One of my pieces is included in Recall, the Scarborough Arts Council‘s 25th annual juried exhibition, on view from April 7 to 19th. Opening reception: Thursday, April 8th, 6 to 8 pm. Location: The Corridor Gallery, Centre For Creative Communications, Centennial College, 951 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto.
I have been selected as one of twelve emerging artists to be awarded a free booth space at The Artist Project Toronto, an art fair to take place from March 4 to 7, 2010.
From The Artist Project website:
The Artist Project is a meeting ground for artists, collectors and art enthusiasts. View and purchase original art from over 175 carefully juried contemporary artists and enjoy an eclectic program of talks, special features and art installations. Whether you are a first time buyer or seasoned collector, this four day art fair is a rare opportunity to meet and purchase directly from independent artists.
“The Artist Project is to the gallery what the farmers’ market is to the grocery store – an art show with soul.” (National Post, Feb.28, 2009)
With 175 exhibiting artists, a program of interesting talks and an expected 10,000 visitors, this promises to be an interesting event.
My profile can be found here.
For more information on the event, see www.theartistprojecttoronto.com or contact me.
A new work of mine, Data Centres (2010), has been awarded the Third Prize in the Drawing 2010 exhibition at John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto. The exhibition will be on display until February 26.
Drawing 2010 is a juried show that attracts emerging and established artists from across the Province of Ontario. The jurors for this 11th juried exhibition were Todd Tremeer, artist/educator and a recipient of the Joseph Plaskett Award (2007); Robert Malinowski, artist and 1st Prize Winner, DRAWING 2009; and Gillian Reddyhoff, Curator of the Government of Ontario’s Art Collection. (from airdgallery.org)
More information can be found on the John B. Aird Gallery website: airdgallery.org
2009 was a busy and successful year. Here is a brief round-up of the news highlights of the past year.
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Modeled after the national RBC Painting Competition, this competition was open to emerging artists in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), and was juried by a panel of regional visual arts professionals.
An exhibition of five short-listed candidates for this award took place from April to June 2009 at the HRM City Hall. My pieces Data Mine, Core and Bouquet were exhibited along with pieces by four other candidates, Daniel Hutchinson, Jonathan Johnson, Ivan Murphy and Hannah Minzloff.
At the conclusion of the exhibition, it was announced that I had been selected as the winner of the $10,000 first place award, with Daniel Hutchinson and Jonathan Johnson receiving honourable mention prizes of $5000 each. As part of the award, the city purchased Data Mine, along with pieces by Hutchinson and Johnson, for the municipal permanent collection.
See also DalNews June 30, 2009.
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In October 2009 I received the Emerging Artist of the Year award from Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS). The award “recognizes an emerging artist who, in the early stages of his career, demonstrates exceptional talent and accomplishments as well as a unique artistic expression and a commitment to the arts.”
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In November 2009, my pieces Data Cluster 3 and Replica were included in the First Annual National Juried Drawing Exhibition at the White Water Gallery in North Bay, Ontario. I received a Jurors’ Choice Award for Data Cluster 3. The exhibition was juried by Amanda Burk and Derek Liddington and was on display from November 14 to December 12, 2009. A catalogue is forthcoming.
Juror Amanda Burk commented on my work on her website, calling Data Cluster 3 an “intense and wonderfully involving piece.” Says Burk, “From the moment I unpacked his colourful meticulous pieces, I couldn’t take my eyes off them.”
