
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

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