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February Exhibition in the Cannon St Gallery: Have I been here before? An interactive video installation by Lenka Novak

(installation image – Lenka Novak)

Have I been here before?

An interactive video installation by Lenka Novak

Exhibition dates: Thurs Feb 9 – Sat Mar 17, 2012

Reception: Thurs Feb 9th    7 – 10 pm  the artist will be in atttendance   

Art Crawl: Fri Feb 10th  7-11 pm

Performances by Karijn de Jong: 

Thurs Feb 9 at 7:30 and Fri Feb 10th at 8 pm

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Lenka Novak’s interactive video installation invites the viewer/participant to contemplate the nature of his/her own being through the act of self-reflection within the space. The play of shadows, light, reflected, and refracted image and the repetition of the infinite leads to a contemplative state of mind and projection of one’s own self within the personal as well as larger concept of time and space.

Lenka Novak was born in the Czech Republic and lives and works in Canada. In 2010 she completed her MFA at Concordia University, Montreal. Recent residencies include the Kunstnarhuset Messen, Alvik, Norway and the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has exhibited throughout Canada and internationally, including exhibitions at Bain Saint-Michel, Montreal, QC, ‘Aqua Ephemere’ and at the 11th DMZ Art Festival, Seokjang-Ri Art Gallery, Republic of Korea.

Karijn de Jong is a Hamilton-based  artist who started showing her work locally in 2005.  Not formerly trained in any particular medium she enjoys variety working with: installation, written word, has recently taken interest in performance art and music. She draws from a history working in picture framing, the use of found objects, contemplations of society, obscurity and synchronicity, often touching on environmental/social and philosophical themes.

January 27, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off

In the James St. North gallery: Kareem Abbas and Abdelhamid Mosbah

(Image by Abdelhamid Mosbah, Ozoudo. Morrocco. Oil on canvas)

In the James St. North gallery
Kareem Abbas and Abdelhamid Mosbah

Thurs. Jan 9th – Sat. Mar 3rd, 2012
Reception: Thursday, Feb 9th 7-10 pm
Art Crawl open house: Friday, Feb 10th 7-11pm

Kareem Abbas (born 1963) arrived in Canada in 2004. He is a graduate of the Baghdad University of Fine Arts (1988). He employs various painting techniques in oil and watercolours, and uses graphic design, abstraction, realism, and theoretical, practical, and art historical knowledge as a point of departure in his paintings. He has exhibited internationally, including Baghdad, Jordan, Egypt, U.A.E, Tunis, Qatar, USA, Indonesia, France, Denmark, Poland and Turkey. In Canada, he has exhibited in Montreal, Calgary, Mississauga and Hamilton in solo and group exhibitions. Abbas has been a member of the Immigrant Culture and Art Association, the Hamilton Arts Council, Iraq Federal Artists in Canada, and UNESCO, Paris, France.

Abdelhamid Mosbah came to Canada from Tunisia (North Africa) in December 2001. He is a graduate of the School of Art, Tunis, Tunisia, and studied drawing and painting at the School Universal, Paris France. He received a certificate in Art Education from York University. Before becoming a professional artist, he worked in the field of education in Tunisia, both as a director than as a teacher of visual art, and has created commissioned works throughout his artistic career. His body of work explores paintings of Mediterranean living, landscapes and he works with modern and abstracted imagery. Mosbah works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and charcoal. He has participated in several international art exhibitions and festivals in the GTA and surrounding area. He is an active member of Hamilton Artists Inc.. and has been a member of CARFAC and Hamilton Arts and Pastel Artists Canada. He has also volunteered as an artist working in local schools and community centers with children and young people.

January 27, 2012 | Categories: exhibit, member gallery, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Four From Six: Four Artists From Six Nations – Video of the artist talk and exhibition at the Inc. curated by Shelley Niro – featuring artists Tracey Anthony, Jay Carrier, Elliott Doxtater-Wynn, and Brenda Mitten

 

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January 19, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off

January Exhibition Openings in the Cannon St Gallery: Jeff Nye – Abandon, by the Old Dirt Road

Exhibition dates: Jan 6 – Feb 4, 2012
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Reception: Friday Jan 6th  7 – 10 pm (the artist will be in attendance)

Art Crawl: Friday Jan 13th  7-11 pm

Sunday, Jan 8th  1-4 pm  - Artist talk/workshop with Jeff Nye – an introduction to the use of charcoal drawing in stop motion animation, please RSVP to irene@hamiltonartistsinc.on.ca

Irene 905 529 3355 www.theinc.ca

Abandon, by the old dirt road is an installation involving a layered interplay between painting, video projection and sound.  Abandon investigates rural spaces, lost and recovered memory, and the painter’s studio itself.

This installation appears courtesy of the Saskatchewan Arts Board’s permanent collection.  The viewing of this work in Hamilton is made possible through the Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Section.

Jeff Nye is a Master of Fine Arts Graduate of the University of Regina. His interests include contemporary painting, interactivity, the social roles of artists, and the phenomenology of painting. He has exhibited his paintings and site-specific installations in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. He has received awards from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Ontario Arts Council, and is a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship in 2005-06. He was a recipient of the University of Regina Scholarly Research Award, and the Canada Life Graduate Award in 2004. He is currently working on an on-line painting experiment located at www.livestudio.ca.

December 26, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Comments Off

In the James Street North Gallery – the dedicated Members’ space

Hamilton Cityscapes works by Masoud Eskandari &
“What colour is your Revolution?” works by Roberto Lavidez 

January 6 – Feb 4, 2012

Exhibition Reception: January 6th 7-10pm  (Masoud Eskandari will be in attendance 8-10 pm, Roberto Lavidez will be in attendance from 7-8 pm)
Art Crawl open house: Friday, January 13th 7-11pm (Masoud Eskandari will be in attendance 8-10 pm)

Artist talk by Roberto Lavidez – Sunday Jan 15th 1-3pm

Masoud Eskandari

Eskandari’s photographs reveal impressions of the city the artist has lived in since his arrival in Canada.   Both formal and narrative, the works function as a text, collectively revealing hidden meanings.   Born in 1961 in Iran, the artist studied photography and worked as photographer, graphic designer, art director and photography professor and professor adviser at the university level.  His work focuses on street photography using mechanical film based cameras ranging from 35mm to 5″x7″ large format and panchromatic black and white film, resulting in full frame prints on silver gelatin paper.  Eskandari has mounted solo, two person and group exhibitions in Iran and Canada, most recently at the WAHC in the two person exhibition “Hammering Away” with Jim Chambers, curated by Bryce Kanara.

Roberto Lavidez

Artivist Roberto Lavidez is a narrative painter who candidly tackles socio-political issues ranging from the oppressiveness of colonialism to the continuing complicity of corrupted institutions which conceal historical injustices against defeated races in order to preserve the hierarchy of an elitist society. Lavidez’s ouvre criticizes the slavish concept of Western modern art that serves as a tool for tampering truth with illusions of aesthetic beauty and pretentious experimentations that alienate humanity. His aim is to reclaim the silenced voice of the damned by exposing the ‘brushstrokes’ of deception and scratching the surface of untold stories. Lavidez was born and educated in the Philippines. He teaches art to reflect on history and writes poetry with the same intent of unravelling outlines of truth behind layers of shameless depictions of reality.

This exhibition is made possible through the sponsorship of Doreen McGahey and the support of the OAC Exhibition Assistance Program.

OAC

December 25, 2011 | Categories: exhibit, member gallery | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

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