Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: “When I grow up, I want to be an artist.” Forgetting to take art in high school, Betsy was diverted into business (MBA 1984); and after acquiring her Adult Teaching Diploma (2005), she declared: “When I grow up, I want to be an artist – and an art teacher.” Not one to repeat a mistake, Betsy received her Fine Arts Diploma from the Toronto School of Art (2009). A novice exhibitor, (TSA's student shows and Eastern Front Gallery's Driven to Abstraction), Betsy has spent a devotional year in the studio creating, preparing, emerging – all grown up.
Artist Statement: Looking intently into a shaded garden or up and out to the heavens, my paintings depict the beauty, isolation and uniqueness to be found in a moment of life in the wild – the flutter of wings, the rustle of leaves or the call of the loon. These paintings cross over genres and mediums resulting in organic abstractions, intense realism or intriguing experiments; depicting magnified perspectives of flora and fauna, or a panorama of sea, sky and land. Seldom concerned with photographic representation, I freely create pieces from my imagination, or drastically modify images to portray a mood or emotion.
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: I graduated with honours from the Sculpture/Installation program at OCAD in 2001. Since then I have been creating with vintagelove and showing at numerous Art and Craft events in Toronto and throughout BC.
Artist Statement: Stir up the nostalgia!
Vintagelove is a collection of vintage inspired light switch plates and magnets lovingly cooked up by Toronto artist Adrianne Kulling. Each plate is decoupaged using quality materials and coated with several layers of polyurethane for a super durable high gloss finish.
Transform a mundane household object into a fabulously funky work of art!
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: Sheridan College, Oakville. Mature student.2007-08
Mumbai University, India. B.F.A Ceramics.1997-2002
Current Resident at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Exhibitions and shows
Fusion (Invitational) , Gardiner Museum,2009.
Powerplay (Juried) Thames Gallery, Chatham, Kent, 2009
One of a Kind Spring show, 2009
‘Journey’ Solo show, Toronto, 2008.
Toronto Potters 14th Biennial (Juried). OCC, 2008
Recipient of the Ontario Arts Council Access and Career Development grant, 2009.
Artist Statement: My functional work seeks to develop the user’s tactile sense of the medium in a clean minimalist style. I use soft matt glazes and sometimes choose to leave part of the work unglazed. This gives the user a sense of what raw clay feels like in comparison to the glazed surface.
The decoration is made part of the form and is used in small quantities creating stark contrasts. Every piece is individually worked on making each one unique.
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: I have been an amateur Photographer for twenty years, and in 2006 made the transition to become a professional Photographer. I have held several private shows in Ontario, in 2008 exhibited my work at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and Contact Photography Festival, I was also selected to take a Toronto-based workshop run by Magnum Photo Agency. This year I will be participating in the Artisans Craft Show at the Distillery District. I have also applied to the TOAE.
I am currently working on a book featuring my photographs of markets from around the World.
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: One of a Kind Toronto Spring show 2010 (won 1st in Artisan's Competition and honourable mention for booth design). Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts, Beaches Arts and Crafts Show. Speakeasy. Education and 18 year career in professional theatre production (including props, wardrobe, stage management work).
Artist Statement: Gretel Meyer Odell is a Toronto mother-of-two with a background in professional theatre production. She started making dress-up accessories for her elder son to give to his friends. Her unique creations were the hit of every party and parents and kids begged for more. Fast-forward a couple years, and Fancy Pants Kids proudly delivers simple and beautiful designs – made to spark imaginations while allowing kids to write their own ‘scripts’. No commercial character knock-offs, just sturdily constructed, washable designs in a vibrant and lush selection of kid-pleasing fabrics.
Toronto School of Art Website: www.tsa-art.ca Telephone(home): 416-504-7910 Media Category: Painting - Oil Other Category: Photography Email: info@launchprojects.ca Email(2): info@tsa-art.ca
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: TSA participates in a number of community outreach events throughout the year from community arts festivals such as Queen West Art Crawl, Riverdale Art Walk, Cabbagetown Festival, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Pride Festival Toronto, Toronto Art Expo, The Artist project, One of A Kind Show and CONTACT Photography Festival. TSA is proud of its continuing role as a leading alternative art school and an energetic contributor to the Canadian arts community.
Artist Statement: The Toronto School of Art has been providing lifelong creative learning to thousands for over 40 years. TSA is an alternative post-secondary art school located in the heart of Toronto’s artist community.
The TSA booth will feature artwork from current students and alumni.
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: Recent exhibitions include Original Spring Show (Ottawa) Apr./10, By Hand Feb./10 (Edmonton) Original Christmas show Dec./09 ( Ottawa), Queen St.W. Art Crawl, Sept./09, Cabbagetown Art Show Sept./09. I have been making jewelry for 22 years now. I am mainly self taught but did take a 3rd year night time metal work coarse at George Brown College in 1993. I sell my work to galleries and boutique across Canada and do about 18 shows per year. I specialize in copper.
Artist Statement: Our mission at The Tima Collection is to create unique, beautiful and good quality jewelry. We create pieces made from natural earthy materials that carry on the ancient tradition of wearing jewelry for healing, protection, inspiration and assistance in times of transition and transformation. This is why our logo is Jewelry for the Soul.
Recent Exhibitions, Work AND Education: More than 20 years ago, I began designing/building commissioned pieces for Toronto theater companies. After 2 years in Visual Arts at YorkU, I switched to OCAD in search of a more studio based practice where I began working primarily in metal. While running the photo department at NOW Magazine for many years, I maintained a business designing, building and installing custom organic and functional metal pieces for commercial, retail and private clients. My last gallery show was at 64 Steps Gallery in 2005, showing large metal figurative sculptures. In April I showed at the One of a Kind Show.
Artist Statement: Through her company Lucky 7 Steel, Karen designs, builds and installs custom organic and functional metal pieces for commercial, retail, theatrical and private clients.
Fascinated by metal’s ability to be transformed into small and delicate forms as well as heavily structured and rigid pieces, her focus is on creating functional, well-designed and beautiful pieces that also have the potential to be subversive, ironic and infused with larger socio-political meaning. Her work combines traditional blacksmith practices with more modern techniques, using primarily scrap or mild steel. Currently exploring scrap metal/kinetic toys, she still combines metalwork with freelance photo editing
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