Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
In the face of loss and grief, how to respond? There is no one way, no timeline, since grief often stays with us for all of our days, transforming, certainly, but always present. Furthest, Boundless is my response to long-standing grief, both personal and universal, and our desire to carry on and perhaps even find meaning in our collective losses. In the studio, it is my impulse to repair. To suture, layer and embalm the damaged through painting. To sound the cry of hope with voices raised in harmony. To reach ever upward, struggling against gravity, yearning for the light. To create a space for contemplation and healing.
being knowing willing, 2016, 36" x 48", wax, oil and pigment, on canvas and wood
suspended between, 2016, 36" x 48", wax, oil and pigment, on canvas and wood
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Install Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View: Entrance
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Net Shadow, 2015, 24" x 24", microcrystalline wax, black walnut, rust, iron oxide on panel
Primer, 2015, 18" x 24", microcrystalline wax, lead, zinc, titanium on panel
Open, 2015, 24" x 24", microcrystalline wax, lead, zinc, titanium on panel
Slipstream, 2015, 24" x 24", microcrystalline wax, lead, zinc, titanium on panel
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
forgetfulness: absent presence, 2017, 36" x 48", wax, oil and pigment, on canvas and wood
the catch, 2016, 36" x 48", wax, oil, pigment, and sand on canvas and wood
Snag, 2015, 24" x 24", microcrystalline wax, iron oxide on panel
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
outflow and return, 2017, 36" x 48", wax, oil and charcoal pigment, on canvas and wood
Calcine, 2015, 24" x 18", microcrystalline wax, charcoal, on panel
Slip, 2015, 24" x 18", microcrystalline wax, iron oxide on panel
Apeiron, 2018, 9' x 26' x 4' approx, microcrystalline wax, charcoal, burlap, jute, coir, stone
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Apeiron (detail), 2018
Apeiron, (detail) 2018,
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Apeiron, 2018, 9' x 26' x 4' approx, microcrystalline wax, charcoal, burlap, jute, coir, stone
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Apeiron, rock detail
Aphelion (detail), one channel digital video, 9:46
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Aphelion (detail), one channel digital video, 9:46
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
Interstitial, 2015, 24" x 18", microcrystalline wax, charcoal, black walnut on canvas on panel
Furthest Boundless, Curator Mona Filip, Installation View,
January 18 - March 18, 2018, Koffler Gallery, Toronto
photo credit: Toni Hafkensheid
The Future, 2018, 12" x 12", microcrystalline wax, lead white pigment, 24ct gold leaf
Feature in This Week in Toronto - Toronto Star
Interview with Critic,
Emese Krunák-Hajagos, for Artes Magazine and Huma3
Boundless Questions at the Koffler Gallery
AkimboTV: Views - Materialism 1 - Terrence Dick