unframed
In-Gallery Exhibition: January 25 – February 12, 2023
The unframed call challenged artists to create art without using traditional stretched canvases or ready-made wood panels and to present the work unframed. This was an opportunity to work with unusual materials, use ingenuity, and find alternative ways for presentation.
The result is a high-calibre exhibition presenting a wide variety of works by established and emerging artists across Canada and Internationally.
Exhibiting Artists
- Beverly Allen
- Mrityunjay Awasthy
- Natasha Beaudoin
- France Benoit
- Kate Bishop
- Donna Bolam
- Patricia Bond
- David Brown
- Joan Burdett Ness
- Valerie Carew
- Simone Collins-Forrest
- Sharron Corrigan Forrest
- David Cumming
- Sharon Dembo
- Sandrine Dickel
- Lilyana Doyle
- Irina Dubinski
- Sarah Fabrizi
- Susan Farquhar
- Loretta Faveri
- Linda Fitz
- Kim Foster Yardley
- Sandra Franke
- Laura Gabriel
- Sylvia Galbraith
- Heather Gentleman
- Gabriel George
- Margaret Glew
- Catherine Gutsche
- Gunnel Hag
- Caroline Hardy
- Christine Hoeldke
- Andrew Huot
- Jane Irwin
- David H. Kaye
- Suleman Khan
- Paul Kilbertus
- Karen Klee-Atlin
- Adam Kolodziej
- N’eema Lakin-Dainow
- Angela Lane
- Kasia Latos
- Elaine Lauzon
- Monica Leitao Mota
- Michelle Letarte
- Lorna Livey
- Makaria
- Christine Marshall-Smith
- James Matheson
- Ruth Maude
- Heidi McKenzie
- Jan Mills
- Carole Milon
- Sharon Moodie
- Frances O’Flynn
- Gordana Olujic Dosic
- Loree Ovens
- Mary Pal
- Frances Patella
- Tyrell Pearson
- Dominique Prevost
- Jodi Reeb
- Leisa Rich
- Susan Ruptash
- Irina Schestakowich
- Elycia SFA
- Erin Shadoff
- Liz Skelton
- Carol Lee Smith
- Tracy Thomson
- Kelly Thorson
- Audra Townsend
- Gordon Wilson
Events
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28th, 2 – 5 pm
Zoom Artist Talks: Saturday, February 4th, 3 pm
Pre-register for your free ticket to the Zoom Artist Talk via Eventbrite. You need to pre-register to receive the Zoom link.
We received so many submissions for this open call, so we created an online-only exhibition that is running in conjunction with the in-gallery show. View the works presented only online in unframed online
unframed
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Beverly Allen
Pansy
mixed media book
Artwork: 4.5 x 3 “
Price: $125
Artist Statement
Burlington, ON CANADA-
Mrityunjay Awasthy
To Live Like This
Acrylic on carved wood, metal, leather
Artwork: 18 x 6 x 7″
Price: $1800
Artist Statement
Mississauga, ON CANADA -
Natasha Beaudoin
Am I still a Woman?
Canvas and Beads
Artwork: 48 x 36 x 4″
Price: $400
Artist Statement
Oakville, ON, CANADA -
France Benoit
Fishing shacks waiting for winter
Encaustic on cardboard boxes with found objects
Artwork: 24 x 21 x 5.5″
Price: $550
Artist Statement
Mirabel, QC CANADA -
Kate Bishop
12.13.2021
Carbon and acrylic inks on cotton paper
Artwork: 7.1 x 10.5 “
Price: $125
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Donna Bolam
Winter’s Call
Acrylic/mixed
Artwork: 24 x 18 “
Price: $475
Artist Statement
Lakefield, ON CANADA -
Patricia Bond
Skeletal Selfie
newspaper, charcoal, mixed
Artwork: 72 x 30 x 5″
Price: $1200
Artist Statement
Mississauga, ON CANADA -
David Brown
Corrugation in White
Encaustic, Oil, and Acrylic on Cardboard with Tesselation Fold
Artwork: 25 x 15 x 3.5″
Price: $1250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
David Brown
Corrugation in Cool Grey
Encaustic, Oil, and Acrylic on Cardboard with Tesselation Fold
Artwork: 25 x 15 x 3.5 “
Price: $1250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Joan Burdett Ness
Blue Yonder
Natural found wood, Cherry slats, Watercolour on Washi Paper, Beads, sticks
Artwork: 30 x 24 x 24 “
Price: $1300
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Valerie Carew
Shoreline Roamer
Fibre Media
Artwork: 20.5 x 16.5 x 6″
Price: $600
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Simone Collins-Forrest
Catching the Offerings
mixed media found object assemblage
Artwork: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5″
Price: $350
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Simone Collins-Forrest
Having Combed the Beach
mixed media found object assemblage
Artwork: 12 x 5 x 2 “
Price: $250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sharron Corrigan Forrest
Immortality
Sekishu Banshi Tsuru Washi, Konnyaku starch to size leaves & branches mounted on Balsa strip
Artwork: 42 x 15 x 12.5″
Price: $875
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
David Cumming
Coolibah Burl Top Stand
Coolibah burl top (Australia), Swamp Maple bent-laminated legs; Epoxy glue, Walnut oil
Artwork: 26 x 15 x 16″
Price: $2500
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sharon Dembo
Salsa
Charcoal rubbing with Encaustic monotype
Artwork: 28 x 15 x 3.5″
Price: $750
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sandrine Dickel
Dare
mixed media
Artwork: 37 x 22.4 “
Price: $860
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Lilyana Doyle
Blind Structures
Steel, polyester, acrylic, cotton, glass beads
Artwork: 36 x 20 x 7″
Price: $250
Artist Statement
London, ON CANADA -
Irina Dubinski
Zoe
Acrylic on Fabric (up-cycled shower curtain)
Artwork: 31 x 20 “
Price: $475
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sarah Fabrizi
quick and dirty
Oil and acrylic on hanging canvas
Artwork: 31 x 28.5 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Burlington, ON CANADA -
Susan Farquhar
Epicormic 5
mixed media of paper and canvas, textural
Artwork: 12 x 12 x 8″
Price: $500
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Loretta Faveri
Take risks, transform
Mixed media, paper tapestry
Artwork: 28 x 11 x 4″
Price: $425
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Linda Fitz
Gloriana
Brass Wire
Artwork: 15 x 9.5 x 4″
Price: $600
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Kim Foster Yardley
Shadow of Me
Acrylic and oil stick on paper
Artwork: 10 x 7.5 “
Price: $250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sandra Franke
Covid
Mixed media
Artwork: 24 x 24 “
Price: $450
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Laura Gabriel
Submerged
Acrylic Gouache, pencil crayon, ink
Artwork: 18 x 12 “
Price: $300
Artist Statement
Oakville, ON, CANADA -
Sylvia Galbraith
Cyanolumen, Seaweed #1
Cyanolumen on Ilford 4×5″ film, pigment print on transparency film from scan
Artwork: 8.5 x 11 “
Price: $400
Artist Statement
Fergus, ON CANADA -
Heather Gentleman
Yes
Conte and charcoal on paper, ink and transfer on acetate
Artwork: 36 x 27 “
Price: $900
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Gabriel George
“Hello”
Duo Matrix Neo
Artwork: 20 x 16 x 6″
Price: $3750
Artist Statement
Mississauga, ON CANADA -
Margaret Glew
Winter Solstice
Quilted Textile
Artwork: 36 x 36 “
Price: $900
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Catherine Gutsche
Longing to be Remembered
Acrylic on paper assemblage
Artwork: 47 x 7 “
Price: $425
Artist Statement
Kinburn, ON CANADA -
Gunnel Hag
Soundwaves No. 2
Painted Textile
Artwork: 18 x 14.5 “
Price: $155
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Caroline Hardy
Ishtar Kimono
Collaged paper
Artwork: 42 x 23 x 3″
Price: $1700
Artist Statement
Williamsburg, VA USA -
Christine Hoeldke
Nestings
Plastic, Chicken wire
Artwork: 40 x 17 x 14″
Price: $1200
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Andrew Huot
Walks with Rosie
Artists’ Book – Letterpress, relief printing, pochoir, bound in cloth.
Artwork: 15 x 22 x 1″
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Andrew Huot
Navigation
Artists’ Book – Cut paper, letterpress, bound in cloth
Artwork: 9.5 x 5.75 x 15 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Jane Irwin
Time
coloured pencil, graphite drawing on paper
Artwork: 30 x 22 “
Price: $900
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
David H. Kaye
Chevrons
graphite, acrylic polymer medium, eyelets, gessoed cotton fabric
Artwork: 15 x 10 “
Price: $725
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Suleman Khan
Burning Gold
mixed media
Artwork: 18 x 24 x 24″
Price: $999
Artist Statement
Thornhill, ON CANADA -
Paul Kilbertus
Art book page
acrylic on paper art book page
Artwork: 11.25 x 13.5 “
Price: $300
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Karen Klee-Atlin
Roof Dogs
Monoprint and collage
Artwork: 16 x 10 “
Price: $200
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Adam Kolodziej
The Storyteller
charcoal on paper
Artwork: 24 x 24 “
Price: $600
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
N’eema Lakin-Dainow
RiverrunRedux
photography, acrylic paint, graphic computer work combined on metal
Artwork: 20 x 20 “
Price: $750
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Angela Lane
Curves Ahead
acrylic on birch
Artwork: 27 x 22 x 3.5″
Price: $4000
Artist Statement
Calgary, AB CANADA -
Kasia Latos
Conditioning
hand-cut leather, wood burning, ironing board
Artwork: 54 x 13 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Midland, ON CANADA -
Kasia Latos
A Glass of Anxiety
glazed clay, glass
Artwork: 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Midland, ON CANADA -
Elaine Lauzon
Red Pearl
Monotype Print on Paper
Artwork: 8 x 10 “
Price: $250
Artist Statement
Hamilton, ON CANADA -
Monica Leitao Mota
Wearing a tree (dress #1)
Mixed media (Screen printing process with photo emulsion technique, free motion embroidery. Recycled fabric, vintage fabric, paper, wax paper, screen mesh, silk organza, thread)
Artwork: 28 x 20 x 13″
Price: $300
Artist Statement
London, ON CANADA -
Michelle Letarte
Arabesques Virales Revisitées
mixed media on canvas
Artwork: 63 x 23 “
Price: $500
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Lorna Livey
Spiralling into Darkness
etching/relief/watercolour/stitching
Artwork: 37 x 37 x 2″
Price: $650
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Makaria
The Tightrope Walker: Unsteadied
watercolor, blood, and bone on handmade recycled paper sewn onto dyed felt
Artwork: ~21 x ~21 “
Price: $850
Artist Statement
Wyandotte, MI USA -
Christine Marshall-Smith
Fading Doorways
Polaroid 600 / printed on Nishi Kaji Natural Washi
Artwork: 30.5 x 28.25 “
Price: $390
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
James Matheson
iconic ballet role
acrylic on paper
Artwork: 22 x 30 “
Price: $350
Artist Statement
Peterborough, ON CANADA -
Ruth Maude
Wabi-sabi
Encaustic mixed media on paper (Rives BFK)
Artwork: 26 x 19 “
Price: $345
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Ruth Maude
Below the surface
Encaustic on two sheets of washi
Artwork: 25 in. 18 “
Price: $345
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Heidi McKenzie
Foursome
stoneware
Artwork: 14 x 14 x 14″
Price: $3200
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Heidi McKenzie
Anima Gold
stoneware, glaze
Artwork: 7 x 14 x 12 “
Price: $2400
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Jan Mills
Lunar Reflection 8
Mixed media on cedar log trimmings.
Artwork: 8 x 8 x 1 3/4″
Price: $275
Artist Statement
Williamsburg, ON CANADA -
Carole Milon
UnEarthed 3
Ink, waterolour paint and crayon from natural pigments, graphite and soil on cotton rag paper
Artwork: 21 x 21 “
Price: $800
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Sharon Moodie
There is always a wound
textile. (felt, sewing)
Artwork: 50 x 36 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Guelph, ON CANADA -
Frances O’Flynn
R, R & R
Collage on laminate flooring
Artwork: 22.5 x 8.5 “
Price: $175
Artist Statement
Hamilton, ON CANADA -
Gordana Olujic Dosic
Memory Coil
mixed
Artwork: 71 (variable) x 8 x 8″
Price: $1200
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Loree Ovens
Lifesaver
Mixed media on wood
Artwork: 16.25 x 16.25 x 1.5″
Price: $400
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Loree Ovens
Millstone
Mixed media on wood
Artwork: 16.25 in. 16.25 x 1.5″
Price: $450
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Mary Pal
Willie
textile
Artwork: 45 x 34 “
Price: $1500
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Frances Patella
Sedition
Gum bichromate on watercolour paper
Artwork: 16 x 12 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Tyrell Pearson
Fogged quartz
Wood
Artwork: 22 x 14 x 0.5″
Price: $300
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Dominique Prevost
Ash and Marsh Stand
Ash, Driftwood, Lino Print on Washi Paper
Artwork: 34.5 x 17.5 x 4″
Price: $320
Artist Statement
Oakville, ON, CANADA -
Jodi Reeb
Deep Blue
Enamel paint on pleated aluminum
Artwork: 16 x 16 x 4″
Price: $550
Artist Statement
Minneapolis, MN USA -
Leisa Rich
Things That Are Striped
Fiber
Artwork: 41 x 11 x 13 “
Price: $500
Artist Statement
Gananoque, ON CANADA -
Susan Ruptash
2.2
Rust print on cotton with quebracho and sumac tannins with ferrous sulfate
Artwork: 86 x 38 “
Price: $600
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Susan Ruptash
Interstices
Kurotani #16 Small washi with kakishibu
Artwork: 28 in. 21.5 x 1.5″
Price: $400
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Irina Schestakowich
figure IT
clay, stitch, fibre
Artwork: 6.125 x 2.5 x 1″
Price: $325 plus shipping
Artist Statement
St. John’s, NL CANADA -
Elycia SFA
home life / still life: toronto (2)
handwoven silk linen with sewing thread inlay
Artwork: 17 x 12 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Erin Shadoff
La chaise de cuisine
Embroidery on vintage linen handkerchief
Artwork: 10 x 10 “
Price: $250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Liz Skelton
Flowers of the Sea
acrylics on canvas (unframed and unstretched)
Artwork: 40 x 30 “
Price: $1500
Artist Statement
Waterloo, ON CANADA -
Carol Lee Smith
The Poem is a Dream
Textile – Pillow
Artwork: 10.5 x 15 x 5 “
Price: NFS
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Tracy Thomson
Tidal Flow
Oil on Arches Paper
Artwork: 22 x 30 “
Price: $1250
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Kelly Thorson
Dance of the Dark
Encaustic on Birch Bark
Artwork: 24 x 16 x 3.5″
Price: $550
Artist Statement
Penzance, SK CANADA -
Kelly Thorson
Enfolded
Encaustic on Homemade Paperclay
Artwork: 4.5 x 10 x 5 “
Price: $250
Artist Statement
Penzance, SK CANADA -
Audra Townsend
Cornucopia
Acrylic and Mixed Media
Artwork: 24 x 18 “
Price: $210
Artist Statement
Toronto, ON CANADA -
Gordon Wilson
Autumn Lane
gouache on paper
Artwork: 7.5 x 9.75 “
Price: $300
Artist Statement
Qualicum Beach, BC CANADA -
Gordon Wilson
Rural Landscape
gouache on paper
Artwork: 7 x 10 “
Price: $300
Artist Statement
Qualicum Beach, BC CANADA
