Opening October 22, 2025 - We Made This! A Red Head Group Show Celebrating 35 Years Of Empowering Artists

We Made This!
A Red Head Group Show Celebrating 35 Years Of Empowering Artists

OCTOBER 22 - NOVEMBER 1, 2025

Opening reception: Saturday, October 25, 5 - 8 PM

Red Head reunion: Saturday, November 1, 3 - 5 PM

The Red Head Gallery

401 Richmond St West Suite 115

Toronto, ON     M5V 3A8 (map)

416-504-5654

Gallery Hours: WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 12 - 5 PM

Red Head Gallery Website

The Red Head Gallery on Instagram

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The Red Head Gallery is excited to exhibit We Made This, a group show of Red Head Gallery Members.

We Made This celebrates the vision, commitment, and creative force of the 18 current members of The Red Head Gallery, one of Canada’s most enduring artist-run centres. The gallery, founded in 1990, has marked 35 years of continuous activity. Shaped entirely by artists for artists, Red Head’s self-sufficiency has been nurtured by those who came before and continues to guide the current membership in fostering innovation, diversity, and creative exploration. Over this time, 180 artists have persevered to build and sustain Red Head’s cultural significance as an artist-run centre.

The Red Head Gallery is both a concept and a physical space, sustained by members who inspire, challenge, and support one another with a spirit of equity and generosity. Purposefully independent and not-for-profit, the co-operative is committed to exhibiting work across a wide range of contemporary practices and engaging with critical discourse.

We Made This brings together work that crosses disciplines, sparks dialogue and invites audiences into a conversation that is as open as it is inclusive. Together, the present-day members create a distinctive and welcoming space within Canada’s cultural landscape. The gallery continues to demonstrate how artists themselves can shape and carry forward the possibilities of art.

Building on the vision of those who founded and sustained it, the Red Head Gallery remains a vital contributor to the ongoing story of contemporary art with the same spirit of dedication that has carried it this far.

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Exhibiting Artists

Jim Bourke | Geoffrey L. Cheung | Christine Dewancker | James Fowler | Tonia Di Risio | Soheila Esfahani | Grant Heaps | Gillian Iles | Alexander Irving | Sarah Kernohan | Ian Mackay | Laura Millard | David McClyment | Tazeen Qayyum | Amin Rehman | Lois Schklar | Pearl Van Geest | Elaine Whittaker

Bridging Borders Silent Auction

I have donated a piece to the Bridging Borders silent auction happening at the Red Head Gallery on Thursday, November 28, from 5 - 8 PM. Bids can be made in person or online on Facebook.

All proceeds will help bring Argentinian artists to Canada in the summer of 2025 as part of an exciting artist exchange between Red Head Gallery in Toronto and Coordenadas Residencia in Buenos Aires. This cultural exchange will foster international collaboration, provide new opportunities for artists, and enrich the art scenes in both cities. I am thrilled to be one of the lucky artists bound for Argentina in 2025!

In addition to my piece, pictured here, the auction features works by Gillian Iles, Lois Schklar, Elaine Whittaker, Tonia Di Risio, Jim Bourke, Ian Mackay, Tazeen Qayyum, Soheila Esfahani, Christine Dewancker, James Fowler, Grant Heaps, Pearl Van-Geest, Laura Millard, Alexander Irving, Geoffrey Cheung, Amin Rehman, and many more!

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How to Participate:

• Bidding takes place online on the Red Head Gallery Facebook event page.

• The auction runs throughout November, with the final event on November 28th during the 401 Richmond Holiday Open House.

• View the available works on the event page, where you can place your bids directly.

• The auction will feature 30 stunning pieces of contemporary art valued between $200-$500, with bidding starting at just $60!

• The highest bidder for each artwork will be contacted via Facebook after the auction closes on the evening of November 28th. 

Dissipate 27. Pigment print on Hahnemühle museum etching paper, framed. 17 x 15 inches. 2017.

Open Studio coming: Friday, November 22 - Saturday, November 23, 2024

Open Studio

Friday, November 22, 4- 9 PM

Saturday, November 23, 10 - 4 PM

Globe Studios

141 Whitney Place, Kitchener, ON

I am opening the door of my studio for the Fall 2024 Globe Studios Fall Show. This year marks Globe Studios' 30th anniversary. I am very fortunate to have my studio alongside some great neighbours.

I’ll be showing work from my recent exhibition, Splitting Distance, alongside some older works.

If you’ve been interested in purchasing artwork, this is a great opportunity to see the work in person.

Several new artists are participating in the Open Studio this year, including Lauren Prousky, Wen Li, and Torin Langen, who are new neighbours.

If you cannot attend the open studio this weekend, please email me to schedule a studio visit in person or virtually.

Splitting Distance Opens Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at The Red Head Gallery

Splitting Distance

OCTOBER 9 - NOVEMBER 2, 2024

CLOSING reception: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 5 - 8 PM

Reading circle with the CARBON Collective: Saturday, November 2, 10:30 am - 12 noon

The Red Head Gallery

401 Richmond St West Suite 115

Toronto, ON     M5V 3A8 (map)

416-504-5654

Gallery Hours: WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 12 - 5 PM

Red Head Gallery Website

The Red Head Gallery on Instagram

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Sarah Kernohan. Splitting Distance 3. Pigment print on Hahnemüle agave paper, 69.2 x 61 cm (27.25 x 24 in), 2024. 

Splitting Distance opens at the Red Head Gallery this week.

The exhibition features a series of photographic collages that transmit icy surfaces, tumultuous waters, rocky shores, and portals. This flint originated from the shores of France or the United Kingdom and is now found in Glace Bay, whose namesake was coined by French settlers, who named the location “Baie de Glace” (Bay of Ice). The chalky surface of the flint gives way to semi-translucent surfaces with reflective flecks and shards, similar to the textures and patterns found in ice and light bouncing off of water. 

I will be at the gallery on Saturdays, October 19 and 26, from 12 to 5 PM, and there will be a closing reception on Friday, November 1, from 5 to 8 PM. 

I’m thrilled to collaborate with the CARBON Collective, who will host an informal reading and conversation about ethical ecological practices on Saturday, November 2, at 10:30 AM. The talk will be held in person and online. Learn more and register here: https://shorturl.at/QvSxf

Click here to preview the works in the exhibition and learn more about the work here.

Snow-blind at Gallery Stratford Opens January 11, 2024

Snow-blind

January 11 - March 31, 2024

Opening reception: Sunday, January 21, 2 - 4 PM

RSVP to attend the opening reception Here

From left to right: Sarah Kernohan, Remnants 2, 3, 4, watercolour and pastel with acrylic ground on Yupo, 26 x 20 inches, 2022. Image credit: Scott Lee

Gallery Stratford

54 Romeo St. S.

Stratford, ON

N5A 4S9 (map)

(519) 271-5271

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 12 - 5 PM

Gallery Stratford Website

Gallery Stratford on Instagram

I'm pleased to share that my exhibition, Snow-blind, which premiered at the Red Head Gallery in February 2023, is travelling to Gallery Stratford. The exhibition runs from Thursday, January 11, through Sunday, March 31, 2024, with a public reception on Sunday, January 21, from 2 - 4 PM. 

The exhibition includes a few new drawings. It opens alongside Robert Buhr: Rural Views and ARTscreen: Farewell by Meg Dunbar. 

For more information about this series, click here.
Please join me in celebrating the opening of this exhibition in person or in spirit. Please feel free to RSVP to attend the opening reception at this link.