March 09, 2025
Alena Robin recently published an article entitled 鈥淭he Painter and the New World: celebrating the centennial of the Canadian Confederation through a hemispheric approach鈥 in a special issue of the Colnaghi Studies Journal on New Perspectives on the Art of Viceregal America.
March 07, 2025
Part-time lecturer Kim Neudorf reviews PhD candidate Raquel Rowe's recent solo exhibition "The Centre of the World Was the Beach," which concluded at Forest City Gallery on March 8.
March 03, 2025
PhD Candidate Behnaz Fatemi invites you to attend her artist talk on March 20 from 6:00pm - 6:30pm at the AWE (Art Windsor Essex). She will be discussing her current exhibition, "Rhythm of Remembering," which is curated by Niku Koochak. The exhibition runs from March 20 - June 29, 2025.
March 02, 2025
Join the Faculty of Information & Media Studies for a conversation about disability art activism and institutional critique featuring Dr. Amanda Cachia and Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware. Dr. Cachia is an art historian and curator who works as Assistant Professor at the University of Houston. Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware is a visual artist, activist, curator, and educator who works as Assistant Professor at McMaster University.
March 01, 2025
"Tim Whiten: Life & Work," is a new book by author and PhD Candidate Carolyn Bell Farrell, published by the Art Canada Institute. The book traces the distinguished fifty-year career of Toronto-based artist Tim Whiten (b. 1941) and his lifelong commitment to investigating the human condition. Bell Farrell joins Tim Whiten in a conversation, moderated by Julian Cox, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Ontario, on Sunday, April 13 at 2 pm at the AGO鈥檚 Baillie Court. This public talk is scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition, Tim Whiten: A Little Bit of Light, curated by Julian Cox, which opens at the AGO on March 26.
February 11, 2025
Join The Department of Visual Arts on Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 pm ET for an artist talk by Sandra Brewster in Conron Hall at 深夜福利站. Sandra Brewster is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. Her practice is grounded in people of the Caribbean diaspora, who maintain a relationship with "back home". This is a public, free, and hybrid event.
February 09, 2025
The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is honoured to host Wanda Nanibush for the鈥痵econd Robert and Patricia Duncanson Lecture of 2025, held on鈥疢arch 4, 2025. Wanda Nanibush is an Anishinaabe-kwe image and word warrior, curator and community organizer from Beausoleil First Nation, Canada. This hybrid event can be attended in person at Conron Hall or online via Zoom. There is no cost for this event.
February 07, 2025
Join Indigenous Artist-in-Residence, Theo Cuthand (Plains Cree, Little Pine First Nation), for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn acting exercises for the screen and how to record a top-notch audition tape using your phone (and some simple accessories!).
February 05, 2025
Be sure to see PhD candidate Racquel Rowe's solo exhibition "The Centre of the World Was the Beach" in its final weeks at Forest City Gallery. Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados currently residing in Canada. Her practice is continuously influenced by many aspects of history, matrilineal family structures, diasporic communities, and her upbringing in Barbados.
February 03, 2025
Hosted by PhD candidate Ashar Mobeen, Season 1 of the podcast brings together artists, scholars, and community members engaging with pressing environmental issues through art, science, and practice. Over the coming months, they will explore topics like soil regeneration, Indigenous land stewardship, water, air, and the challenges of textiles and plastics. Season 1 is Supported by the Sustainability Impact Fund at 深夜福利站, and based out of the Centre for Sustainable Curating, in the Department of Visual Arts.
February 01, 2025
Artist Theo Jean Cuthand and curator Wanda Nanibush will provide insight into the development of the current Doris McCarthy Gallery exhibition Love + Numbers, exploring Cuthand鈥檚 groundbreaking thirty-year artistic practice.
January 28, 2025
Celebrating twenty-three years the "Annual Juried Exhibition" continues to be one of the Department of Visual Arts most highly anticipated undergraduate exhibitions. This diverse show supports the production of new work made in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, print, video, and photography. Exhibited works were selected by a professional jury who consider creativity, concept, materiality and technique. This year鈥檚 show is indicative of the resilience and dedication our students continue to demonstrate. Join us to celebrate our amazing students! Opening Reception: Thursday, February 13 from 6鈥8PM
January 27, 2025
In partnership with Forest City Gallery, and to celebrate Racquel Rowe's current solo exhibition, "The Centre of the World was the Beach," SASAH hosts a conversation between Rowe and artist Jessica Karuhanga. The artists will be discussing their multi-faceted practices in a discussion moderated by SASAH student Kira McCallum-Schmidt. Rowe is a PhD candidate in Art & Visual Culture in the Department of Visual Arts, and Karuhanga is a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts. This hybrid talk will be available in person at 深夜福利站, Digital Creativity Lab, and online (Zoom link will be posted).
January 26, 2025
"Decolonial Conversations" is a conference accompanied by creative projects that will take place at the forks of the Deshkan Ziibi on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, L奴naap茅ewak, and Attawandaron. The conference includes panels on transnational Intimacies; historical and contemporary partitions; the politics of dress, bodies, and activism; racialized histories in national and international contexts; Canadian and global indigenous networks, and global theatre and performance. Conference registration is open now.
Sky Glabush: Flowers - Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture | Saatchi Gallery
January 24, 2025
Professor Sky Glabush will have his artwork included in an upcoming group exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London, England. "Flowers - Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture" features large-scale installations, original art, photography, fashion, archival objects and graphic design exploring the ongoing influence of flowers on creativity and human expression. The exhibition runs from February 12 - May 15, 2025
January 22, 2025
Professor Sky Glabush is featured in an article in the January 2025 issue (#166) of Border Crossings magazine titled "Sky Glabush: Painting's Alphabet." Art critic Robert Enright interviewed Glabush in response to his recent exhibition, 鈥淭he letters of this alphabet were trees,鈥 which took place at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in New York from September 5 to October 16, 2024.
January 20, 2025
Professor Kirsty Robertson, Director of Centre for Sustainable Curating, and FIMS Associate Professor, Sarah E.K. Smith, were recently interview by CBC Radio. Robertson and Smith co-curated "The Air of Now and Gone," a new exhibition showing at Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa from January 26 - May 5, 2025.
January 16, 2025
The work of 深夜福利站's Indigenous Artist-in-Residence, Theo Jean Cuthand, is currently on display at the Doris McCarthy Gallery in Scarborough. Curated by Wanda Nanibush, "Love + Numbers" covers a selection of Cuthand鈥檚 experimental narrative videos and performances from the 1990s to the present. Cuthand will give an artist talk at the gallery on January 29, 2025.
January 14, 2025
Congratulations to PhD candidate Katie Lawson, whose article "With gardens and garbage, artists are reimagining the life and death of their work" was recently featured by CBC Arts. Lawson works with the Centre for Sustainable Curating in the Department of Visual Arts.
January 12, 2025
Professor Kirsty Robertson, Director of Centre for Sustainable Curating, is featured alongside fellow Arts and Humanities Professor Joshua Schuster in an article that discusses the role of art and literature in spurring action on climate change.
January 04, 2025
Cody Barteet publishes "The Making of the Historic Heraldic Window for St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Ontario): Christopher Wallis, Stained Glass, and the Heraldic Arts鈥" in "Journal of History", issue 59, no. 3 (2024): 292-324.
Christopher Wallis: In Balance of Light | ArtLAB Gallery
January 02, 2025
Curated by Dr. Cody Barteet and Natalie Scolia, "Christopher Wallis: In The Balance of Light" is showing in the artLAB Gallery until January 30, 2025. This exhibition showcases the brilliant career of Christopher Wallis (1930鈥2021), one of the most celebrated stained-glass artists of his generation. This exhibition draws from sketches, coloured designs, full-scale cartoons, and completed windows, offering an unprecedented look into his creative process and the breadth of his artistic legacy.
December 23, 2024
Kirsty Robertson and Heather Davis's article 鈥淧lastic Dislocations: Questions of Labour and Environment in Plastic Heart鈥 Sculpture Journal (27 November): 561鈥582, was recently released in the special issue Plastic Art, Plastic Meanings.
December 22, 2024
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Associate Camille-Mary Sharp, whose co-edited double issue of Museum and Society, Mobilizing Museum Minerals, was recently released. The journal is open access and can be found at the link below, and features articles by current and past collaborators with the Visual Arts Department including Eleanor Armstrong, Elysia French, and Eugenia Kisin.
December 20, 2024
Professor Kirsty Robertson's article "Chained to the Gallery: 1970s Protest, Nationalism, and Anti-Racism at the Art Gallery of Ontario" was published in the Canadian Historical Review 105.4
December 06, 2024
"Water (Deshkan Ziibi)鈥 is curated by Christof Migone, Sheri Osden Nault, and Ruth Skinner. Presented by the artLAB Gallery at the Department of Visual Arts, this 12-hour event will be streamed via YouTube and will feature performances by participants Kate Armstrong, Bagida鈥檞aad Alliance, Dickson Bou, Penelope Cain, Shannon Cooney, Tom Cull, Melissa General, Farheen Haq, Kaya Joan, Sharmistha Kar, Claire Liu, Patrick Mahon, Thomas Mahon, Brady Marks, Christof Migone, Laura Millard, Valerie Mills-Milde, Star Nahwegahbo, Sheri Osden Nault, Eli Nolet, Raquel Rowe, Jon Sasaki, Lou Sheppard, Ruth Skinner, Quinn Smallboy, Jordyn Stewart, Mark Timmings, Paul Walde, Michelle Wilson.
December 06, 2024
In partnership with Embassy Cultural House, the FCG annual Members' Show & Sale features the work of 深夜福利站 undergraduate students Amythly, Genevieve Buchanan, Jadhen Pangilinan, Maggie Shook, Jade Williamson; graduate students Sebastian Evans, Jessica Irene Joyce, Moira Hayes; and faculty Ron Benner, Wyn Geleynse, Jamelie Hassan, Patrick Mahon, David Merritt. Other participating artists include a past Indigenous Artist in Residence and many 深夜福利站 alumni.
December 06, 2024
We are saddened to share the news of the passing of Patricia Deadman, celebrated artist, writer, and Curator of the Woodland Cultural Centre. Patricia leaves behind a remarkable legacy in the world of Indigenous art, and many in the London arts community and beyond will remember her fondly and will mourn her loss.
December 06, 2024
PhD candidate Ashar Mobeen is featured in 深夜福利站's Inspiring Minds showcase. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferable skills. Mobeen's research investigates the manifestation of comprehensive astronomical understanding in the art and architecture of ancient and Indigenous civilizations across the globe.
September 18, 2024
Join us at Museum London to experience Adjunct Professor Ron Benner鈥檚 roving corn-roasting wagon, Maiz Barbacoa. At the same time celebrate the launch of "An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art and Activism" published by Embassy Cultural House. Edited by Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner, with design by Olivia Mossuto, this publication includes texts and images by 36 contributors, including alum: Christina Battle, Janice Gurney, Shelley Niro, Andy Patton, Olivia Mossuto, and Ruth Skinner.
September 11, 2024
This exhibition brings together 21 artists and writers who engage in decolonial critique, environmental activism, and twenty-first century artistic practices to address what is arguably the problem of our times: environmental catastrophe. Co-curated by Jeff Thomas and Patrick Mahon, the exhibition features a vast array of works, many produced over a two-year period and originally shown at Museum London in 2021-22. Featuring alum Paul Chartrand, Michael Farnan, Sharmistha Kar, Mark Kasumovic, Olivia Mossuto, Quinn Smallboy, Ashley Snook, Andres Villar, Michelle Wilson, Professor Jessica Karuhanga and Ron Benner an Adjunct Professor.
August 22, 2024
Rest, restore, and reconnect with our community at McIntosh鈥檚 first R&Art event! Kick off the 2024-25 school year on campus with a hands-on printmaking activity at the gallery. The first 100 attendees will receive a free tote bag to personalize and silkscreen with a limited-edition design created by local artist Soft Flirt! All attendees are invited to bring their own item (an old t-shirt, a piece of fabric, bag, etc.) to print on and adorn. No registration is required. Find art in the heart of campus at the McIntosh! All events are FREE and open to students and the public.
July 15, 2024
Anah铆 Gonz谩lez's PhD thesis exhibition at Artcite Inc. in Windsor, Ontario explores migration, Mexican labour, and identity with questions relating to commerce, systems of power and the event of photography through the mediums of photography, installations, and participatory practices. In 鈥渦sed as a material in the production of another", Gonz谩lez engages with different industries that connect today鈥檚 Mexico and Canada, such as the automotive industry, agriculture, and others, and highlights how systems of power perceive Mexican labour as mobile, multi-purpose, and temporary.
June 20, 2024
Save the date! Come celebrate the work of Anah铆 Gonz谩lez, a current PhD candidate and MFA alum, at the opening of her PhD thesis exhibition, "used as a material in the production of another," at Artcite Inc. in Windsor, Ontario, on Friday, July 12. An artist talk and performance will follow on Saturday, July 13, at 2 p.m.
June 20, 2024
In continuation of DRAFTS 5: Diasporic Bodies research and exhibition, Body: Material, Performative, Absent focuses on Faseeh Saleem鈥檚 design research on alternative conceptions of the body from a postcolonial lens. Curated by Soheila Esfahani, in this exhibition Saleem explores conceptions of the body and challenges conventional design methods and design thinking in fashion design processes in order to open up for alternative bodies as a methodological foundation.
June 14, 2024
Inspired by regional folk magic traditions and Museum London鈥檚 historical collection of log cabin quilts, London-based artist and BFA alum Reilly Knowles presents his quilt Magic Circle for Earth Communion. This quilt, of his own making, takes the form of a cryptic seal symbolizing living in relationship with and learning from the Earth. It also incorporates dyes created from local plants and has undergone material alteration through direct contact with our region鈥檚 soil. Magic Circle for Earth Communion was commissioned as part of Ontario Culture Days 2024 Creatives in Residence program. Image: Reilly Knowles, Magic Circle for Earth Communion, 2024, embroidery with plant-dyed textiles, Collection of the artist
June 12, 2024
Joy Wong a graduate of the MFA program, is featured in a three-person exhibition at Latcham Art Centre. In the exhibition "like heirlooms" the artists present work that uses food ingredients, preparation techniques, and vivid images of shopping plazas that are central to Chinese diaspora communities in Canada. Together, they work within an expanded idea of 鈥渉eirloom鈥 to consider how aspects of food culture help us understand authenticity, care, and belonging.
June 04, 2024
PhD Candidate Ashar Mobeen delivered a lightning talk titled, 鈥淢apping the Cosmos: Vera Rubin and the Art of Astronomy鈥 at Boston University on Friday, June 14, 2024.
May 28, 2024
Christina Battle, who earned her PhD in Visual Art and Culture in the Department of Visual Arts has a solo exhibition upcoming at Museum London. "Under the Metallic Skies" will open to the public on June 1 and will run through October 20, 2024.
May 27, 2024
Congratulations to MFA alum Tegan Moore whose solo exhibition titled Condensations is on view now through June 22, 2024 at Centre Clark in Montreal. Tegan Moore works in sculpture and installation to interrogate the built environment and its relationship with the body through granular, intuitive, and research-based investigations.
May 27, 2024
Congratulations to MFA alum Mike Pszczonak whose third solo exhibition at Michael Gibson Gallery, titled 鈥榃indow Reflections鈥 will be on view from June 1st until June 29th. Join Mike at Michael Gibson Gallery for the opening reception on Thursday, June 6th between 6pm 鈥 8pm.
May 25, 2024
At the INSAP 2024: Thirty Years of Astronomy, Art and Inspiration conference hosted by the Ionian University of Corfu, Professor John Hatch presented a paper titled "Touching the Universe: Backyard Science Projects in Contemporary Art" along with PhD candidate, Ashar Mobeen who presented a paper titled 鈥淐osmic Echoes in the Art and Architecture of the Islamic Golden Age鈥.
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Marsel Reddick ,Akimbo , May 23, 2024
"Derek Liddington鈥檚 the trees weep, the mountains still, the bodies rust covers Contemporary Calgary from floor to ceiling, every wall painted with pink, blue, purple, and white 鈥 but mostly green 鈥 amorphous forms just familiar enough to invite viewers to play with interpretation. At first abstract, the fluid contours generate the visual experience of running through a forest. There emerges a tree, then a stream, then a leg, dancing and jumping. Canvases hanging on the walls are mostly rectangular, with some in shapes that resemble hands and feet..."
Temporal Palimpsests: Curated by Amy Skodak | Cohen Commons
May 23, 2024
The exhibit showcases the work of artists from the Department of Visual Arts at 深夜福利站 who address themes such as memory, the passage of time, the impacts of time, and the cataloging of time. Through repurposing material and in multi-media installation, these artists reimagine the palimpsest. This exhibition is curated by Amy Skodak, MA candidate and features artwork by: Jessica Joyce, Rylee Rumble, Chloe Serenko, SiHyun Kim, Anna Riberdy, Danielle Petti.
CBC News , May 07, 2024
'Unclaim. Unsettle. Belong' exhibit is on display at 深夜福利站's McIntosh Gallery until June 1
April 16, 2024
Join the McIntosh Gallery on Saturday, April 27 at 1pm for a live discussion between exhibiting artist Matt Bahen & guest curator and PhD alum Matthew Ryan Smith. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome, no registration required!
April 15, 2024
unclaim. unsettle. belong is on view in the McIntosh Gallery until June 1. This exhibition brings together works by The Coves Collective members Kristin Bennett, Paul Chartrand (MFA '17), Reilly Knowles (BFA '20), Professor Sheri Osden Nault, and Michelle Wilson (PhD '22).
April 15, 2024
SASAH and The Faculty of Arts and Humanities welcome Jamelie Hassan to 深夜福利站 on Tuesday, April 16. Jamelie Hassan's work involves interdisciplinary projects. Research in archives, both public and private, has been a significant aspect of her work. Curatorial, collective and collaborative projects based on archival materials as well as some of her artworks will be included in this presentation.
April 14, 2024
Anah铆 Gonz谩lez-Ter谩n, 鈥淓xhibiting Migration Stories: An Exploration of Poetics in Moys茅s Zu帽iga鈥檚 Photography,鈥 Photography and Culture, 16 no. 3 (2023): 235-242.
April 12, 2024
Good Sport is delighted to bring you another edition of their highly anticipated Studio Tour this April 27th to 28th as part of Canadian art hop, a nation-wide studio tour event organized by Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC/AMAC)! Good Sport is a member-driven gallery and studio space that exists for the development and exhibition of emerging artists. Come hang out in our art gallery and studios, meet with our resident artists, and purchase art directly from the collective鈥檚 vast selection of paintings, prints, drawings, zines, apparel, and so much more!
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Emma Hyett , April 12, 2024
Tassneem Hamed, Visual Arts alum, BSc鈥22, recently received the prestigious Zenith Fellowship from the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation (ZCPF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in Canada鈥檚 space sector.
April 10, 2024
The trees weep, the mountain still, the bodies rust features a recent body of work by Visual Arts PhD candidate and MFA alum, Derek Liddington in which the genre of landscape is the central focus. This exhibition is on view at Calgary Contemporary until August 25, 2024.
March 12, 2024
Join Museum London on Saturday, May 4, 2024 for the 14th annual arty-party and silent art auction! Featuring artwork by many alum and friends of the Department of Visual Arts! Enjoy London鈥檚 most impactful and fun-filled social event of the year while supporting Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness and Museum London.
February 28, 2024
In this solo exhibition by alum Rylee Rumble (MFA 23), colour is explored as a means of documenting the artist鈥檚 raw and vulnerable experiences with depression, anxiety and ADHD. 'Achy Awfulness' continues through May 2, 2024 at Ascent Gallery in Toronto.
February 08, 2024
The artists in the exhibition deconstruct the politicized spaces that lie between territory and labor, outlining the imperial and colonial relationship of the North and the South. Four artists listen and interpret migratory flows between borders, they shift the margins and narratives with various artistic proposals and mediums. From photography to video installation to sound art, the artists Anah铆 Gonz谩lez, Mar铆a Hoyos, Mart铆n Rodr铆guez, and Victor Vargas offer counter-narratives and a perspective of the migrant worker who is often marginal, silenced, and exploited, within a settler colonial state that profits of their labor force while making their presence invisible.
January 11, 2024
Curated by Soheila Esfahani & Faseeh Saleem, this exhibition features work by: Anah铆 Gonz谩lez, Anna Lidstr枚m, Erika Blomgren and Faseeh Saleem , Jessica Karuhanga, Karin Landahl & Stefanie, Malmgren de Oliveira, Leith Mahkewa, Racquel Rowe, Vidmina Stasiulyte. This exhibition brings together a group of artists from the Department of Visual Arts at 深夜福利站, London, Canada, and design researchers from the Body and Space Research Lab at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Bor氓s, Sweden. Please join us for the closing reception of DRAFTS 5: DIASPORIC BODIES on Thursday, January 25 from 12-2PM in the Cohen Commons. Image: Jessica Karuhanga, Photo Credit: Toni Hafkenscheid, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
January 11, 2024
Join Victoria-based artist and alum Paul Walde (BFA '94) for a guided tour of his solo exhibition Glacial Resonance at 深夜福利站's McIntosh Gallery. This event is free and open to the public, although space is limited. Registration is required to attend. Event registrants and members of the public are invited to attend the opening reception of Glacial Resonance shortly following the artist's guided tour on Friday, January 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. at McIntosh Gallery. Find out more:
January 11, 2024
Presented by The Creative Food Research Collaboratory, 'bread, butter, tea, soup' is a gathering place and a series of food-based artistic interventions presented by the Creative Food Research Collaboratory. In the darkness of winter, before the light begins to return incrementally, we invite all to share in the warmth, comfort and complexity of food; to eat, learn, digest and imagine together. Please join us for a series of artistic activations throughout January. More information about these live events can be found through the link below.
January 09, 2024
'Live Stream' an exhibition by alum Adi Berardini (MA '20) looks at love, loss, and disenfranchised grief and how time and distance affect the grieving process through a series of paintings. The exhibition addresses the interconnectedness of emotions, everyday life and spirituality, and how technology can both connect us and isolate us. The opening reception at Good Sport is on January 12 from 7pm to 9pm.
