BRIAN JOHNSTON THE ANNOINTED ONE April 14 – May 8, 2022 Digital photo on brushed aluminum, 24″x24″. Easter month viewing thru the front window, 24/7.
BERNADINE VAN RENNEShe Laughed At All His Jokes. May 13 – June 8, 2022 Adam & Eve: a look at the ideas of guilt, vulnerability and redemption. 24/7 viewing thru the front window, Or inside by appointment or by chance.
PAUL ROPEL MORSKI / PATRICK CARSON. Peace and Warresponses to the war in Ukraine Opening Friday, July 8, 6:30 – 9 pm. Continuing to Aug 7, 2022
2022 SUPERCRAWL POP-UP Sept 9 – Oct.
John Farr Ted Basciano Ravinder Ruprai Brian Kelly Maureen Paxton Janice Jackson Chuck Eelhart Bernadine Van Renne Patrick Carson Paul Ropel Ingrid Mayrhofer Corinne Duchesne Cameron Kuntz Bob Yates John Kinsella Brian Johnston Tom Lowe Pat Kozowyk Janice Kovar Paul Enright Peter Karuna Jill Letten Evelyn Kelch Annerie Van Gemerden Cees Van Gemerden Keith Shearsby Bryce Kanbara Fleur-Ange Lamothe Dean Gugler (works on hand: Jim Chambers, Mina Ao)
PATRICK CARSON : WALTER GRETZKY & FAMILY portraits Feb 12 – April 25, 2021 Patrick Carson worked up these paintings as a warm-up for the recent Brantford Public Golf Course competition to commission a portrait of Walter Gretzky. (He didn’t win.) He completed more than 20 versions of Walter, then turned his brush to Wayne, Janet, and their daughter Paulina — the latter two fetchingly clad in swimsuits. Walter Gretzky and family (Wayne, Janet and Paulina) is on view through the front window of you me gallery, a storefront gallery in Hamilton Ontario that during these times, has been converted to a window-viewing space, lit 24/7..
Walter Gretzky passed away Thursday, March 4. Patrick Carson dedicates the exhibition to the memory of Walter Gretzky and extends his condolences to the Gretzky family.
R I S E Words & inspiration using salvaged letters (from a discarded store sign): M O A A S I L E R F May 3 – June 8, 2021
RISE Week 1 “Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number- Shake your chains to earth like dew / Which in sleep had fallen on you / Ye are many-they are few.” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy: Written on Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester(quote suggested by Regina Haggo)
RISE WEEK 2 DOUGLAS HAGGO (SMILE) “Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking.” From Smile, by Charlie Chaplin (music), John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons (lyrics and title)
RISE WEEK 3 BRIAN KELLY (LOSE) same, seam, seal, loaf, lore…LOSE One notable consequence of the lock-downs is the lack of consistent contact with other people and the lack of conversation. I find that leads to a diminished vocabulary … use it or lose it. My contribution to this project is a desperate grasp at unearthing the words I seldom use, the words I would otherwise lose.
RISE WEEK 4 ROBERT YATES (SAILOR FAME) … suggests to me the literary monument Moby Dick and its approximately infinite # of Herman Melville quotes, one of which is: “Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.” (All letters used.)
RISE WEEK 5 MANFRED URCHAK (AMALFI) “We are merely the stars’ tennis- balls, struck and bandied / Which way please them.” Quote from “The Duchess of Malfi” (1612-13) by John Webster. Amalfi—one of many beautiful, iconic destinations that none of us are destined to see any time soon. Perhaps our fate is, indeed, in the stars.
JIM MULLINJAMES ON JAMES
June 19 – August 21, 2021 Jim Mullin was a visual artist, musician and theatrical scenic artist. After completing his studies at The Ontario College of Art in 1987 he began to exhibit his artwork locally and beyond, some noted exhibitions include: “Don’t Follow Leaders, Watch the Parking Meters” at Wilder Studio in Catskill NY, “Gauge” at Forrest City Gallery in London ON, and “The OH! Canada Project” at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. Jim was the co-founder of The Hammer Gallery, a former board member of The Hamilton Artist Inc., a former member of The James North Art Collective, the drummer for Dingenerator Pump and Black Hart Metal, a charter union member of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees – IATSE Local 828, and the past Head Scenic Artist for both Theatre Aquarius and Great Lakes Scenic Studios. The exhibition at You Me Gallery is a smattering of his artwork from OCA to his departure from this mortal coil in March 2021. regina haggo: https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/art/opinion/2021/08/07/jim-mullins-energy-helped-to-forge-the-visual-arts-in-hamilton.html
DELIO DELGADOAFTER A MINUTE HERE … ONE LESS Sept 10 – Oct 25, 2021
ROBIN ZEECOURTSHIP AND DECEITMELANIE SKENE sculpture LIAM GRAHAM sound
Feb 14 – March 8, 2020 ARTISTS TALK: SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2 PM.
build trust like fishing, hooked up baits used he’s holding my identification papers he threatened to hurt my kids, my parents, my family my friends he’ll tell everyone Im a whore, a slut i didn’t even realize i was being trafficked
MESKHENET AND THE TRIPLETS: Brian Kelly, Philip Grant, Bryce Kanbara March 13-April 5, 2020. (in conjunction with a corresponding exhibition with same title at The Assembly Gallery in Redchurch Cafe, Mar4-29, extended)
Opening reception Friday, Mar 13, followed by closure caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Exhibition viewable through front window.
PROTECTIVE RELAYS window installation by AARON MURPHY July 10th to August 9th, 2020, all hours. Watch the artist install the work: Friday July 10th after 5pm/ Saturday July 11th after 10am/ Sunday July 12th after 10am Protective Relays is an installation comprised of two cameras aimed at two different photographs and a televsion on which the images have been combined to create a digitized montage. Each camera is controlled by a micro-computer that relays video data through a closed network to a third computer that amalgamates the feeds for the television screen. Because the cameras are “live”, the montage on the television flutters and vibrates when their attached sensors and computers attempt to compensate for changes in the surrounding light caused by time of day and passing shadows.
W H I R L Y G I G S 2 0 2 0 Aug – Oct 4, 2020 Janice Jackson, Patrick Carson, Ted Haines, Cameron Kuntz, Janice Kovar, Emma Enright, Alan Peachey, Jim Tiessen, Ingrid Mayrhofer, Bryce Kanbara Ted Karkut, The Murphys (Aaron, Katherine, Samuel), Manfred Urchak, Aly Livingston, John Eagles
KIMBERLY PAPP Oblivious Follies INGRID MAYRHOFERBird bowls and Flower plates Oct 9 – Nov 8, 2020
More than ever, we flock together, sharing an on-line culture shaped by Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr, TikTok and more. The result? Flamboyant self-absorption. Like a flurry of birds — the ultimate social network. Every one revelling in his or her unique plumage. Each demanding to be seen and heard — undisciplined, exuberant, delightfully chaotic. Kim Papp
I intend to create a visual tension between forms that suggests the comfort of shelter or food, and a content that represents remnants of humankind’s intervention against nature…imagery references species that are listed as extinct, extirpated, endangered, threatened or vulnerable in Canada. Pottery is said to be the most common find at archaeological sites…shards of my pots may well endure the next great extinction. Ingrid Mayrhofer
BCL POP-UP November 13 2020 – February 7, 2021 peter karuna john farr aline alexanian Jim Riley Brian Johnston michael allgoewer shelley niro bill powell george wallace walter hickling alfred joyce Cees & Annerie van Gemerden robert yates sam robinson roger ferreira jim chambers colleen O’Reilly Sandra Crisante-Crespo José Crespo Bernie Hudecki janice kovar Lucy Erskine janice jackson john kinsella Lisa Wohrle Cameron Kuntz marla panko pat kozowyk Ravinder Ruprai Dawn Beatty claudette losier Alan Peachey Jane Adeney bryce kanbara doug macfarlane stephen arthurs william warwick diane cizek wayne allan judi burgess saundi vivian stephen altena gerten basom
IRREPREHENSIBLEYATES, KELLY, KANBARA, CHAMBERS Feb 10 – Mar 5, 2017
“Not too shabby for grumpy old men!” g.
HANA PINTHUS ROTHCHILD : GROWING NUMB and THE V.I.P. PROJECT (Vulva Imprints Project) March 10 – April 9, 2017 Artist talk, Sun April 9, 2 pm. “Amazing!” J.G., “Emotional. Thought-provoking. Brazen” J.C., “WOW! Very powerful!” B.K.
Are You Pleased With That? Like a silkworm cocoon, this delicate container was made using a woven thread. The piece is vibrant, sensual and suggestive. I had just given birth to my first child and needed stitches. As the male gynecologist was stitching me up, he asked my husband the question, “Are you pleased with that?” Years later this memory came back to me while sewing together the red fibres on this piece. I wondered how a woman’s intimate parts can be seen to become an object, separated from her feelings and who she is as a whole. Handling this piece requires a gentle touch, the way a woman deserves to be held. Perhaps this work has become a container for my painful experience – and a gift for all women who have been objectified.
BRIAN D. JOHNSTON : The Poser ProjectFLAGSHIP GALLERYARTISTS : Songs of Ascent April 14 – May 7, 2017
Brian Johnston (Guelph) finds the sets for his “selfies” in abandoned rural houses and creates tableau vivants that reflect the questioning nature of his Christian faith. Flagship Gallery is a faith-based artists gallery on James N. In this exhibition: Chris Cuthill, Heidi Brannon, Ann Balch, Tarajoy Knibbe, James Tughan, Amanda Leblanc, George Langbroek. … (Easter) has everything to do with the resurrection of Jesus, whom we regard as the Original Artist ,,. which has been proven to be historical fact for creative renewal in the lives of millions. In our view songs of lament can become, truthfully, Songs of Ascent.
April 14 – May 7, 2017 Artists talk: Sun May 7, 2pm.
“Johnston, taking the self-portrait to a new level!” A.A., “Awesomely wicked!” C.P.
H U S H ! Art on the theme of suicide coordinated by Hamilton Mental Health Rights Coalition. Prayer Tree on the sidewalk. May 12-June 4, 2017 (Mental Health Awareness month).
FUZZY MALL, YOLAINE ROBERGE, AMANDA CAREY, MARTIN VERALL, PHILIP GRANT, APRIL MANSILLA, JEFFERY SKARICA, JASON MARTIN, KITTY STERN. “Inspiring, skillful, crushing, innovative, talented, honest, moving work. So proud.” B
Shadow Project 2017 Thursday, August 10, 7 pm You are invited to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by making chalk-outlines of yourself, your friends, family and pets on the sidewalks of James Street North. Chalk provided.
RENE PRICE CROSSSHOP Oct 13 – Nov 5, 2017
Who needs an artist statement?
Why did I make this Crossart for the Crossshop?
Does this lapsed RC have a cross to bear?
Did I want to hurt, in making this art?
Is it OK to just let ideas out like diarrhea?
Shouldn’t we just all make happy art?
How many variations on the cross can I make?
Is this satire, simply puerile, juvenile play?
Can’t one make art about politics or religion?
Why didn’t I make art about Islam too?
Over whose couch could this stuff possibly hang?
Why am I asking all these smart ass questions?
Is the cross an early logo for the God brand?
Will I go to hell for making this shock value art?
Can one design a better cross, like a better widget?
Why not just leave well enough alone?
Am I the only one who thinks this is (great) art?
Will Bryce go to hell for letting me show this art?
Does God even know what this is all about?
Did you actually read this far?
Artist walkabout: Sunday November 5, 2 PM. Rene Price is an Ideaguy/inventor, Quirky Mockartist, Scribbler, Rascal, Non-smoking cyber Luddite and Grand Amateur. He has shown his artstuff from St Foy (Quebec), to Montreal, Ottawa, Cornwall,Toronto, London (On.), Winnipeg to Calgary and he hopes to show on the moon soon. He has been reviewed in Border Crossings, Art Papers (USA), Espace, Artichoke and various newspapers. www.reneprice.ca
SHELLEY NIRO: INDIAN SUMMER Nov 10 – Dec 3 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, Nov 10, 7-10 pm (Art Crawl)
( SHELLEY NIRO IS 2017 WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, AND RECIPIENT OF A 2017 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD IN VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS)
OMG @ YMG 2017 Dec 8 – Jan 8, extended to Feb 5, 2018 end of year group show & sell (with a <$100 section) Opening Reception: Friday, Dec 8, 7-10 (Art Crawl)
Tactic Tactic new media artist/scholars cast diffraction patterns past the pale of everyday light. (McMaster University Communication & New Media Graduate Studies Program) Katrina Jennifer Bedford, Tanya Goncalves, Phuong Hoang, Christina Pellegrini, Alex Pennington Little, Harold Sikkema, Debora Silva De Jesus, Dr. David Harris Smith, Christopher Towler, Robyn Wilson and special appearance by Gallery Bot. Jan 8 – Feb 7, 2016
KIMBERLY PAPP JULIANA LACHANCE SWEET OBSESSION Closing reception, Feb 12 – March 5. Mar 5: Artist talk by Kimberly Papp / Juliana LaChance’s “Crackle Pop” album release party, featuring The Vibrational Sound Complex, and The Sad Sorcerer and short film premiere of Juliana’s “The Magic Fool and Fortune”.
KEITH SHEARSBYUSEFUL THINGS March 13 – April 3, 2016 “What fun it would be in this artist’s mind! M.S. “Wonderful work – love it (+ I laughed my ass off, fabulous.” D.C. “I’ve often described my enjoyment of art as making the useless things in my mind come to life … fun performance too, my pants will preserve the memory.” K.N.Q
Sunday, April 3, 2 pm. KEITH SHEARSBY’s Paint performance with the Art Hammer.
“Smashingly splendid!” F.J.
WE @ YOU ME2016 April 8 – 23, 2016 PAT BOND, NANCY BRYANS, KATI BUJNA, FLEUR-ANGE LAMOTHE, KAREN NONNECKE, BARBARA TOWNSEND, ANONYMOUS. V JANE GORDON, MENTOR
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BRUT INTERSTELLAR from Berlin PETER SCHLANGENBADER & LARISSA NOD Larissa Nod and Peter Schlangenbader formed the artist-team COSMIC TWINS in 2010. May 13 – June 6, 2016. They work collaboratively and solo. They are both expressive artists who work like action-painters and search for truth in pure painting. Coordinated by Marianne Reim, and sponsored by Denningers. “Zei Gut!” LD . “Your expronism is to die for! especially the burlin wall in the head.” M.G. “Ya! Das Nice” C.U.
Peter Schlangenbader read and performed poems in German, baffling and delighting students at Kids Crawl organized by HCA, May 13/16.
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PATRICK CARSON CUBAN WOMEN BEHIND THE FACADE June 10 – July 3, 2016.
After recovering from a serious car accident, he returned to university to study Fine Art in 1995. He graduated with a BFA from Kelowna UBC in 2000, and began a continuing project of travelling and painting portraits in Korea, Japan, Thailand, Burma, and most extensively in Cuba. His process of hiring “agents” to find temporary studio spaces and to secure sitters has lead him into unpredictable and precarious situations. This recent selection of Cuban paintings was painted on location in various areas of Havana between 2012 and 2016. Each painting is a rich statement about the resilience and beauty of the Cuban people.
BRIAN KELLY / BRYCE KANBARABoth are Equally Possible New sculpture for floor and wall. July 8 – August 7, 2016.
TESATAWIYAT (te/sa/ta/wi/yat)‘Come in’ (when someone knocks on your door.) Aug 12 – Sept
a photo project by Bryce Kanbara and photographer Mina Ao, and Wilamina McGrimmond & Richard Claus, Shane Pennells, Jerica Ryan, Janet Town, Yvonne Maracle, Debb Elmes, Howard Moses, Anastasia Blackey, Rod Nettagog, Tom Reape, Jill Shimizu-Wilson, Paula Lalonde, Melinda Shank-Miles, Pebbles Williams, Jenny Kay Dupuis, Shylo Elmyan, Eugene Kahgee, Sharon Lewis, Courtney Parisien and their families and friends.
2016-18 The exhibition circulated to Conrad Grebel College University in Waterloo, the Hamilton Central Public Library, David Braley Health & Science Centre, Hamilton, and a smaller version of the photos at Seward Public Library in New York City.
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, AUG 12, 7-10 PM (James North Art Crawl) 7:30 pm. Greetings by Mayor Fred Eisenberger and Shelley Falconer, President & CEO of Art Gallery of Hamilton. Refreshments!
fotoworks JOHN FARR JILL GLESSING PETER KARUNA Oct 14 – Nov 6. film niteOct. 28, films by John Farr, Peter Karuna, Jewel Fosteer, Ted Hines, Jim Chambers, Bryce Kanbara.
VJANE GORDONTHE INSTABILITY OF IMAGES Nov 11 – Dec 4, 2016
OMG @ YMG 2016 Dec 9 – Jan THE ANNUAL YEAR-END ROUND UP: DONNA IBING KAREN THIESSEN JANICE KOVAR, PATRICIA KOZOWYK, ANNERIE VAN GEMERDEN, BRIAN KELLY, WAYNE ALLAN, HELEN SOVEREIGN, SIENNA SOVEREIGN, KEITH SHEARSBY, MARLA PANKO, PETER KIRKLAND, JANICE JACKSON, MAUREEN PAXTON, KEISHA NEOMA-QUINN, HAROLD SIKEMMA, KIMBERLY PAPP, TOM BEECHINOR, CHUCK EELHART, JULIANNA LACHANCE, ANDREW MCPHAIL, AL PEACHEY, EVELYN KELCH, BOB EZERGAILIS, JIM RILEY, CEES VAN GEMERDEN, MARIANNE REIM, JIM CHAMBERS, DEAN GUGLER, SHELLEY NIRO, SANDRA CRISANTE-CRESPO, ANDY GLINSKI, TED HAINES, ROBERT YATES … THIS YEAR FEATURING A $99.99 SECTION IN TRIBUTE TO THE HUNDRED DOLLAR GALLERY.
