Year of the Tiger Blog

 

 

 

 

9th International Print Exhibition & Exchange - Year of the Ox

PROOF Studio Gallery
55 Mill St, Studio 104, Bldg 74, Case Goods Warehouse
Distillery District, Toronto ON
Open: Wed - Sun 12 - 5

Opening and meet the artists: Sunday, February 14, 2 - 4 pm
Exhibition dates: February 10 - 28, 2010

PROOF Studio Gallery is hosting the 9th International Print Exhibition and Exchange – an opportunity for printmakers from all over the world to connect with eachother by exhibiting their print interpretation of the zodiac sign of the tiger for the Chinese New Year.

This year they have over 100 prints from across Canada and the United States as well as China, Hong Kong, Romania, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland, and Britain!

Click here to see all the prints on the Year of the Tiger Blog.

See all Ottawa Tigers at the Ottawa School of Art !

My Year of the Tiger woodcut:

 

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Portrait of the Artist

arts & architecture gallery
1181 Bank St (close to Billings Bridge Plaza)
Ottawa ON

A group show of self-portrait photography by over a dozen
Ottawa photographers.

Vernissage: Friday, February 19, 7 - 10 pm
Exhibition dates: February 17 - 28, 2010

Gallery hours:
Monday, Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 11 - 5
Thursday, Friday: 11 - 7
Saturday, Sunday: 11 - 5

 

Personal Experiences

 

Personal Experiences

OSA Orleans Campus Gallery
Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd, Orleans ON

Rozemarijn Oudejans' etchings and monoprints reflect a struggle with depression through personal experience, hoping to encourage others to react more positively towards mental illness. Batya Cavens' works feature raw paintings inspired by street art and society, challenging her as an artist to illustrate her experiences.

Opening reception: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 2 - 5 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, January 23, 1 - 3 pm
Exhibition dates: January 7 - February 7, 2010

Read the interview in the Orleans Star newspaper:

Orleans Star newspaper

Gallery hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 8:30 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday, Sunday: 11 am - 5:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

Ottawa Reflections

Centrepointe Theatre Gallery
Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa ON

Opening reception: Monday, December 7, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
Exhibition dates: December 4, 2009 - January 13, 2010

The past year, Hans Blokpoel and Rozemarijn Oudejans have spent searching for reflections in and around Ottawa. Hans photographed during the day, Rozemarijn took her camera on tripod after sunset. The resulting images will be on show at the Centrepointe Theatre Gallery in December.

Come see our city from a different perspective !

Gallery hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 9 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm

 

 

 

SPAO Print Sale

School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa
168 Dalhousie Ave, Ottawa ON

Exhibition date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 11 am - 4 pm
Auction Preview:
11 am - 12 noon
Silent Auction: 12 noon - 2 pm

Second annual fund-raising event for SPAO with silent auction of black & white and colour photographs by SPAO fulltime and parttime students and established local and international photographic artists.

Don't miss this great opportunity to buy original gifts !

Also: BAKE SALE of holiday snacks and goodies !


 

 

 

Play - Fine Art for Kids

Cube Gallery
7 Hamilton Ave North, Ottawa ON

Opening: Sunday, December 6, 2 - 5 pm
Exhibition dates: December 3 - 24, 2009

Cube gallery presents the second annual show for discerning young art lovers. Why give our kids mass produced plastic toys from big box stores? Why plaster their walls with corporate produced posters and psuedo art work? Kids deserve more! Why not grace their rooms with fine art, designed for kids, handmade locally and ethically?

Join us at the opening: Refreshments, entertainment, art :
a kid friendly version of a great art vernissage !

Gallery hours:
Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm

 

 

 

Holiday Fundraising Art Sale

The Ottawa School of Art
November 26 - December 15, 2009

Find original Christmas gifts and support the Ottawa School of Art at the same time !

The Ottawa School of Art is pleased to present their 25th Annual Holiday Fundraising Art Sale in the ByWard Market and their first annual Holiday Fundraising Art Sale at the new Orleans Campus in the Shenkman Arts Centre. This exhibition/fundraiser supports the OSA and its members by featuring a wide range of unique and affordable works of art, perfect for collecting or gift-giving. This event provides an opportunity to see the variety of techniques and styles of work that are continually being generated by the Ottawa School of Art community.

 

 

 

 

 

Naked in the Capital

Arts & Architecture Gallery
Ottawa ON

November 4 - 29, 2009

Based on Dan Couto's 'Naked in the House' series on City TV in Toronto, a similar event has been developed in Ottawa. For 'Naked in the Capital' 10 photographers, each with one camera, one lens, no artificial lighting, in a previously unknown location, had 30 minutes to shoot one model. The shoot took place on August 29 and A-Channel and the Ottawa Citizen were there to cover it. All 10 photographers submitted 3 images from their shoot for exhibition at Arts & Architecture Gallery.

All proceeds of sales will go to the Snowsuit Fund.

Check out the articles about Naked in the Capital in the Ottawa Citizen and SNAP! :

Ottawa Citizen article ---- SNAP! Ottawa Downtown

 

 

 

Featured Artist Exhibit

Rothwell Gallery, Ottawa ON, November 4 - 28, 2009

For the month of November my black-and-white and colour intaglio prints, inspired by the beauty of nature and man-made landscapes that we see around us every day, will be shown at Rothwell Gallery.

Read the article about this show in the Orleans Star newspaper of December 13, 2009:

Orleans Star newspaper

 

 

 

 

BookMarked

Gallery 96 and Stratford Public Library, Stratford ON
October 18 - November 7, 2009

This juried exhibition of altered books and book art brings together the work of twenty artists from across Canada and the US. BookMarked highlights a rich diversity of artists, from emerging to established, whose interests incorporate books as a major conceptual and creative element in their work.

 

View all exhibited books in the online BookMarked catalogue:

BookMarked Catalogue

 

 

 

Crossing Borders

Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture, Ottawa ON October 1 - 31, 2009

The Coalition of New Canadians for Arts & Culture presents a contemporary art exhibition of Canadian art with international flavor by artists Rola Bleik, Rick Carroll, Lillian Holdstock, Rozemarijn Oudejans and Charlene Walker.

 

 

 

 

International Juried Print Exhibition

OSA Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans ON
July - August 2009

80 works by 65 artists from 9 countries are displayed at the Orleans Campus Gallery of the Ottawa School of Art in the newly opened Shenkman Arts Centre in Orleans. Works were selected from 169 submissions and feature various printmaking techniques.

 

 

 

LIKENESS

Red Wall Gallery, Ottawa ON, June - September 2009

Contemporary photo-based artists explore the portrait as representation in this celebratory group exhibition as part of the Festival Karsh, a city-wide celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Canada's most famous photographer, Yousuf Karsh.

LIKENESS is a stop on the Karsh Trail, a self-directed walking tour of sites and displays in downtown Ottawa related to Yousuf Karsh.

Festival Karsh

 

 

 

Meditations / Personifications

Arts & Architecture Gallery, Ottawa ON, March - April 2009

Looks through the lens at elements of our natural world which bring a sense of wonder, tell a story or draw parallels between themselves – and ourselves. The exhibit features the work of Ottawa artists Rozemarijn Oudejans, Mary Kritz, Tim Lash and Hans Blokpoel.

 

 

 

8th International Print Exchange & Exhibition - Year of the Ox

PROOF Studio Gallery, Toronto ON, February 2009

PROOF Studio Gallery hosted the 8th International Print Exhibition and Exchange – an opportunity for printmakers from all over the world to connect with each other by exhibiting their print interpretation of the zodiac sign of the Chinese New Year.

Click here to see all the prints on the Year of the Ox Blog.

 

 

 

SPAO Print Sale

School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa, December 2008

First annual fund-raising event for SPAO with silent auction of black & white and colour photographs by SPAO fulltime and parttime students and established local and international photographic artists.

 

 

Holiday Fundraising Art Sale

The Ottawa School of Art, December 2008

 

 

 

Acid Girls

Gallery of the Visual Arts Centre, Orléans ON, December 2008

Print show with Monika Ucan and Virginia Sheehan.

 

Check out the article about this exhibit in the Orleans Star newspaper of December 12, 2008:

Orleans Star newspaper

 

 

 

Selections 2008

Cumberland Gallery, Orléans ON, October, 2008

7th edition of the annual juried art exhibit of Arts Ottawa East members.

 

 

 

 

Top Drawers

St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts & Humanities, Ottawa ON
September 2008

Juried art exhibition and fundraiser on the theme of underwear to raise money for new underwear for adults and children living in Ottawa shelters.

Saint Brigid's

 

 

 

Three women

Oz Kafé, Ottawa ON, September - October, 2008

Trilingual print and photography group show with Virginia Sheehan and Sheri Burke at our favourite restaurant, Oz Kafé on Elgin Street.

 

 

 

A+ Photo Exhibition

Red Wall Gallery, School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa,
August, 2008

The first annual exhibition showcasing the talents of SPAO's part-time students, past and present. A+ is a collection of the 20 winning works of SPAO's A+ Photography contest in the categories of silver gelatin, digital imagery and alternative processes.

 

 

 

 

New Canadians

Parkdale Gallery, Ottawa ON, June - July, 2008

In celebration of Canada Day, seven artists from seven countries exhibited their work in the Parkdale Gallery in Ottawa.

 

 

 

 

Art in the Park

Central Park, Ottawa ON, June 7 - 8, 2008

The 16th edition of this popular annual outdoor art festival (now: The New Art Festival) attracted a lot of art lovers to Central Park in The Glebe. Over 250 artists showed and sold their work on two hot and humid days in June 2008.

 

 

 

9th International Art Miniature Biennial / 9e Biennale internationale d'art miniature

Salle Augustin-Chénier, Ville-Marie QC, May - September, 2008

This juried art biennial showed almost 400 works (over 150 of which were prints) by artists from 30 countries, displayed magnificantly in the Salle Augustin-Chénier in Ville-Marie, Quebec.

 

 

 

 

2nd International Mini Print Exhibition

The Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa ON, April - May, 2008

This bi-annual miniature print exhibition showed over 200 prints by artists from 18 different countries.

Cancer Connections

 

 

 

Cancer Connections

This outdoor photographic exhibition about people living with cancer is organized by Photosensitive and the Canadian Cancer Society.

Cancer Connections opened in May 2008 in Toronto and the show then visited Charlottetown (PEI) and Montreal (QC). The exhibition continues to grow and will travel to Regina (SK), Winnipeg (MB), St. John (NB), Halifax (NS) and Saint John's (NFL) in 2009 and to Vancouver (BC) in April 2010. The tour will end with a grand finale exhibition in Ottawa in 2010.

Check out www.photosensitive.com for more information on where the exhibition is currently displayed and to see all the exhibited photos.

 

SNAP08 - Photographic Fundraiser for the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)

 

 

 

SNAP!08

Photographic fundraiser for the AIDS Committee of Toronto
National Ballet School, Toronto ON, March 2008

 

 

 

Year of the Rat - Print Exhibition

Ottawa School of Art off-site exhibition space, Minto Place Hotel,
Ottawa ON, March - April, 2008

All Ottawa School of Art participants in the 7th International Print Exchange & Exhibition - Year of the Rat at Proof Studio Gallery in Toronto also exhibited their work at the Ottawa School of Art off-site exhibition space in the lobby of the Minto Place Hotel.

Year of the Rat - Blog

 

 

 

7th International Print Exchange & Exhibition - Year of the Rat

PROOF Studio Gallery, Toronto ON, February 2008

PROOF Studio Gallery hosted the 7th International Print Exhibition and Exchange – an opportunity for printmakers from anywhere in the world to connect with eachother by exhibiting their print interpretation of the zodiac sign of the Chinese New Year. Artists from China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario participated in this free exhibition and print exchange, by sending in their limited edition prints, made especially for this show.

Click here to see all the prints on the Year of the Rat Blog.

 

 

 

Holiday Fundraising Art Sale

The Ottawa School of Art, December 2007

 

 

READ ME ! LOOK AT ME !

ArtEZ, Arnhem Academy of Art and Design, The Netherlands
April 2004

An exhibition of books made by students of all departments of the Academy; Graphic Design, Product Design, Fashion, Fine Art and Education in Art.

In addition, an interactive CD-ROM was produced, containing interviews with students and teachers and showing over 80 books from the exhibit.

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