These exhibitions highlight the recent body of works by the celebrated Chilean-Canadian photographer Rafael Goldchain and acclaimed Canadian photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo, CM.

Exhibition on view: September 19 - October 18, 2026.

Website: https://www.jamesrottmanfineart.com/

Over the last five years my work has focused on one image, a house, distilled to its essential parts: a rectangle with a triangle on top. I use this shape as an aesthetic and ideological container that evokes complex personal and political histories.

For me, it is both a symbol and a literal depiction of my childhood home in Toronto, one of thousands of nearly identical post-war houses. By varying material and compositional elements I can transform and refract the meaning of this architectural icon. Like the houses they depict, these prints and drawings are intended to be sites of projection, proxy forms that feel as familiar as they are alienating, combining the dryness of architectural drafting with the fervour of a haunting.

Acknowledgments:

The work in this exhibition was made over the last three years between Toronto and Roswell, New Mexico, where I am temporarily based at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence (RAiR) with my husband Tyler Bright Hilton, who is a resident. Thank you so much to the RAiR community and artists for this adventure.

Thank you also to the Tamarind Institute and their Artist Residency Program with the Tamarind Student Printers, in particular Education Director Brandon Gunn and Printer Training Program students Melanie Eng and Miriana Wasserman. I absolutely could not have made the lithographs in this exhibition without you.

I want to especially acknowledge the work of Smokestack Studio and my technical collaborator Laine Groeneweg. Last but not least, thank you to The Gilder, the team at OKG, Tyler and Kitt.

This is a very special exhibition for us as it's our very own Amir Safari's first solo exhibition!

In environments governed by rigid authority and systemic pressure, the individual is frequently forced to perform a scripted existence. Conformity becomes a quiet survival strategy, where stepping outside the prescribed boundaries invites judgment, censorship, and erasure. This weight leaves deep psychological scars, alters futures and demands endurance in silence.

This body of work evokes the psychological tension of living under constant surveillance and mechanical control, translating the experience into a stark visual language. Through contrasting temperatures, dramatic illumination, and intrusive industrial structures merging with the human form, these paintings capture the heavy cost of wearing a mask. They explore the fragile space between internal vulnerability and the overwhelming forces that seek to contain it, offering a space to reflect on the silent resilience of the spirit.

More info: https://galeriestlaurentplushill.com/2026-exhibitions

We have a special show lined up for you this fall! We’re featuring three artists for very different reasons:

— Erica Hawkes because she’s an absolute fan favourite and I know you’re going to love what she paints for us.
— Ethel Voronkova because it’s her gallery debut and I’m very excited for you to see her work in person for the first time! It’s unique and unlike anything else we show.
— Kindrie Grove because it’s somehow been a decade since we featured a sculptor so it’s about time! Plus she’s fantastic and super creative.

All this is to say that it’s going to be a great show and I hope to see you there!

— Joshua

On from: October 3rd - October 17th, 2026.

Source: https://www.hambletongalleries.com/exhibition/2026-fall-show-erica-hawkes-ethel-voronkova-kindrie-grove/

More info: https://galeriestlaurentplushill.com/2026-exhibitions

In our second artist talk we will sit with Rick and discuss his artistic journey through the years. Below is a brief introduction to Rick and his practice, just enough to leave you wanting to hear more from him. Hope to see you there!

Rick McCarthy (1941– ) is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, and currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. His work is focused on exploring the line between abstraction and realism to make expressionistic statements about the human condition.

McCarthy graduated from the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, in 1963, and he then pursued additional post-graduate studies in printmaking. McCarthy’s early works attempt to capture the spirit of humankind. His semi-abstract works featured a figure that McCarthy called “the shape” which functioned as a self-portrait and a general expression of man.

In 1979, his creative process came to focus on representations of architectural arches and the female nude. Working with more figurative subject matter, McCarthy sought to create balanced and symmetrical images through the clash of contradictory forms, such as the contrast between the profane and the sacred.

McCarthy’s work has been exhibited in over twenty-five solo exhibitions, and it is held in public and private collections at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Museum London, London, Ontario, the Art Gallery of Guelph, and the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, among many others.

Event Page: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artist-talk-with-rick-mccarthy-tickets-1999860182641

These exhibitions highlight the recent body of works by the celebrated Chilean-Canadian photographer Rafael Goldchain and acclaimed Canadian photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo, CM.

Opening Reception: Saturday Sept. 19, 2 pm - 5 pm, Artists in Attendance.

Exhibition on view: September 19 - October 18, 2026.

Website: https://www.jamesrottmanfineart.com/

Featuring photographic works by Danny Singer.

More info: https://www.galleryjones.com/

CONSTRUCTING SPACE brings together the work of five celebrated Canadian abstract painters: David Cantine, Milly Ristvedt, Charles Robb (Charles Robert Bush), Otto Rogers, and David Sorensen.

Through grids, planes, colour fields, expressive forms, and carefully constructed compositions, each artist explores the relationship between abstraction, structure, and space. Together, their works demonstrate how colour and form can create depth, balance, rhythm, and powerful spatial experiences on a two-dimensional surface.

Constructing Space is on view at Oeno Gallery from September 12 to November 8, 2026.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 2–4 pm.

Open from: September 12th - November 8th, 2026

Source: https://oenogallery.com/exhibitions/constructing-spaces/