INDUSTRY INSIGHTS HANNAH DOUCET WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS Watch in Awe, still from video, 3 minutes 24 seconds, 2021 Q+A Can you talk about your most recent project, ‘A Wish Stays With You,’ and how its meaning has evolved over the years?” “I started this project back in 2019, so it’s been an ongoing body…
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS GEOFFREY PUGEN WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS Ritchie Park, 36×24, Archival Pigment Print, 2023 Q+A What are some of the defining goals you have for people who consume your art? In addition- is there anything that stands out that you’d like people to take away? “My art aims to provoke a re-evaluation of our…
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS NADYA KWANDIBENS WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS 'The Red Chair Sessions', Waawaate, Anishinaabe from Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, photographed on Stoney Nakoda, Blackfoot & Tsuut'ina of the Dene Nations, Treaty 7 Territory, June 2019 Q+A Can you talk about how your vision for Red Works photography has progressed over the years? “I formally named my…
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT MEAZY R WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS Q+A Can you share some examples of the new technologies you’ve integrated into your photography process? How do these technologies enhance or redefine the traditional photographic experience? I’m all about using new technologies to execute and amplify your concepts. Personally, I love some Photoshop and I use…
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ADRIANA PÉREZ FIGUEREO: CANDID COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS ARTIST STATEMENT Delving into the chaotic preparations backstage, exposing the organic interplay between creativity and chaos. The images within this collection embody the palpable energy and anticipation that precede each show, offering a unique perspective on the moments that pave the way to the…
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT EVE VIOLET HANNON: DUAL EXPOSURE WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS ARTIST STATEMENT This multifaceted piece is a representation of myself as an artist created with and portraying my many mediums, specifically highlighting the duality of playing both roles as model and photographer. The project explores duality within my artistic roles and how they can…
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT SABRINA DEWES: MINHA QUEIRDA WRITTEN BY: OLGA BERGMANS ARTIST STATEMENT The bond between a mother and her daughter is one of the most profound human connections to exist. They understand each other’s emotions better than anybody else. Mothers and Daughters exist as oblique mirrors of each other. Minha Querida depicts the powerful bond created…
Edited by: Nawang Tsomo Kinkar With Freida Wang, John Delante, and Ananna Rafa In a student-run gallery at 401 Richmond, love persists as a thematic arc for a two-person exhibition presenting works by Toronto Metropolitan University alumni, John Delante and Ananna Rafa. When I asked Freida Wang, guest curator at Artspace Gallery, about this pairing,…
Artist Statement I look around and see a place familiar yet distant. A whip-lash between alienation and closeness. It holds one sense of community while completely lacking another. There is a duality within this experience that makes it not as simple as staying or leaving. Navigating can be done in a multitude of ways. The…
