When I Close My Eyes
Screen Time kicks off with a series of a dreamy works. In finely rendered paintings, evocative collages and vibrant sculpture, these works are grounded in the real world, but not tethered to it. This is definitely a collection for the extravert or those looking to be inspired by something a little ‘larger than life’, because at the end of the day (or the pandemic) we can all learn something from a bold move.
About Screen Time
With the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, we’ve moved the annual Artist Project show to a nine-week series of online exhibitions, running April 1 - June 2, 2021. Every Thursday at noon, a new themed exhibition launches featuring seven artists with a daily artist feature on our social media channels. From painting and drawing, to sculpture, prints and photography, the shows will support an incredible breadth of work, all available for sale directly from the artists. During this time when we’re spending so much time at home, consider supporting an independent artist and treating yourself to a fresh perspective with an original work of art.
Nicole Moss
Nicole Moss is an award-winning, Toronto-based collage artist. Moss uses images from vintage magazines and books as her source material. The arrangement of these images is a chance-based process, which can produce meaningful and mystical insight. Her works' surreal narratives encourage the viewer to question their own thoughts and experiences, while getting lost in a dream-like world.
Nicole Moss, Apple of my Eye, 2019
20" x 16"
Hand-cut collage on wooden panel
$790
Nicole Moss, The Lady in Red, 2019
16" x 20"
Hand-cut collage on wooden panel
$730
Nicole Moss, Mindless Matter, 2019
6" x 6"
Hand-cut collage on wooden panel
$320
Richard Ahnert
Toronto-based artist Richard Ahnert laces his anthropomorphic paintings with a quiet kinship between human and animal. He uses the relationship between species to explore themes of emotion, metaphor, and narrative with a satirical twist. Storytelling, understated humour, and deep reflection are at the heart of Ahnert's practice.
David Krovblit
David Krovblit is a Canadian artist based in California, specializing in analog collage. Pulling imagery from vintage books and magazines (along with his original photography), the artist builds collages rooted in pop culture. He curates images lost in time - repackaging them to build new stories - a process he describes as "capitalizing on the beauty".
David Krovblit, Siamese Alien - Radiation II, 2020
12" x 12" x 1.5"
Mixed media collage on canvas, sealed with gel medium
$1,800
David Krovblit, Rare Bengal Meat, 2020
48" x 36" x 3"
Mixed media collage on custom
baltic birch panel, sealed with resin
$10,000
David Krovblit, Creamsicle of Life, 2021
36" x 36" x 3"
Mixed media collage on custom baltic birch panel, sealed with resin
$8,500 (Prints available)
Niyi Adeogun
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Niyi Adeogun is a PEI-based lifelong creative and self-taught digital artist. Adeogun started his art career in earnest in 2017 as a complement to his work in graphic design and sustainable design engineering, skills which are palpable in his digital works.
Diana Rosa
Bringing together pop, folk, abstraction, realism and fantasy, Diana Rosa employs a naïve folk-art style to explore questions of love, identity and environment. Her paintings often hold an autobiographic element and take inspiration from her Cuban upbringing and childhood closely connected to nature.
Dori Vanderheyden
Why are humans and other species obsessed with beauty? What does beauty mean on an atomic level? These are the questions that keep interdisciplinary artist Dori Vanderheyden up at night. Vanderheyden's work is a reflection of her research around sexuality, and relationships between organic and inorganic bodies.
Five Eight
Five Eight is a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal with a graffiti background, whose work takes inspiration from visual communication technologies. Five's current works on canvas reflect his knowledge of glass blowing and video circuit bending. They are rendered in his signature painting style concerned with light, colour and contrast.
