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: SIX DIRECTIONS Six Cardinal Directions Interpreted by the Six Artists of MURMURATIONS ART COLLECTIVE  January 23 - February 21, 2019   Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery 399 The West Mall Etobicoke, ON M9C 2Y2 Tel: 416/ 394-8628 Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am - 8 pm; Sat/ Sun 9 am - 5 pm Artists' Opening Reception: Sunday January 27, 2019, 2 - 4 pm *** THE TEXTILE SHOW Collective Exhibit of Fibre Artworks February 20 - March 10, 2019  Gerrard Art Space 1475 Gerrard Str. East [at Coxwell] Toronto Gallery opening hours: Wed - Sun 2 - 7 pm Reception: Saturday, February 23rd, 3-6 pm *** FINDING SOLACE IN A LANDSCAPE Curated by Lauren McKinley Renzetti January 20 - March 24, 2019  Neighbourhood Gallery Unitarian Universalist Congregation 79 Hiawatha Road [Gerrard & Coxwell] Tel. 416/686-6809 *** UPCOMING EXHIBITS: STORY HOUSES Solo Show of Old Barns and Bygone Rural Life [in Watercolours and Acrylics] March 2nd - May 30th, 2019  Montgomery's Inn 4709 Dundas Str. West Toronto Community Room [downstairs] Museum Opening Hours: Tues - Fri 10 am - 5 pm; Sat & Sun 1-5 pm Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 2-4 pm  Closing Reception: Thursday, May 30th, 6.30 - 8.30 pm *** ARTISTS IN THE GARDEN AT CANADA BLOOMS An initiative of the GARDEN CLUB OF TORONTO March 8 - 17, 2018  Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place 100 Princes' Blvd Tel 416/ 263-3000 Opening hours: Mon-Wed: 10 am - 8 pm Thurs-Sat: 10 am - 9 pm Sunday 10 March: 10 am - 6 pm Sunday 17 March: 10 am - 5 pm Invited by THE GARDEN CLUB OF TORONTO, I will be there for a live demo on Friday, March 8 & Saturday, March 9 Come by to see me and the other invited artists at work! *** 2018 IN REVIEW: Participated to 19 collective exhibits and events [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: STORY HOUSES Watercolours *** STARK SHORES Newfoundland in Watercolour and Acrylic Paintings *** PAKEHA EYES New Zealand Landscapes *** CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com |