CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com My artistic work and explorations continue, between various travels, and I share some of them on my Facebook Pages: You are invited to visit and comment! CURRENT EXHIBITS: MISTLETOE MAGIC 30th Annual Fundraising December 5 - 12, 2019  John B. Aird Gallery Artscape West Queen West, B05 906 Queen Str. West Preview: Wed-Fri 12-6 pm; Sat & Sun 1 - 5 pm Silent Auction Night: Thursday, December 12, from 6 - 8 pm *** 2020 UPCOMING SHOWS: THE HEART SHOW Artwork that explores all matters of the heart, whether it be anatomical, biological, spiritual or emotional January 29 - February 16, 2020  Gerrard Art Space 1475 Gerrard Str. East [at Coxwell] Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 2-7 pm Reception: Saturday, February 1st, 3 - 6 pm *** THE TEXTILE SHOW Fibre works in 2-D & 3-D February 19 - March 8, 2020  Gerrard Art Space 1475 Gerrard Str. East [at Coxwell] Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 2-7 pm Reception: Saturday, February 22nd, 3 - 6 pm *** STORY HOUSES 2 Forgotten barns and rural life June 2-29, 2020  Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Branch 341 Oakwood Ave Toronto, M6E 2W1 Tel: 416/ 394-1040 Open Mon-Sat, for hours check *** BLESSED BE THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS Women's Work in Bygone Times June 1 - 30, 2020  Montgomery's Inn 4709 Dundas Str. West Toronto Community Room *** 2019 IN REVIEW : Besides participating in 12 collective shows, I had a 3-months-long solo exhibit STORY HOUSES at Montgomery's Inn, where I was invited to give a very well received slide show presentation.   I also attended the June CSPWC week-long Watercolour Symposium in Cape Breton, and took a 2-day Water Media workshop with Momin Khan.   Plus visited several times my elderly mother in Switzerland, as usual. 2018 IN REVIEW: Participated to 19 collective exhibits and events [for details see News -- Past Exhibits], had 3 solo shows, took a week-long watercolour workshop with Ron Hazell to perfect painting water in all its forms, and visited my ailing elderly mother in Switzerland multiple times.   2017 IN REVIEW: Participated to the DVAC and TWS Spring & Fall shows celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary, and to 7 other group shows at John B. Aird Gallery, Artusiasm Gallery & The Freedom Factory [see 'Past Exhibits' for details] + I travelled for three months through New Zealand, enjoying Summer at the antipodes, and also visited Switzerland three times.    In the second half of 2017 I have been deeply affected by the loss of my 95-year-old father. I am mourning him still.  *** 2016 IN REVIEW: I had 3 solo exhibits and participated to 10 collective shows during 2016, between four trips to Switzerland to care for my parents. In June & July, I travelled across Newfoundland - pictures and comments to be found on Facebook. Some of the paintings were displayed in the OPAS show, the others somewhere later. I have also been affected by the decline of my elderly parents and their poor health, and that has obviously influenced my art. I find trees continue to express my emotions and thoughts well, as you can see here:    Yesterday, TWS Award of Merit Afeared II Inside-Out IV *** 2015 IN REVIEW: During this year I participated to seven collective exhibits and had two solo shows. I also attended several inspiring art classes over the Summer: = Fold, Tear and Cut [paper] at the TSA with Donnelly Smallwood, and = Printmaking at CTS with Dawn Hemmy    Elliptoid, scored paper construction Persistence, lt.ed. etching on Japanese paper Map, rice paper and ink *** 2014 IN REVIEW: At the beginning of 2014 I focused on finishing my 3-year visual art programme at the Art Centre, graduating from CTS at the end of June. During that time, I developed three series of works: = Gestation/ Germination, a series of sculptures, installations and 3-D pods = Groves, a series of abstracted acrylic paintings and drawings = Fractured, a series of large acrylic paintings with palette knives   Gestating, hydrocal & cotton mesh Summer Grove, abstract acrylic sculpture, January 2014 [detail] painting, March 2014 [detail] In September 2014 I went painting outdoors with OPAS for most of a week in Killarney, and another week in Killbear Provincial Park. Between October and December 2014 I had 4 solo exhibits and participated to one collective show. *** Solo Exhibits in Preparation: BLESSED BE THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS Women's Work in Bygone Times *** STORY HOUSES 2 More paintings of bygone rural life *** CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com |