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2013

May 1 - 14, 2013

CONTACT 2013, Portrait

Salina Kassam, Laura Paterson, Kamelia Pezeshki, Steve Speer

Opening Reception: Thursday May 2, 6pm - 9pm

Contact 2013
Field of Vision

This show will feature portraits from different continents, by four distinctly different artists. What is common is each artist works on projects that resonate with them and are long term commitments to the subjects they photograph.

Salina Kassam
Untitled

April 26 - 30, 2013

Group show

Selected art works from gallery artists.

April 25 - 26, 2013

Launch

Humber College Graphic Design Students

Opening Reception: Thursday April 25, 5pm - 9pm

Launch Grad Show displays the fantastic graphic design work of all of the two and three-year graduating students of Humber College. The evening will be an incredible night of talent, creative work, music, drinks and a vast selection of hors d'oeuvres. What better way is there to celebrate the student's final year?

April 9 - 23, 2013

Colourshift Abstract Art Collective

Scott Garant, Lisa Hickey, Sann Sann Lam, Karen Taylor, Kate Taylor

Opening Reception: Thursday April 11, 6pm - 8pm

"Sustenance"

The things that inspire us as artists and fuel us as people.

Working in a creative world it is important to be supported by influences that help to cultivate new ideas. Each artist will seek to explore those areas in their lives which nourish and sustain their visual interpretation of the world: the colour and movement of nature; the profoundness and vibrancy of our friends.

April 1 - 8, 2013

Ethos: portraits of the city

Alexander Frid, Cassandra D’Onofrio, Catlin Overend, Christine Psaila, Daniela Mitrovic, Dannika Moses, Ivy Lin, Jennifer Weiler, Jessica Duck,Jessica Raymond, Jimmy Ebanks, Kailynn Fife, Lili Nui, Meaghan Declerq, Nicole Medeiros, Paul Seymand, Rhyal May, Tiia Dodge, Vivian Mak

Opening Reception: Wednesday April 3, 6pm-9pm

Toronto contains an abundance of persona that is drawn to a landscape of varying experiences. Being a multicultural city, Toronto provides the unique opportunity of interpreting and experiencing a variety of cultures. Each project you see here is a portrait of Toronto. Some projects are contextual and abstract, while others are literal; all are intimate and personal, and expresses the understandings of what Toronto means to the forth year image arts students.

March 28 - 31, 2013

META 2013: Active Ingredient

Artists Alex Jordan | Amanda Wood | Cristal Sung | Dean Park + Erin Sweeney | Emily Halberstadt| Jamie Chirico| Ji Wong You | Karen Cochrane + Olivia Kolakowski | Kathryn Barrett |Linda Lou | Rachael Brown | Rola Kuidir | Samar Hejazi | Zaid Edghaim

Opening Reception: Thursday March 28, 5pm - 11pm

META 2013 is an exhibition that showcases the artwork of fourth year New Media students. We use technology to create innovative works that redefine the way you think about art. We push the limits of interactivity, connectivity and image-making. We understand that people provide the connection between art and technology. What we do today will influence the way you live tomorrow.

www.meta2013.ca

https://twitter.com/ryersonmeta2013

March 16 - 25, 2013

Spring group show

Anahita Azrahimi, Michael Black, Marilyn Bulmer Cochrane, Peter Colbert, Mouna Ikhlassy, Momo Simic, Ivo Stoyanov

Beautiful collection of abstract and landscape paintings by gallery artists.

March 8 - 15, 2013

WALLS

Ladan Jazayeri, Parham Didehvar, Azadeh Houshmand, Nargess Alavi, Mahnaz Piroozfar, Hashem Taghavi, Mehraban Mehrabani, Mehd Pourian , Nona Soheilnia, Firoozeh Athari, Hamid Rafinejad ,Farideh shahsavarani, Hadi farahani, Shamsi Shahrokhi, Nazanin Fartash, Bahareh Soltani, Negar pooya, Gholamhossein Nami, Simin Sepehri, Farideh Esfandi, Kamelia Pezeshki

Opening Reception: Friday March 8, 6pm - 9pm

"Where Nature Goes Silent, Art Begins"

--Will Durant

One of Iranian art's noble and enduring legacies has been its ability to break free from the material world's earthly manifestations and embrace the ethereal world of "imagination".

Realization of this invaluable cultural asset has enabled many of Iran's contemporary artists to unravel the mystifying concepts of the world they inhabit and articulate them in their art. Artists who through reverent appreciation of Iranian art's solid values and conscious understanding of their national, ethnic and cultural identity, have secured Iranian contemporary art's place high in global art scene.

In an effort to introduce Iran's ninety-year-old history of contemporary art movement and its principles to Canada's multicultural society and establish an artistic dialogue within

Toronto's Iranian-Canadian community, with the help of a group of Iranian artists and art enthusiasts, Nami Iranian-Canadian Centre for the Arts (N I C C A ) was established in 2008. This non-for-profit group's programs and activities, whose main emphasis is on critical analysis and examination of art theory, critical review of artists' works, art history and philosophy, review of Iran's modern art movement as well as public discussions, has established N I C C A as one of the most effective art forums in Toronto's ever-expanding Iranian community.

"Wall", which is this centre's first group exhibition, is the result of a two-year creative effort of a group of visual artists using wall as their theme. Choice of wall as the theme provided the artists with the chance to freely explore their inner interpretation of wall as a concept and therefore, resulted in creation of a series of artworks that represent each artist's individual approach to the subject, rather than the group's collective understanding of wall as a symbol.

By preserving their unique artistic language while consistently moving forward along with the world's art movement, Iranian immigrant artists can play an effective role in artistic and cultural growth and expansion of Canada, their host country and their second home.

Gholamhossein Nami

Founder of Nami Iranian-Canadian Centre for the Arts (N I C C A )

February 28 - March 3, 2013

SNAP!

SNAP! 2013

A photographic fundraiser for Aids Committee of Toronto

Collection Preview at Arta Gallery

Feb 28 - March 3

http://www.snap-toronto.com/

February 12 - 26, 2013

DRAWNONWARD

Jeremy Down, Gord Kemp, Paul Mantrop, Chris Roberts, Rob Saley, David Marshak

Opening Reception: Thursday February 14, 6pm - 10pm

Vantage Points
18th Annual Exhibition

Group of artists, David Marshak, Robert Saley, Paul Mantrop, Jeremy Down, Gordon Kemp, Chris Roberts, Steve McDonald - called Drawnonward – have taken their inspiration from the Group of Seven. Their mandate is to explore Canada's landscape through painting and have covered more than 150,000 kilometres in its pursuit. Traveling by retrofitted school bus, converted milk truck, train, fishing boat, ship, canoe, kayak, snowshoe and ski, Drawnonward has journeyed between both shores of Canada. Touring the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia; hiking the northern stretches the Yukon; traversing down the icy slopes of the Gaspe peninsula; cruising on a Russian exploration ship through the waters of Newfoundland and the Arctic - they have strapped on paint boxes, carted supplies and put all of their journeys down on panels, paper and canvas.

February 1 - 10, 2013

Gallery Group show

A group show of gallery artists

Vince De vita (1890s - 1973)
Canoe Ride
1920

December 18 - January 31, 2013

Arta Gallery - Art Collection

Sw Austin, Claus Heinecke, Peter Colbert, Ivo Stoyanov, Jayne Libby Sims, Marina Hanacek, David Brown, Michael Black, Salomon Khammi, Adriana Joshua, Olga Kotova, Mouna Ikhlassy, Momo Simic, Marilyn Blumer Cochrane, Vince De Vita

The Collection includes beautiful abstract paintings by Ivo Stoyanov, Claus Heinecke's carved wood sculptures, encaustic art, minimal landscape by Michael Black, and many more varieties of styles and subject matters.