RAW | RELEASE
Tue, Oct 07
|TAP Centre for Creativity
Oliver P.
Time & Location
Oct 07, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – Nov 01, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas St, London, ON N6A 1G4, Canada
About The Event
A solo exhibition exploring themes of the difficulties, celebrations and complexity of navigating trauma and mental illness. ‘RAW | RELEASE’ features installation work, paintings and ceramics. The works displayed reflect the consuming nature of thoughts and feelings of drowning in rumination. Utilizing visceral imagery, and birds as place holders for parts of himself, the artist hopes to communicate the severity and isolation often felt by someone dealing with chronic mental health problems.
“My work has always served as a safe place for me to investigate complex and heavy feelings. I am interested in creating work that can bring people together for deeper discussion. While society as a whole is becoming better at discussing mental health, I find people still shy away from talking about the ‘darker’ aspects. How it often feels like this consuming, life-altering being that grabs hold of you and won’t set you free. I want to inspire people, have them understand that despite the fact I’ve lived this life of hardship, of anguish, of trauma, I was able to take my experience and not only overcome them, but make something significant from them.”
This exhibition takes place in LAB 203 and will run from October 7 until November 1. The opening reception will take place on Friday, October 10 from 5PM until 7PM.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver’s work has always served as a safe place for him to investigate his complex and heavy feelings. He is interested in creating work that can bring people together and hold deeper discussions about it. While society as a whole is becoming better at discussing mental health, he still finds people shy away from talking about the ‘darker’ aspects of it and how it often feels like this consuming, life altering being that grabs ahold of yourself and won’t set you free. Oliver wants to ideally inspire people too, have them walk away from viewing his work and seeing despite the fact he’s lived this life of hardship, of anguish, of trauma, he was able to take his experiences and not only overcome them, but make something significant from them.