Holiday Art Market in Roncesvalles 2024
November 22-24, 2024
Holiday Art Market in Roncesvalles
22 | 6 - 9 pm, join us for the opening party!
23 | 11 - 6 pm
24 | 12 - 5 pm
// Paintings. Photographs. Sculptures. Drawings. Illustrations. Collages.
// Small, ready-to-wrap pieces perfect for Christmas gifting
// Festive drinks, coffee, banana bread and holiday cheer!
| ARTISTS
Paul Twa is a graphic designer, illustrator, and lettering artist based in Toronto. Born and raised in Edmonton, Paul graduated from the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Design program. His practice is driven by a desire to create visually distinct, thoroughly studied, and intricately crafted work for clients while also maintaining a personal body of work that explores his individual voice and creativity. With a keen interest in history, Paul enjoys studying the visual culture of the past as a way to inform the work he is making today; blending the magic of maximalism with research and intention. He also teaches illustration at part of the George Brown School of Design.
paultwa.com | @paultwa | paul@paultwa.com
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Kelsea Chatburn is a contemporary watercolor artist known for her vibrant paintings of travel-inspired buildings and markets. She is a self-taught artist who began her career in public policy before her passion for art led to her to a career shift to practice art full-time in 2022.
She is influenced by her background in sociology which shapes her unique perspective on everyday moments, capturing a delicate interplay between realism and imagination. Chatburn has exhibited in multiple group shows, most recently exhibiting at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and at the Gladstone House in Toronto, Canada.
kelseachatburn.com | @kelseachatburnart | kelseachatburn@gmail.com
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Megan Landes is visual artist and emergency doctor at the University Health Network (UHN), an Associate Professor and the Head of the Division of Emergency Medicine at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto (U of T). She has worked for almost two decades in global health, including in the midst of the HIV pandemic in Lesotho and Malawi and in developing emergency care in Ethiopia. Her most recent artistic work draws from her clinical experiences, her familiarity with the human body and explores often buried narratives from the front line of health care. Her drawings have been accepted in the 2022 Call for Cover Art for Academic Medicine, along with shown in multiple group shows in Canada. She is currently completing a year long drawing program at the Royal Drawing School in the UK.
mclandes@gmail.com | @meganlandesart
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Marc Audette is visual artist, educator and curator. He holds a BFA from the Université du Québec en Outaouais and an MFA from York University. Audette was the curator of the Glendon Gallery from 2001 to 2014, and a founding member and first president of the Association of Francophone Visual Artists in Canada. He was also contributory in the creation of the Labo d’art, Toronto – an organization that supports creation, production and innovation in the media arts sector. Audette’s work has been exhibited across Canada as well as internationally, in New York; Besançon, France; Medellin, Columbia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Kiev, Ukraine. His work is in several collections, including Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, City of Ottawa, Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and McCarthy Tétrault LLP.
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Martine Côté's photographs carry a sense of tranquility as she captures the quiet beauty and essence of the natural realm. Her work delves into the emotional tapestry woven by memories of places, drawing inspiration from the waterscapes and the wintry landscapes of her childhood. Martine has showcased her work in both solo and group exhibitions across Canada. Amongst places, she exhibited at L'Alliance Française (Toronto), Le Phare Culturel de Verchères (Québec), and the Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON. Born in Quebec, Martine currently resides and creates in Toronto.
Martinecote.com | @martine_cote | m@martinecote.com
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Samuel Choisy (b. 1974, France) is a visual artist working with photography as a playful way to engage with the body and the mind. His work explores the notion of mental territory through different projects and formal approaches always seeking surprise. His time-based creative process presents visual recordings of choreographed or improvised situations occuring only for the camera. His latest photographs combine dance, performance and light works. Choisy received a DNAP from l'École de l'Image d'Angoulême (1999) and a DNSEP from l'École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (2001). He is the recipient of the Chamlers Arts Fellowship (2016) and 4 other grants from the Ontario Arts Council. His work has been showcased and published in France and many European countries, as well as in the U.S. and Canada. He currently lives, works and plays with gratitude on the territories of the Wendat, Anashinabek Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, And Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations.
samuelchoisy.com | @samuel_choisy | samuel.choisy@gmail.com
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Susan Low-Beer was born in Montreal and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting at Mount Allison University, followed by a Master of Fine Art Degree, with a major in painting, at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She has exhibited internationally in Europe, the United States, Japan and Korea, as well as nationally in both juried and invitational exhibitions. Her work is held in prestigious collections like the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. Susan has received numerous grants and awards, including the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Crafts and induction into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include "Embodiment - 30 Years of Sculpture" and "Specimen. »
Susanlow-beer.com | @lowbeersusan | lowbeer@sympatico.ca
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Elaine Whittaker is a Canadian visual artist whose practice explores the intersection of art, science, medicine, and ecology. Her installations incorporate a range of unconventional materials, from mosquitoes to live microorganisms. Whittaker has exhibited internationally, with work featured in venues such as the Centre Pompidou, Ontario Science Centre, and Science Gallery London. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Pelling Laboratory for Augmented Biology and the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. Whittaker holds a BFA from York University and has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council. She is an active member of the Red Head Gallery collective in Toronto.
elainewhittaker.ca | @saltfrost | elainetwhittaker@gmail.com
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Kelley Aitken is an author and artist. She teaches at the Art Gallery of Ontario and co-leads plein air courses in Europe and Canada. Recent exhibitions: Filamentous with Elaine Whittaker at World of Threads, Oakville, 2023/4, and at The Redhead Gallery, Toronto, fall of 2022. Her work is in many private collections in Ecuador, France, Italy, the U.S. and Canada. She has provided cover art and illustrations for Canadian books and magazines. Kelley’s writing about art has been published in anthologies and journals in Canada and the UK.
kelleyaitken.com | @tuck210 | kelley.aitken@sympatico.ca
