YOUTH, TRUTH AND IMAGINATION

Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto

March 23 – April 20, 2023

Opening reception Thursday, March 23: 7:00-9:00 PM

An exhibition of unique styles and varying subject matter extending the limits of form and content with artworks that are irreverent, entertaining, humorous, challenging, and beautiful.

These talented young artists exist simultaneously in the age of “social media” and in the age-old world of materiality; painting on canvas and carving wood.

Like a weather report, they alert the audience to the future of art - issues of identity; reimagined figuration; situational episodes of conflict; the importance of camaraderie, the importance of contemplation; the history of storytelling; the necessity of foundational tradition.

In this time of technological change, political upheaval, war, and environmental degradation, the Carrier Gallery supports courage of expression and is committed to displaying art that is experimental, that challenges us, makes us smile, and gives us comfort.

This exhibition also offers the avid and new collector a timely opportunity to own artwork early in the artist’s rising career.

March 9 – 24, 2023 2023 Emerging Artists Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Artscape West Queen West, 906 Queen Street West, Toronto.

Opening Reception March 11th 2023, 2-5pm

HOW I SEE YOU is an exhibit put together by Propeller Gallery celebrating the recent graduates who have been Sponsored Members of Propeller over the past year. Collectively the artists are interested in untold stories, whether that be their own, their families, their cultures or those of a stranger, each artist shares how they perceive the world through art. Individuals behind the scenes now come to the surface to showcase “what meets their eye” through a display of artworks by six local Toronto grads: Sara Andrea Borghi, Lauthika De, Serena Kobayashi-LeBel, Par Nair, Sarah Okello and Emily Zou.