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IN THE NEWS
Georgia Dickie – Artist Prize 2014
Georgia Dickie’s materials and methods are showcased in the first instalment of Local Colour, a new streaming video series from CBC Arts.
The Art Industry and Trump Tariffs
A topical article about the art industry and how artworks may be affected as a result of recent US trade policies.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: In and around Toronto
Gerald McMaster – Founders Achievement Award 2025
Art Canada Institute – Project Support 2015
Author of the Art Canada Institute’s Iljuwas Bill Reid: Life and Work, Gerald McMaster will speak on the revered Haida artist and activist, joining three other ACI authors of books on major Canadian sculptors, and in conversation with Sarah Angel, ACI founder and Executive Director. The event will be at the Isabel Bader Theatre on April 30 at 6:30 pm.
Sandra Brewster – Artist Prize 2018
Vessna Perunovich – Artist Prize 2005
Coco Guzman – Artist Prize 2017
The work of Sandra Brewster, Vessna Perunovich, and Coco Guzman are included in an exhibition, Fortitude/Fragile, at Onsite Gallery from now until May 17. The artworks advocate for change and understanding, accentuating the strength of the human spirit and the efficacy of decisive actions. They underscore the importance of regenerative learning and cultivate an atmosphere steeped in mutual respect and tolerance.
Brewster will be participating in the fourth edition of the CONTACT Photobook Fair, which brings together independent publishers and leading contemporary photographers to present newly released publications. The Fair is on May 3 at Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto. The goal is to foster opportunities for artists, publishers, and book enthusiasts to discover new projects, and exchange ideas on books and photography.
On April 10, Brewster and curator Ohene Koama were in conversation on the subject of Contemporary Art from Guyana and the legacy of Denis Williams, at the The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, York University.
Brewster’s site specific work, Fish, depicts the Essequibo River in Guyana and its distinctive fish species, evoking the fluidity and dynamism of water as a metaphor for migration and transformation. It is installed at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection until January 2026.
And south of the border, Brewster is participating in LACMA’s momentous exhibition, Imagining Black Diasporas, on view in Los Angeles until July 27.
A portrait of the participating artists, commemorating their inclusion in this exhibition, will be in Image’s April issue. This LACMA exhibition called for a group portrait—to the tune of Roberta Flack.
FOR TRAVELLERS: In Canada, south of the border and abroad
Jon Sasaki – Artist Prize 2009
Commissioned by the University of Winnipeg’s School of Art, Jon Sasaki’s exhibition, I Contain Multitudes, responds to the School’s extensive collection of work by Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, former director of the School of Art, who joined the Group of Seven in 1932 (its only member from Western Canada). The exhibition is on view until April 26th at The School of Art Gallery at The University of Manitoba
Oreka James – Artist Prize 2021
Oreka James’ solo exhibition, titled A Chorus Of Shadows Along A Winding Path, is at Montreal’s Pangee Gallery until May. James’s exhibition centres on the theme of cyclical renewal, an ever-winding spring and the phenomenon that is transformation, exploring the inevitability and reoccurrences of change and how its processes are both physically and metaphorically experienced.
David Armstrong Six – Artist Prize 2001
David Armstrong Six’s first solo exhibition at Bradley Ertaskiran Gallery in Montreal, titled lie down with holograms, is on until May 3. The exhibition premieres a new body of sculptural work composed entirely in basswood and charred basswood.
Maria Hupfield – Artist Prize 2023
In The Endless Return of the Fabulous Panther (Biimskojiwan), a work developed from Maria Hupfield’s commissioned work for the 2024 Toronto Biennial, Hupfield has created an environment that focuses on the possibilities of sculpture materials, exploring how live performances resonate with multiple versions of the present. The show is on view at Wexler Centre of the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio until June 29.
Laurie Lotus Kang – Artist Prize 2015
Kang’s exhibition titled Already is on at 52 Walker in Manhattan until June 7.
Esmaa Mohamoud – Artist Prize 2019
Sport and Spectator, at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio Texas, highlights the unique intersection of contemporary art and sports, featuring works by many artists including Esmaa Mohamoud who addresses gender in sports through her sports-themed ball gowns created from jerseys, silk and velvet. Her One of the Boys series challenges the propensity for male athletes to be hyper-masculine, while women remain underrepresented in sports. This is on until July 27.
Janet Cardiff & George-Bures Miller – Project Support 2001
Janet Cardiff & George Bures-Miller have a first solo exhibition at the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova in Coimbra, Portugal. The show, titled The Factory of Shadows is presented by Anozero—Bienal de Coimbra and is on until July 5.
Cardiff and Bures-Miller’s work will be included in MOMENTUM 13, the Nordic Biennale of Contemporary Art from June 14 to October 12 at Galleri 15, Moss, Norway. The Biennial titled Between/Worlds: Resonant Ecologies, will feature around 40 projects by international and Nordic artists, including installations, performances, site-specific works, concerts and workshops.
MoMA, New York City, is showing a video of The Forty-Part Motet, by Cardiff and Bures-Miller, whose work TFVA supported for the Paradise Institute at the Venice Biennale way back in 2001.
Nep Sidhu – Artist Prize 2017
Nep Sidhu created original artwork for a gatefold sleeve for a new deluxe 2xLP album, Journey to Nabta Playa by composer and multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid and multidisciplinary artist and musician Naima Nefertari (aka Karlsson), to be released May 2. Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari Announce New Collaborative Album – KLOF Mag
An ongoing collaboration between Sidhu and Nicholas Galanin has resulted in a series of SHE garments called No Pig in Paradise representing the divine feminine and murdered women in Alaska, Canada and India. The work is part of an exhibition, Warp and Weft: Technologies within Textiles, presented by Library Street Collective at The Shepherd Detroit until May 3, 2025.
Edward Burtynsky – Founders Achievement Award 2008
If you are in Hong Kong on May 23, there will be a screening of Jennifer Baichwal’s film Manufactured Landscapes which follows Edward Burtynsky as he travels through China, capturing the large-scale environmental impact of its industrial revolution at M+ followed by a talk with Burtynsky.
Burtynsky is presenting a selection of recent large-scale photo-based works entitled The Coast Mountains at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler BC from April 27- Sept 12. These works capture the pristine grandeur of British Columbia’s natural environment, while highlighting the pressing issue of glacier retreat due to global warming.
Burtynsky’s work, Silver Lake Operations #2, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, a photo of an Australian gold mine which appears to bleed pollution into the area around it, is included in University of Massachusetts Amherst’s University Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition (OFF) BALANCE: Art in the Age of Human Impact, on until May 9.
RECENTLY CLOSED
Workman Arts – Project Support 2022
The Being Scene annual juried exhibition serves as a platform to showcase the rich and varied talent within the Workman Arts community. This annual event is a celebration of creativity that contributes to and fosters a sense of belonging within the broader cultural landscape. Cross-Pollination: Series of Curatorial Research & Talks was presented by Workman Arts as part of Being Scene 2025 from March 7 – April 17.
Germain Koh – Artist Prize 2002
In response to hyper-consumerism in the fashion sphere, Germain Koh started Slow Fashion Season, alongside other UBC faculty leads and industry partners. From January to March, the season consisted of events at UBC addressing the wasteful and destructive habits of the fashion industry, challenging these practices with sustainable alternatives, including workshops teaching people how to mend and upcycle used clothing.
