the August 2009 show catalog

sunnyside beach
juried art show & sale
august 28-30, 2009
Sunnyside Beach
Juried Art Show & Sale
August 28-30, 2009
Friday from 6 p.m. Opening Night Preview
Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Art Soirée
Sunday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
@ Sunnyside Pavilion
1755 Lake Shore Blvd., Toronto
Show & Sale: Free admission.
Rain or shine.
www.artinitiatives.ca
Welcome to a unique opportunity to meet artists, support their practice, and
purchase high-quality juried works.
The Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show & Sale is a three-day fine art event that
takes place in the historic Sunnyside Pavilion on Toronto’s waterfront. It showcases over 60 dynamic emerging and established artists, and features painting,
drawing, photography, sculpture, fashion, and jewelry, alongside live music
and art performances.
artists
Piotr Adas
At age fourteen, Piotr started drawing letters with coloured
chalk pastels on the streets of his home town, Bydgoszcz,
in northern Poland. By fifteen, he was painting graffiti on
commuter trains and was accepted to the prestigious
Secondary Art School (PLSP Bydgoszcz) where he majored in
graphic design. At seventeen, Piotr left home and settled in
Toronto where his visual language has flourished. At twenty,
Piotr toured Canada, Vancouver to Halifax, painting large live
murals on stage along side pop stars like Shaggy, Bizmarkie,
Grand Masterflash and Jarvis Church of the Philosopher Kings.
Piotr studies at OCAD, lives and works in Toronto.
fasade project, 35 mm slide film
Savannah Allmin
Savannah Allmin lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
here. designs, f/w 09 collection
Dara Alter
Dara Alter is a recent graduate of the University of Guelph
in studio art. Dara concentrates on reconstructing domestic
spaces through painting and drawing. Her work explores colour,
and space, occasionally leaving the confines of the stretched
canvas, as she produces site-specific paintings on the floor or
the wall. Dara’s work has been shown in group exhibitions at
the Lonsdale Gallery (2009), the Drake Hotel (2009) in Toronto,
Zavitz Gallery (2009) in Guelph, and at the Literary Loft Centre
(2008) in Minneapolis. She is currently based in Toronto.
www.daraalter.com
open tryptich a., 30” x 36”, oil on canvas
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Sylvia Benn
Sylvia Benn works in the field of interior decor and design. Her
background includes visual art, fashion, experimental music,
film, and design. Her most recent series include: The Perception
of Simplicity (abstract photographs) and The Abstraction of
Nature (acrylic canvas).
The artist lives and works in Toronto, where she continues to
paint and photograph.
the perception of simplicity, 20” x 28”, photography
Daniel Joseph Bombardier
My name is Daniel Joseph Bombardier. I have lived in Toronto,
Vancouver, Calgary and Halifax throughout my life and currently
reside back in my hometown of Windsor. By trade, I am a
graphic designer/programmer. Over the past four years, I have
been developing new techniques using my skills to form my
mixed media art. I have been heavily involved in the Detroit
electronic music scene since the mid-nineties, which has been
a huge influence on my work. Pop culture and media are also
great contributors to the ideas present in my work. Since 2005, I
have immersed myself fully into my life as an artist and strive for
new opportunities always.
float on, 24” x 36”, spray paint, acrylic, on wood panel,
spray paint through stencil work
Denis R. A. Bouchard
Bouchard draws inspiration for his art from The Human Spirit, his
own and the people in his life. He paints “beyond the painting”
striving to paint nature and the human spirit from the inside
out. It’s this ability that allows his paintings to have a three
dimensional quality to them. Denis Bouchard has studied at the
Ontario College of Art, George Brown College in Toronto, and
the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. He
has been successfully exhibiting in galleries across Canada and
in Merida, as well as San Miguel de Allende Mexico for the past
12 years.
fiesta, 36” x 60”, oil and acrylic on canvas
Denis R. A. Bouchard was born in Timmins, Ontario. He now
divides his time between studios in Toronto, Canada and
Merida, Mexico.
artists
Christine Bunn
After completing a degree at the University of Ottawa, Bunn
began working as an illustrator in Toronto. Her work—personal
and interpretive responses to literary pieces—appeared in
publications such as Esquire, Atlantic Monthly, and New York
Times Magazine, and earned awards from the New York Art
Directors Club, the Toronto Art Directors Club, American
Illustration, and the Canadian National Magazine Awards.
Continuing to work as an illustrator, Bunn moved to the
countryside where her focus changed from introspection to
larger scale drawings and landscapes. Bunn has transitioned
this experience, bringing a sharply defined individuality and
sensibility to her emergence as an artist.
chickens, 12” x 16”, oil on wood panel
Stacey Camp
Stacey Camp is an emerging artist from Burlington, Ontario who
has recently graduated with a BA from the Alberta College of
Art and Design.
With a practice honoring the traditional use of figure ground
relationship and formalistic approaches to creating successful
compositions, her work merges together a use of collage and
highly saturated hues of paint.
Each piece is built with the goal of forcing ones eye to navigate
itself in and out of planes of a frozen sliver of space and time.
Inspiration behind Stacey’s art comes partly from landforms and
is intrigued by the symbolic infrastructure of martyrs.
zeek II, 48” x 48”, acrylic, mixed media on canvas
Julie Campagna
Julie Campagna lives in Toronto and has been a sculptor
since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design
in 1991. Along with her study of the human condition and
her dedication to realizing her ideas in three-dimensions, the
personal connection between artist and viewer has always
been an integral part of Campagna’s life’s work. In 2001, she
converted a second story apartment into a studio gallery and
opened her door to the public. Campagna Bronze studio gallery
offers a unique window into the sculpting process as well as the
opportunity to take private workshops and learn the technique
of wax modeling.
no matter what, 4” x 5” x 11”, bronze
Campagna’s sculptures are in private and corporate collections
world wide and her work can be viewed at
www.campagnabronze.com.
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Jason Deary
I live and work in blue-collar, border-city, Windsor, Ontario. I
create mixed media wall works inspired by my surroundings.
My pieces explore the relationships between people and their
environments. I am interested in capturing energy, emotion and
attitude. I find myself pulling ideas from hip hop and punk rock
as much as I take from the visual world. My roots are in graffiti
and comic book illustration but I try my best to push these
influences beyond the standard and make them my own.
I am in my final year as an undergraduate in the BFA program at
the University of Windsor.
garage sale, mixed media installation
Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Upon graduating from the Interpretive Illustration program
at Sheridan College, I spent several years working in fashion
advertising and the graphic design industry. Compelled to
re-immerse myself into painting and illustrating, I devote
my time to creating work which continues to evolve while
maintaining both spontaneity and discipline. I work in acrylics,
often incorporating pencil, prisma and mixed media into my
diverse range of subject matters.
I currently work from my home studio where I also contemplate
the ‘rules’ in the art world, deciding which one I want to break
today.
oh marilyn, 36” x 36”, acrylic and pencil crayon on
canvas
Janny Fraser
Janny Fraser is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art in
Drawing and Painting/Printmaking. She is currently working
on a series entitled Time Images in mixed-media porcelain
constructions.
highrise, 10” x 6” x 1”, mixed media, porcelain
mosaic and photography
She has had numerous solo exhibitions including the Grimsby
Public Art Gallery, Bainton Gallery - Blyth, Cambridge Art Gallery,
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, and Erindale and Scarborough College
Galleries. Recent Exhibitions: Landscape Transformations, Brock
University and The Mosaic Eye, Grimsby Public Art Gallery.
Awards include Best Sculpture – Visual Arts Mississauga 1997
and 2002, and Mixed-media/Sculpture awards – Allentown Art
Festival, Buffalo 1996-2000, and Best in Show at Ontario Society
of Artists 2002.
artists
Sorya G
Originally from Afghanistan, I moved to Canada in 1995 and
currently work from my home studio in Ottawa. I see my art
as both a representation of my conscious and subconscious
emotions and imaginations. My works emerge from an
instinctual response to everything—love and friendships,
earth and landscape, in abstract forms. As an abstract artist, my
paintings depart in varying degrees from reality; the departure
can be slight, or completely non-representational abstract.
desert dancer I, 30” x 60”, acrylic
I work with texture and layers. I build the desired texture by
using brushes, my hands and other mediums. I’ve come to
‘expect the unexpected’ when using this technique. Like peeling
layers of wallpaper from an old house and discovering writing
on the wall, I often reveal a message within the paint’s language
that even I didn’t anticipate!
Jacub Gagnon
I used to think growing up in a small town was only possible
with an imagination. Since my move to the city and recent
graduation from OCAD, I’ve concluded that an imagination is
required no matter the scenery.
I currently live and practice as an artist in Toronto and for the
most part my work borders on the surreal. The images I create
question and provoke discussion on such ideas as the human
condition and man made vs. nature. My imagination is the
nucleus behind my art and with it I am able to bring such
whimsical creations to life.
reduced wingspeed, three 12” x 16” panels, acrylic
Djanka Gajdel
Photography created a bridge for me into abstract painting—
both evoking emotion and providing a provocative way of
viewing life. Both transporting the viewer to see a glimpse into
the creators mind, from the strokes, composition, use of colour,
and texture, to the intensity or lack of colour. Painting tested
my courage, sense of surrender, ego and humility. This medium
allows me to sculpt, paint, to create texture; it permits the light
to be fractured onto the canvas. The stress on the paper from
the weight of the paint speaks about vulnerability and how one
medium must react to accommodate another—the constant
adaptability that exists in nature. The Contemporary Garden
series examines the energies and emotions of nature.
continuum, 5’ x 4’ 4”, acrylic on canvas
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Maria Gernega
I have been passionate about art my whole life, excelling in
drawing and acrylic painting. The purpose of my work is to
enshrine those aspects of our lives that are beyond words,
whether dark or happy, by depicting them in a surreal,
illustrative manner. My style is influenced by tattoo art, futurism,
and surrealism (but not limited to these). My subject matter
is autobiographical, reflecting musical inspirations, emotions,
dreams, and philosophical ideas experienced in the moment of
creation.
duality, 10” x 15”, pencil and pen on paper
Valda-Christine Glennie
Valda-Christine Glennie is a fine artist who, after spending many
formative years studying and working as a medical illustrator
and computer animator in Toronto and the US, returned to her
hometown to pursue a life long interest in portraiture from her
studio overlooking Dundas Street in London’s historic core.
She is a painter of people and places who often incorporates
architecture in her portraits as a result of being inspired daily by
the buildings around her. Natural heritage also finds its way into
her work as she explores the rural areas around London.
lighthouse, 18” x 24”, oil on canvas
Sandra Goldie
Born in Toronto, but now living in Montreal, I grew up in the
Caribbean and Canada. I think this nomadic lifestyle contributed
to my desire to be creative.
My mother had this magic trunk. She would pull stuff out of it
and create new homes for us wherever we lived. As a result, I
studied Interior Design at Ryerson and worked as a designer
for ten years. After having my family, I returned to school and
completed a BFA (with distinction) at Concordia in 2001. It took
a while for me to figure out creating pictures was what was
important to me.
#7, 31” x 44”, charcoal and conte on paper
artists
Kelly Grace
Kelly Grace believes strongly in creating images that brighten
the lives and homes of their owners. She strives to make work
that, no matter how many times looked at, always reveals
something new and interesting to the viewer. She makes
drawings and paintings in a modern style even though they are
of seemingly retro subject matter. Kelly has been quite serious
about art since she was a young teenager. She was trained at a
high school of the arts and in Interpretive Illustration at Sheridan
College. She is inspired by glowing sunlight and her family’s
puppeteering and carnival past. Kelly Grace is a nocturnal art
hermit who lives and works out of Toronto with her husband
who is also a painter. When she’s not making art she enjoys
knitting, sandwiches and pin curls.
milan gold, 20” x 32”, acrylic paint on panel
Halina Grzyb
I am living my dream.
In 1986, a refugee camp in Italy became my new home. I hoped
this would lead to a promising future in Canada. Italy provided
me with great exposure and opportunity to build on my artistic
addiction. I met a number of artists who influenced and shaped
my methods. I experimented with textile and porcelain painting,
which provided my family with a nominal income.
sun set, 30” x 30”, mixed media
Today, I cherish my moments as a painter. With continuous
influence from my past and daily life, my paintings are works
of passion, creativity, history, opportunity and sometimes
simplicity. I hope that art continues to fuel my passion for life
and encourages others to attain their desired dream.
Joeng-kwon Gye
Joeng-kwon Gye has received an Adobe Design Achievement
Award (2003) and the Founding Chairman’s Award from the
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (2008). His works have been
featured in Graphis magazine, 2005 the New Talented Annual
Issue, and in Steve Gordon Jr.‘s book 100 Habits of Successful
Freelance Designers (2009).
woman in love-pink, 13” x 40”, digital print on rice paper
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Susan Harris
Susan has spent several years working with textiles and
apprenticing with other textile artists. In 2001, Susan began
crafting clothing from recycled materials from her west end
Toronto studio. With the focus on recycled wools, she started
experimenting with adding nature imagery, text, frenetic
stitching and raw edges which have become a signature part of
her style. Susan sells her work at craft shows and art exhibitions
throughout Canada and the US.
To visit the studio by appointment contact 416 703 8537 or
email susanharrisdesign@rogers.com
Mitch Harrison
Born in Toronto, Canada, Mitch began his career as a
photographer in the mid 70’s, then changed directions and
became thoroughly entrenched in feature films, documentaries
and TV commercial production.
In the early ‘90’s he shifted into broadcast TV, winning several
awards as a writer/producer and creative director in on-air
promotions.
tatters near oz, 16” x 22”, digital layered image capture
Through work and wanderlust, he has trekked through North
and Central America, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and
recently returned from Firenze and the Amalfi coast of Italy.
Mitch is developing a style of capturing images, then altering
light, texture and colour to reveal his own distinct perspective
and imagination.
Elena Henderson
Born in Russia in 1965, Elena completed her degree in Computer
Arts in 1989 in Moscow. She arrived in Canada in 1996 to fulfill
her dream of becoming a full-time artist. Since 2006, she lives
and works in her studio in Amaranth, Ontario.
In 2009, she graduated from the International Academy of
Design and Technology in Toronto with a Diploma in Interior
Design. She also upgraded her Visual Arts Diploma at the
Haliburton School of Art at Flemington College in Ontario.
Currently, she works on several new projects, including a new
series of abstract paintings on raw canvas, using acrylic textured
paint and mixed media.
winter escape, 21” x 40”, fluid acrylic on raw canvas
artists
Sally Hewson
Sally Hewson is a designer, synesthete and artist. She has
studied at the Toronto School of Art and privately with Frank
Pio, Ph.D, whose teaching method combines meditation with
drawing and painting. The project Looks Like Snow examines her
life-long experience of colour—grapheme synesthesia, where
all words, letters and numbers have highly specific colours as
an additional level of their meaning. Her paintings attempt to
capture the experience and document the precise hues of these
internally seen colours.
Sally is a member of the American Synesthesia Association. See
www.lookslikesnow.sallyhewson.com for more information.
zero, 9” x 12”, acrylic on canvas
Lynn Jackson
Based in Toronto, Lynn Jackson is a multi media artist whose
work explores themes of memory, emotional and physical
displacement. Using primarily metal, Jackson creates work
that is informed by her years as a student of goldsmithing and
costume design. Using textile techniques taught to her by her
mother many years ago, Lynn knits metal wire which, for some
works, she combines with felted and dyed wool to meticulously
recreate the birthday dresses, nightgowns, bonnets and booties
she wore as a little girl.
She has sold her work across North America and has won
awards from both the Toronto Outdoor Art Show and The
Sculpture Society of Canada.
Riad Jisri
Riad Jisri was born on August 3rd, 1943 in Beirut, Lebanon.
He received a degree in Business, and went on to work as an
executive. Following his retirement, Jisri focused on his art. His
first exhibition of watercolours took place at Studio 203 in 2008.
He recently showed at the 2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
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Deborah Kanfer
Originally from South Africa, I immigrated to Toronto with my
family in 1995. I have always been a creative thinker, and in awe
of the photographic world. I moved back to South Africa in
2003 to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, where I majored
in photography and established an ever growing passion for
the medium of traditional photography. I have since graduated
with a BFA honours degree in April 2007 ranking first in my year,
and am currently pursuing a challenging career as a Fine Art
photographer in Toronto.
from the series odds and ends, 8” x 10’’,
black and white photography
Daniel Karpinski
Daniel Karpinski is an architect, writer and artist. He has a Ph. D.
in Architecture.
His architectural work has won numerous awards (e.g.: 1st
International Biennale in Krakow for a redevelopment of
Jewish Town in Krakow, and the Governor General’s Award for
Emery Yard, North York, with Julian Jacobs). His work has been
extensively published, including AD Architectural Design and
the Canadian Architect. His work has been exhibited in galleries,
including the Musee d’Orsay, Paris, and the Aedes Gallery, Berlin.
20 years later, 36” x 24”, virtual reality
reconstruction of 3D sketch
He has published three books and 40 papers in such magazines
as The Canadian Architect, Perspectives and numerous European
professional magazines.
Mark Kellet
Mark Kellett graduated from the Ontario College of Art and
Design General Studies Department in 1985, and is presently
represented in many private as well as public collections and
over 400 Canadian Corporate Art Collections. His work is also
represented in many U.S. and International collections. He
currently resides in the North Kawartha highlands near Apsley,
Ontario.
My two dimensional art has always been about the poetry of colour
and the expression of design. With each monotype or varied edition
my endeavour is to merge the physical laws of colour theory with
the mathematics of design to create a strong visual impact.
ocean music IV, 37” x 19.5”, monotype serigraphy
artists
Marzena Kotapska
The arts have always been part of my life, and painting as a
practice has always been present in my everyday life. Over
the years, different interests and subject matters have been
reflected in my practice. But, for the last several years a steady
and predominant theme has figured in my paintings. That is
urban life: peoples, our surroundings, the relationship between
the human and the environment—the city.
To me painting has a life; a life of its own. Each painting has a
personality, character; it talks, it breathes, narrates a story. I truly
enjoy being part of this creation.
main go station, 28” x 80”, acrylic on canvas
Kelly Lamorie
Kelly Lamorie is a freelance editor and photographer. She
studied film at Ryerson University and amongst several editorial
accomplishments has had two highly successful photography
exhibits—the latest, All is fair, in May 2009. All is fair is the
result of a photographic odyssey through the fairgrounds and
carnivals of southern Ontario. Kelly grew up in Crystal Beach,
Ontario, which was one of Canada’s oldest amusement parks
and the place where she became conversant with carnival
life. Kelly increasingly looks to the natural world as a subject,
exploiting natural lighting to reveal the hyper-real, lurking
within everyday subjects.
lady with baby, 16” x 10.5”, 35 mm, pigment ink on
archival cotton paper
Jennifer Leo
For the artist, it is an instinct and impulse to create, and for
Jennifer, a desire that has been with her since she was a child,
making the decision to pursue the arts an easy one. A graduate
of the Ontario College of Art and Design, she began to develop
her work as an artist and broaden her experience working
in painting, sculpture, photography, and jewelry, and in her
thesis year when she was awarded the opportunity to study in
Florence, Italy. She has since continued her work and studies
in Venice, and has been granted a position to exhibit in the
International Biennale in Florence 2009.
In Toronto, she continues to produce and show paintings both
in group and solo exhibitions.
partenza, 36” x 40”, acrylic on canvas
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Ryszard Litwiniuk
Ryszard Litwiniuk’s sculptures can be found in collections across
Europe, Canada and Argentina. His awards include the PollockKrasner Foundation grant, NY (1994), Vermont Studio Centre
Fellowship (1999), Special Prize of Fondo Nacional de las Artes,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, first prize at Flur 2001, Vogtlandisches
Holzbildhauer Symposium, Germany and support from both the
Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council.
Reuben Looyenga
Reuben Looyenga has been a working artist for nearly ten years.
Since graduating with a Honours BFA from Concordia University,
Reuben has shown in galleries across Canada.
His newest work delves into the investigation of the patterns
created by the visceral action of crumpling paper. Invisible
Cities is a series of portraits of the moment of crumpling paper,
an action that can be understood as rooted in frustration and
discarding of a negative mental space. By tracing meticulously
on the creases created by the act of crumpling, there are new
forms and patterns that are realized and often allude to the likes
of a city map.
nocturne 2, 16” x 20”, india ink on acid free paper
Ania Machudera
Ania Machudera is an acclaimed educator and artist who has
taught and exhibited extensively in Europe and North America.
Born in Poland, Machudera studied biology at the University of
Lodz before arriving in Canada to study drawing and painting at
the Ontario College of Art and Design. Exhibiting for the past 15
years, Machudera continues steadily to show in both public and
private galleries, most recently including the Fran Hill Gallery,
Bau-xi John B. Aird in Toronto, and has been covered numerous
times in the Globe and Mail. Machudera currently resides in
Toronto.
first class #21, 16.25” x 12”, acrylic on plexi
artists
Mary Monforte
This Canadian-born jewelry designer comes to us with a
multitude of visual artistry experience.
Her love of the theatre and skill has landed her roles in
movement theatre as a dancer and mime. Her love of colour
and form created yet another artistic dimension. This time,
her creative expression took form in make-up artistry for film
and television. This career move was rewarded with a Gemini
Award for her skill as a make-up artist. Her obvious love of the
Arts, design and accolades have enabled her to parlay her skills
into her current collection of stunning and original hand made
pieces of jewelry.
hand knitted and crochet pieces with sterling
silver wire, baltic amber, and swarovski crystals
Olga Nabatova
Born and raised in Vilnus, Lithuania, Olga began to pursue
visual arts studies after finishing middle school. Following her
graduation from Kiev Polytechnic University with a Masters
degree in Computer science, she worked in Eva magazine in
Vilnius as an art and design director.
In 1992, Olga moved to Toronto and worked in various
companies in the printing and graphic design industry. Olga has
continued to follow her passion for painting. Her works can be
seen around the world: in private collections in Lithuania, Russia,
Holland, Germany and Canada.
swing marine, 24” x 30”, oil on canvas
Julia Olesiak
Julia Olesiak is an artist living in Toronto. A graduate of the
Ontario College of Art and Design with a BA in Advertising
Design, she returns to her artistic roots with a series of livepainting performances focused on the human portrait. Her
recent performance piece, Impressions, exhibited as part of
Concurrence at Nuit Blanche 2008, recorded the coming and
going faces of the exhibition’s visitors over the period of one
night. Her ability to capture a hidden smile, a knowing gaze, a
softness or intensity of one’s emotion with select few strokes of
color makes quick gestures transform into an expressive mosaic
of humanity.
impressions, mixed media on paper
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Nico Oved
Nico Oved is a Canadian documentary photographer and
graduate of Ryerson University’s esteemed School of Image
Arts, who has just returned from two years in São Paulo, Brazil.
He’s interested in the relationship between constructed spaces
and the people who inhabit them. Lately, he’s been shooting
various marginalized communities in both urban and rural
Brazil—ranging from the famous mountain-side shantytown
favelas in Rio de Janeiro and apartment building occupations
by the working poor in São Paulo, to tiny subsistence farming
communities on the shores of the Amazon river, and forgotten
and isolated fishing villages in Bahia.
gráfica fidalga, são paulo #825, 20” x 24”,
digital c-print
Fatima Pardhan
Drawing and painting have been an ongoing passion for me
since childhood. My life as an artist began in Toronto. Since July
2008, I have been creating paintings using fluid acrylics. This
medium brings my art work to life providing boldness, intensity
of colour and a dynamic quality to each picture. My connection
to art is spiritual in nature, as my heart sings when I put colours
on paper and they miraculously form designs. Through my art, I
would like to brighten the world with colour.
I hope my art gives joy to others, as it does to me.
uluru (ayers rock in australia), 20” x 26”, fluid acrylics
Chris Parker
After completing his studies in Engineering at Ryerson
University, Chris Parker diverged into design and innovation,
sculpture and craft. Now working towards his BA in Industrial
Design at the Ontario College of Art and Design, his artistic
emphasis is on sculpture and amusement. His works are
explorations in structure, texture and experience.
artists
Mike Parsons
Mike Parsons is a Toronto-based fine artist who uses black and
white drawings, animations, comics, and performances to
express an optimistic warning towards our future. “HEY APATHY!”
is Mike’s ongoing artistic investigation into the city, people, and
existence in general. Since 2001, Mike has completed over 10
major gallery exhibitions including two shows funded by the
Canada Council for the Arts. Mike has also performed live mural
paintings at the Hudson Bay Co. and completed an exclusive
commissioned artwork for the A.G.O. The ultimate priority
of the “HEY APATHY!” project is to develop artworks that are
simultaneously accessible to children as well as the intellectually
provocative.
the city, 12” x 24”, pen and ink on paper
Stu Pearce
Stu Pearce was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and has
been living and studying in Montreal, Quebec since 2007.
Influenced mainly by comic books and cartoons, Stu found his
true love for art through graffiti and is utilizing these artistic skills
to transfer over into the world of fine art.
Christopher Pew
Christopher Pew’s artwork embodies his unique philosophy
towards life. Each piece is a self-interpretive story. Subtleties of
symbolism allow the actual image itself to become the means
for the viewer’s own inner dialogue. Unique models, subject
placement, plays between light and dark are the strong points
of his artwork. Today, Christopher Pew is constantly learning the
different aspects of paint, and each series brings him towards a
new direction, a new vision and a new expression of creativity
and exploration.
Christopher Pew’s work has been shown in galleries all over
North America and continues to sell world-wide.
newport at midday, 24” x 30”, oil on canvas
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Jenna Powell
Twenty-two year old painter, Jenna Powell, recently graduated
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of
Western Ontario. In the current year, Jenna has exhibited her
paintings in Montreal, Toronto, London and Sarnia. Working
exclusively in oil and acrylic, Jenna’s large-scale paintings
explore the dichotomies that are embedded in domestic spaces.
She is currently residing and practicing in London, Ontario.
untitled, 69” x 86”, acrylic and oil on canvas
Svitlana Pryhodko
Svitlana Pryhodko is a full-time artist residing in Mississauga.
Her passion for the arts developed in early childhood—she still
remembers how greatly she was fascinated by the beauty of a
birch forest, while spending time with her grandma in a rural
village. Her soul was overwhelmed by such colorful images,
which still inspire her as examples of purity, mystery and artistic
excellence.
Painting is the faith within me. (It’s) that endless hope that we as
human beings carry through life. When I paint, all my senses come
into play—my emotions, my eyes, my hands, my canvas and ears.
I’m in tune with myself and all that surrounds me.
tranquility, 30” x 30” x 1.5”, acrylic, knife painting
Youssef Rami
My passion for art goes back to my childhood in Morocco,
where I used to draw anything I could imagine. I spent my
teenage years between drawings and water coloring. I then
moved to New York City, where I started landscape oil painting.
In the mean time, I pursued a higher education in pure
Mathematics, and then moved to Toronto. I am now making a
come back to oil painting, a come back to my passion.
Inspired by abstract art, I strive to convey a beautiful message
through my art, to stimulate the art lover’s mind, leaving an
everlasting impression.
flowing energy. endless possibilities, 18” x 24”, oil on
canvas, soft brush strokes, along with air blowing
artists
Margaret Rankin
I am a landscape architect by training and an artist by
inclination. My block prints are inspired by the world I
see around me—the shapes of trees, the texture of rocks,
the colours of the earth and the man made environment.
The resulting prints are a combination of observation and
imagination.
tiger sun, 13” x 19”, block print
Michael Romaniuk
Michael Romaniuk was born in Warszawa, Poland in 1989,
where he first touched base with his passion for the arts. In
1994, Michael immigrated to Canada where he continued to
draw and sketch whatever came to mind. Upon graduating
elementary school, Michael applied to Cawthra Park Secondary
School for the arts, in the field of visual arts. Michael spent the
next four years at Cawthra Park studying the arts and continuing
to develop his skill and techniques. In 2008, Michael graduated
from the Regional Arts program, and alongside his academic
studies, continues to incorporate his passion for the visual arts
into his everyday life.
industria intus vestri palma, 30” x 40”, acrylic and
india ink on canvas
Tomasz Rozkowicz
Tomasz Rozkowicz was born in Sarbinowo, Poland in 1961.
Following his graduation from the Koszalin School of Fine
Arts, he worked as a theatre set painter before immigrating
to Canada in 1989. He is a painter and graphic artist. He has
participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. His works
can be found in private collections throughout Europe, the U.S.
and Canada.
...blue, 30” x 40”, acrylic
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Antonella Sigismondi
Antonella Sigismondi is a multi-media, multi-faceted artist
raised in Hamilton, Ontario. As an OCAD graduate studying glass
blowing, painting and sculpting, she has worn many hats such
as artist, actress, art-director, make-up-artist, furniture-designer,
and photographer.
medusa sleeping, 6’6”x 3’ x 4’8”, steel, copper, wood
She has made creations for nightclub The Velvet Underground,
the likes of music producer, Daniel Lanois, acted and artdirected for director, Floria Sigismondi, and made props for
Marilyn Manson and David Bowie. She has a deep connection
and understanding of steel, its power and strength as she
molds it to express her visions. Being raised by Italian operasinging parents has influenced Antonella to understand the true
meaning of art as expression; as the freedom of the soul!
Igor Sinitar
I was born in Kiev, Ukraine and now reside and work in Toronto,
Canada. I attained my OSSD from the Etobicoke School of the
Arts, as a visual art major, in 2005, and will receive a BFA from the
Ontario College of Art and Design, as a drawing and painting
major, in 2010. My motivation to make visual art is the endless
potential for self improvement by innovation of painting
techniques.
abstract painting 2v, 50” x 35”, oil on canvas
Ross Skoggard
Ross Skoggard has studied, lived and practiced his art in New
York, Paris and Toronto. His mother and paternal grandfather
were professional fine artists. His article on his artistic family and
the influences that shaped them is on: www.beyondthecity.ca/
beyondthecity/article/68696
His stylistic development has evolved from the minimalist
abstraction he did in Paris and New York into the kind of
gestural figuration he practices today in oil, watercolour and
drawing.
queen’s quay terminal, 20” x 30”, oil on canvas
He never works from photographs because he believes that
a representation is less evocative the more it reiterates the
camera’s rendition of perceived form and colour.
artists
Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor is a fine artist based in Toronto, specializing in
abstract landscapes. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of Western Ontario, Kate is committed to capturing
colour and energy in her mixed media acrylic paintings.
I love colour—I surround myself with bright and strong colour
because it gives me a feeling of energy and optimism. This energy
reminds me of nature; so many of my works incorporate organic
lines and spaces. I become intrigued with colour and pattern and
start to abstract images. The result is that my compositions are an
abstracted version of landscapes and seascapes.
#8, 30” x 40”, acrylic on canvas
Tanja Tiziana
Tanja Tiziana lives and creates in Toronto. Her photographic
work examines our notion of time in the bustling modern
metropolis. Cameras in tow, Tanja travels the world in search
of that decisive moment in which modern life and forgotten
history are blurred. With traditional film, integral film and digital
processes, she carves and shapes the field of view in order to
present images that defy reality and question our perception of
what is past and present.
Daily observations can be viewed online at DoubleCrossed.ca.
sunnyside arch, 8” x 12”, black and white
photograph
Jacqueline Treloar
Jacqueline Treloar is a graduate of the Central School of Art
and Design in London, England. Treloar moved to Northern
Italy in 1969. Since coming to Toronto in 1984, her work has
been presented in exhibitions at the Ontario Crafts Council, the
John B. Aird Gallery, the Homer Watson Gallery, the Museum
for Textiles, the Art Gallery of Mississauga and The Library and
Gallery in Cambridge among other institutions. She has been
the recipient of national and international grants and awards
including the Ontario Premier’s Award of Excellence and is
currently a member of the Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts.
palazzo aiutamicristo salone rosso, 12” x 12”, oil on canvas
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Susan Valyi
I live outside a small Francophone town, St. Eugene on the
border of Quebec and Ontario. I studied at the Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design. I have painted and sculpted all my
life.
I work primarily on what I call my “last” series which explore
metamorphic human/animal postures that are both
anthropomorphic and sometimes mythical. I’m inspired by
quirky figurative gesture and emotion. I seek to communicate
through my work and I’m driven by the process of transcribing
an idea to the medium of sculpture which delights me in the
way it freezes time and gesture.
traipse, 7.5” x 35” x 21”, wood and resin
construction with shoe lasts
Ehrling White
Toronto-based visual artist Ehrling White carries on a family
tradition in the arts. He attended school at the Pacific Northwest
College of Art in Portland, Oregon, with a major in Painting,
and moved to Toronto shortly after. Ehrling’s painting style
is improvisational and abstract, but quickly yields a plethora
of perceived forms to the viewer’s imagination; his large
compositions at first appear to be two-dimensional, Miró-like
arrangements, but they quickly open up to great and surprising
depths. Working from layers of gestures, washes, stencils, and
other techniques, White explores the spontaneous generation
and interaction of imaginary forms. In his current body of work,
he is interested in the narrative and emotive power of simplified
shapes, and their ability to create dramatic space.
Janice J Ykema
Janice Ykema was raised in Niagara-on-the-lake and graduated
from OCAD in 2005 with a B.DES. Janice paints daily, challenging
herself to depict contemporary issues, through her personal
world view, by virtue of commonplace observations of life. Her
eclectic body of work is full of colour, somewhat impressionistic
in flavour, and quite often peppered with humour.
Her work has been shown in numerous juried group shows,
including Beaux-Arts Brampton, Artworks Oakville, Lakeshore
Arts, Neilson Park Creative Center, Etobicoke Art Group, as well
as Nuit Blanche, where her work has garnered both recognition
and rewards.
insomnia dream dancer 2, 36” x 48”, acrylic
special projects
Ania Biczysko
Ania Biczysko graduated from the Academy
of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland with a Masters
Degree in Sculpture. She has since participated
in numerous exhibitions, and her work
has been acquired by private collections
in Poland, Norway, Monaco, the U.S. and
Canada. Her many art commissions include:
the Royal Ontario Museum, the Ontario
Hospital Association, the Ontario Lottery
Corporation, the Cineplex Odeon Corporation,
and Showcase Cinemas (U.S., Argentina and
Great Britain). Ania Biczysko curated several
exhibitions for Gallery 7, as well as for the
Canadian Polish Art Initiatives, an organization
which she co-founded.
territorial bird, 2009, 5.5’ x 4’ x 4.5”,
stainless steel
Wojtek Biczysko
Wojtek Biczysko obtained a Masters Degree
in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in
Gdansk, Poland. He has participated in many
solo and group exhibitions. His works are held
in private collections in Canada, Germany,
Holland, India, Monaco, Norway, Poland,
Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S.
He has executed numerous art commissions,
among them: the York Street Teamway - a large
scale floor installation for the City of Toronto,
the Toronto Hydro, and a large scale mobile
installation Feniks - trophy for the Polish Film
Festival in Gdynia, Poland and Toronto.
www.wojtekbiczysko.com
territorial bird, 2009, 5.5’ x 4’ x 4.5”,
stainless steel
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Chris Parker
Gathering Sticks
We wait all year for summer.
Through bitter winds and long nights,
for some moments to bear our skins
and lay bodies aground without a thought,
eyes closed to the sun.
Throughout the land the earth is uncovered
before long all of nature seems to be building
and there we are gathering sticks.
Photo: Devin Lund
Typecast Dance Company
Pamela Rasbach is the Artistic Director of
Typecast Dance Company. She has produced
numerous works including, Novice Citizen,
And Then. And Them., Delphica, and 35 Foot
Two (Jealous You). She was chosen for Dance
Ontario’s creative partnership program, and her
work inCORPORATION was featured at Dance
Ontario Weekend 2009. In spring 2009, Pamela
was chosen to participate in Berlin’s TAKT
Kunstprojektraum, where she created dance
films Visceral Fabrications and Adults Suck (Then
You Are One). She has appeared in productions
including: Project Humanity Instillation
Production; Sensory Overload; and the New
Voices Festival.
special projects
Changing Room by Ania Gorka and Margaret Krawecka
Site-specific installation inspired by the Gardiner and erased historical fragments
surrounding Sunnyside Pavilion
Ania Gorka
Ania Gorka is an artist, musician, and
apprenticing architect, having studied
Architectural Theory, Fine Art History and
German Language and Literature at the
University of Toronto. At the Cosanti Foundation
in central Arizona, she developed the
expressions and philosophies of artist/architect
Paolo Soleri for two years. Her work in Toronto
and Arizona complies with strict conditions
in order to prove the possibility of liberty. She
currently paints in thematic adherence to
Rudolph Steiner’s teachings of Anthroposophy.
As guitarist for The Hawkalypse, the music can
be dictated by specific genre requests from a
front man performing slam poetry.
unit ten lightscoop (for paolo soleri’s arcosanti 5000
project) - siltcast design on concrete precast panel
Margaret Krawecka
Margaret Krawecka is a scenographer and
interdisciplinary installation artist whose work
explores the theatre of the image and the
importance of history and cultural memory. She
completed her Bachelor of Architecture at the
University of Toronto and MA Scenography at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
in London, UK, and has worked in London,
Dublin, Bilbao and Toronto, designing theatrical
sets, directing promenade theatre and creating
site-specific performance-installations. Margaret
often collaborates with sound designers
and movement-based performers, fusing
installation, video projection, text, sound, and
choreography to create unique environments
which try to capture essence and give form and
structure to inner states of being and to the lost
or invisible.
cocoon garden (scotiabank nuit blanche 2008,
toronto) - outdoor sound installation
opening night preview
Our Opening Night Preview kicks off the event on Friday, August 28 from 6 p.m. at the Sunnyside
Pavilion. Included: a preview of the artworks and selection of the prize winners.
This year’s prize selection jury includes:
David Angelo - Art Collector, Member of the Advisory Board for the Museum of Contemporary
Canadian Art in Toronto, Betty Chee - Art Collector, Architect, Kelly McCray - Artist, Art Collector,
Curator for Edward Day Gallery, Krystyna Mularczyk - Artist, Community Liaison, and Camilla Singh
- Artist, Independent Art Curator.
Awards & Prizes
South Beach First Place Award for Outstanding Artist
Generously sponsored by South Beach Condos + Lofts, the South Beach Award for Outstanding
Artist is a $1000 cash award presented to the show’s feature artist.
South Beach Second Place Spotlight Award
Awarded to an artist in recognition of their superior artistic merit, the South Beach Spotlight Award
is made possible with the support of South Beach Condos + Lofts. The winner will receive a cash
prize of $500.
Grazyna and Martin Kabat Award
Cash prize awarded to an artist who made an impression at the show.
Tonight’s live music performance is brought to you by Mars Horodyski.
Mars Horodyski
Mars Horodyski is a Toronto-based filmmaker with a passion for
music. Although she enjoys her film and music projects, she
feels she could really excel at working in an office 9 to 5. Her life
long dream is to move to the suburbs.
www.cinemars.ca
upcoming exhibitions
Memory Spaces
Katyn, Charkow, Miednoje, Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek
World War II Memorials
In Photography and Film
Metro Hall, 55 John St., Toronto, ON M5V 3C6
September 7-13, 2009 (Opening Reception: September 9 at 7 p.m.)
Organizers: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Art Initiatives, Consulate General of the
Republic of Poland in Toronto
This exhibition is devoted to monumental installations which are, in actual fact, war crime
cemeteries. They are constructed on the very places where the genocide happened. Our
objective is to present the achievements of art, inspired by the horrors which mankind did
to fellow men, following blindly totalitarian ideas and mad men stripped of compassion.
Art sits in opposition to heinous human deeds, in opposition to the act of war. Our
intention is not to summon up demons of fear and revenge from the past, but rather
inspired by those outstanding works, continue the dialogue on how to find and reassess
ourselves in an everyday reality threatened by the reborn anti-culture of war and the
culture of the warrior.
Concurrence II
A Multi-disciplinary Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Emerging
Canadian and Polish Artists
SPK, 206 Beverley Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1Z3
October 3, 2009
Sunset to Sunrise
Curators: Ania Biczysko, Julia Olesiak
Following the success of last year’s event we are returning with Concurrence II. This group
exhibition will showcase contemporary art featuring young creative talent from Canada
and Poland. Meeting together at Nuit Blanche 2009, the artists will share their unique
experiences, successes and perspectives with their peers and the public. The event’s aim
is to encourage a dialogue and a creative exchange between emerging artists and new
audiences.
sponsors & partners
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Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show & Sale
Produced by
Art Initiatives
198 North Queen Street
Toronto, Ontario M9C 4Y1
Phone: 416-622-7077
Email: info@artinitiatives.ca
Website: www.artinitiatives.ca
Show Organizer
Ania Biczysko
Coordinator
Ania Piszczkiewicz
Assistants
Piotr Adas
Michael Romaniuk
Advisory Committee
Viola Dalka
Marzena Kotapska
Ted Lojko
Ula Zukowska
Ika Zurowski
Special Thanks
Sam Caragianakos
Catalogue Design
Adrian Czerniak
Ania Piszczkiewicz
Cover Photograph
Adrian Czerniak
www.artinitiatives.ca