FUTURE PROOF 2023

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The auction is now closed. All Auction winners have been contacted as of Monday, May 15th. Thank you, everyone, for your support!

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FUTURE PROOF featured a juried selection of prints alongside a curated collection of contemporary art by artists from the Toronto arts community who support Open Studio.

Thank you to the participating artists and galleries for generously donating their artwork to support Open Studio and the future of print.

Miss your chance to bid on a work? We are happy to reach out to participating artists to find out whether further editions are available. Please get in touch with us at office@openstudio.ca or call 416-504-8238, and we would be more than happy to help!

We have more amazing art in our Open Studio Shop for you to browse and purchase.

SECURING THE FUTURE OF PRINT

Open Studio is a charitable organization and Artist-Run Centre in Toronto dedicated to contemporary print. We offer inclusive and affordable printmaking facilities, programs, and services to artists and the public across Canada and beyond. By participating in this online auction, bidders can support our mission and help artists of all backgrounds create prints for generations to come!

If you would like to make a financial contribution towards FUTURE PROOF, please click the donate button below. Thank you!

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Thank you to the participating artists and galleries for generously donating their artwork to support Open Studio and the future of print.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Samayualie Akesuk, Jaime Angelopoulos, Sally Ayre, Barbara Balfour, Mary Baranowski-Lowden, Alex Bierk, Diana Birkenheier, Nour Bishouty, Philippe Blanchard, Ann Karine Bourdeau Leduc, Noah Breuer, AA Bronson, Yael Brotman, Floyd Calverley, Daniel Cardoso, Carlo Cesta, Caroline Chan, carlina Chen, Panya Clark Espinal, Tara Cooper, Anne-Marie Cosgrove, Rebecca Cowan, Louis Crout, Rachel Crummey, Susan Cunningham, Alec Dempster, Isabel Diana, Ioana Dragomir, Sameer Farooq, Laura Findlay, Elizabeth Forrest, Robert Game, Elena Gorlenko, Scott Goudie, Mathieu Goupil-Lemay, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Laine Groeneweg, Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Libby Hague, J.C. (Carl) Heywood, April Hickox, Brian Hoad, E.J. (Ted) Howorth, Edward Fu-Chen Juan, Maya Keleris, Brian Kelley, Alex Kisilevich, Judith Klugerman, Suzy Lake, Karen Kar Yen Law, Tom Lecuyer, Jaehyang Lee, Lorna Livey, Jane LowBeer, Michaela Lucio, Vanessa Maltese, Monique Martin, John Massey, Eva McCauley, Liz Menard, Ruth Mora, Eric Mummery, Caitlyn Murphy, Paulo Nazareth, Lisa Neighbour, Neli Nenkova, Shogo Okada, Cleopatria Peterson, Walter Procska, Sandi Ralph, Victor Romao, Erica Rutherford, Ingrid Staats, Austin Stanley, Dan Steeves, Ningiukulu Teevee, Jocelyne Thibault, Jeannie Thib, Alex R.M. Thompson, David Trautrimas, Winnie Truong, Gabrielle Tyrie, Ann Unger, Danielle Vincent, Kelly Walters, 59 Minutes [Wendy Cain + Alison Judd], Kate Wilson, Leszek Wyczolkowski, Shaheer Zazai, Han Zhang

AWARD SPONSORS

• $1,000 Best in Print award sponsored by Assurart
  Auction lot 43: E.J. (Ted) Howorth, ‘2 lawn chairs’, mezzotint, edition 32/32, 11” x 14”
  
• $500 Honourable Mention in Print award with special thanks to Yana Gagne
  Auction lot 18: carlina Chen, ‘The Return of Light and Sound’, screenprint, edition 9/10, 8.25” x 11.5”
  
• $250 Honourable Mention in Print award sponsored by Open Studio
  Auction lot 79: Alex R.M. Thompson, ‘Eternity is a Convincing Myth’, etching, aquatint, and drypoint, edition 4/5, 42” x 29”
  
• $250 Gift Certificate provided by The Japanese Paper Place
  Auction lot 62: Eric Mummery, ‘It Is Happening Again’, stone lithograph on Washi (Japanese paper), edition 1/9, 16” x 22”