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Annual Juried Exhibition ~ Into the Now
32nd Annual Juried Exhibition
December 2, 2024 – January 19, 2025
This ever-popular, year-end show inspires our creative patronship to create a submission based on a given theme. “Into the Now” is an open-ended and versatile theme that’s sure to ignite diverse, thoughtful responses.
Whether it’s “living in the now” or being relevant to the present, contemporarity has a way of making an impact on our lives in a relative way. This year’s theme seeks to explore the emotive dimensions of visual culture.
Please join us for our opening reception and awards ceremony on Thursday, December 12th, beginning at 7:00 pm at Station Gallery. Awards will be presented to the top three entrants from each category.
Overflow parking will be available at neighbouring Iroquois Park and Whitby GO parking lots.
Participating Artists include:
Carola Aginam
Robert Aloe
Louis Anderson
Cody Attersley
Jenny Baboolal
Marni Bachuk
Rick / Christine Beck / Amato
Laurie Waller Benson
Peter Bherer
Heather Blackloud
Ilija Blanusa
Daniella Boerhof
T.J. Brown
Chas Burke
Thomas Cacaras
Laurie Cairns
Monique Campbell
Tamara Castonguay
Joe Catalano
Roger Caughell
Jean-Maurice Cormier
Meghan Costello
Cherie Daly
B. Dass
John Di Leonardo
Dawn Dickinson
Augusto Dimalanta
Monika Donnelly
Teri Donovan
Karen Doran
Brad Dusto
Sabrina Ebenreth
Annette Fortin
Gloria Galiegova
David B. Gillespie
Ruth Greenlaw
Joce Greenwood
Anne-Jan (AJ) Groen
Breanna Hall
Kevin Harper
Lillian He
Angela Hennessey
Robert Hinves
Alana Hughes
Aaron Hughes
Jason Huygaerts
Carolyn Joore
Oliver Keddle
David Kempton
Diana Lawryshyn
Sabrina Leeder
Hilary Leopold
Griffin LePage
Jeremy LePage
Jolie Lopez
Wayne Lovett
Maureen Lowry
Tina-Louise Lukaschus
Sandra Mackenzie
Lisa Mason
Felicia Mastrogiacomo
Bobby McBride
Ken McConnachie
Katie McCoy
Carrie McCurdy
Jaime McGill
Gerald Wayne McLeod
Jennifer McLeod
Sandra McQuade
Marlen Merzitun
Dana Mesesan
Jihee Min
Rekhaben Mistry
Gillian Morris
David Mutton
Beatrice Neekon
Amanda Nguyen
Rob Niezen
Kathleen O'Connor
Olga Oreshyna
Valerie Orlovtseva
Joan Rankin
Gordon Reidt
Lesa Robertson
Bob Robertson
Ann Robinson
Carole Robitaille
Maryna Rohovska
Ruslana Rohovska
Victor Rohovsky
Eric Rosser
Bernard Sadehanbi
Asima Samam
Hans Schuster
Nina Senkpiel
Yeji Seol
Marlene Siomra
Avery E. Snelling
Brenda Sorichetti
Krithick Srijesh
Vidhya Srijesh
Sharon E. Steinhaus
Eleanor Stevenson
Shelby Strong
Doris Sweeney
Erika Takacs
Viktoriya Tkachova
Zlata Tkachova
Easton Torrens
Lisa Town
Quinn Town
Linda Treanor
Bille von Roeder
Lauren Walker
Nancy White
Denise Wilkins
Elayne Windsor
Deanne Wong
Lynn Wyczolkowski
Leszek Wyczolkowski
Nadine Wyczolkowski
meet the curator
OLEXANDER WLASENKO
Olex has been the Curator at Whitby’s Station Gallery since mid-February 2008. Wlasenko has curated over 75 exhibitions, including Broken Promises: Soviet Photography in the Age of Stalin at the MacLaren Art Centre (2007), Vera Jacyk: Chysto, Chysto, Chysto (2007) at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. He introduced many emerging and mid-career artists to Whitby audiences at Station Gallery.
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2022
HOLD FAST
8 Canadian-Ukrainian Artists
April 2 - 30
In response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, Station Gallery pivoted to create a group exhibition showcasing eight Canadian-Ukrainian Artists titled Hold Fast.
Take a virtual Matterport tour HERE
Beyond the Carnival 5
Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective (CCPAC)
June 4 - July 2
This photographic exhibition brings together a group of photographers whose mission is to capture and present images that focus on the Pan-Caribbean culture and to create a legacy that highlights the excellent work of Canadian Caribbean photographers. Together this group is known as the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective.
Loup Garou & Moccasins
Nathalie Bertin
July 9 - August 27
A solo exhibition of original paintings, traditional bead work and photography inspired by connections to the land, family ancestry and Métis stories shared through generations.
View a virtual Matterport tour HERE
Deep in the wild
Clarrie Chu
July 9 - August 27
Clarrie is a mixed media artist. She layers a variety of mediums and uses different mark-making techniques to capture a sense of movement and magic in her paintings. When she first starts a painting, her canvases usually look quite chaotic, due to the unpredictability of fast flowing inks that she often uses as a foundation. Next is a process of discovery, with music blasting in her home studio, her large expressive marks then transform into her subject matter. She finds a lot of beauty in wildlife, flowers, and often uses the female form to represent nature and the world around her.
Variations on a theme
Various Works from the Permanent Collection
June 4 - August 22
In visual culture, artists are free to explore motifs and expand the boundaries of their compositions. Station Gallery’s permanent collection is predominantly built on printmaking technologies such as lithography, etching, serigraphy, as well as woodcuts and lino-cuts. Print-based artists make multiples and can vary their studio production. In this exhibition, we can explore formal techniques such as rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, colour and tone differences. The works on display in Gallery C point to an infinite number of creative possibilities.
Drawing for art 2022
September 3rd - 29th
Our biggest and most exciting event of the year! Join us as we draw winners for over 120 pieces of art.
This year, DFA is back in-person! Each ticket holder may attend the event with up to one guest. Each ticket holder is guaranteed one piece of artwork, drawn in random sequence.
Tickets are now on sale - click the button below to get yours today!
View the 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition HERE
Reza Hosseiny | Prowling
October 8 – November 26, 2022
Artist performance of Stitched World with Arrhythmia Heartbeat followed by opening reception: Saturday, October 15 @ 1:00PM
The cultural character and vitality of all communities are complex. They are too often identified by resorting to one or two easy statistical facts, clichéd narratives or stale pictures. Coming to a clear and adequate account of one’s community is difficult because of the relentless and transformative nature of change. The introspective artist who looks inward comes closer to understanding and defining these intricate realities.
Drawing on more than one cultural repertoire, Iranian-born artist Reza Hosseiny has created a cross-cultural dialogue filled with delicacy, grace and astonishing beauty. The artist creates enduring bonds by amalgamating both Western and Middle Eastern concepts, belief systems and visual languages. Through this synthesis of his ancestral homeland and adopted country, he eloquently speaks from the “in-between” of varied social and cultural realities.
View the 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition HERE
30TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITiON
December 5 2022 - January 28 2023
Awards & Reception: December 14, 7PM
Curator’s Tour: December 15. 7PM
This ever-popular, year-end show inspires our creative patronship to create a submission based on a given theme. “Feelings” is an open-ended and versatile theme that’s sure to ignite diverse, thoughtful responses.
Art is about feeling: how people feel, how people respond and how they respond to one another. Our emotional states can change when we express ourselves creatively. This year’s theme seeks to explore the emotive dimensions of visual culture. Simply put, it’s all about “feelings—nothing more than feelings.”
Click below to view award winners and contributing artist credits.
View a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition HERE
2023
Izzat Vaid | IV Arts
February 4 - March 25, 2023
I am a self taught artist who discovered a passion for creating through my grand-daughter who wanted to learn how to make art with “Grandma”. I have since grown to become a creative educator and owner of “IV arts”. My creations are beautiful integration of abstract and pure imagination. Through my art I want to offer the viewer a movement to pause and sense an intersection of rich texture and calm geometric shapes. Art brings me peace and admiration for the beauty of the wonderful world we live in. My studio is based in historic Brooklin and is a beautiful blend of old world and modern art refined.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, click HERE
T.J. Brown | The Quiet Part, Out Loud
February 4 - March 25, 2023
Grief. A somber subject. An inescapable aspect of the human experience. All of us will suffer loss over the course of our lives – death, heartbreak, lost opportunity, to name a few. And we will grieve.
For many people, that grief does not act as a singular rogue wave which batters against us ceaselessly, and then subsides to calm seas. Rather, the waves keep coming. Collapsing us when we feel we finally got our footing, serving us a reminder of its existence. Grief may become easier to cope with, but it is not always overcome.
This series of works seeks to explore that side of grief; the vast, overwhelming isolation it can cause – even within our daily routines. Exploring the stages of grief through the lens of memory – both the classic stages, and those that are lesser known, such as crises of faith, questioning, and apathy. I aim to also explore representations of the manifestations of absence and loss on the physical body. These works collectively aim to explore how grief presents itself, and how we manage to dwell within it.
Sometimes, grief is quietly tolerated rather than conquered.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, click HERE
Durham College
Annual Juried Exhibition
Foundations in Art & Design/Fine Arts Advanced
April 8 - May 27, 2023
Closing Reception and Official Award Ceremony: Thursday, May 25 @ 7 – 9PM
Station Gallery is proud to partner with Durham College to present the creative output of Fine Art & Design students via an in-gallery exhibit that will be showcased from April 8 to May 27. The show will also feature an in-gallery award ceremony on Thursday, May 25 at 7 PM.
The annual art show began at the college over 20 years ago and expanded to include Station Gallery as a host venue in 2008. After a pause in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gallery welcomes back Durham College Fine Art & Design students to submit and exhibit their rich and conceptually engaging studio productions. This year’s exhibit focuses on preliminary explorations, idea developments and final projects addressing the complex challenges of the 21st century.
SG Curator Olex Wlasenko states: “I’m personally most curious to see how process and content may have changed from previous editions. Poised on a path as practicing artists, this year’s Durham College students showcase their academic and creative journeys. We’re eager to see these internal deliberations and visual synergies play-out on the Station Gallery stage.”
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Lynne McIlvride
what folly I commit, I dedicate to you
June 3 to June 30, 2023
Reception: Thursday, June 15 from 7pm to 9pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, June 21 at 7pm
in the Coppa Gallery
He did not walk alone. Lynne McIlvride spanned four months as a caregiver at the side of her husband, veteran actor of screen and stage—Kenneth Welsh. The couple shared these fleeting, but precious moments in dialogue and silence.
This June, Station Gallery proudly presents a new body of studio production that works through mourning and personal reconciliation, deep devotion and life’s celebration. Although ill and bed-ridden, Welsh is portrayed with dignity. McIlvride captures his refulgent and scintillating character; here is a person replete with exuberance and wit. These intimate portraits lovingly exude colour and flow with textual passages, underscoring last May’s obituary in the New York Times describing Welsh as having an “encyclopedic memory of Shakespeare’s works…”.
The artist states: “The bulk of my new work is based on sketches I drew of Ken in the last few months of his life. I dedicate this show to Kenneth Welsh, who was always, always, always wildly enthusiastic about my work; respectful of my vocation and encouraging to me. So for those who knew Ken, this could act as a memorial.”
George A. Pastic
A Light Affair
From the Collection of Lynne Griffin
June 3 to June 30, 2023
Reception: Thursday, June 15 from 7pm to 9pm
in the Jill Dyall Community Gallery
Through his lens-based practice, George A. Pastic (1927-2014) re-imagined photographic techniques of a by-gone era. His soft-focus treatment, shallow depth of field and diffused filtering infer a longing space and sentimental stance. In 1974, Pastic produced a short film titled The Violin. The film promoted peace and understanding through the power of music and inter-generational exchange of knowledge. His project earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short the following year. For many years, Lynne Griffin was a source of artistic inspiration for Pastic. Selected from her private collection, Griffin publically offers these figurative studies to contemplate temporal passages in the gaze of an altered world.
Totally Awesome ‘80s Show
June 3 to June 30, 2023
in the Heritage Galleries
The visual arts of the 1980s were characterized by bold and vivid aesthetics. Artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring brought graffiti and street art into the mainstream, while the Memphis Group introduced innovative and eclectic design concepts. The use of vibrant colours, geometric shapes, and futuristic elements defined the artistic style of the decade. These elements collectively form the quintessence of 1980s culture, representing a unique and influential period that continues to inspire and resonate with subsequent generations.
In 1980, SG’s permanent collection was formed and the subsequent decade saw a rapid expansion of the gallery’s holdings. The local print community initiated the fond by acquiring gifts from numerous Ontario artists associated with the gallery along with Open Studio, a prominent Toronto printmaking facility. The original intention was to create a commemorative print collection in memory of the late Nicholas Novak, a gifted artist who had been strongly associated with both institutions. This show intends to be more than a period piece— Totally Awesome ‘80s Show is a time capsule surveying the zeitgeist of a decade.
Vicky Talwar | Enlightened Mind
July 8 – August 26, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, July 8, 1 – 4pm
Vicky Talwar is an interdisciplinary artist who draws upon her personal experience as a Hindu Canadian to produce paintings, mixed media, and installation artworks. In her artistic practice, she addresses themes of cultural hybridity, displacement, movement, and memory. The exhibition Enlightened Mind visually represents Talwar’s hybrid cultural identity. In her paintings, she expresses the contrasts of her identity by embracing both vibrant colour and textured materiality.
Talwar uses reoccurring spiritual motifs including intertwining flower garlands, mala beads, sacred threads, and salt to create a sense of presence and intention while playful brushstrokes and an indistinctly atmospheric background produce an interstitial feeling of transcendence. By combining elements from the natural world and recognized spiritual symbols throughout the expressionistic background, Talwar highlights the space between what is tangible and what is a distant memory. Similarly, her installation artwork included in Enlightened Mind operates under the same theme, using salt as an artistic medium. Inspired by the ritualistic qualities of the mandala, she uses salt as a purifying material to accentuate both spirituality and displacement in her particular cultural experiences. Acting as a self-portrait of her enlightening individuality, Enlightened Mind showcases Vicky Talwar’s relationship with art throughout her life and encourages our community to engage with their own cultural experience through the visual arts.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, please click HERE
Artist Meet-up | Pop-up Exhibition
July 8 – August 26, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, July 8, 1 – 4PM
Jill Dyall Community Gallery + Underground Gallery
As the weather heats up, we have a chance to appreciate the talent and creative output of our Artist Meet-up participants. Hosted by local artist Rekha Mistry, this meet-up event is open to anyone with a current SG patronship. Most meet-ups took place in Studio C, with the final Mondays of the month dedicated to art appreciation lectures. This was a weekly gathering opportunity with a variety of fellow artists sharing work, creating collaboratively, discussing a variety of topics and much more. Let’s meet again in the fall!
Featured Artists: Loren Bay, Ilija Blanusa, Breanna Hall, Rekha Mistry, Amanda Nguyen, Mark Reid, Carole Robitaille, Alex St. Germain, Elizabeth Whitbread
30th annual drawing for art
Exhibition Date: September 2nd - 27th
Celebrate our 30th Annual biggest and most exciting event of the year!
More than just an event – Drawing for Art is a community exhibition featuring over 120 works by talented artists from our community, culminating in an exciting evening filled with refreshments and fun.
Ticket holders are guaranteed to take home one piece of artwork. Names will be drawn in a random order, and when yours is called, you can select one remaining piece of artwork to take home.
Event Date: Thursday, September 28th, 7pm
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, please click HERE
Kim-Lee Kho | Burnt Offerings
October 14 - November 25, 2023
in Coppa Gallery and Heritage Galleries
Opening reception and artist’s talk: Saturday, October 14, 1PM to 4PM
In 2021, artist Kim-Lee Kho lost her beloved father during a pandemic. That meant Kho’s family could not visit and care for him as they longed to. The artist worried her father would die of loneliness before anything else.
How many more people experienced the grief he had, losing the company of loved ones? Losing actual, physical touch? So when Kim Lee Kho decided to make a show around grief (and love and loss and longing, and the ephemerality of all things), she knew that most people could identify with the subject matter not just in the ordinary human sense, but with that special edge that pandemic conditions have added to everything.
Using photography in many different forms, along with other media, this show looks at the faces of grief, the weight of it, some specific practices around mourning, and poetic ways of looking at loss.
The title Burnt Offerings alludes to the ancient ritual of burning things whether as offering or sacrifice, as purification or as prayer. You can expect to see images and elements of fire, charred surfaces and drawings produced by heat and flame, and photo-based sculpture that draws on the artist’s Chinese heritage, along with many other points of contemplation.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, please click HERE
Port Perry Artists’ Association
October 14 - November 25, 2023
in the Heathbridge Capital Management Underground
Opening reception: Saturday, October 14, 1PM to 4PM
Founded in 1999, the Port Perry Artists’ Association is a community of artists whose work includes a variety of forms – realistic, representational and abstract in a variety of media, including acrylic, watercolour, oil, pastel, pencil and ink.
It is the mission of the PPAA to provide an avenue for artists to develop camaraderie in a creative and respectful environment with all members contributing time and talents. To further artistic understanding and encourage artistic growth of its members in the community at large, by promoting interest, education, knowledge and skills in the fine arts.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, please click HERE
2024
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION - Opening Reception: Wednesday, December 13 at 7pm
Life’s Moods
31st Annual Juried Exhibition
December 4, 2023 – January 27, 2024
Each year, this well-loved end-of-year event motivates our creative supporters to create submissions based on a specific theme. “Life’s Moods” is an open-ended and versatile theme that’s sure to ignite diverse, thoughtful responses.
Art is about moods: how people feel, how people respond and how they respond to one another. Our emotional states can change when we express ourselves creatively. This year’s theme seeks to explore the emotive dimensions of visual culture.
Awards will be presented to the top three entrants from each category at the official opening reception on Wednesday, December 13.
To view a 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition, please click HERE
Award Winners:
Irwin Family Award (presented by Steven Laurie and Jennifer Bedford)
JURORS’ CHOICE Sarah Cowley - The Messenger
ADULT AWARDS (presented by Steven Laurie and Jennifer Bedford)
1st Place Elayne Windsor - Joy and Sorrow
2nd Place Kathleen O’Connor - Hiraeth: the deep yearning…
3rd Place James McKeag - Avocado, Ham & Cheese
YOUTH AWARDS (presented by Marg Luit)
1st Place Easton Torrens - One Candle, Two Wishes
2nd Place Reem Al-Musowi - count your losses
3rd Place Amrita Babulall - Last Dance
MAYOR’S CHILDREN’S AWARDS (presented by Town of Whitby Mayor, Elizabeth Roy)
1st Place Nika Sotleykin - Swan Lake
2nd Place Markus Mansfield - Rainbow Robot
3rd Place Yeji Seol - Happy Me
Peoples’ Choice Award - Diana Nadia Lawryshyn for her acrylic on wood panel painting titled Kobzar.
Below is Diana's artist statement:
“In this painting, I aim to evoke the essence of the Bandura, a traditional Ukrainian stringed instrument. My intention is to capture not just its physical form, but its reverberant sound quality and the significance it holds within me and the broader Ukrainian community. My personal journey with the Bandura, an instrument I’ve played within a close-knit community since childhood, had profoundly shaped my sense of identity, belonging and connection to my Ukrainian heritage. The historic context of the Bandura is also one of freedom fighting, creativity and cultural legacy—serving as a symbol of our collective resilience and the enduring spirit of our people.” - Diana Nadia Lawryshyn
Michèle LaRose | A Journey from and to Abstraction
Michèle LaRose | Un voyage a partir de et vers l’abstraction
February 5 – March 23, 2024
Closing reception starting with artist’s talk: Saturday, March 23 at 1PM
Coppa Gallery, Heritage Galleries
Covering her entire career, this exhibition will reflect her longstanding fascination with abstraction, her development over time and the eclectic use of materials in her output. / Traitant sa carrière au complet, cette exposition refléteras sa fascination avec l’abstraction, son cheminement au cours des années et la présence de matériaux éclectiques dans sa production.
Image: Chicago, 2013, triptych / triptyche, oil on canvas / huile sur toile, 58 x 34” (Inv.413-415-418)
View the 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition HERE
The Air of Freedom | Aerial Photographs of Ukraine
Extended to May 5, 2024
Coppa Gallery + Jill Dyall Community Gallery
Ukraine’s national inventory of facilities and monuments dedicated to culture has been irrevocably altered since early 2022. On February 24, 2022 the russian federation launched a full-scale invasion of Europe’s largest independent, sovereign and democratic nation—Ukraine. Damages from the on-going war have been enormous. As of January 2024, UNESCO has verified the damage or destruction of 337 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine: 126 religious sites, 148 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, 30 museums, 19 monuments, 13 libraries, 1 archive.
Station Gallery is proud to present a series of airborne imagery documented by Ukrainian photographer, Zinoviy Pidperyhora. In 2016, the photographer took to the skies capturing the rich historical and cultural landmarks of his native land. Using platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or "drones") and a helicopter, Pidperyhora has captured astonishing panoramas. His photos are a valuable record of Ukrainian’s countryside, urban centers, cultural and historic buildings, including world heritage sites. These bird’s-eye view images are rich and complex, showing vast colorful landscapes and surface objects is sharp detail.
The photographer states: “Each person has his or her own mission. A special role, clearly defined in crucial historical moments. Artists cannot be on the sidelines. They have their own, no less important front; they too, are at the forefront. With artistic means of expression, they proclaim to the whole world the beauty of Earth and the universal values of its peoples, glorifying the democratic values, freedom and independence of their country gained in a difficult struggle.”
The Air of Freedom | Aerial Photographs of Ukraine is many things: it is a site of dialogue, a gathering of imagery where words are not enough. Through his expansive catalogue of images, Pidperyhora prompts us to retain a special memory: to recall the history and beauty of Ukraine.
View the 3D Matterport tour of this exhibition HERE
still
works from the SG Permanent collection
April 2 to May 5, 2024
Heritage Galleries
In the bustling cacophony of the contemporary world, where noise incessantly clamors for attention and digitized distractions are abundant, the concept of stillness in art emerges as a beacon of tranquility and contemplation. Stillness in art is not merely the absence of movement; it is a profound state of being that invites introspection, evokes emotions, and transcends the boundaries of time and space. From serene landscapes to minimalist compositions, the portrayal of stillness resonates with viewers, offering a sanctuary amidst the chaos of life.
Station Gallery has served as Whitby’s public art gallery for over 50 years. In 1980, the gallery founded a permanent collection. The subsequent decade saw a rapid expansion of the gallery’s holdings. The local print community initiated the fonds by acquiring gifts from numerous Ontario artists associated with the gallery—along with Open Studio—a prominent Toronto printmaking facility. On display are some of the finest examples of print production that evoke a sense of “stillness” from the core of the gallery’s expansive collection.
When considering the given theme of this print exhibition, still life works hold a paramount importance in the artistic realm. Printmakers such as Carl J.C. Heywood, Sarah Nind, Liz Parkinson and Erica Rutherford, offer windows into mundane yet profound aspects of human existence. Their compositions depict inanimate objects such as fruits, flowers, or everyday utensils offering a unique opportunity to explore themes of mortality, transience and the passage of time.
One of the most striking manifestations of stillness in art is found in the genre of landscape painting. Artists throughout history have sought to capture the quietude of nature, depicting serene vistas that inspire a sense of awe and reverence. The works of Gerard Brender à Brandis, Susan Farquhar and Susan Paterson transport viewers to tranquil realms, where time seems to stand still and the hustle and bustle of daily life fades into insignificance.
Beyond the realm of representational art, stillness finds expression in abstract and minimalist compositions. Artists Nobuo Kubota and Akira Yoshikawa employ geometric forms, subtle gradients, and muted colors to evoke a sense of quietude and introspection. Leszek Wyczółkowski's meticulously rendered grids and lines exude a sense of harmony and balance, inviting viewers to enter a realm of profound stillness and tranquility.
Ultimately, the concept of stillness in art serves as a reminder of the inherent beauty and significance of moments of quietude and introspection in our increasingly fast-paced, twenty-first century realities.
Olexander Wlasenko
Curator
Station Gallery
Kerry Hilts | We Live Inside a Dream
June 8 – June 30, 2024
Opening reception: Saturday, June 8 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Regional Indigenous painter and carver presents refulgent Woodland style paintings and wood carvings based on Metis lore and Elder teachings.
Kerry Hilts is a regional artist, gas fitter, plumber and master gardener.
The artist states: “I proudly carry Metis blood through my veins. I have been influenced by the Esquimalt First Nations, working closely with them in British Columbia. There I did repairs, sharpened silver carvers tools, and made knives. I made dug out canoe bow knives for the Ahousaht First Nations... I embrace nature and all of its wondrous beauty.”
View the 3D Matterport of this exhibition here
17th Annual durham college Juried exhibition
May 11 – June 2, 2024
Closing Reception and Awards Ceremonies: Wednesday, May 29 at 7PM
All galleries
Student Artwork Takes over Station Gallery
Now in its seventeenth year, Station Gallery is proud to partner with Durham College to present the creative output of Fine Art and Design students.This popular, term-end exhibition showcases new generation artists and college grads. It’s been a productive academic year at the College. Hundreds of diverse and engaging art projects are on display through the gallery.
This year we anticipate an all-time record-breaking number of individual pieces hung, arranged and cued for your viewing pleasure. This year’s adjudicators, Steven Laurie (Project Manager, Royal Ontario Museum) and Barry Waite (Dean of Media, Arts & Design, Durham College), have their work cut out for them in adjudicating and selecting award winners.
The exhibition closing reception and award ceremony will take place on May 29th. Join us on the final Wednesday of May at 7:00 pm as we celebrate another year of excellence with these up-and-coming artists from our community.
Nadine Wyczółkowski |
The prayer
June 8 – June 30, 2024
Opening reception: Saturday, June 8 1:00PM – 3:00PM
In the Jill Dyall Community Gallery
New generation photographer interprets a prayer into visual form as an exhibition in the Jill Dyall Community Space.
The artist states: “Visual Interpretation of Baronius’ Prayer to Saint Philip These photographs of unrelated imagery are my visual interpretation of Baronius’ Prayer to Saint Philip. I chose seven images because of the number of churches on the Rome pilgrimage instituted by St. Philip. The number concurrently represents the sacraments and gifts of the Holy Spirit: piety, knowledge, counsel, understanding, fortitude, wisdom, fear of God.”
Canadian CariBbean Photographic Arts Collective | Beyond the Carnival 6
Benjamin Alunyo, Jenny Baboolal, Anthony Berot, Lisa Faure, Ian P. Grant, David Lewis, Gilbert Medina
July 6, 2024 – August 25, 2024
Reception: Thursday, July 18
7:00PM to 9:00PM
(featuring the steel pan drum stylings of the InfraRed Band)
This photographic exhibition brings together a group of seven photographers of the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective (CCPAC) whose mission is to capture and present images that focus on the Pan-Caribbean culture and to create a legacy that highlights the excellent work of Canadian Caribbean photographers.
Take the Matterport Virtual Tour HERE
drawing for art
Event Date: Thursday, September 26th at 7:00pm
Exhibition Date: September 3rd – 27th, 2024
Celebrate our 31st Annual biggest and most exciting event of the year!
More than just an event – Drawing for Art is a community exhibition featuring over 150 works by talented artists from our community, culminating in an exciting evening filled with refreshments and fun.
Ticket holders are guaranteed to take home one piece of artwork. Names will be drawn in a random order, and when yours is called, you can select one remaining piece of artwork to take home.
Letters to the Earth: Between Despair & Hope (3rd Edition)
October 7 to November 23, 2024
Artists’ walk-and-talks: Wednesday, November 6, 7PM to 9PM
Closing reception: Saturday, November 23, 1PM to 4PM
Philosopher, Timothy Morton emphatically states: “we are living the age of mass extinction.” This project, Letters to the Earth: Between Despair and Hope may appear overwhelming but together--collaboratively--creative artists can make a mark.
Featuring the works of: Dara Aram, Valerie Ashton, Kim Atkins, Ron Baird, Lara Band, Diana Bennett, Lynn Bishop, Michael Black, Lillian Yano Blakey, Carmel Brennan, Nancy R. Chalut, Sarah Cowley, Sheila Davis, D. Ahsén:nase Douglas, Alice Edwards, Jean Eng, Sue Ennis, Carlos Ferguson, Linda Finn, Cesar Forero, Sharron Corrigan Forrest, Janet Hendershot, Robin Kingsburgh, Sabrina Leeder, Bert Liverance, Tom Loach, Ian Mackenzie, Francis Muscat, Joseph Muscat, Mary Ng, Aileen Ogilvie, Gordana Olujic, Katharine Palmer, Frances Patella, Dominique Prevost, Mark Puigmarti, Janet Read, Heather Rigby, Wiley Saunders, Quan Steele, Carol Grant Stevens, Charles Stevens, Roger Sutcliffe, Joanna Swann, Judith Tinkl, Grazyna Tonkiel, Noriko Yamamoto, Akira Yoshikawa.