Tenant Category: Artist

Burke Paterson is a visual artist with a BFA from Queen’s University and an MFA from SUNY Buffalo, with extensive experience as a secondary and post-secondary educator.

CARFAC Ontario is the association of professional visual and media artists. Founded in 1968, CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens) has worked for 40 years on the legal and economic issues facing visual artists. We believe that artists, like professionals in other fields, should be paid for their work and share equitably in profits from their art practice. The work of CARFAC Ontario is to develop policies, publications, and services that assist artists, galleries, curators, art patrons, and…

Carolyn Livingston’s exhibition with Pari Nadimi Gallery unites two groups of oil paintings that continue her exploration of the human figure in pairs or in isolation. When she depicts two figures in an embrace, the theme of mother and child is invoked even when the gender or age of the figures is not fixed or clear. These embraces speak of the tenderness found in physical connection and suggest spiritually nourishing, life-giving intimacy. Livingston’s pictorial language often takes up classical art, as if…

CONSERVATION+CULTURE is a small Toronto-based studio specializing in heritage conservation and restoration, with a particular focus on paper-based materials. The studio is led by professional conservator Vincent Dion, who works in collaboration with peers, and allied professionals.

Crystal Liu is a Canadian born Chinese artist. Using materials such as ink, metallic pigments, custom-made marbleized paper, gouache and watercolour, she creates landscapes as metaphors for the intangible forces that drive human beings from within. Liu’s paintings are tied intimately with her emotional states. She derives narratives of intention and desire with teetering optimism through her portrayal of elements found in nature such as : flora, fauna, the water, the moon and the stars.The complexities of life are carefully…

Working in photo-based art.