Exhibitions

“Mademoiselle Inaccessible”
CARRIE CHISHOLM
Carrie Chisholm (AOCAD, MFA) built her mixed media art practice on reinterpreting designer product photography in both 2D (drawing/painting/collage) and 3D (sculpture, installation) formats. Her work is a playful exploration of the tension between desire and fulfillment through transformed depictions of luxurious and opulent products which she knows to be personally unattainable.
This work represents an enlarged set of Chanel earrings from their ‘Mademoiselle’ series. In its original form, this product is exquisitely crafted from precious materials, exclusive to all except the few who can afford it, and therefore unattainable to the average person. The piece has been removed from its original source material and reimagined as both larger than life, and slightly imperfect due to the abnormal scale and evidence of a handmade quality fabricated out of commonly found and accessible materials such as paint and cardboard. The hope is that this new version may result in a more accessible and amusing viewing experience for its audience.
‘Imagine the impossible, make it a reality.’ - Chanel (https://www.chanel.com/ca-en/high-jewelry/)
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ARTQUARTERS GALLERY PRESENTS “CONVENIENCE” BY JENNIFER CHIN AND JESSICA RYSYK
*Show extended to July 8, 2023*
ArtQuarters Gallery announces its latest exhibition, “Convenience,” works by Jennifer Chin and Jessica Rysyk, as part of Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, from May 3 to 20, 2023.
Through their work, both artists in this exhibition attempt to permanently capture the fleeting and somewhat disposable experiences of commercially available convenience foods and confections.
Chin uses photography to capture the variations and disparities found in industrially-produced foods as evidence and tribute to the labour of the individuals involved in their manufacturing. Rysyk captures the experience of nostalgic confections by embedding the candies and wrappers themselves in clear resin blocks, creating an enduring acrylic reliquary.
The title, Convenience, is a site-specific reference to the previous life of the gallery’s space as a local convenience store.
A special opening reception will take place Saturday May 6, 2023, from 2 to 5 pm, with the artists in attendance.
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Reflecting
“Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'til we come to understand." - Paul Cezanne.
Through asemic writing, photography and collage I have chased my demons, followed clues, unwrapped mysteries, rested on still waters, and breathed rarified air.
I have enjoyed the camaraderie of artists, exchanged recipes, experimented with techniques, and upended the intended use of imaging technologies.
Reflecting is my attempt to immobilize time, subvert conscious perception, and portray the spectrality of inner space.
After forty-seven years of photographing through glass and into glass, Reflecting is my dialogue with nature. A small portion of my constant search for the image of a picture.
“Flavio Belli returns to the flesh with direct action upon the copier window: belly pressed to glass. Belli proves that technology is just another lover, one to be loved. He is at once seduced and seducer in this beautiful show. Like all good art, it means a little more freedom from visual habit for anyone who wants it.” - A.A. Bronson, Proof Only, Vol.1, No.6, April 29 1974
Ceiling, 2022, photograph
About the artist
Belli possesses a wide range of experience in the arts community. He is an
artist, art consultant, curator and collector. He passionately advocates for
community outreach, and works to foster awareness, understanding and
enjoyment of public and personal art created by Canadian artists. His
artworks form part of corporate, private, and public collections, including
the National Gallery of Canada.
Doorway, 2022, photograph
Kitchen, 2022, photograph
Studio, 2022, photograph
Gallery Hours:
Wed-Sat 12-6pm or by appointment
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*We are currently still follow Covid-19 protocols. Social distancing and masks are strongly preferred in the gallery.
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ARTQUARTERS GALLERY,
Lovers Art Club and The Dreamers
PRESENTS “DUALITIES”
A Curated Exhibit of Street and Tattoo Artists and Illustrators
April 1-May 1
RECEPTION SATURDAY APRIL 9TH
5-8 PM
ARTISTS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE
(Toronto, Ontario) – ArtQuarters Gallery announces its latest exhibition, “Dualities,” a group show curated by Lovers Art Club and The Dreamers, from April 1 to May 1, 2022. The show features the work of KIZMET, Mony Zak, Victoria Day, Victor Devenir, The Dreamers, and (AlfAlfA + LaPupila).
Dualities exist everywhere. Referring to anything with two parts, distinct and often opposite from each other, dualities are as simple as the dyad between up and down, or as complex as war and peace. We operate our lives in the safety of balance, of opposition, of tension and release. We are taught that gender is a binary, when it’s in fact a spectrum. What other dualities do we take for granted, in which there could be an infinite amount of grey tones in between? What value remains in seeing the world in dualities? Or what if the binary just doesn’t exist? What if the duality we experience in our day-to-day lives, as the output of our human observation of nature (dry and wet, hot and cold, darkness and light), is just an illusion, created by our own minds to instill the balance we need as people? Both parts of any dyad are seemingly inseparable, one emanates a reflection from the other, and both define themselves in contradiction.
“Dualities” invites artists to explore this narrative of opposites, the lack of them, and everything/nothing in between.
A special opening reception will take place Saturday April 9, 2022, from 5 to 8 pm, with the artists in attendance. At the reception The Dreamers will undertake an art-making performance, using light, shadow and their signature two-tone line and dot work, and produce two paintings, created live in front of attendees. Featuring the live musical accompaniments of Coteros, this performance can't be missed!
About ArtQuarters Gallery
ArtQuarters Gallery is an intergenerational art space with a focus on appreciation for the arts and our arts communities. This mid-Toronto gallery consists of a commercial space, ceramic studio and a workshop space. Visit artquartersgallery.com for hours and more information.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Director Sandra Tarantino, contact@artquartersgallery.com
cell 416 712-7265
OR
Curator Eli Klein timeforklein@gmail.com
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David Joron Exhibition "Assemblage"
Exhibiting "screen print paintings", oil paintings and other mixed media work by artist David Joron.
February 9, 2022- March 12, 2022
Meet the Artist: Saturday, March 5, 5-7 pm
or by appointment
Also showing works by David Brown, Rupen, Ross Bonfanti, Amita Sen Gupta, Sandra Tarantino more.
*We are currently follow Covid-19 protocols. Social distancing and masks are required in the gallery.
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Check out a wide selection of paintings, sculptures, prints, paper, mixed media, ceramic, apparel, paper, functional.

October 9-31, 2021
Reception: Saturday, October 16 from 5 to 8 pm with artists in attendance.
Final Sale by Jason Van Horne is a series of miniature abandoned storefronts and retail spaces that have seen better days. Assembled from discarded cardboard and product packaging, these dilapidated buildings sport store signs and billboards advertising goods and services no longer available.
As a result of some unspecified cataclysmic event, people have moved on or disappeared entirely and the remaining decaying structures and overgrown streets are littered with mangled cars and debris.
Just the remnants of a once bustling civilization.
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o·ver·come, a group exhibition themed at the emotional state of being overtaken or overwhelmed, but lingering is the potential to prevail.
Featuring works by AWOL Collective: Paul R Turner, Dale Thompson, Edmund Law, Nurit Basin, Pamela Rosales, Ross Bonfanti and Sandra Tarantino, paper cut drawings by Christine Kim, and abstract paintings by Anita Giancola.
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*We are currently follow Covid-19 protocols. Social distancing and masks are required in the gallery.
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Phone: 416 410 7070 Address: 1057 St Clair Ave West, Toronto, ON M6E 1A6_______________________________________________________
Vissuto (Lived)
A celebration of Italo-Canadian and Italian Artists for June Heritage Month
Curated by Marcello Tarantino
June 3 to July 11, 2021
Works by
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12-5 is by appointment
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