleen, Eric Farache, Adrien Fish, Maria Gabankova, Sandra Gregson, Charles Hackbarth, Libby Hague, Linda Heffernan, David Holt, JJ Lee, Jane Lowbeer, Ian MacLean, Mary Catherine Newcomb, Maureen Paxton, Ester Pugliese, Barbara Rehus, Rochelle Rubinstein, and Yvonne Singer.

The show runs until August 12, 2012.

Photos by Patricia Novju

Sacred Connections by Elizabeth Babyn at loop

Kim Aubrey from online magazine Numero Cinq writes at length about Elizabeth Babyn's current show Sacred Connections, which is currently on at loop Gallery. Offering insight into the process of creation, this article also provides extensive photos of Babyn's work. Link is here. Elizabeth Babyn's show runs until July 15, 2012.

Q&A with Lorene Bourgeois and Ingrid Mida at loop Gallery

Constructions of Femininity by Ingrid Mida, Photo by Patricia Novju

This is the final weekend of the exhibitions of Lorene Bourgeois and Ingrid Mida at loop Gallery. In Entourage, Lorene Bourgeois presents her exquisitely rendered images that explore the ambiguity of the face, the head, and the body, disclosed or obscured through clothing, framing and head-dress. In Constructions of Femininity, Ingrid Mida considers the relationship between dress and feminine identity in the armour-like equipment of the female hockey player.

Entourage by Lorene Bourgeois, Photo by Peter Legris

There is a synchronicity in the work of the two artists with the black tulle of Mida's headless mannequins playing off the featured heads within Bourgeois drawings and paintings. As well, there is a unspoken element of gothic darkness seen in both artists work, which unifies the gallery.

The gallery is open Saturday noon to 5 pm and Sunday 1 to 4 pm. There will be a Question and Answer Session with both artists moderated by Peter Legris from 2 to 3 pm. 

Ingrid Mida's Exhibition Constructions of Femininity at Loop Gallery

Constructions of Femininity by Ingrid Mida at Loop Gallery
Photo by Patricia Novju

Ingrid Mida's exhibition Constructions of Femininity was selected by Toronto Life Magazine as one of five art shows to see in Toronto in June 2012. Bridging the worlds of art and fashion, she has juxtaposed the feminine silhouettes of the 18th century period with the armour-like equipment worn by hockey players. The pairing of mesh paniers, romantic tutus and petticoats constructed of mosquito mesh with hockey equipment that has been altered through hand beading, embroidery and stitching of ribbon, creates whimsical narratives that begs the question of how is femininity constructed.

Inspired by historic photo archives of women playing tennis and mountaineering while wearing crinolines in 1870s and 1880s, as well as women hockey players playing in long skirts in the 1890s, Ingrid also interviewed young female hockey players before undertaking this project. Their passion for the sport was defined by feats of courage, power, and  strength while using equipment designed for men, which often leaves them vulnerable to injury especially if they have curves.

The exhibition presents a complete hockey team including an alternate goalie. Each sculpture is named after a member of the Vancouver Amazon's, a women's team from the early part of the 20th century. Designed to provoke and delight, this exhibition has been a traffic stopper, with casual passersby stopping to express delight and awe at the highly original nature of this work.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, June 17th. loop gallery will be open on Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 5 pm and on Sunday from 1 to 4 pm. Ingrid will be giving a talk at 2-3 pm on Sunday. Visit her website/blog at www.ingridmida.com.

Lorène Bourgeois at loop

 Lorène Bourgeois in front of White Mantle at the Opening Reception
Photo by Patricia Njovu 2012

With Entourage, Lorène Bourgeois juxtaposes large-scale drawings on paper with smaller paintings in oil on slate.  Her images investigate the ambiguity of the face, the head, and the body, disclosed or obscured through clothing, framing and head-dress.

Installation Shot of Entourage at loop Gallery
Photo by Peter Legris 2012

Here, head-dress is examined not only for its social or utilitarian functions, but also as a framing device and a theatrical artifact.  Thus, a woman’s bonnet, the veil of a nun, or a bow tied upon a girl’s head are reconsidered in these works as objects of strange beauty.

With the paintings on slate, the face is rarely seen in its entirety.  Instead, fragments of slate, with their imperfections, uneven shapes, grooves, veins, and gashes, become supports for more intimate views of cheek, eyes, ear or nose.  Strangely, the stone recalls the flesh, and this apparently cold material seems to come to life, much like a skin.

Entourage also plays with the idea of presence, allowing potential alliances to form between the faces fixed illusionistically upon the walls and those of viewers - each gazing at one another.

Lorène Bourgeois at loop
Photo by Peter Legris 2012

Lorène Bourgeois lives and works in Toronto.  Her work in drawing, painting, and printmaking has been exhibited across Canada, as well as in France, Korea, Russia, and the United Sates.  She is represented in private and public collections, including Canada Council Art Bank, Banff Centre for the Arts, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ernst & Young, MOCCA, National Bank of Canada, Richmond Hill Public Library, and University of Toronto (Hart House and Donovan Collection).

Lorène Bourgeois gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

loop is open this weekend: Saturday noon to 5 pm and Sunday 1-4 pm. The artist will be in attendance at the gallery on Sunday, June 3 and Sunday, June 10.

Lorène Bourgeois and Ingrid Mida at loop Gallery

loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members Lorène Bourgeois entitled Entourage, and Ingrid Mida entitled Constructions of Femininity.

Lorène Bourgeois, White Mantle, conté drawing on paper, 57” x 45 ¼”, 2012

With Entourage, Lorène Bourgeois juxtaposes large-scale drawings on paper with smaller paintings in oil on slate.  Her images investigate the ambiguity of the face, the head, and the body, disclosed or obscured through clothing, framing and head-dress. Here, head-dress is examined not only for its social or utilitarian functions, but also as a framing device and a theatrical artifact.  A woman’s bonnet, the veil of a nun, or a bow tied upon a girl’s head are reconsidered in these works as objects of strange beauty.

Lorène Bourgeois lives and works in Toronto.  Her work has been exhibited across Canada, as well as in France, Korea, Russia, and the U.S.  She is represented in numerous collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Banff Centre for the Arts, The Department of Foreign Affairs, Ernst & Young, the MOCCA, the National Bank of Canada, and the Hart House and Donovan Collections at the University of Toronto.

Stephanie, mixed media, 2012

This latest installation by Ingrid Mida is an exploration of the artifice of feminine dress and identity.  This work juxtaposes the extreme silhouettes of the 18th century dress with the armour of the modern day hockey warrior in a whimsical celebration of the power of sport to redefine femininity. Inspired by young women hockey players who display feats of courage, strength and power, hockey equipment has been transformed with feminine signifiers of ribbon, sequins and beading, and then paired with historical silhouettes made from mesh.

Ingrid Mida is a Toronto-based artist, and author of the popular blog Fashion is my Muse! She was the keynote speaker at the Costume Society of America mid-west conference in the fall of 2011 on the topic of "When does Fashion Become Art?" and will speak at the Fashion Tales Conference in Milan in June 2012 on "The Metaphysics of Fashion Blogging."

Interviews on the World of Threads

Toronto artist and loop member Gareth Bate is also the exhibition curator of the upcoming World of Threads Festival. This exhibition of contemporary fibre art will take place in November 2012 in Toronto and Oakville and include the work of local, national and international artists.


Loop members who have been featured in the weekly series of artist interviews include:

Yael Brotman
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/056_yael_brotman_12.html

Sandra Gregson
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/040_sandra_gregson_11.html

Libby Hague
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/044_libby_hague_11.html

Mary Catherine Newcomb
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/051_mary_catherine_newcomb_2012.html


Rochelle Rubinstein
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/030_rochelle_rubinstein_11.html

To learn more about The World of Threads Festival, visit  http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com

Constructions of Femininity by Ingrid Mida

Toronto Life Magazine called the title Constructions of Femininity for my upcoming show at loop Gallery "dreary and didactic", but nonetheless the mention in their select picks of art exhibitions to see in Toronto in June 2012 is a coup.

Constructions of Femininity is an exploration of the artifice of feminine dress and identity. This work juxtaposes the extreme silhouettes of 18th century dress with the armour of the modern day hockey warrior and was inspired by young women hockey players who have redefined femininity to include feats of courage, strength, and power. Hockey equipment has been transformed with feminine signifiers of ribbon, sequins and beading paired with silhouettes such as a romantic tutu or panier made out of armour-like mesh. The choice of materials is designed to invoke a Canadian identity: mosquito mesh for a tongue and cheek reference to our mosquito infested north, aboriginal beading techniques referencing the trading practices which founded our country, and hockey equipment as a reference to our national sport. This work is intended to be a whimsical celebration of the power of sport to redefine femininity. 

Please join me for the opening reception on Saturday, May 26, 2012 from 2-5 pm. On the final day of the show, Sunday, June 17th there will be a Q&A from 2-3 pm, moderated by Peter Legris.

loop Gallery is located at 1372 Dundas Street West, Toronto (Dundas, west of Ossington). For further information, call the gallery at 416-516-2581 or visit their website at www.loopgallery.ca. 

Photos from the Opening Reception of Nancy Oakes and Adrienne Trent at Loop Gallery

loop Gallery is fragrant with the scent of pine from the current installation by loop member Adrienne Trent called Ground Classification: Without a Trace. Inspired by the children's book "Paddle-to-the-sea" by C. Holling, this installation sets up a poetic, and at the same time actual representation of a catastrophe. An ancient handmade canoe with large holes in the bottom becomes a survival kit/getaway vessel. The boat is packed with obsolete and some state-of-the-art equipment for survival against the elements (both natural and human created) and is oriented towards the St. Lawrence Seaway awaiting its imminent escape.

Gallery Guests watching Adrienne Trent's video

Canoe installation by Adrienne Trent

Adrienne Trent and friends

In the back part of the gallery, Nancy Oakes presents Walking Drawings, a series she began in 2006 where she navigates the city streets while simultaneously producing drawings that captured her lived experience as it happened. Later enhanced with graphite, and stained with tea and wax, the final drawings are believable urban scenes composed of elements encountered separately over time and space. This experiential peripatetic strategy exists at the intersection of all four of Oakes’ key interests: human beings, the urban environment, walking, and drawing.

Gallery visitor admires Nancy Oakes drawings

Nancy Oakes and friend

Nancy Oakes and Adrienne Trent at loop Gallery

Top: Thursday, February 9, 2012 Queen from Soho to Spadina by Nancy Oakes
Bottom: Illustration from Paddle-to-the-sea by C.Holling, 1941

loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by artist Nancy Oakes entitled Walking Drawings and loop member Adrienne Trent entitled Ground Classification: Without a Trace.

In 2006, Nancy Oakes began experimenting with “Walking Drawings,” navigating the city streets while simultaneously producing drawings that captured her lived experience as it happened. Later enhanced with graphite, and stained with tea and wax, the final drawings are believable urban scenes composed of elements encountered separately over time and space. This experiential peripatetic strategy exists at the intersection of all four of Oakes’ key interests: human beings, the urban environment, walking, and drawing.

Nancy Oakes is a Toronto-based artist and has exhibited at artist-run centres and public and commercial venues including Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Lehman Leskiw Fine Art, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (Clarington Gallery), Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and Gallery 1313. Her drawings were included in the First National Juried Drawing Exhibition at White Water Gallery and Drawing 2012 at the John B. Aird Gallery. Her walking drawing practice was featured on CBC Radio's "Here and Now".

Inspired by the children's book "Paddle-to-the-sea" by C. Holling, Adrienne Trent’s newest exhibition, Ground Classification: Without a Trace, sets up a poetic, and at the same time actual representation of a catastrophe. An ancient handmade canoe with large holes in the bottom becomes a survival kit/getaway vessel. The boat is packed with obsolete and some state-of-the-art equipment for survival against the elements (both natural and human created) and is oriented towards the St. Lawrence Seaway awaiting its imminent escape.

Adrienne Trent is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art, co-founder of Republic, and former member of the Red Head Gallery. She has had exhibits in commercial galleries such as Robert Birch, Edward Day, Deleon White, Lonsdale and V.Macdonnell; in public galleries including the Art Gallery of Clarington, Koffler Gallery, Justina M. Barnicke at the University of Toronto, Robert Langen at Sir Wilfred Laurier University, and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa; and in various artist-run spaces.  Her work can be found in the collections of The Art Gallery of Ontario, CBC, University of Toronto, and numerous private collectors.


These exhibitions will run from April 28 to May 20, 2012. The opening reception will be Saturday, April 28th, 2012 from 2-5 PM.


Image credits:
 (top) Nancy Oakes, Thursday Februrary 9, 2012 Queen from Soho to Spadina, gel pen, graphite, tea and wax on paper, 6 X 8.5in, 2012              
 (bottom) Illustration from Paddle-to-the-sea by C.Holling, 1941

John Abrams and Sung Ja Kim Chisholm at Loop Gallery

loop Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by loop members John Abrams entitled Entertaining Modernism, and Sung Ja Kim Chisholm entitled Transforming.

John Abrams, The Mountie and Mondrian, oil on canvas, 58 x 77 inches, 2011

Entertaining Modernism comprises a selection of new paintings and sculptures that emanate from John Abrams’ ongoing interest in concepts of the modern found in film, sculpture and painting.  Experimenting with narrative disjuncture by juxtaposing abstract forms that have over time taken on recognizable modernist symbolism, with the immediacy of painting he achieves great visual effects.

Abrams holds an MFA from York University and AOCA from the Ontario College of Art. His work is represented by Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York. His paintings can be found in major public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, as well as numerous private collections in the United States.

Sung Ja Kim Chisholm, (Installation View) multiple works, 11 x 14 inches (ea.) 2008-2012

Sung Ya Kim Chisholm's exhibition of figurative drawings and mixed media abstracts presents visual conceptions of two fundamental aspects of the human condition. The first aspect is the gradual unfolding of a new life, captured through the depiction of a set of typical childhood experiences.  The second aspect is the alienation and spiritual hungers that are also part of human life, as depicted in the artist’s mixed media works, which convey longing for healthy, loving relationships.

Kim is a Toronto-based, Korean-Canadian artist whose works in both mixed media and drawing visually communicate a range of spiritual responses by individuals to the inevitability of suffering in our their lives. She is a long-time member of the loop Gallery and has had group and solo shows in galleries in both South Korea and Canada. She has also been retained for numerous portrait commissions. Kim is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and she teaches art privately in her studio, as well as at a private school in Etobicoke.  She is married and both her husband and her son inspire her work and often serve as her models.  

Please join the artists in celebrating the opening reception on Saturday, March 31st from 2-5 pm.

Final Weekend to see the Exhibitions by Tara Cooper and Yael Brotman at loop Gallery

Campbell south of Grant, Mnemonic Stoop series, Mixed Media by Yael Brotman, Photography by Peter Legris

This is the last weekend to see Yael Brotman's and Tara Cooper's work at loop Gallery. There will be a Question & Answer session with the artists moderated by Rebecca Diederichs at 3 pm on Sunday, March 25th. The exhibition closes tomorrow at 4 pm.

If you missed the Globe & Mail review of the exhibition by R.M. Vaughan, the link is here.

Gallery hours this weekend are: Saturday 12 - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 4 pm.