Media Kit

Winter 2023 Exhibitions - Margaux Williamson: Interiors | Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
Margaux Williamson: Interiors Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors PROJECT SPACE: Morgan Melenka: A provisional vista BRIDGE SPACE: Cut + Paste: Inside Out Until 30 April.

PDFs

TheVisitors_PressRelease-1.pdf

Monday, January 13th, 2025
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Interiors_PressRelease.pdf

Thursday, January 12th, 2023
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Winter-Exhibitions.pdf

Thursday, January 12th, 2023
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Installation view of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors," 2012. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors," 2012. Photo by: John Dean.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Installation view of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors," 2012. Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at "The Visitors" by Ragnar Kjartansson. Photo by: Elyse Bouvier.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Installation view of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors," 2012. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors," 2012. Photo by: John Dean.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at the exhibition "Interiors" by Margaux Williamson, at Esker Foundation until 30 April. Photo by: Elyse Bouver.
Margaux Williamson, "Fire," 2021. Oil on canvas. 177.8 x 213.4 cm. Promised gift of Christine and Andrew W. Dunn McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Margeaux Williamson, "Table and Chair," 2016. oil on canvas. 63 x 90 inches . Courtesy of The Bailey Collection.
Margaux Williamson, "Garlic," 2019. Oil on canvas. 16 x 16 inches. Collection of the artist.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at the exhibition "Interiors" by Margaux Williamson, at Esker Foundation until 30 April. Photo by: Elyse Bouver.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at the exhibition "Interiors" by Margaux Williamson, at Esker Foundation until 30 April. Photo by: Elyse Bouver.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at the exhibition "Interiors" by Margaux Williamson, at Esker Foundation until 30 April. Photo by: Elyse Bouver.
Margaux Williamson, Flowers, 2020, oil on canvas, 41 × 41 cm. Courtesy: the artist.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Visitors at the exhibition "Interiors" by Margaux Williamson, at Esker Foundation until 30 April. Photo by: Elyse Bouver.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Margaux Williamson, "Window," 2017. Oil on canvas 63 x 90 inches. The Bailey Collection.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Margaux Williamson's exhibition "Interiors." Photo by: John Dean.
Margaux Williamson, "At night I painted in the kitchen," 2013. Oil on canvas. Collection of Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

Summer/Fall 2022 Exhibitions Launch: Robin Arseneault, Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau & Gailan Ngan

Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Robin Arseneault: Falling Off The Log Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau: The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum Gailan Ngan: From The Studio Floor 23 July – 18 December 2022

PDFs

PressRelease_Fall2022.pdf

Friday, March 17th, 2023
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SUMMER_FALL_2022.pdf

Thursday, July 7th, 2022
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Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Robin Arseneault's exhibition "Falling Off The Log," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau , "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2021. HD video, colour, sound, 27 minutes 34 seconds.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau's exhibition "The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum," 2022. Photo by John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Random Objects Of Material: 8 objects/ideas/materials. Things that I collect. Do they mean anything?" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "Moon Orbit" from "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.
Gailan Ngan, "From The Studio Floor," 2022. Esker Foundation. Photo by: John Dean.

Winter/Spring 2022 Exhibitions Launch: Farah Al Qasimi, Michelle Bui, and Veronika Pausova; Ashley Bedet & TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves

Friday, January 14th, 2022
Esker Foundation is pleased to present our Winter/Spring 2022 exhibition season with three solo exhibitions by Farah Al Qasimi: Letters for Occasions, Michelle Bui: Naked Excess and Veronika Pausova: Fast Moving Sun, 22 January until 26 June 2022. In the Project Space: Ashley Bedet: a rolled chord of sunlight unfurled.  In our new Bridge space is: TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves an audiovisual digital art installation by Kaitlyn Purcell and collaborators Brendon Many Bears, Joey Big Snake, Jeremy Bobosky, Laurencine Saddleback, and Maci Jordan.

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PressRelease_WinterExhibitions2022-1.pdf

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
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Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Partly Cloudy," 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Partly Cloudy," 2021 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Wading Sun," 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Contact Lens," 2018. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches. Courtesy the artist, and Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal. Private collection of Karine Faucher & Nicolas Patard.
Veronika Pausova, "Flaneuse," 2019. Oil on canvas, 75 x 65 inches. Courtesy the artist, and Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal. Claridge Collection.
Veronika Pausova, "Still Life," 2018. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Playing the Organs," 2021. Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery, New York.
Veronika Pausova, "Playing the Organs," 2021. Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery, New York.
Installation view of Veronika Pausova's exhibition "Fast Moving Sun," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "counterpole," 2019. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Sexy Gloves" 2019. Photo by: John Dean.
Veronika Pausova, "Scent Charm" 2018, oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal.
Veronika Pausova, "Projected Limbs," 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Farah Al Qasimi's exhibition "Letters for Occasions," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Farah Al Qasimi's exhibition "Letters for Occasions," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Farah Al Qasimi's exhibition "Letters for Occasions," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Farah Al Qasimi's exhibition "Letters for Occasions," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Farah Al Qasimi, "Anood in the Guest Bedroom," 2020. Courtesy of the Artist; Helena Anrather, New York; and The Third Line, Dubai.
Farah Al Qasimi, “Majlis Goat,” 2020. Courtesy of the Artist; Helena Anrather, New York; and The Third Line, Dubai.
Installation view of Farah Al Qasimi's exhibition "Letters for Occasions," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Michelle Bui, "Baby's Breath," 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Michelle Bui's exhibition "Naked Excess," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Michelle Bui, "Still Life Under Rolling Pin," 2019. Pigmented inkjet print on paper. Equitable Bank Art Collection.
Michelle Bui, "Hell's Angels Bouquet," 2018. Pigmented inkjet print on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of Ashley Bedet's exhibition "a rolled chord of sunlight unfurled," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Ashley Bedet's exhibition "a rolled chord of sunlight unfurled," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Ashley Bedet's exhibition "a rolled chord of sunlight unfurled," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the Bridge Space exhibition "TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the Bridge Space exhibition "TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves," 2022. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the Bridge Space exhibition "TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the Bridge Space exhibition "TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the Bridge Space exhibition "TIPI_LOOPS.dreamwaves," 2022 (detail). Photo by: John Dean.

Esker Foundation Proudly Presents: "Legends of the Trans" A Solo Exhibition of New Photographic Work by Vivek Shraya

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
Vivek Shraya: Legends of the Trans 18 October 2021 to 6 February 2022 This new photographic work, inspired by the 1994 film Legends of the Fall, continues Vivek Shraya’s queering of performance, photography, and storytelling to reflect an open-ended and ever-evolving notion of herself and the immense value of non-conforming role models. Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Produced in part with support from the Esker Foundation Commission Fund.

PDFs

PressRelease_VivekShraya.pdf

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
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Vivek Shraya, "Legends of the Trans,"2021. Courtesy of the artist.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya, Legends of the Trans, 2021. On view at the Esker Foundation Project Space until 6 February. Photo by: John Dean.
Vivek Shraya. Photography by Vanessa Heins.

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Fall Exhibitions 2021: RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting brings together artists who address questions of diaspora from diverse perspectives, methodologies, and aesthetic languages. Featuring 27 artists living and working across Canada, the US, and the UK, the exhibition explores the multiple and complex meanings of the idea of the diaspora, its condition, and its experiences as expressed in painting. First presented at the PHI Foundation, Montréal in 2020, we are proud to be able to extend this important exhibition and bring the work of these exceptional artists to Calgary. RELATIONS publication.

PDFs

RELATIONS.pdf

Friday, July 9th, 2021
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PressRelease_RELATIONS.pdf

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
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RELATIONS_Artist_Bios_EN.pdf

Friday, July 9th, 2021
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Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Jessica Sabogal & Shanna Strauss, "We Are Bridges," 2020. Mixed media, spray paint, photo transfer, acrylic. 8 x 13 feet. Courtesy of the artists.
Shanna Strauss, "Bee-Keeper," 2019. Mixed media, photo transfer, acrylic, fabric, found wood. 53 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Firelei Báez, "Years of holding your tongue," 2018 (detail). Gouache on paper, 237.5 x 129.5 cm. Courtesy of Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
Firelei Báez, "Years of holding your tongue," 2018. Drawing, gouache on paper. 98 x 56 inches. Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
Firelei Báez, "Ooloi Ciguapa (mass pedigrees of masterpieces unsold)," 2018. Drawing, gouache on paper. 96 x 51 inches. Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of Marigold Santos' work featured in RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Marigold Santos, "shroud (in threadbare light) 1," 2020. Painting, acrylic, pigment, gesso on canvas. 40 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto.
Marigold Santos, "shroud (in threadbare light) 2," 2020. Painting, acrylic, pigment, gesso on canvas. 40 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Maia Cruz Palileo, "Afterward," 2019. Painting, oil on panel. 24 x 30 inches. From Young-Abraham Collection.
Mathieu Manuel, "ST-Jak 3," 2020. Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, tape, fabric, oil sticks. 80 x 75 inches. Courtesy of the Rozéfort-Racicot Family Collection.
Mathieu Manuel, "The Entrance," 2019. Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, tape, fabric, oil sticks. Collection of Sylvi Plante & Neil Wiener. 90 x 90 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Manuel Mathieu, "Imaginary Landscape," 2020. Painting, acrylic, chalk, charcoal, tape, dust, silicone. 75 x 68 inches. Collection Desjardins.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Moridja Kitenge Banza, "Chiromancie #9, No3," 2019. Drawing, ink on mylar. 52 x 42 inches. Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Rajni Perera, "Ancestor 1," 2019. Mixed media on paper. 48 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto.
Rajni Perera, "Ancestor 2," 2019. Mixed media on paper, 48 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Salman Toor, "Group," 2020, Oil on board. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Phoebe Greenberg Collection.
Hurvin Anderson, "Welcome: Carib," 2005. Painting, oil on canvas. 150 x 211 cm. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Hurvin Anderson, "Untitled (Lady TV)" 2001. Painting, oil on canvas. 140 x 100 cm. Collection Martine d'Anglejan & Dara Khera, London.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition "RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting," at Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2021. Photo by John Dean.
Rick Leong, Goldstream, 2019, oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches. Collection Nick & Dale Tedeschi.
Rick Leong, "Goldstream," 2019, oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches. Collection Nick & Dale Tedeschi.

Summer/Fall Project Space Exhibition | Molly JF Caldwell: With One Hand Tied Behind My Back

Monday, June 14th, 2021
Until 10 October Artist Talk: Molly JF Caldwell - Thursday 5 August, 6pm This site-specific installation is a love letter to Penelope, a mythical figure from Homer’s Odyssey. Piously waiting for her husband to return from the Trojan War, Penelope repeatedly wove, unraveled, and rewove a tapestry to avoid her scores of suitors. Through her own textile-based practice, Caldwell considers multiple readings of Penelope’s labour; is it an utterance of her autonomy and power, or a visual manifestation of her subservience? With One Hand Tied Behind My Back reflects Caldwell’s ongoing research on the complexities and contradictions of labour, care, gender, and sexuality.

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Installation view of Molly JF Caldwell's exhibition With "One Hand Tied Behind My Back," June 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Molly JF Caldwell's exhibition "With One Hand Tied Behind My Back," June 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Molly JF Caldwell, photo by: Chelsea Yang-Smith.

Spring Exhibitions 2021 | Fin Simonetti

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Spring Exhibition 2021  Fin Simonetti: An Appeal to Heaven  

Fin Simonetti works with sculpture, installation, and drawing to investigate the uneasy terrain among our desire for security, states of fragility and vulnerability, and the sensorial, emotional, and psychological relationships we have to objects, bodies, and spaces. Her work adopts forms and imagery with corporal, visceral resonance that poetically undermine our senses of familiarity and ease.

An Appeal to Heaven presents recent works in carved stone and stained glass that, through paradoxical relationships between form and material, connect to themes of emergency, protection, and control.

Image Credit: Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition An Appeal to Heaven, Esker Foundation, Calgary. 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.    

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Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
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Friday, March 19th, 2021
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Spring Exhibitions 2021 | Louise Bourgeois, Chris Curreri, Fin Simonetti & Molly JF Caldwell

Thursday, January 14th, 2021
Winter/Spring Exhibitions 2021 | Louise Bourgeois, Chris Curreri, Fin Simonetti & Yvonne Kustec Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem Chris Curreri: Thick Skull, Thin Skin; Fin Simonetti: An Appeal to Heaven; Yvonne Kustec: The Garden  

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Monday, January 13th, 2025
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Friday, March 19th, 2021
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
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Louise Bourgeois at the printing press in the lower level of her home and studio on 20th Street, New York, 1995. Photograph by: and © Mathias Johansson.
Installation view of the exhibition <i>Louise Bourgeois: What is The Shape of This Problem</i>. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition <i>Louise Bourgeois: What is The Shape of This Problem</i>. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition <i>Louise Bourgeois: What is The Shape of This Problem</i>. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Chris Curreri, <i>Virginia,</i> 2017. Collection of Sara Angel and Michael Angel.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of the exhibition <i>Louise Bourgeois: What is The Shape of This Problem</i>. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Chris Curreri, <i>Kiss Portfolio</i> 2016. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Chris Curreri, <i>Kiss Portfolio</i> 2016. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.
Installation view of Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,</i> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Chris Curreri, <i>Kiss Portfolio</i> 2016. Courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.
Chris Curreri, <i>Lifecast,</i> 2017. Collection of Sara Angel and Michael Angel.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> and Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> and Chris Curreri's exhibition <i>Thick Skull, Thin Skin,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
"Double Bind" from, Fin Simonetti's exhibition <i>An Appeal to Heaven,<i/> 23 January to 26 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
In a street-level window gallery space, which has a pale pink painted floor and walls, a life-size pink ceramic female figure stands on a low circular plinth that is covered in white and red fake fur. On the floor around the figure are several dark green and blue snakes. The body and head of the figure is covered in clay forms of flowers and leaves, the figure has long pink hair that almost reaches the floor. The hands are holding pink hair strands which have snake heads. On the wall behind the figure are several yellow ochre, orange and pink ceramic flower heads.]
Installation view of Yvonne Kustec's exhibition <i>The Garden</i> in the Esker Project Space, 8 February to 6 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
In a street-level window gallery space, which has a pale pink painted floor and walls, a life-size pink ceramic female figure stands on a low circular plinth that is covered in white and red fake fur. On the floor around the figure are several dark green and blue snakes. The body and head of the figure is covered in clay forms of flowers and leaves, the figure has long pink hair that almost reaches the floor. The hands are holding pink hair strands which have snake heads. On the wall behind the figure are several yellow ochre, orange and pink ceramic flower heads.]
Installation view of Yvonne Kustec's exhibition <i>The Garden</i> in the Esker Project Space, 8 February to 6 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
In a street-level window gallery space, which has a pale pink painted floor and walls, a life-size pink ceramic female figure stands on a low circular plinth that is covered in white and red fake fur. On the floor around the figure are several dark green and blue snakes. The body and head of the figure is covered in clay forms of flowers and leaves, the figure has long pink hair that almost reaches the floor. The hands are holding pink hair strands which have snake heads. On the wall behind the figure are several yellow ochre, orange and pink ceramic flower heads.]
Installation view of Yvonne Kustec's exhibition <i>The Garden</i> in the Esker Project Space, 8 February to 6 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
In a street-level window gallery space, which has a pale pink painted floor and walls, a life-size pink ceramic female figure stands on a low circular plinth that is covered in white and red fake fur. On the floor around the figure are several dark green and blue snakes. The body and head of the figure is covered in clay forms of flowers and leaves, the figure has long pink hair that almost reaches the floor. The hands are holding pink hair strands which have snake heads. On the wall behind the figure are several yellow ochre, orange and pink ceramic flower heads.]
Installation view of Yvonne Kustec's exhibition <i>The Garden</i> in the Esker Project Space, 8 February to 6 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
In a street-level window gallery space, which has a pale pink painted floor and walls, a life-size pink ceramic female figure stands on a low circular plinth that is covered in white and red fake fur. On the floor around the figure are several dark green and blue snakes. The body and head of the figure is covered in clay forms of flowers and leaves, the figure has long pink hair that almost reaches the floor. The hands are holding pink hair strands which have snake heads. On the wall behind the figure are several yellow ochre, orange and pink ceramic flower heads.]
Installation view of Yvonne Kustec's exhibition <i>The Garden</i> in the Esker Project Space, 8 February to 6 June, 2021. Photo by: John Dean.

Press Release: Fall Exhibitions - Liz Magor, Samuel Roy-Bois and Jon Sasaki

Saturday, August 29th, 2020

Three Solo Exhibitions Open this Fall at Esker Foundation

26 September – 19 December: Liz Magor, One Bedroom Apartment; Samuel Roy-Bois, Presences; Jon Sasaki Killing One Bird with Half a Stone; In the Project Space: Kasia Sosnowski, SNEEK-E-PEEP’N, until 31 January 2021.

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Fall-Exhibitions_2020_.pdf

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
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PR_Esker_fall_2020_FINAL.pdf

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
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Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Liz Magor, <i>One Bedroom Apartment,</i> installation view at Esker Foundation, 2020. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Liz Magor's exhibition <i>One Bedroom Apartment</i> (1996-ongoing) at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Installation view of Samuel Roy-Bois's exhibition <i>Presences</i> at Esker Foundation on view until 19 December.
Jon Sasaki, "Improvised Travel Adapters," 2018-ongoing series.
Jon Sasaki, <i>Improvised Travel Adapters</i> series, 2018–ongoing. Courtesy of the artist.
Jon Sasaki, <i>Improvised Travel Adapters, </i> ongoing series. Courtesy the artist.
Jon Sasaki, <i>To Change a Lightbulb,</i> still, 2017, 1080P HD video, 14 minutes, looped with sound.
Jon Sasaki, <i>To Change a Lightbulb,</i> 2017, 1080P HD video, 14 minutes, looped with sound.
Jon Sasaki, <i>Ladder Stack,</i> still, 2009, HDV, 2:05, silent, looped. Courtesy the artist.
Jon Sasaki, <i>Ladder Stack,</i> still, 2009, HDV, 2:05, silent, looped. Courtesy the artist.
Jon Sasaki, <i>Motivation,</i> still, 2013, HD video, 2'36." Courtesy the artist.
Kasia Sosnowski, installation view of <i>SNEEK-E-PEEP’N,</i> 17 August 2020 - 31 January 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Kasia Sosnowski, installation view of <i>SNEEK-E-PEEP’N,</i> 17 August 2020 - 31 January 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Kasia Sosnowski, installation view of <i>SNEEK-E-PEEP’N,</i> 17 August 2020 - 31 January 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Kasia Sosnowski, installation view of <i>SNEEK-E-PEEP’N,</i> 17 August 2020 - 31 January 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Kasia Sosnowski, installation view of <i>SNEEK-E-PEEP’N,</i> 17 August 2020 - 31 January 2021. Photo by: John Dean.

Esker Presents: Permanent Collection

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

A New Digital Art Publishing Project

Esker Foundation is pleased to announce the digital launch of Permanent Collection. permanentcollection.eskerfoundation.com

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PressRelease_PermanentCollection.pdf

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
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Charlotte Moth, living images (2015). Co-commissioned by Esker Foundation and The Banff Centre This work was created with the support of a Paul D. Fleck Fellowship residency at The Banff Centre. Photo by John Dean.
Charlotte Moth, living images (2015). Co-commissioned by Esker Foundation and The Banff Centre This work was created with the support of a Paul D. Fleck Fellowship residency at The Banff Centre. Photo by John Dean.
Charlotte Moth, Noting Thoughts (2011) installation detail. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Marcelle Alix, Paris. Photo by John Dean.
Charlotte Moth, Inserts and Filmic Sketches (2015), installation view. Photo by John Dean.
Celia Perrin Sidarous: Interiors, Other Chambers, 2015. Photo by: John Dean.
Celia Perrin Sidarous: Interiors, Other Chambers, 2015. Photo by: John Dean.
Rebecca Loewen, Just for Staying Together, 2015. Photo by John Dean.
Rebecca Loewen, Just for Staying Together, 2015. Photo by John Dean.