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Past Exhibitions
UV INDEX
August 18th to September 12th, 2026 in LAB 203
Opening Reception on August 22nd, 2026
About the Exhibition:
GLOBAL WAR-n-m-ING MIRAGES is a large body of artwork that encompasses historical paintings and documentary photographic imagery eradicated by a painting process offering visually imagined atmospheric agencies of global environmental stress. In the installation UV INDEX, wild-fires and wild-waters multiple paintings transform world wide global warming catastrophes into unrecognizable visual realities of placeless mirages of accumulative energy.
Gary Spearin, MFA, BFA, is a visual artist working in a hybrid zone of traditional to contemporary media and ideas. In various media Spearin’s personal techniques of production instigate boundless observation within making skills, and offer the same for a viewer. A workout for eye, mind and body.
Featured Image: Gary Spearin, Wildfire: Ontario, 2025, oil on plywood, 5”x 8”
Opening Reception on August 22nd, 2026
About the Exhibition:
GLOBAL WAR-n-m-ING MIRAGES is a large body of artwork that encompasses historical paintings and documentary photographic imagery eradicated by a painting process offering visually imagined atmospheric agencies of global environmental stress. In the installation UV INDEX, wild-fires and wild-waters multiple paintings transform world wide global warming catastrophes into unrecognizable visual realities of placeless mirages of accumulative energy.
Gary Spearin, MFA, BFA, is a visual artist working in a hybrid zone of traditional to contemporary media and ideas. In various media Spearin’s personal techniques of production instigate boundless observation within making skills, and offer the same for a viewer. A workout for eye, mind and body.
Featured Image: Gary Spearin, Wildfire: Ontario, 2025, oil on plywood, 5”x 8”
Variations in Landscape
September 1st to September 12th, 2026 in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on September 3rd, 2026
About the Exhibition
Variations in Landscape is an exploration of the landscape genre. “My artistry is constructed from a wide range of materials,” says Benedict, “and draws upon my experiences and memory as well as the vast history of art making. My focus is on the process of exploring and in this case, those efforts are focused on Landscape which follows in the footsteps of other regionalist artists.” This is the third stop on a tour that included the Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, and the King Heritage & Cultural Centre, King City.
About the Catalogue
The exhibit is accompanied by a limited edition catalogue featuring a critical essay where Benedict draws a historical line from Homer Watson (1855–1936), through the Group of Seven, to the London Regionalist, and finally inserting his efforts into this lineage of original Ontario Artists.
About the Artist
Ben Benedict is an independent professional visual artist & curator, writer, cultural leader, and social justice activist within London and area. As a Bricoleur (mixed-media artist) working in the London Regionalist Tradition, his artistry, experiences, and creativity is informed by Memory, Object Relations Theories, Semiotics, and Structural Linguistics including the use of deconstructed materials and narratives.
In 2020, he received Research & Creation Grant funding from the Canada Council for the Arts for his solo exhibition, Faggot & Other LGBTQ2+ Stories, and was awarded the Canada Pride Citation from the Chief of Defence, National Defence Canada for his sacrifice and service to Canada making him a decorated veteran. Reflective of these efforts, Ben Benedict was the Keynote Speaker at Forest City Gallery’s 50Th Anniversary Celebration in 2023. He has received London Arts Council, and Exhibition Assistance grants from the Ontario Arts Council.
Visit BenBenedict.ca for details and additional images.
Featured Image: Ben Benedict, Six by Six, 2024, acrylic on assembled boards, 64" x 82"
Image Credit: James Timmins
Opening Reception on September 3rd, 2026
About the Exhibition
Variations in Landscape is an exploration of the landscape genre. “My artistry is constructed from a wide range of materials,” says Benedict, “and draws upon my experiences and memory as well as the vast history of art making. My focus is on the process of exploring and in this case, those efforts are focused on Landscape which follows in the footsteps of other regionalist artists.” This is the third stop on a tour that included the Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, and the King Heritage & Cultural Centre, King City.
About the Catalogue
The exhibit is accompanied by a limited edition catalogue featuring a critical essay where Benedict draws a historical line from Homer Watson (1855–1936), through the Group of Seven, to the London Regionalist, and finally inserting his efforts into this lineage of original Ontario Artists.
About the Artist
Ben Benedict is an independent professional visual artist & curator, writer, cultural leader, and social justice activist within London and area. As a Bricoleur (mixed-media artist) working in the London Regionalist Tradition, his artistry, experiences, and creativity is informed by Memory, Object Relations Theories, Semiotics, and Structural Linguistics including the use of deconstructed materials and narratives.
In 2020, he received Research & Creation Grant funding from the Canada Council for the Arts for his solo exhibition, Faggot & Other LGBTQ2+ Stories, and was awarded the Canada Pride Citation from the Chief of Defence, National Defence Canada for his sacrifice and service to Canada making him a decorated veteran. Reflective of these efforts, Ben Benedict was the Keynote Speaker at Forest City Gallery’s 50Th Anniversary Celebration in 2023. He has received London Arts Council, and Exhibition Assistance grants from the Ontario Arts Council.
Visit BenBenedict.ca for details and additional images.
Featured Image: Ben Benedict, Six by Six, 2024, acrylic on assembled boards, 64" x 82"
Image Credit: James Timmins
DOWN BAD
August 18th to August 29th, 2026 in the Main Gallery.
Opening Reception on August 20th, 2026
About the Exhibition:
DOWN BAD is the culmination of local artist Moira Hayes’ MFA thesis work. Through multi-media collage, sculptures, textpieces, and quilts, Hayes invites the viewer into their Faustian Bargain narrative, a maddening journey to make a deal with the Devil. The exhibition explores how comfort fits into a life without financial stability, a steady job, home ownership, and mental well-being. While the mission is set, the viewer is challenged to determine what the true value of a human soul is, and who the Devil might actually be.
About the Artist:
Moira Hayes is a Canadian artist from London, Ontario. Hayes’ work utilizes a queer lens to explore the intersection of the canon of fine art and the inherent silliness of existence. By combining the historic canon with post digital media, Hayes poses the question of who determines ‘good’ or ‘bad’ art, and why (or if) the answer matters.
Hayes is the recipient of the Margaret Atkins Award from the Bealart program in London, Ontario, and the Creative Innovator’s of Tomorrow Scholarship from NSCAD University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hayes has work published in Femme Art Review and Found You Magazine, and has shown at The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Good Sport Gallery, and Satellite Project Space. Hayes maintains a residency at Forest City Gallery and is currently an MFA candidate at Western University.
DOWN BAD is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Moira Hayes, "16 Patch Quilt", 73 x 40", cotton, 2026
Opening Reception on August 20th, 2026
About the Exhibition:
DOWN BAD is the culmination of local artist Moira Hayes’ MFA thesis work. Through multi-media collage, sculptures, textpieces, and quilts, Hayes invites the viewer into their Faustian Bargain narrative, a maddening journey to make a deal with the Devil. The exhibition explores how comfort fits into a life without financial stability, a steady job, home ownership, and mental well-being. While the mission is set, the viewer is challenged to determine what the true value of a human soul is, and who the Devil might actually be.
About the Artist:
Moira Hayes is a Canadian artist from London, Ontario. Hayes’ work utilizes a queer lens to explore the intersection of the canon of fine art and the inherent silliness of existence. By combining the historic canon with post digital media, Hayes poses the question of who determines ‘good’ or ‘bad’ art, and why (or if) the answer matters.
Hayes is the recipient of the Margaret Atkins Award from the Bealart program in London, Ontario, and the Creative Innovator’s of Tomorrow Scholarship from NSCAD University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hayes has work published in Femme Art Review and Found You Magazine, and has shown at The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Good Sport Gallery, and Satellite Project Space. Hayes maintains a residency at Forest City Gallery and is currently an MFA candidate at Western University.
DOWN BAD is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Moira Hayes, "16 Patch Quilt", 73 x 40", cotton, 2026
Salon des Refusés
July 22 - August 15, 2026 in the Main Gallery.
Opening Reception on July 25th, 2026
Inspired by the 1863 exhibition of the same name, this exhibition highlights the important role rejection plays in finding audience, building resilience, and growing as an artist; and recognizes that rejection can feel exclusionary, disheartening, and disappointing. While sometimes challenging to face, rejection is an inherent and important part of the artistic process and an artist's career. At the suggestion of London artist Catherine Morrisey, TAP is hosting a Salon des Refusés to provide the opportunity for artists from London and the surround area to exhibit artwork that has been rejected elsewhere.
Featured Image: Catherine Morrisey, We are going for an adventure, 2026, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Opening Reception on July 25th, 2026
Inspired by the 1863 exhibition of the same name, this exhibition highlights the important role rejection plays in finding audience, building resilience, and growing as an artist; and recognizes that rejection can feel exclusionary, disheartening, and disappointing. While sometimes challenging to face, rejection is an inherent and important part of the artistic process and an artist's career. At the suggestion of London artist Catherine Morrisey, TAP is hosting a Salon des Refusés to provide the opportunity for artists from London and the surround area to exhibit artwork that has been rejected elsewhere.
Featured Image: Catherine Morrisey, We are going for an adventure, 2026, oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
35th Annual Pride London Art Show
July 8 - July 18, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on July 10, 2026
Pride London is proud to present the 35th Annual Pride London Art Show. This milestone edition and the longest-running Pride art exhibition in Ontario. Returning this summer, this celebrated event invites audiences to experience a dynamic and inspiring showcase of artistic excellence that honours 35 years of creativity, resilience, and community connection. Featuring works from over 50 talented artists, the exhibition spans a rich spectrum of mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, digital art, sculpture, pottery, and mixed media. Together, these works reflect the depth and diversity of voices within our vibrant artistic community. The exhibition presents artwork across three categories: Student/Novice, Emerging, and Professional, offering a compelling glimpse into the evolving practices and perspectives of artists at all stages of their careers.
As the official kick-off event of the Pride London Festival, the Art Show remains a vital platform for 2SLGBTQIA+ artists and allies. It champions inclusion, amplifies diverse voices, and fosters a spirit of unity and belonging through art.
Featured Image: Percy Lin, Becoming, Oil, 25.5" x 39"
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on July 10, 2026
Pride London is proud to present the 35th Annual Pride London Art Show. This milestone edition and the longest-running Pride art exhibition in Ontario. Returning this summer, this celebrated event invites audiences to experience a dynamic and inspiring showcase of artistic excellence that honours 35 years of creativity, resilience, and community connection. Featuring works from over 50 talented artists, the exhibition spans a rich spectrum of mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, digital art, sculpture, pottery, and mixed media. Together, these works reflect the depth and diversity of voices within our vibrant artistic community. The exhibition presents artwork across three categories: Student/Novice, Emerging, and Professional, offering a compelling glimpse into the evolving practices and perspectives of artists at all stages of their careers.
As the official kick-off event of the Pride London Festival, the Art Show remains a vital platform for 2SLGBTQIA+ artists and allies. It champions inclusion, amplifies diverse voices, and fosters a spirit of unity and belonging through art.
Featured Image: Percy Lin, Becoming, Oil, 25.5" x 39"
Come As You Are - Bijan Ghalehpardaz & August Theodore
June 23 - July 4, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 25, 2026
About the Artists:
Bijan Ghalehpardaz is a Kurdish Iranian Canadian artist who has been an artist for decades. He started an art school at 13, earned an art diploma, and continued his education at the University of Tehran for 4 years. He then moved to Canada and later received his Fanshawe College art diploma, followed by a UWO honors art degree. He continued his studies and earned his master's degree in fine arts from the San Francisco Academy of Art University. His work comprises two distinctive techniques and methods of painting. A first method is a new approach to visual art using several layers of art resin and acrylic paint. This is a super intense and time-consuming technique, and yet very rewarding, which results in a 3-dimensional, realistic painting. The next technique is the continuation of his unique acrylic paint carving. He applies up to 70 layers of thick, high-quality acrylic paint on a hard wooden surface; this might take up to 6 months, and when all the layers are bone-dry, he carves into them using a Dremel power tool. This reductionist approach results in a one-of-a-kind and fascinating 3D painting. Bijan lives and works in London, Ontario. He has taught art for many years and has been running Bijan's art studio for the past 31 years.
Born in 1976 in the east end of Toronto, August Theodore is a self-taught modern abstract painter. Creating bold modern abstracts on canvas. With roots in graffiti & being a natural observer, August draws inspiration from urban life & the beauty of nature. Over the past 3 decades, his work has appeared in various galleries, art shows, markets & sidewalks. Across Canada and parts of Europe. As of 2016, August resides in the east end of London, Ontario. Creating art full-time from his home studio. All of his work is done in acrylic on canvas.
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 25, 2026
About the Artists:
Bijan Ghalehpardaz is a Kurdish Iranian Canadian artist who has been an artist for decades. He started an art school at 13, earned an art diploma, and continued his education at the University of Tehran for 4 years. He then moved to Canada and later received his Fanshawe College art diploma, followed by a UWO honors art degree. He continued his studies and earned his master's degree in fine arts from the San Francisco Academy of Art University. His work comprises two distinctive techniques and methods of painting. A first method is a new approach to visual art using several layers of art resin and acrylic paint. This is a super intense and time-consuming technique, and yet very rewarding, which results in a 3-dimensional, realistic painting. The next technique is the continuation of his unique acrylic paint carving. He applies up to 70 layers of thick, high-quality acrylic paint on a hard wooden surface; this might take up to 6 months, and when all the layers are bone-dry, he carves into them using a Dremel power tool. This reductionist approach results in a one-of-a-kind and fascinating 3D painting. Bijan lives and works in London, Ontario. He has taught art for many years and has been running Bijan's art studio for the past 31 years.
Born in 1976 in the east end of Toronto, August Theodore is a self-taught modern abstract painter. Creating bold modern abstracts on canvas. With roots in graffiti & being a natural observer, August draws inspiration from urban life & the beauty of nature. Over the past 3 decades, his work has appeared in various galleries, art shows, markets & sidewalks. Across Canada and parts of Europe. As of 2016, August resides in the east end of London, Ontario. Creating art full-time from his home studio. All of his work is done in acrylic on canvas.
Dear Abel / Love Mike
June 9 - July 4, 2026
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on June 13, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Dear Abel / Love Mike puts on display the act of correspondence between artists in order to offer up insight into what happens in and through inspiration, admiration, and reflection. Through paintings, mixed media, and sculptures, Dear Abel / Love Mike seeks not only to invite community to bear witness to friendly dialogues in action through art, but also exhibit the inner workings of relationship building. Directly and indirectly through their work, Mike and Abel are eager to foreground how in and around art there is connection and community building as such. As people encounter others’ artworks, bonds form, ones that, in one way or another, open the door for kindred spirits with shared ideals, values, and aesthetics to come together.
About the Artists:
Abel Gingerich is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in London, Ontario. Abel's body of work consists largely of oil paintings inspired by scenes found in real life, such as garbage, local concert venues, and liminal spaces. Abel takes on themes of consumption, self-destruction, and third spaces in his paintings. Using a technique that involves thick, loose brush strokes, he highlights the physical body that both his work and subject matter possess.
Mike Sloane, or Mona (they/them) teaches at Fanshawe College in so-called London, Ontario. Since completing their PhD on American Modernist poetry and ecological objects at Western University, they have published scholarly articles and book chapters on topics ranging from trash to veganism. Mike has published creative work in the Goose and The Temz Review. More recently, they self-published a number of books—namely, New Radish, General Poetry, Banalities (Volume One), and Premium & Marcel’s Lost Poems. Also, Mike is involved with several musical projects, one of which is called Genius Genius. Since 2023, Genius Genius has released over 30 albums. Other musical projects include Mountain Gator, Robert, Catnip, Tarantula, Mona, Charlie Flowers, Sue Ellen Mischke, The Ggruff Patches, and Genius Genius & The Rough Patches. And they work within the visual arts, especially collage, too, and have had work exhibited and subsequently sold at Forest City Gallery. Mike also runs the Gears concert series at Squeaky Wheel Bike co-op, Inputs Listening Events at DoughEV, and Please Please Help, an anti-poverty project that has all proceeds going to the London Food Bank.
Featured Image: Abel Gingerich & Mike Sloane, —> who knew <—, 2026, magazine clippings, 9x12"
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on June 13, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Dear Abel / Love Mike puts on display the act of correspondence between artists in order to offer up insight into what happens in and through inspiration, admiration, and reflection. Through paintings, mixed media, and sculptures, Dear Abel / Love Mike seeks not only to invite community to bear witness to friendly dialogues in action through art, but also exhibit the inner workings of relationship building. Directly and indirectly through their work, Mike and Abel are eager to foreground how in and around art there is connection and community building as such. As people encounter others’ artworks, bonds form, ones that, in one way or another, open the door for kindred spirits with shared ideals, values, and aesthetics to come together.
About the Artists:
Abel Gingerich is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in London, Ontario. Abel's body of work consists largely of oil paintings inspired by scenes found in real life, such as garbage, local concert venues, and liminal spaces. Abel takes on themes of consumption, self-destruction, and third spaces in his paintings. Using a technique that involves thick, loose brush strokes, he highlights the physical body that both his work and subject matter possess.
Mike Sloane, or Mona (they/them) teaches at Fanshawe College in so-called London, Ontario. Since completing their PhD on American Modernist poetry and ecological objects at Western University, they have published scholarly articles and book chapters on topics ranging from trash to veganism. Mike has published creative work in the Goose and The Temz Review. More recently, they self-published a number of books—namely, New Radish, General Poetry, Banalities (Volume One), and Premium & Marcel’s Lost Poems. Also, Mike is involved with several musical projects, one of which is called Genius Genius. Since 2023, Genius Genius has released over 30 albums. Other musical projects include Mountain Gator, Robert, Catnip, Tarantula, Mona, Charlie Flowers, Sue Ellen Mischke, The Ggruff Patches, and Genius Genius & The Rough Patches. And they work within the visual arts, especially collage, too, and have had work exhibited and subsequently sold at Forest City Gallery. Mike also runs the Gears concert series at Squeaky Wheel Bike co-op, Inputs Listening Events at DoughEV, and Please Please Help, an anti-poverty project that has all proceeds going to the London Food Bank.
Featured Image: Abel Gingerich & Mike Sloane, —> who knew <—, 2026, magazine clippings, 9x12"
Polygraphia, A Language Passing - Xi Jin
June 9 - June 20, 2026
in north section of Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 10, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Xi Jin’s practice investigates language as an operational system rather than a tool for communication. Through installations that combine objects, printed matter, and spatial structures, her work examines how meaning forms through arrangement, repetition, and encounter.
The idea of a lingua franca informs this approach. It describes a shared language that enables exchange across differences while also revealing the limits of communication itself. This shared ground is never fully stable. It depends on simplification, partial understanding, and ongoing negotiation. Meaning moves through processes of cultural translation, where it is continuously adjusted and reinterpreted. What appears coherent often remains provisional.
In Xi Jin’s recent work, language operates as both material and structure. Dictionary formats, classification systems, and bilingual fragments appear alongside found objects and spatial divisions. These elements suggest systems of organization, yet they never fully settle into fixed meaning. Definitions loosen as viewers move between objects, text, and space. Meaning shifts through repetition, distance, and encounter.
A Lexicon Not Yet Set develops this approach through a spatial installation composed of found objects, aluminum frames, vertical blinds, and dictionary-style entries. The work transforms the structure of a dictionary into a physical environment where objects and text correspond, but never fully align. Instead of producing clear definitions, the installation invites viewers to assemble temporary relations between fragments, classifications, and materials.
A second installation, Memes in the Lawn, extends these questions through movement and repetition. Artificial grass is activated by simple motorized systems programmed through Arduino. Timed movements repeat in overlapping intervals, producing patterns that gradually emerge through observation. The work reflects on how language circulates within social media and computational systems, where repetition and procedural operation often replace stable authorship or understanding.
This inquiry also connects to Xi Jin’s interest in AI language systems, which generate language through patterns and probability without comprehension. A similar condition appears throughout the exhibition, where language functions less as expression and more as an operational process unfolding across space and time. Spatial elements shape how viewers navigate the work. Spatial structures, printed matter, objects, and programmed movement guide the body step by step through fragmented encounters. Meaning emerges, circulates, and remains unresolved.
About the Artist:
Xi Jin was born in Beijing, China, and currently works and studies in London, Ontario, Canada. Working primarily through installation, printed matter, found objects, and programmed movement, her practice investigates language as a material and operational system that shapes perception, translation, and everyday experience. She received her MFA from the University of Alberta and is currently pursuing a PhD program in Visual Arts at Western University. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Canada, the United States, China, Mexico, Finland, and Poland, including exhibitions at Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian, Ming Contemporary Art Gallery, and CASA Art Centre, etc.. She has participated in artist-residency programs at Ratamo Printmaking and Photo Centre, Jyväskylä, Casa Lü CDMX, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Polygraphia, A Language Passing is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Xi Jin, A Lexicon Not Yet Set, 2025, pleated blinds, found objects, aluminum extrusion frames, 10' x 3'
in north section of Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 10, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Xi Jin’s practice investigates language as an operational system rather than a tool for communication. Through installations that combine objects, printed matter, and spatial structures, her work examines how meaning forms through arrangement, repetition, and encounter.
The idea of a lingua franca informs this approach. It describes a shared language that enables exchange across differences while also revealing the limits of communication itself. This shared ground is never fully stable. It depends on simplification, partial understanding, and ongoing negotiation. Meaning moves through processes of cultural translation, where it is continuously adjusted and reinterpreted. What appears coherent often remains provisional.
In Xi Jin’s recent work, language operates as both material and structure. Dictionary formats, classification systems, and bilingual fragments appear alongside found objects and spatial divisions. These elements suggest systems of organization, yet they never fully settle into fixed meaning. Definitions loosen as viewers move between objects, text, and space. Meaning shifts through repetition, distance, and encounter.
A Lexicon Not Yet Set develops this approach through a spatial installation composed of found objects, aluminum frames, vertical blinds, and dictionary-style entries. The work transforms the structure of a dictionary into a physical environment where objects and text correspond, but never fully align. Instead of producing clear definitions, the installation invites viewers to assemble temporary relations between fragments, classifications, and materials.
A second installation, Memes in the Lawn, extends these questions through movement and repetition. Artificial grass is activated by simple motorized systems programmed through Arduino. Timed movements repeat in overlapping intervals, producing patterns that gradually emerge through observation. The work reflects on how language circulates within social media and computational systems, where repetition and procedural operation often replace stable authorship or understanding.
This inquiry also connects to Xi Jin’s interest in AI language systems, which generate language through patterns and probability without comprehension. A similar condition appears throughout the exhibition, where language functions less as expression and more as an operational process unfolding across space and time. Spatial elements shape how viewers navigate the work. Spatial structures, printed matter, objects, and programmed movement guide the body step by step through fragmented encounters. Meaning emerges, circulates, and remains unresolved.
About the Artist:
Xi Jin was born in Beijing, China, and currently works and studies in London, Ontario, Canada. Working primarily through installation, printed matter, found objects, and programmed movement, her practice investigates language as a material and operational system that shapes perception, translation, and everyday experience. She received her MFA from the University of Alberta and is currently pursuing a PhD program in Visual Arts at Western University. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Canada, the United States, China, Mexico, Finland, and Poland, including exhibitions at Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian, Ming Contemporary Art Gallery, and CASA Art Centre, etc.. She has participated in artist-residency programs at Ratamo Printmaking and Photo Centre, Jyväskylä, Casa Lü CDMX, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Polygraphia, A Language Passing is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Xi Jin, A Lexicon Not Yet Set, 2025, pleated blinds, found objects, aluminum extrusion frames, 10' x 3'
Breaking Through Visual Noise
June 9 - June 20, 2026
in south section of Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 10, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Curatorial Statement:
In an age of digital information overload, where attention is increasingly shaped by rapid scrolling and continuous visual stimulation, the London Camera Club presents a group photography exhibition that invites a slower engagement with images.
Photography, through its act of framing, both arrests and extends time—capturing fleeting moments while inviting sustained attention. Across changing landscapes and environments, repetition becomes cyclical rather than mechanical, opening space for difference within recurrence.
Featuring works by visual storytellers across Southern Ontario, the exhibition is organized into four thematic chapters: Monochrome Vision, Macro Detail, Seasonal Rhythms: Cycles of Change, and Clash: When Nature Meets Urban. Together, the exhibition creates an immersive space where viewers are invited to observe, reflect, and rediscover the possibilities of mindful seeing.
About the London Camera Club:
Founded in 1934, the club is more than 90 years young! We are proud to say that we are one of the largest camera clubs in Canada. We are an all-volunteer club, with a focus on serving London, Ontario, and the surrounding area. We have members at all skill levels, from Novice to Master. Our goal is to learn, to share, to make new friends, all while helping us grow into better photographers.
Photographic work by the London Camera Club. Curated by Yijing Li, Promise Chen, Ta Gao, Ellie Marie Smith and Maya Allison
Breaking Through Visual Noise is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Kyle Van Alstyne, Break Through, 2025, Photography, 2026
in south section of Main Gallery
Opening Reception on June 10, 2026
About the Exhibition:
Curatorial Statement:
In an age of digital information overload, where attention is increasingly shaped by rapid scrolling and continuous visual stimulation, the London Camera Club presents a group photography exhibition that invites a slower engagement with images.
Photography, through its act of framing, both arrests and extends time—capturing fleeting moments while inviting sustained attention. Across changing landscapes and environments, repetition becomes cyclical rather than mechanical, opening space for difference within recurrence.
Featuring works by visual storytellers across Southern Ontario, the exhibition is organized into four thematic chapters: Monochrome Vision, Macro Detail, Seasonal Rhythms: Cycles of Change, and Clash: When Nature Meets Urban. Together, the exhibition creates an immersive space where viewers are invited to observe, reflect, and rediscover the possibilities of mindful seeing.
About the London Camera Club:
Founded in 1934, the club is more than 90 years young! We are proud to say that we are one of the largest camera clubs in Canada. We are an all-volunteer club, with a focus on serving London, Ontario, and the surrounding area. We have members at all skill levels, from Novice to Master. Our goal is to learn, to share, to make new friends, all while helping us grow into better photographers.
Photographic work by the London Camera Club. Curated by Yijing Li, Promise Chen, Ta Gao, Ellie Marie Smith and Maya Allison
Breaking Through Visual Noise is a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Featured Image: Kyle Van Alstyne, Break Through, 2025, Photography, 2026
Craig Guthrie : Outskirts
Landscapes From the Road
May 12 - June 6, 2026
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on May 14, 2026
About the Exhibition:
These are the outskirts. The fields that surround London, Ontario. The land we bask in when we leave the city, and the sky opens wide over the long lines of the hedgerows, and distant trees. These are not destinations. They are the in-between. The roads we drive when we have left home but not yet arrived where we are going.
There is something about looking to the horizon that pulls us out of ourselves. A quiet longing. Not for the dramatic or the sublime, but for the familiar. And these Southwestern Ontario landscapes are that familiar comfort. A companion on your journey.
These lands we share and know are not just a backdrop. They are the places that shape how we see, how we leave, and how we return. And I hope these fields will feel like that companion you have known your entire life.
About the Artist:
Craig Guthrie is a London, Ontario artist and Resident Artist at TAP Centre for Creativity. With two decades of experience as a Senior Scenic Artist at the Grand Theatre, Craig brings a theatrical eye to the landscapes of Southwestern Ontario. Outskirts, his solo exhibition at TAP, is generously supported by the London Arts Council and follows his recent recognition as the winner of the Panel’s Choice Award at Artcomp 2025.
Featured Image: Craig Guthrie, The Back Roads, 2026, acrylic on masonite, 24” x 36”
This body of work has been supported by the London Arts Council through the City of London’s Community Arts Investment Program
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on May 14, 2026
About the Exhibition:
These are the outskirts. The fields that surround London, Ontario. The land we bask in when we leave the city, and the sky opens wide over the long lines of the hedgerows, and distant trees. These are not destinations. They are the in-between. The roads we drive when we have left home but not yet arrived where we are going.
There is something about looking to the horizon that pulls us out of ourselves. A quiet longing. Not for the dramatic or the sublime, but for the familiar. And these Southwestern Ontario landscapes are that familiar comfort. A companion on your journey.
These lands we share and know are not just a backdrop. They are the places that shape how we see, how we leave, and how we return. And I hope these fields will feel like that companion you have known your entire life.
About the Artist:
Craig Guthrie is a London, Ontario artist and Resident Artist at TAP Centre for Creativity. With two decades of experience as a Senior Scenic Artist at the Grand Theatre, Craig brings a theatrical eye to the landscapes of Southwestern Ontario. Outskirts, his solo exhibition at TAP, is generously supported by the London Arts Council and follows his recent recognition as the winner of the Panel’s Choice Award at Artcomp 2025.
Featured Image: Craig Guthrie, The Back Roads, 2026, acrylic on masonite, 24” x 36”
This body of work has been supported by the London Arts Council through the City of London’s Community Arts Investment Program
10th Annual Ting Comic & Graphics Arts Festival
May 1 - June 6 in the Main Gallery
The opening Reception was held on May 9th from 6PM-9PM, with a special performance by Petite TBE, a four-piece version of The Très Bien Ensemble
About the Festival
Named after Merle “Ting” Tingley, The London Free Press editorial cartoonist from 1948 to 1986, Ting Comic & Graphic Arts Festival is an annual celebration curated by TAP Centre for Creativity. The festival showcases the work of past, present and future comic and graphic artists from Southwestern Ontario.
This festival is an homage to Merle Tingley's work and his influence on generations of artists. Tingfest is a rare forum for emerging and established artists to present their work to the public. This festival features free events and programs.
This year marks the 10th year of the festival and features the work of artists from previous years.
2026 Feature Artists:
Aidan Urquhart, Alayna Hryclik (Soft Flirt), Antony Hare, Archie Cromwell, Ben O’Neil, Billy Bert Young, Brenda Fuhrman, Cai Sepulis, Christopher Runciman, David Collier, Dave Lapp, Derek Laufman, Eric Vedder, Jeff Lemire, Jeremy Bruneel, Jesse Jacobs, Matt James, Merle Tingley, Scott Chantler, and Scott Brian Woods.
This festival is made possible with the generous support of Lina and Chris Bowden of Cambia Development Foundation, Heroes Comics, Dundas Place, Chops Framing Supplies, Western Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Central Branch LPL, Tourism London, and Downtown London. A special thank you to Cameron Tingley and family for their support.
The opening Reception was held on May 9th from 6PM-9PM, with a special performance by Petite TBE, a four-piece version of The Très Bien Ensemble
About the Festival
Named after Merle “Ting” Tingley, The London Free Press editorial cartoonist from 1948 to 1986, Ting Comic & Graphic Arts Festival is an annual celebration curated by TAP Centre for Creativity. The festival showcases the work of past, present and future comic and graphic artists from Southwestern Ontario.
This festival is an homage to Merle Tingley's work and his influence on generations of artists. Tingfest is a rare forum for emerging and established artists to present their work to the public. This festival features free events and programs.
This year marks the 10th year of the festival and features the work of artists from previous years.
2026 Feature Artists:
Aidan Urquhart, Alayna Hryclik (Soft Flirt), Antony Hare, Archie Cromwell, Ben O’Neil, Billy Bert Young, Brenda Fuhrman, Cai Sepulis, Christopher Runciman, David Collier, Dave Lapp, Derek Laufman, Eric Vedder, Jeff Lemire, Jeremy Bruneel, Jesse Jacobs, Matt James, Merle Tingley, Scott Chantler, and Scott Brian Woods.
This festival is made possible with the generous support of Lina and Chris Bowden of Cambia Development Foundation, Heroes Comics, Dundas Place, Chops Framing Supplies, Western Libraries Archives and Special Collections, Central Branch LPL, Tourism London, and Downtown London. A special thank you to Cameron Tingley and family for their support.
Observations: from the studio
April 14 - May 9, 2026
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on April 18, 2026
About the Exhibition
As part of TAP’s core programming, education takes many forms, one of them being classes offered by TAP resident artist Eric Drummond. Organizing the students' learning in historical and classical techniques, Eric instills traditional methods to prepare materials, construct compositions, and develop skill to translate a live model.
The selection of works included in this exhibition focus on the act of observation itself. With the intention of creating accurate depictions while also capturing the essence of the human form these works demonstrate both the great value and challenge of working from life.
Exhibiting Artists
Annette Miketic-Vedder
Bijan Ghalehpardaz
Eric Vedder
Greg Tchjen
Harmeet Dhindsa
Jeff Heene
Jacob Medina
Jules Faulkner
Karisse Samson
Mackenzie Bishop
Mat Tremblay
Rick Doelle
Course Instructor
Eric Drummond
Featured image: Eric J. Drummond, study of Andrew, 2026, oil on birch panel, 14 x 11 inches.
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on April 18, 2026
About the Exhibition
As part of TAP’s core programming, education takes many forms, one of them being classes offered by TAP resident artist Eric Drummond. Organizing the students' learning in historical and classical techniques, Eric instills traditional methods to prepare materials, construct compositions, and develop skill to translate a live model.
The selection of works included in this exhibition focus on the act of observation itself. With the intention of creating accurate depictions while also capturing the essence of the human form these works demonstrate both the great value and challenge of working from life.
Exhibiting Artists
Annette Miketic-Vedder
Bijan Ghalehpardaz
Eric Vedder
Greg Tchjen
Harmeet Dhindsa
Jeff Heene
Jacob Medina
Jules Faulkner
Karisse Samson
Mackenzie Bishop
Mat Tremblay
Rick Doelle
Course Instructor
Eric Drummond
Featured image: Eric J. Drummond, study of Andrew, 2026, oil on birch panel, 14 x 11 inches.
Life Study: from pose to page
April 14 - April 25, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on April 18, 2026
About the Exhibition
Life Study: from pose to page exhibits selected works from the many talented artists who take part in TAP's figure study sessions. These sessions are offered every Monday night and Tuesday afternoon all year long, in addition to monthly costumed figure study, and welcome participants at all skill levels to translate the human form pose to page. The works in this exhibit range from quick gesture drawings to more detailed renderings that capture the likeness or movement of the subject in longer poses.
These sessions would not be possible without the talented and dedicated life models who have posed for countless hours; their professionalism and commitment to this program is outstanding. TAP is also grateful to the costume designers who create and produce the attire for our clothed model sessions. To highlight their work, the exhibit features a number of these unique handmade designs.
Exhibiting Artists
Bill Nediger
Blythe George
Cheryl Radford
Constanza Gardeazabal
Dennis Burian
Don Muller
Evi Imperio
Ewan MacKintosh
Geordie Shepherd
Glenn Wyse II
Ian R
Jacqueline Chen
Katrina Crone
Krystal O'Brien
Laura Lima Nishida
Lisa Clark
Lyle Haves
Mackenzie Bishop
Marisa Lavazzi
May Ly
Nora Kozak
Peter Karas
Paul Abeleira
Rita Rumbold
Sarah Ly
Sharon Rogers
Shenella George
Susan Schulthies
Susan Perry
Suzanne Frank
Ta Gao
Valda Glenni
Exhibiting Designers
Chloe Nguyen
Erica Batten
Jacqueline Bradica
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on April 18, 2026
About the Exhibition
Life Study: from pose to page exhibits selected works from the many talented artists who take part in TAP's figure study sessions. These sessions are offered every Monday night and Tuesday afternoon all year long, in addition to monthly costumed figure study, and welcome participants at all skill levels to translate the human form pose to page. The works in this exhibit range from quick gesture drawings to more detailed renderings that capture the likeness or movement of the subject in longer poses.
These sessions would not be possible without the talented and dedicated life models who have posed for countless hours; their professionalism and commitment to this program is outstanding. TAP is also grateful to the costume designers who create and produce the attire for our clothed model sessions. To highlight their work, the exhibit features a number of these unique handmade designs.
Exhibiting Artists
Bill Nediger
Blythe George
Cheryl Radford
Constanza Gardeazabal
Dennis Burian
Don Muller
Evi Imperio
Ewan MacKintosh
Geordie Shepherd
Glenn Wyse II
Ian R
Jacqueline Chen
Katrina Crone
Krystal O'Brien
Laura Lima Nishida
Lisa Clark
Lyle Haves
Mackenzie Bishop
Marisa Lavazzi
May Ly
Nora Kozak
Peter Karas
Paul Abeleira
Rita Rumbold
Sarah Ly
Sharon Rogers
Shenella George
Susan Schulthies
Susan Perry
Suzanne Frank
Ta Gao
Valda Glenni
Exhibiting Designers
Chloe Nguyen
Erica Batten
Jacqueline Bradica
REFLEX: A Student Photography Exhibition
Fanshawe Photography
April 7 - April 11, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on April 7, 2026
About the Exhibition
EFLEX showcases the creative achievements of students in the Fanshawe Photography Program. This annual exhibit represents the culmination of three years of learning and artistic development. Featured work includes images by Advanced Photography students completing their third year, second-year students finishing the two-year diploma program, and first-year students as they continue to build their foundational skills.
A curated selection of photographs from all categories of the annual Student Image Competition will be on display. Winners who will be recognized as “Best in Category” will be announced during the opening reception. Awards will also be presented for the highest-scoring images captured with Canon, Nikon, and Sony cameras, along with a special honour for the top-scoring black-and-white image, sponsored by Amplis Foto.
In addition to competition work, second-year students will present a series of six portfolio images developed through their specialization course, offering visitors a deeper look at their personal artistic direction.
Feature Image:
Daniel Platt, A Pause in the Crowd, Digital Photography, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on April 7, 2026
About the Exhibition
EFLEX showcases the creative achievements of students in the Fanshawe Photography Program. This annual exhibit represents the culmination of three years of learning and artistic development. Featured work includes images by Advanced Photography students completing their third year, second-year students finishing the two-year diploma program, and first-year students as they continue to build their foundational skills.
A curated selection of photographs from all categories of the annual Student Image Competition will be on display. Winners who will be recognized as “Best in Category” will be announced during the opening reception. Awards will also be presented for the highest-scoring images captured with Canon, Nikon, and Sony cameras, along with a special honour for the top-scoring black-and-white image, sponsored by Amplis Foto.
In addition to competition work, second-year students will present a series of six portfolio images developed through their specialization course, offering visitors a deeper look at their personal artistic direction.
Feature Image:
Daniel Platt, A Pause in the Crowd, Digital Photography, 2026
Peter Tatham - A Life in Landscape
April 7 - April 11, 2026
in LAB 203
Closing Reception on April 11, 2026
About the Exhibition
A Life in Landscape, is an exhibition of work by painter Peter Tatham. These watercolour and oil landscapes are depictions of natural spaces that Peter found beauty in and captured with his camera during travel. Many of his works were brought to life in his studio at home inspired by trips to the east coast, Italy, Wales and Germany, but his favourite place for inspiration was at home in Southern Ontario.
About the Artist:
Peter Tatham found a love for art at a very early age when his neighbours, students at the Ontario Art College, encouraged him to explore his creativity. He later attended Beal Tech High School in London, and then went on to work in the Communications Department at London Life.
In the 1970s, Tatham’s early work focused on the use of watercolours and he exhibited these early landscapes for the first time at the Glen Gallery in London. In the 1980s he started working with oils and palette knives, exploring his delicate view of the world in a new way. Throughout his career, Tatham’s work was exhibited across southwestern Ontario and he was proud of his ongoing involvement with the Lambeth Art Association. Tatham continued painting into his 87th year.
Feature Artwork: March, oil on canvas, 24" x 24"
in LAB 203
Closing Reception on April 11, 2026
About the Exhibition
A Life in Landscape, is an exhibition of work by painter Peter Tatham. These watercolour and oil landscapes are depictions of natural spaces that Peter found beauty in and captured with his camera during travel. Many of his works were brought to life in his studio at home inspired by trips to the east coast, Italy, Wales and Germany, but his favourite place for inspiration was at home in Southern Ontario.
About the Artist:
Peter Tatham found a love for art at a very early age when his neighbours, students at the Ontario Art College, encouraged him to explore his creativity. He later attended Beal Tech High School in London, and then went on to work in the Communications Department at London Life.
In the 1970s, Tatham’s early work focused on the use of watercolours and he exhibited these early landscapes for the first time at the Glen Gallery in London. In the 1980s he started working with oils and palette knives, exploring his delicate view of the world in a new way. Throughout his career, Tatham’s work was exhibited across southwestern Ontario and he was proud of his ongoing involvement with the Lambeth Art Association. Tatham continued painting into his 87th year.
Feature Artwork: March, oil on canvas, 24" x 24"
Kaleidoscope - Fanshawe Fine Art Graduation Exhibition
Mar 25 - April 4, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on March 28, 2026
Meet the Artists Event on April 2, 2026
About the Exhibition
Kaleidoscope marks the 54th annual graduation exhibition of the Fanshawe Fine Art Advanced Diploma program. As the culmination of three years of study, the final year challenges students to develop a studio practice that meaningfully unites materials, processes, and concepts.
The fifteen students in their graduating term have each discovered their own shifting and unique lenses. Together, they present an exhibition that shares their personal kaleidoscopes—their interpretations of the world they inhabit and their experiences navigating through it. With attentive hands and eyes, they explore their surroundings and translate those insights into a wide range of materials, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, fibre arts, and printmaking.
Turn through works that are playful, mysterious, beguiling, transformative, healing, expressive, questioning, and curious. We invite you to witness this moment of convergence and make connections to your own lived experiences within our continually shifting context.
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on March 28, 2026
Meet the Artists Event on April 2, 2026
About the Exhibition
Kaleidoscope marks the 54th annual graduation exhibition of the Fanshawe Fine Art Advanced Diploma program. As the culmination of three years of study, the final year challenges students to develop a studio practice that meaningfully unites materials, processes, and concepts.
The fifteen students in their graduating term have each discovered their own shifting and unique lenses. Together, they present an exhibition that shares their personal kaleidoscopes—their interpretations of the world they inhabit and their experiences navigating through it. With attentive hands and eyes, they explore their surroundings and translate those insights into a wide range of materials, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, fibre arts, and printmaking.
Turn through works that are playful, mysterious, beguiling, transformative, healing, expressive, questioning, and curious. We invite you to witness this moment of convergence and make connections to your own lived experiences within our continually shifting context.
Off The Page Photo Exhibition - Western Photography Club
Mar 24 - Mar 28, 2026
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on March 26, 2026
About the Exhibition
The Western Photography Club presents an exploration into the lives of university students as they navigate the world beyond the lecture hall. When they're not studying for an exam or perfecting their next big presentation, these future leaders in arts, business, STEM and more celebrate their passions. From travel adventures to concerts, students from all walks of life have immortalized the way they spend their time, captured on diverse media that showcase the depth of photography. DSLR, mirrorless, film, point-and-shoot, smartphone: every image was captured in its own unique way, representing a moment in each student's busy life.
Off The Page Photo Exhibition sponsored by Henry's London
Feature Image:
Sam Simner, "Rest", photography, 2024
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on March 26, 2026
About the Exhibition
The Western Photography Club presents an exploration into the lives of university students as they navigate the world beyond the lecture hall. When they're not studying for an exam or perfecting their next big presentation, these future leaders in arts, business, STEM and more celebrate their passions. From travel adventures to concerts, students from all walks of life have immortalized the way they spend their time, captured on diverse media that showcase the depth of photography. DSLR, mirrorless, film, point-and-shoot, smartphone: every image was captured in its own unique way, representing a moment in each student's busy life.
Off The Page Photo Exhibition sponsored by Henry's London
Feature Image:
Sam Simner, "Rest", photography, 2024
PHOBIA : FANSHAWE FINE ART STUDIO 4
Mar 10 - Mar 21, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on March 10, 2026
About the Exhibition
Close to heART, PHOBIA, as subject for paintings has been delegated by these students. Painting PHOBIA takes into consideration the skills, application, tools, manner of paints, while simultaneously forming an image: Imagined? Experienced? Feared? Together, self-reportage and/or ideas, materials and/or mirrors, accumulate and/or erase, process and/or time, becomes their silent forms within the making of a painting that generates what is felt into what is seen.
DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines phobia “as a marked, persistent fear of a specific object or situation that is irrational, causes significant impairment in daily functioning, and triggers immediate anxiety, leading to active avoidance.” On his 1974 music album, Fear, John Cale sings|screams, “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend”.
To become a creative apparatus to making a painting about the subject of a personal phobia, these two seemingly opposing quotes draw attention to the intensity of the endeavour proposed. How do you mine a phobia as young art students developing their first exhibition? Balance internal terror and the love of making? Triggering emergency avoidance, all parts of their painting process, painting image, can be seen as a personal, almost heroic, positive gesture.
The realis index reels from real to reel to bear witness, caught in the headlights, a spider’s web, above the mould, at dawn’s daylight. Deep are the dark waters on thin ice. Spherical fires burn paranoid holes with giants, clowns abound. Flying high ceiling of the sky falling down. Possessed with skeletons with organs with bodies with family-blood-birth-death with disconnect insanity dreams. Paint out, throw out, individual, cultural, timed-out female images. Dog|god growled ...got a perspective now? Images are not for everyone; an image of the unseen, perhaps even more.
This painting exhibition, a pictorial PHOBIA index, may or may not activate or expose undesirable feelings to/in an empathetic viewer. It may or may not, either, cure the artist of their PHOBIA. It seems a context of self that holds the PHOBIA, the fear, is far from the triggering object or situation.
The psychology of the person is where the phobia resides – somewhere between the perception and signifier; a zone of unseen. A place to hide? A place to open? A place to mobilize spirits? A place where artists reside?
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on March 10, 2026
About the Exhibition
Close to heART, PHOBIA, as subject for paintings has been delegated by these students. Painting PHOBIA takes into consideration the skills, application, tools, manner of paints, while simultaneously forming an image: Imagined? Experienced? Feared? Together, self-reportage and/or ideas, materials and/or mirrors, accumulate and/or erase, process and/or time, becomes their silent forms within the making of a painting that generates what is felt into what is seen.
DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines phobia “as a marked, persistent fear of a specific object or situation that is irrational, causes significant impairment in daily functioning, and triggers immediate anxiety, leading to active avoidance.” On his 1974 music album, Fear, John Cale sings|screams, “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend”.
To become a creative apparatus to making a painting about the subject of a personal phobia, these two seemingly opposing quotes draw attention to the intensity of the endeavour proposed. How do you mine a phobia as young art students developing their first exhibition? Balance internal terror and the love of making? Triggering emergency avoidance, all parts of their painting process, painting image, can be seen as a personal, almost heroic, positive gesture.
The realis index reels from real to reel to bear witness, caught in the headlights, a spider’s web, above the mould, at dawn’s daylight. Deep are the dark waters on thin ice. Spherical fires burn paranoid holes with giants, clowns abound. Flying high ceiling of the sky falling down. Possessed with skeletons with organs with bodies with family-blood-birth-death with disconnect insanity dreams. Paint out, throw out, individual, cultural, timed-out female images. Dog|god growled ...got a perspective now? Images are not for everyone; an image of the unseen, perhaps even more.
This painting exhibition, a pictorial PHOBIA index, may or may not activate or expose undesirable feelings to/in an empathetic viewer. It may or may not, either, cure the artist of their PHOBIA. It seems a context of self that holds the PHOBIA, the fear, is far from the triggering object or situation.
The psychology of the person is where the phobia resides – somewhere between the perception and signifier; a zone of unseen. A place to hide? A place to open? A place to mobilize spirits? A place where artists reside?
Liliana Gomez : A Breath of Life
Feb 24 - Mar 21, 2026
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on February 28, 2026
Meet the Artist Event on March 21, 2026
About the Exhibition
Liliana Gomez is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores harmony, balance, color, and perspective. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction, she blends classical foundations with experimental techniques, incorporating collage and mixed media to create richly textured surfaces.
Her compositions reveal a dialogue between structure and spontaneity. Whether portraying the human form, equine subjects, or abstract themes, Gomez builds layered works marked by expressive gesture and dynamic color relationships that invite contemplation.
Exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Colombia, her work reflects a broad cultural experience while maintaining a distinctive and personal artistic voice. This exhibition presents a selection of works that highlight her ongoing exploration of material, movement, and visual storytelling.
in LAB 203
Opening Reception on February 28, 2026
Meet the Artist Event on March 21, 2026
About the Exhibition
Liliana Gomez is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores harmony, balance, color, and perspective. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction, she blends classical foundations with experimental techniques, incorporating collage and mixed media to create richly textured surfaces.
Her compositions reveal a dialogue between structure and spontaneity. Whether portraying the human form, equine subjects, or abstract themes, Gomez builds layered works marked by expressive gesture and dynamic color relationships that invite contemplation.
Exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Colombia, her work reflects a broad cultural experience while maintaining a distinctive and personal artistic voice. This exhibition presents a selection of works that highlight her ongoing exploration of material, movement, and visual storytelling.
Visitation: Jeff Willmore
Feb 24 - Mar 7, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on February 28, 2026
About the Exhibition
This work is the second of three series containing imagery and applications that transit between painting as fine art and the publishing tool of illustration. I Have always been fascinated with the way commercial interests and reproduction processes curate and represent visuals, contrasted by the hand crafted and singular vision found in painting.
This work is the product of a trip to China in the spring of 2019.
It is almost impossible to ignore the influence of exotic experiences when traveling. I try to channel the effect the place has on me while documenting as much as I can through photography, minimizing, but not dismissing the aspect of the holiday snapshot.
Being exposed to population densities I had never before witnessed proved to be the pivotal experience of the trip. To move through a site like the Forbidden City on a hot afternoon in the company of 70,000 other individuals proved to be an overwhelming and inspiring experience.
The imagery in these paintings takes that vast human element and deposits it into invented open landscape scenarios. These landscape backdrops serve as stages for the figurative pageant to play out on and create five individual narratives.
Featured Image:
Impact, 2020, 36x120 in. acrylic on mylar
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on February 28, 2026
About the Exhibition
This work is the second of three series containing imagery and applications that transit between painting as fine art and the publishing tool of illustration. I Have always been fascinated with the way commercial interests and reproduction processes curate and represent visuals, contrasted by the hand crafted and singular vision found in painting.
This work is the product of a trip to China in the spring of 2019.
It is almost impossible to ignore the influence of exotic experiences when traveling. I try to channel the effect the place has on me while documenting as much as I can through photography, minimizing, but not dismissing the aspect of the holiday snapshot.
Being exposed to population densities I had never before witnessed proved to be the pivotal experience of the trip. To move through a site like the Forbidden City on a hot afternoon in the company of 70,000 other individuals proved to be an overwhelming and inspiring experience.
The imagery in these paintings takes that vast human element and deposits it into invented open landscape scenarios. These landscape backdrops serve as stages for the figurative pageant to play out on and create five individual narratives.
Featured Image:
Impact, 2020, 36x120 in. acrylic on mylar
Ommatidia: Fanshawe Advanced Photo Student Showcase
Feb 6 - Feb 21, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on February 6, 2026
About the Exhibition
Ommatidia invites you to consider the concept of “ommatidia” in an artistic way. The exhibition showcases a diverse selection of photographic works produced by students from the Fanshawe Advanced Photo class. In biology, ommatidia are the tiny visual units that form the compound eyes of insects, enabling them to perceive the world through a wide and mosaic vision. Drawing on this idea, the exhibition highlights students’ experimentation with photography to create multiple ways of seeing. Through a wide range of subjects, colours, and techniques, each work functions as an individual visual unit. Though different from one another, each contributes to a collective vision that reflects the diversity of students’ creativity.
A mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space, featuring Fanshawe College Advanced Photo students in curatorial collaboration with students from Western University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Featured Image: Brett Kuzyk, "Green Bottle Fly," composite photograph.
in the Main Gallery
Opening Reception on February 6, 2026
About the Exhibition
Ommatidia invites you to consider the concept of “ommatidia” in an artistic way. The exhibition showcases a diverse selection of photographic works produced by students from the Fanshawe Advanced Photo class. In biology, ommatidia are the tiny visual units that form the compound eyes of insects, enabling them to perceive the world through a wide and mosaic vision. Drawing on this idea, the exhibition highlights students’ experimentation with photography to create multiple ways of seeing. Through a wide range of subjects, colours, and techniques, each work functions as an individual visual unit. Though different from one another, each contributes to a collective vision that reflects the diversity of students’ creativity.
A mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space, featuring Fanshawe College Advanced Photo students in curatorial collaboration with students from Western University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Featured Image: Brett Kuzyk, "Green Bottle Fly," composite photograph.
Nexus
Jan 14 – Jan 31, 2026
in the Main Gallery & Lab 203
Opening reception on January 16, 2026
About the Exhibition
Bealart has been a thriving arts community for over 100 years, offering eight specialized studios: ceramics, drawing, digital & interactive art, painting, printmaking, moving image, sculpture, and textiles. Each studio is equipped with post-secondary level tools and resources for hands-on, studio-based learning.
Grades 9 and 10 Enriched students engage in problem-based learning, exploring diverse media, artistic fundamentals, and stylistic approaches. In Grades 11 and 12, as well as the after-grad Foundations program, students experience intensive study across all media, emphasizing conceptual development and the integration of technical skills with design thinking. For those seeking specialization, the Bealart Specialist program offers eight credits, allowing students to focus on two studios of their choice.
Nexus emphasizes the connection between multiple things. To the Bealart Specialist, Nexus is a connection between the students at H.B Beal and people in general. Despite not knowing each member of the program, the Bealart students feel a collective belonging. The exhibition is a visual exploration of our vibrant community of artists.
Featured image: Abigale Evetts, Less is more, 2025, acrylic on wood, 5.75x5.75 inches
in the Main Gallery & Lab 203
Opening reception on January 16, 2026
About the Exhibition
Bealart has been a thriving arts community for over 100 years, offering eight specialized studios: ceramics, drawing, digital & interactive art, painting, printmaking, moving image, sculpture, and textiles. Each studio is equipped with post-secondary level tools and resources for hands-on, studio-based learning.
Grades 9 and 10 Enriched students engage in problem-based learning, exploring diverse media, artistic fundamentals, and stylistic approaches. In Grades 11 and 12, as well as the after-grad Foundations program, students experience intensive study across all media, emphasizing conceptual development and the integration of technical skills with design thinking. For those seeking specialization, the Bealart Specialist program offers eight credits, allowing students to focus on two studios of their choice.
Nexus emphasizes the connection between multiple things. To the Bealart Specialist, Nexus is a connection between the students at H.B Beal and people in general. Despite not knowing each member of the program, the Bealart students feel a collective belonging. The exhibition is a visual exploration of our vibrant community of artists.
Featured image: Abigale Evetts, Less is more, 2025, acrylic on wood, 5.75x5.75 inches
Smashing Fashion! The 60’s Illustration of Bonnie Parkinson
Dec 23, 2025 – Jan 10, 2026
in Lab 203
Opening reception Saturday, January 3, 2026
Opening reception Saturday, January 3,2026
About the Exhibition
Smashing Fashion!
The 60’s Illustrationof Bonnie Parkinson
Bonnie Parkinson burst onto the advertising scene in her early twenties during the height of the 60’s cultural revolution—the era when fashions rocked the world and creativity knew no bounds. As one of the few women navigating Canada’s male-driven world of fashion illustration, she captured this spirit through her work with Eaton’s, Simpson’s, and “Mad Men” ad agencies. Her drawings reflected the rhythm of the times—dreamin’, and hanging with the cool crowd while Carnaby Street set the trends. Now, sixty years later, Bonnie has picked up her pen once again. With a fresh spark she’s creating new illustrations that echo her early days yet speak to today—a vibrant bookend to a life steeped in style, imagination, and when Fashion was Art. Curated by Andrew Lewis.
in Lab 203
Opening reception Saturday, January 3, 2026
Opening reception Saturday, January 3,2026
About the Exhibition
Smashing Fashion!
The 60’s Illustrationof Bonnie Parkinson
Bonnie Parkinson burst onto the advertising scene in her early twenties during the height of the 60’s cultural revolution—the era when fashions rocked the world and creativity knew no bounds. As one of the few women navigating Canada’s male-driven world of fashion illustration, she captured this spirit through her work with Eaton’s, Simpson’s, and “Mad Men” ad agencies. Her drawings reflected the rhythm of the times—dreamin’, and hanging with the cool crowd while Carnaby Street set the trends. Now, sixty years later, Bonnie has picked up her pen once again. With a fresh spark she’s creating new illustrations that echo her early days yet speak to today—a vibrant bookend to a life steeped in style, imagination, and when Fashion was Art. Curated by Andrew Lewis.
Notes From The Mindfield: Andrew Lewis
Dec 04, 2025 – Jan 10, 2026
in the Main Gallery
Saturday Dec.6 : Artist Talk
Sunday Dec.14 : Live DJ (Apaull) + Live Painting
Thursday Jan.8 : Exhibit Tour + Art Crawl
About the Exhibition
Notes From The Mindfield presents a new series of paintings by Andrew Lewis that explores the psychological and social effects on our current era—an era that is simultaneously affected by the wake of the pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. The series reflects the artist's unfolding observations and evolving ideas around the complexity of today's shifting mental and societal landscape.
In this new series, Lewis favours a more spontaneous and intuitive approach to his artistic process which has resulted in work featuring abstract and biomorphic forms—a new direction in his practice. Drawing from a mix of historical and cultural influences, the work reflects a fragmented world where technology, memory, and human experience are deeply intertwined. The organic shapes in the pieces hint at both natural life and digital systems, showing how the boundaries between the two continue to blur.
About the Artist
Andrew Lewis is an internationally recognized Canadian artist and designer. His work is included in numerous international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the French National Library, the Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the International Poster Biennial in Mexico City, and the Design Museum in London, England.
Follow Andrew on Instagram: @andrewlewisart
Featured Image: Andrew Lewis, detail of The Three Furies, 2025, acrylic on Canvas, 37" x 49"
in the Main Gallery
Saturday Dec.6 : Artist Talk
Sunday Dec.14 : Live DJ (Apaull) + Live Painting
Thursday Jan.8 : Exhibit Tour + Art Crawl
About the Exhibition
Notes From The Mindfield presents a new series of paintings by Andrew Lewis that explores the psychological and social effects on our current era—an era that is simultaneously affected by the wake of the pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. The series reflects the artist's unfolding observations and evolving ideas around the complexity of today's shifting mental and societal landscape.
In this new series, Lewis favours a more spontaneous and intuitive approach to his artistic process which has resulted in work featuring abstract and biomorphic forms—a new direction in his practice. Drawing from a mix of historical and cultural influences, the work reflects a fragmented world where technology, memory, and human experience are deeply intertwined. The organic shapes in the pieces hint at both natural life and digital systems, showing how the boundaries between the two continue to blur.
About the Artist
Andrew Lewis is an internationally recognized Canadian artist and designer. His work is included in numerous international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the French National Library, the Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the International Poster Biennial in Mexico City, and the Design Museum in London, England.
Follow Andrew on Instagram: @andrewlewisart
Featured Image: Andrew Lewis, detail of The Three Furies, 2025, acrylic on Canvas, 37" x 49"
Student Life: We All Have to Submit
December 4 - 20, 2025
in Lab 203
Student artwork takes on a wide variety of forms, styles, and concepts. Inevitably it is underlined by its context; the turbulent world that surrounds it. In a world that is uncertain and rapidly evolving, what does it mean to be a student? What does it mean to create art in the face of personal turmoil, climate cataclysms, and political upheaval? Through this exhibition, student artists seek to reconcile their creative existence with the demands of a greater world. You are invited to witness how these pieces, though different in origin and conceptualization, are in conversation with each other, academia, and the juxtaposition of stagnancy and chaos on the global stage.
Featuring work by Western University and Fanshawe College students, as a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Opening Reception: Thursday December 4, 2025
in Lab 203
Student artwork takes on a wide variety of forms, styles, and concepts. Inevitably it is underlined by its context; the turbulent world that surrounds it. In a world that is uncertain and rapidly evolving, what does it mean to be a student? What does it mean to create art in the face of personal turmoil, climate cataclysms, and political upheaval? Through this exhibition, student artists seek to reconcile their creative existence with the demands of a greater world. You are invited to witness how these pieces, though different in origin and conceptualization, are in conversation with each other, academia, and the juxtaposition of stagnancy and chaos on the global stage.
Featuring work by Western University and Fanshawe College students, as a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space.
Opening Reception: Thursday December 4, 2025
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