Exhibitions

 

PAST SHOWS -

 

2024 Season

'Bizarre Bazaar' - September 07-28

A group show celebrating surreal collage and assemblage. Artists shown: Jessica Steele, Peter Crouse, Bobby Cox, Zeph Mitchell, Dayna Schaly, Robin Muccari, Zanahoy, Kevin MacLean, Sheila Smyth

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'Get Stuck In' - A group show from the Canadian Collage Collective, June 01 - July 31

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'Terra Nullius' - June 01 - June 30

A solo show from Jay Hodgson of psychedelic excavations of the new Canadian landscape, the terra nullius. Decollage on panels and board. 

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'April Flowers Bring May Flowers' - May 11 - June 01

A group show that asked artists to create collage works that explores our collective

husbandry skills and stewardship of the lands upon which we live. Each work had to contain a flower, in image or idea. Visit the entire show here. Artists included: Claudia Manco Pena, Jesse Bouffard, Bobby Cox, Jessica Steele, Louise de St. Jorre, Mary-Margaret Bennett, Judith Perry, Sheila Smyth, Zanahoy, Jordan Baraniecki, Kim Humes, Tamsin Sloots

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'Deep Cuts' - April 11 - May 09

A series of collage and décollage works from Rhonda Barrett created to tackle the grief associated with losing both her mother and grandmother within 6 weeks of one another in 2023. 

 

Ju Know?' - March 01 -March 24

All things JUNO inspired the artists for this show. The Juno Music Awards, Juno the film starring Elliot Page, the Aesop fable, the goddess, the butterfly, etc. A group show celebrated during the month of the awards show in Halifax.

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2023 Season

'This Time Last Year', Jean Bergeron and From the Edge of the Pit, November 14-28

Jean Bergeron of Sanguenay, QC has been creating a collage a day from whatever papers cross his path each day. This show highlighted 2 weeks of this creative process and the works created between November 14-28 of 2022. Jeans work was paired with the textile collage work of From the Edge of the Pit, a textile and collage artist local to Halifax. 

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'NOMNOM', Group Show, October 14-November 4th

A delicious food based show opened the night of October 14 during Nocturne, Art at Night Festival. The show offered a fast food collage experience. Orders were taken at the food truck window and within a few minutes the ingredients were arranged into own take-home artwork, placed in a wrapper and consumed by eager eyes.

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'Entrances and Exits', James MacSwain, September 10-30

Entrances and Exits, an exhibition by James MacSwain, consists of nine two-dimensional paper collages with a medium dimension of 25cm by 20cm. As indicated by the title, the work contemplates the entrance of one situation and the exit of another. These situations are built around the ruins of ancient Roman cities; around prophesies of apocalyptic destruction as one empire falls and another is born; around the historical lives of various characters that encounter the Wheel of Fortune. The Wheel of Fortune is an allegory that everyone experiences; in bad times poverty and failure come to us, but then the wheel revolves and we are granted success and riches. As well, Entrances and Exits plays with the tension between reason and irrationality, between the ancient past and modernity. As climate change and wars rattle the foundations of our own society, the question remains: what or who will enter the present and who or what will exit.

 

Eastern Son', S. Korey Steckle, June 30-September 09

This will be the first solo show for award winning Steckle on the East Coast since moving to Cape Breton from Ontario. 'Eastern Son' will feature 12 new original works from Steckle and a number of limited edition prints matted to 8x10 and 11x14. Viewers will note the precise cutting and placement of papers, featuring some of Steckle's own photography, in the abstract geometric works. Themes of capitalism, sex, race, class are tackled by the artist in these collages. Influences on the artist include Robert Raushenberg, Robert Mapplethorp, William S. Burroughs, and Marcel Duchamp.

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'I have taken  the time in my studio located in Glace Bay to meditate, reflect and then execute and express in the medium of collage regarding what it means to be a Father and artist in this so called post truth era,' Steckle says. 

 

'Trashed - Art as Diversion', June 03-24 - A group exhibition working as both an informative and visually appealing look at the trash cycle of Nova Scotia, and how collage and assemblage artists are diverting items headed to the landfill into their art. 

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This show will included a collaborative installation called 'Put a Lid on it', in which artists created collage or assemblage contained within a jar lid exploring what it means to put a stop to something. Folks could limit their ideas to the waste cycle or tackle a broader meaning to take in issues such as hatred, war or commercialism. 

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'Put a Lid on It' artists include: 

Gavin Snow, Alexandra Merkx-Jacques, Jennifer Rae Forsyth, Jen Worden, Flavia Mauricio, Nina Silver, Rachel Zaenab Buhler, Peter Crouse, Daniel Guy, Violaine Ducharme, Josee Lachapelle, Donica Larade, MadCollage, Jerome Bertrand, Zanahoy, Suzan Mandla, Lisa Goodyear, Rhonda Barrett and Samantha Agar

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Artworks by the gallery artists were on display with work from Gavin Snow, Rhonda Barrett, Peter Crouse and Kevin MacLean highlighted within the show. 

 

'From Life', Gavin Snow, April 27-May07 - A solo show of work by artist Gavin Snow showcasing collage and assemblage works that repurpose a myriad of found objects along side textured paint and gesso, raw and painted canvas, collaged papers and timely bits and pieces such as Covid-19 tests. Road signs, shop signs and curbside treasures are included in this collection of works created 'From Life'.

 

'Collage Lovers' - A Group Exhibition February 1-February 28th - A group exhibition of collage that explores the theme of 'collage lovers'. This can pertain to those who enjoy the medium, collage depicting love or exploring topics of affection, or ideas and themes around community and belonging. 

The following artists had work in this show:
Alexandra Merke-Jacques, Ebony Jansen, Jay Hodgson, Peter Crouse, Jen Worden, Rhonda Barrett