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WINTER SALON in Black & White
Dec 5, 2025 - Jan 17, 2026

Please join us for the Opening Reception of WINTER SALON in Black & White, our holiday group show at Gagné Contemporary, on Friday, December 5 from 6-8 pm. Artists will be present.

Through painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, metalwork, ceramics, printmaking and fibre arts, these artists bring hard-won expertise to bold, unconventional artworks.

Romas Astrauskas brings several of his savage drawings, including “Space is the Place” – a work on paper using handmade charcoal and the spirit of rock-god Ace Frehley. While Stephen Boyd cooly manifests 3 of his generative art pieces using code and mathematics. Two kickass paintings by longtime Toronto instigator Napoleon Brousseau will slam the gallery walls, along with new works on metal by the formidable, legendary Rocky Dobey. And Sepideh Khalili returns with her exquisite intaglio-printed, photo-etched Iranian stamps under glass.

Kathy Kranias, new to the gallery, arrives with her elegant “I am a Tree (Daphne)” in hand-built, unglazed procelaineous stoneware. Donald Lee returns this year with more of his mysterious “Abstract Character” works on wood. Andrew Lindell, a film industry veteran, has concocted “Orca” with materials abandoned from movie sets. The gifted Brittany Lyn returns to the gallery with her delicate abstractions. And shooter Mathew Merrett presents glistening photographs from his “Dark City” series.

Globetrotting photographer Ella Morton returns with her highly textured, heavily treated darkroom confections. Jim Russell’s drawings in pencil and ink carry spring-loaded trap doors everywhere.

Showing great restraint with his materials, yet monumental complexity and precision in his drawings, is the self-taught Nick Shinbin. Conversely, keeping it sloppy is hardcore fibre artist Olivia Mae Sinclair, who combines textile and publishing to radical effect. And on the heels of Dean Tomlinson’s successful CONTACT show with Jennifer Rowsom, several of his beautifully crafted, resin-coated photographs will be presented.

The gallery is so pleased and proud to present this group of artists with their work. And very grateful.

Thank you to everyone who visited both galleries in 2025, and a special thank you to the many artists who’ve entrusted us with their creations, show after show. The artists and the work they make are really the heart of the matter.