CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com My artistic work and explorations continue, and I share some of them on my Facebook Pages: You are invited to visit and comment! Due to the pandemic restrictions on public spaces, art shows have moved online. Please visit them and feel free to contact me for any of my artworks you're interested in. UPCOMING ONLINE EXHIBITS: Toronto Watercolour Society's AQUAVISION 2021 37th Annual Spring Juried Online Exhibition and Sale  June 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021 Online *** John B. Aird Gallery's Sculpture 2021 Online Exhibition + Artbook  *** 2021 PLANS: Enrolled in [so far] 6 online workshops with accomplished artists Preparing pieces for DVAC, TWS, LifeFramer and Aird online shows Because of the evolving public health situation, plans can be only tentative at this time, and may change on short notice. Please e-mail me directly with any enquiry 2020 IN REVIEW : Participated in the Textile Show and the Watercolour Show at GAS, and in the DVAC and TWS Online Shows in Spring and Winter Had to cancel 2 site-specific solo shows due to galleries closing over lockdowns Mourned my 96-year-old mother's passing away. Sewed lots of masks for family and friends. Sewed Liturgical fabric coverings and gardened a lot. Took an exciting and challenging workshop with Andrew Cheddie Sookrah in November  2019 IN REVIEW : Besides participating in 12 collective shows, I had a 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 in the fall.   Plus visited several times my elderly mother in Switzerland, as usual. 2018 IN REVIEW: Participated in 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 in the DVAC and TWS Spring & Fall shows celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary, and in 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 in 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 in 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 in one collective show. *** Solo Exhibits in Preparation: TIDES Abstracted Waterscapes *** PAKEHA EYES Landscape Paintings of New Zealand *** CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com |