Defiant Memory

Sylvat Aziz, Thorn and the Carnation (detail), 2025, pigment on arches with print underlayer, 88" x 51".

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 29, 6-8pm at Open Studio Sylvat Aziz’s work engages with the political, social, and cultural forces that shape contemporary life and social interactions. It explores how structures of illegitimate power influence cultural memory and identity, and lay waste to the continuity of ways of life. Rather than presenting singular or dogmatic images,…

Refraction: Translations of Japanese Landscape

Fumiko Goto, 'trimmed I-4', 2026, photo-intaglio, chine-collé, 22" x 33" (detail)

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 29, 6-8 pm at Open Studio. Refraction (noun)The fact or phenomenon of light being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface of one medium and another of varying density.— Oxford Dictionary Fumiko Goto, Fuki Hamada, and Yoshie Uchida are active members of the Japanese graphics scene, each approaching their surroundings with distinct…

Doors Open 2026

401 Richmond Street West, Doors Open, 2026.

Open Studio is joining Doors Open at 401 Richmond on Saturday, May 23! As tenants of the building, we’re opening our studio for visitors to explore our facilities and try their hand at the Vandercook 4T letterpress from 10am-5pm. . .

Colour of an Object

Walter Procska, Blue Over Yellow, 2025, detail, screenprint and pencil, edition of 7, paper size: 11" × 30.25".

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 20, 6-8 pm at Open Studio. When we create or appreciate art, we set free the spirit trapped within. That is why art arouses such joy. Art is the emotion, the pleasure of expressing life as it is. Those who see art are moved by its passion and strength, its intensity and…