Now Showing

Meredith Bingham, Emily Schaefer, Rachel Vanderzwet – “3”

January 4 – Feberuary 25, 2012

Gallery 129 Ossington begins 2012 with a group show featuring the works of three artists exploring themes of light and texture; Meredith Bingham,

Emily Schaefer and Rachel Vanderzwet. Individually each painter presents us with a distinct style and application, while together, the group creates an intimate and diverse poetry in the language of abstraction.

Meredith Bingham is an established artist from Port Perry, Ontario who has been exhibiting at Gallery 129 since 2008. Emily Schaefer and Rachel Vanderzwet are both emerging artists from Guelph, Ontario. This will be their first exhibition with Gallery 129.

Upcoming

Anne-Laure Djaballah - Painting Place

March 1 to 25, 2012

Paintings and sculptures from string, boxes and other found objects are connected and clustered, becoming architectural elements and bringing bits of the studio into the gallery space. In Anne-laure Djaballah’s upcoming installation project at 129 Ossington, viewers are invited to enter, and become immersed in the abstracted universe from which her paintings evolve.

Victor Romao - Through the Clearing We Could See Them

April 4 to 28, 2012

Through his monochromatic drawings, spare woodcut prints and figurative sculptures, Windsor, Ontario-based artist Victor Romao investigates issues of rural identity in distinctive ways. His work includes bizarre likenesses of human and animal hybrids, chronicles of the deeds of anonymous, shadowy malefactors, and images of bucolic settings permeated with disturbing feelings of the surreal, uncanny, and ferocious.

Previous Exhibitions

Alea Drain -Threaded Lightly

December 1 to 22, 2011

Alea Drain’s work on Japanese washi paper is anything but conventional. With a sewing machine as her drawing medium, strange landscapes and creatures come to life in surprising and playful ways. Clever use of color adds to these mysterious worlds, held within the light boxes she builds to contain them.

Threaded Lightly will be Alea Drain’s first solo show at Gallery 129 Ossington.

Alexandra Mackenzie - New Phenomena

November 3 to 26, 2011

Alexandra Mackenzie’s drawings unfold their intricate details like the hieroglyphs of an advanced urban society, diagramming the grotesque aspects of life and death, and the unexplainable nature of the universe. Expertly drafted, her work explores both the material and non-material worlds, coupling flesh and blood with fantasy, ritual with repetition and creates a sense of balance and symmetry within the chaos.

Matt Tarini  - Quiet

October 5 to 29, 2011

In his new series of paintings, Toronto artist Matthew Tarini investigates the quiet contemplative moments he finds in both the human face and in his surrounding landscapes. Using a soft, cool palette, Tarini’s subtle use of oils describes a mood of melancholy and mystery in all of his subjects. Quiet will be Matthew Tarini’s second solo show at Gallery 129 Ossington.

Rajni Perera -The New Archeology / The New Ethnography

September 7 to 30, 2011

The New Archeology / The New Ethnography represent two separate yet overlapping bodies of work on paper. With expert use of imagery and colour emerging Toronto artist Rajni Perera interrogates and juxtaposes two methods of taxonomic culture-making to reflect female identity, sexuality and power while critiquing aspects of pop-culture, history and religion. The resulting images are powerful, playful, beautiful and sure to seduce the viewer.

Mirana Zuger - Showing May 4 - 28, 2011

In her newest series of paintings, Zuger refers to her childhood drawings as source material for the imagery interposed into the abstract fields and biomorphic forms on her canvases. The cartoon-like drawn images subtly allude to their source, but are reinterpreted by a mature awareness of contemporary painting strategies.

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