Anna Valdez & Ric Santon: Garden of Good Intentions

ANNA VALDEZ & RIC SANTON

GARDEN OF GOOD INTENTIONS

MARCH 23 - APRIL 8

Parts Gallery presents new paintings from Anna Valdez and Ric Santon.
Valdez's vibrant studio still lifes explore her personal history and identity through the environment surrounding her. Relying on photographs, tradition, horticulture and stories, Valdez builds her own narratives in a way that reflects both a personal and collective experience. Arranging and re-arranging her studio to suit the needs of her creative interests (painting, gardening, etc), allows Valdez to draw on relationships between spaces and objects.

We are excited to share that Anna will be participating in The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe & Contemporary Art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The exhibition runs May 26 - September 3 and features dozens of important works from Georgia O'Keeffe, along with a select group of contemporary artists that evoke her legacy.
Crystal Bridges, The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe & Contemporary Art

Mixing traditional painting techniques with spray paint, tape, stencils and other “low” materials, Santon navigates the space between abstraction and representation. 

“I’m inspired by the search for balance. It seems like we are confronted with so many things coming at us from everywhere that quiet moments of contemplation and reflection are rare.”

This latest body of work distills a stylistic amalgam of references that employs the vast scope of art history to find these ‘moments’.

Anna Valdez, Golden Pothos

Anna Valdez, Hanging Plants

Anna Valdez, Jungalow

Anna Valdez, Owl Taxidermy

Anna Valdez, Parrot Taxidermy

Anna Valdez, Plants on Pink

Anna Valdez, Pond

Anna Valdez, Sunshine on Houseplants

Ric Santon, 1985

Ric Santon, I Though You Might Like This, I Might Be Wrong

Ric Santon, Whale Watching

Introducing: Kristy Blackwell

INTRODUCING KRISTY BLACKWELL

We are happy to introduce Toronto artist Kristy Blackwell to the gallery. Kristy studied fine art at the University of Guelph and computer animation at the University of Toronto. Kristy has been the recipient of numerous Best in Show awards, most recently at the OSA 144th Juried Exhibition. She has been featured by Create Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Art.Upon and more.

Kristy uses figurative realism to depict her perception of the human condition. Her figures are often rendered in duplicate, suggesting strength alongside vulnerability. The use of gold leaf in some of her oil paintings creates a psychological barrier between the inner mind and the infinite unknown. There is common understanding in these personal images: beauty in sadness and in strength, beauty in vulnerability, and in protection.

Introducing: Rebecca Chaperon

INTRODUCING REBECCA CHAPERON

 

We are happy to share that we are now working with Vancouver artist, Rebecca Chaperon. We have just received a series of recent paintings that we will be exhibiting as part of our Holiday Group Show, on now until December 23rd.

"On the visual journey through Rebecca Chaperon's work we are repeatedly immersed in surreal versions of the world, places that waver just outside of our perception. Hovering crystals, palatial icebergs, mysterious caves, and psychedelic gardens make up some of the images found in each painting series. Her work shifts between treating landscape as figurative representation to highly symbolic spaces that hint at a mysterious narrative."

Anna Valdez: The Stuff That Surrounds You, October 20th - November 12th

Yangyang Pan: September 14th - October 8th, 2017

Fiona Freemark: May 11th - June 4th, 2017

FIONA FREEMARK
IN-BETWEEN
HAND-CUT PHOTOGRAPHS
MAY 11TH - JUNE 4TH 
OPENING: FRIDAY MAY 12TH, 7-9PM

 

 

National ADAC Gallery Hop: Saturday May 13th, 11-5PM

NATIONAL ADAC GALLERY HOP
SATURDAY MAY 13TH, 11-5PM

In celebration of the Art Dealers Association of Canada’s 50th year, the ADAC is holding a nation-wide Gallery Hop on Saturday, May 13, 2017. For the first time ever, ADAC members across the country will participate in a simultaneous gallery hop, which will include talks with prominent artists, curators and art dealers. Over 50 galleries in 13 different cities, exhibiting a range of work from Canada’s leading artists, will participate. Tours are self-guided. Choose a neighbourhood and explore what ADAC galleries have to offer!

Click here to see full event details.