July 25 – August 4, 2008, Toronto CAN

I am pleased to announce that my works will be part of the Roots to Rhythm at exhibit at the ROM along side fellow artists Izzy Ohiro, Nicole Pena, Darrell McCalla and among others. Roots to Rhythm: Caribana Art Exhibit is a COLOURblind! traveling art exhibit produced by the Association of African-Canadian Artists.

For more information click here

Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park
Toronto, CAN
M5S 2C6
Telephone: 416.586.800

Hours of Operation:

Monday to Thursday: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 9:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm

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June 27-July 10, 2008, Toronto CAN

A group exhibition by Craig Beal, David Brown, Cliff Kearns, Toni Marvin, Michelle Montague and Yuja Yokoyama

Arta gallery is pleased to present a selection of contemporary and figurative paintings by various artists. Get caught up in enigmatic adventures of figurative and contemporary paintings. The fragments of recognizable imagery will compel the viewer to go further into a dreamlike quality and the search for an unidentifiable narrative, although the narrative work will elude the viewer, the conscious beauty will develop and will be suspended in time.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 27, 2008 6-8pm

Arta Gallery
Suite 102, building 9, 55 Mill Street
Toronto, CAN
416-364-9423

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February 15- March 31, 2008 , Toronto CAN
Program: Art in the Workplace
Curator: Julie Crooks

From February 15 to March 31, 2008, my works will be featured at the Public health Agency of Canada as part of the Art in the Workplace program curated by Julie Crooks. The exhibition will feature for the first time 21 pieces newly created for 2008. In addition, I will also be giving an artist talk and walking tour of the work on March 17th. The artist talk will explain the working process behind the paintings and its transformation from landscape into the realm of abstraction.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
180 Queen Street E.
Toronto, ON, CAN
M5V 3L7

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This year two of my works will be part of the COLOURblind? 2008 touring exhibition.

Based on this year’s MASK theme, rather than using a literal definition, I have decided to use a metaphorical interpretation through the depiction of two figures using myself as the model. The works entitled “Today We Are, Tomorrow We Will Be”, lies in the theories that challenges the perception of reality and encourages the continual research and questioning of certain truths that have been presented before us. The compound effect they have is illustrated via a transition, referencing the result of a manipulated world, where the seemingly otherworld created by technology has become part of one’s daily existence.

Touring at various locations in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Mississauga, Vaughan and Brampton, this year’s show will feature the works of several Canadian artists. Some of the locations include:
Metro Hall,
Vaughan Public Library,
Scarborough Civic Centre,
Mississauga Heritage Centre

For more information please visit: COLOURblind?

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Opening Reception: July 6th, 2007
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6J 1J6

Genius Loves Company visual art project is about creating and incorporating all facets of the arts, to give Visual Art a voice. The theme Genius Loves Company came about by exploring how the arts compliment and often give birth to one another.

The philosophy behind Genius Loves Company is to release individual capacities of artists, by providing a stage or space for expression to be viewed and shared. The artists will create visual images through music, films and poetry, storytelling, real or imagined.

The concept Genius Loves Company is to show that any given communities are composed of the strands of history, experiences and tradition that knit specific community into a distinct entity. Henceforth, artists are weavers whose skills help to keep this communal fabric intact. Also artists have the ability to create new patterns within it in response to current demands.

To learn more about Six Ah Wi and the project, visit: SixAhWi.com

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Thanks to everyone who showed their support at the opening of the Genius Loves Company project on October 14th at Arta Gallery. The show opening was a tremendous success in the community and feedback was positive.

As a result the Six Ah Wi art collective will be holding phase 2 of this project in 2007 which will encompass collaborative works between the artists and members of the community. The collaborative pieces will then be auctioned and its proceeds will be donated to a charity.

For more information about the project please visit Genius Loves Company

Photos from this year’s exhibition opening can be found here

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November 8 December 16, 2006, Toronto CAN

There will be a selection of my abstracted landscapes on display at ACA Gallery in a group exhibition entitled Reflections starting November 8- December 16, 2006.

Artists will be in a attendance on Saturday Nov 18th and 25th, 1-4pm.
These works are from the gallery’s selection and encompasses works by various artists such as , Bernadette Badali, Irena Dukule, Christine Maudy, Scott Pattinson, Andre Maudy and many more.

For more information please contact:

ACA Gallery
183 Queen Street East (at Jarvis)
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1S2
(416) 823-4039
Wed-Fri noon to 6 pm, Sat noon to 5 pm
email [email protected]

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October 14-October 26, 2006, Toronto CAN

The Six Ah Wi art collective in association with AfroToronto.com invites you to the Genius Loves Company art exhibition located at Arta Gallery in the trendy Distillery District in Toronto (CAN).

The project Genius Loves Company is an exploration of how the arts compliment and often give birth to one another .

Meet artists Ato Seitu, Abye Kifle, Georgia Fullerton, Michelle Montague, Sonia Farquharson and Tafewa Turner and be a part of this uplifting and inspirational event.

Opening reception is Saturday October 14 from 5-8pm, exhibition continues to October 26, 2006

Arta Gallery
The Distillery District
55 Mill Street, bldg 9, Suite 102
Toronto, CANADA
M5A 3C4
(416) 364-2782

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Abstract Is… @Arta Gallery, July 14 -July 27, 2006
Opening reception Friday July 14 from 5-7pm

My latest series of works will be on exhibit along with artists Sayeeda Ali, Bernadette Badali, Craig Beal, Heinz Krautberger, David Meekison, Scott Pattinson and Marica Schnoor at Arta Gallery located in the trendy Distillery District. A show of works inspired by medium, emotions, and experience where the artists each with a vision are united under the theme of abstract painting.

For more information please contact Arta Gallery or visit www.artagallery.ca

Arta Gallery
The Distillery District
55 Mill Street, bldg 9, Suite 102
Toronto, CANADA
M5A 3C4
(416) 364-2782

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Calling For All Geniuses

Giving visual art a voice — beginning this April 2006

Toronto, Ont. – April 5th, 2006 Are you one of those people who had a great idea for a painting and dreamed of collaborating with an artist to develop your idea? Well, this is your chance …

Introducing the truly ground-breaking concept of using modern technology to give visual art a voice. The Genius Loves Company art project uses the Internet to engage the general public in the co-creation of art inspired by art. Have you ever been moved by a song, taken into a fantasy journey by a great movie, or left spellbound by a wonderful book? Now imagine transferring that sense of wonderment onto a painting!

During the month of April 2006, artists from the SIX AH WI Collective will be accepting creative ideas from the general public for the creation of a total of six public paintings which will be displayed during the Genius Loves Company exhibition. The exhibition will take place from October 14th to 28th, 2006 at the Arta Gallery in the trendy Distillery district. Following the two-week run at Arta Gallery, the exhibition will move to Ellington’s Café (805 St. Clair Ave W).

But we need your participation immediately as the goal of the project is to foster the active participation of the general public with the artists during the creative process. Please e- mail the artists to share your ideas, encourage them in their creative process, or simply to lend your support in a few words.

How to get involved?
We invite you to visit the exhibition’s site today at www.geniuslovescompany.ca — where you will virtually meet the six talented artists of the Genius Loves Company exhibition. With the theme of the exhibition being “art inspired by art”, the nature of this project is to promote all facets of the arts so as to give Visual Art a more interactive and entertaining voice. The Genius Loves Company concept came about by exploring how the arts compliment and often give birth to one another. Each member of our collective will produce numerous works of art inspired by musicians, writers, poets, instrumentalists and filmmakers. Our intention is to inspire our audience to embrace visual arts by enticing them with art forms that are readily accessible to them; be it online, at bookstores or video and music outlets.
Each artist (Ato Seitu, Georgia Fullerton-Morgan, Sonia Farquharson, Michelle Montague, Abye Kifle, and Tafewa Turner) has chosen a particular piece from another artistic discipline (song, movie or book) which you will help them render into a painting. Take the opportunity now to visit the website and find out which original artistic expression they chose!

PRESS INFO
The SIX AH WI Collective is available for interviews. Members of the media are encouraged to contact Ato Seitu or Melvin Bakandika below to facilitate coverage of the artists and the exhibition.

See AfroToronto.com article on the SIX AH WI Collective http://www.afrotoronto.com/Articles/Mar06/Genius.html

Come out and make art history with our geniuses!

SIX AH WI Artist Collective
Ato Seitu
email: [email protected]
phone: 416-667-8200
AfroToronto.com
Melvin Bakandika
email: [email protected]
phone: 416-929-3769

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Ashanti Room, 836 Bloor St. West, July 15-30 , 2005, Toronto CAN

ARTISTS CELEBRATE TROPICANA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR A QUARTER CENTURY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH A COMPELLING EXHIBITION AT THE ASHANTI ROOM JULY 15 TO JULY 30

Tropicana Community Services will be honoured with an exhibition entitled “Much Silence Makes a Loud Noise” presented by the Six Ah Wi Artist Collective and made possible because of the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council. The community is invited to enjoy a free exhibition at the Ashanti Room, located at 836 Bloor St. West (a block and a half east of Ossington). The exhibition will open on July 15 at 7pm.

Tropicana Community Services is being recognized because it has become a beacon for the Caribbean and Black communities, harnessing the creative energies, talents, and resources of the community to enhance lives and build better communities. The exhibition will feature portraiture work celebrating Toronto’s diversity.

This event is also the inaugural exhibition by the Six Ah Wi Artist Collective. The artists in the collective are Sonja Farquharson-Jeans, Michael Gibson, Michelle Montague, and Ato Seitu. Six Ah Wi is committed to exposing new audiences to visual art through innovative and compelling exhibitions
and collaborations. The collective is based on six principles that promote growth and renewal.

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Just Desserts, Yonge & Wellesley, July 12-September 6, 2005 , Toronto CAN

There is a selection works on exhibit at Just Desserts From July 12 to August 6 located at 555 Yonge Street (just South of Wellesley) in Toronto, Canada.

On display is a mix of abstract and representational works of various landscapes.
The works on display are on sale therefore if you want to have a look at unique and original artwork in person you are more than encouraged to stop in have a mocca or a dessert and take a look.

If you have any questions you can contact me at [email protected] or speak to the cafe manager.

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