Collective 20 was a group curated exhibition of members of Gallery 1313 celebrating the 20 years they had been exhibiting at Gallery 1313. There are over 50 artist members of Gallery 1313 and over 20 exhibited their best works. A variety of art works were on display including sculpture , mixed media, painting & photography. www.g1313.org

1. COLLECTIVE20
Celebrating 20 Years @
December 6 to 17 — Curated by
Reception: Thursday, December 7, 8–10 pm
Gallery 1313
Celebrating 20Years
1997–2017
December 6 to 17, 2017
Curated by Phil Anderson
g1313.org

2. This eclectic group exhibition is from the diverse membership
of Gallery 1313.The gallery started in 1997 with a membership
that originated in an arts collective, the ParkdaleVillage Arts
Collective started in 1994.The Gallery now has about 50 artist
members whose art practices vary. Members exhibit in the
Cell Gallery which is dedicated to membership.This exhibit is
to celebrate the 20 years they have had Gallery 1313 as their
home.Artist members are showing current work which reflects
their art practice.We hope you will join us in celebrating this
milestone for our members and the gallery.
Phil Anderson
executive director
COLLECTIVE20
Gallery 1313
1313 Queen St. W.,
Toronto, ON M6K 1L8
416.536.6778
www.g1313.org
Gallery Hours
Wednesday–Sunday,
1–6 pm
Celebrating 20 Years @
December 6 to 17 — Curated by Phil Anderson
Reception: Thursday, December 7, 8–10 pm
Zoraida Anaya
Sally Holcomb Blackman
Dean Bradley
Paul Brandejs
Sarah Carlson
Brian Deignan
Christina Damianos
Judith Donoahue
Catharine Somerville
Marie Finkelstein
Philip Hare
Ruth Hartman
Sonia Langer
Eva Lewarne
JoAnne Maikawa
Jerome McNicholl
Gilles Morin
Voitek Pendrak
Sharon Erlichman
Shawn Postoff
Janne Reuss
Mikael Sandblom
Joanna Strong
Asma Sultana
JaneTheodore
GwenTooth
CO N T R I B U T I N G A R T I ST S

3. My practice spans a variety
of media. The complexity of
understand life and all that comes
with it is the drive behind my work.
In my work I purposely search
for simplicity but I am not sure I
am achieving it. I have shown in
galleries and museums of Canada,
such as Gallery 1313, Galerie 815,
the Federation Gallery, and the
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc. I have
also exhibited in the Chicago’s
Women Made Gallery, and the
Foundry Art Centre in Missouri.
Imagen 51
Fumage and Indian
ink on paper
9 x 8 in ZoraidaAnaya
I am a member of Gallery 1313,
Bravo-Sud, and the WAP Collective.
I attended OCAD university, and
received training at the Art Students
League of New York and the Museé
d’arts decoratifs du Louvre.
www.zoraida-anaya.ca

4. Canadian Shield is the largest
exposure of Precambrian rock on
Earth. The continental glaciers
that covered northern North
America during the Pleistocene
period scraped the older rock
bare. Since then a thin layer of
soil has accumulated, supporting
SallyHolcombBlackman
the lush forests but being too thin
for farming. These paintings of
Canadian Shield are from Killarney
Provincial Park in northern Ontario.
As beautiful as Killarney Provincial
Park is, environmental problems
associated with acid rain from
nickel mining and smelting near
Sudbury degraded the lakes from
the 1940’s through the 1970’s.
Through environmental legislation
the Park has recovered much of its
environmental health today.
As a painter, I love the abstract and
monumental visual qualities of rock
and mountains.
They speak to the powerful and
elemental forces that have made
our earth. They are an unending
source of inspiration in my repre-
sentational and more abstract work.
In this painting the rock seems to
flow over the slope, as organic as
the grass and shrubs growing on it.
iquilt@sympatico.ca
Canadian Shield 2016
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in

5. As an active member of Toronto’s
vibrant art scene. His work has
been on display at galleries and
businesses throughout Toronto,
Oshawa, Burlington and a group
show in Venice, Italy. In 2015, he
received the Award of Distinction
by Queen West Art Crawl. His
piece Subway Aquarium was on
the short list for the Mayor’s choice
award at the 2015 Toronto Outdoor
DeanBradley
Exhibition. In 2016 he curated two
group exhibitions at galleries in
Toronto. He is currently on the
board at Gallery 44 in Toronto. Dean
has recently moved into landscape
painting, Allagash Sunset is his first
work in this medium.
deanb@photosbydean.ca
Allagash Sunset
Acrylic
27 x 40 in
FPO

6. After the Sunset is the mystical
feeling you get sitting out late at
night under the full moon. I blend
realism with abstraction into one
cohesive artwork.
These paintings are painted on
location while I was camping. I
would initially take photos of what
captured my imagination and then
PaulBrandejs
After the Sunset
Mixed Media
47 x 51 x 5.25 in
over the course of my stay I would
stretch and prime canvases on
which I would paint the impression
of what I photographed from memory.
Later on in my studio I would
print the photos and blend them
with the painted canvases into one
cohesive piece.
My mixed media uses photo-graphy
as one of the media in combination
with acrylic and found material form
the area where I painted and imbed
into the painted canvas.
paulbrandejs@me.com

7. Completing artist residencies in
both Algonquin Provincial Park
and the remote Yukon wilderness
in 2016. Carlson responds to her
surroundings by embodying the
idea of the nomad or visitor. Along
with recurring motifs around
SarahCarlson
migration and movement, the
primary theme is an examination
of the complex and mediated
relationships between humans
and nature.
www.sarahcarlson.ca
Imagen 51 • Fumage and Indian ink on paper. • Size: 9x8 in.
There Are No Words
Oil and Acrylic
on Canvas
48 x 60 in

8. HOCKEY, EH?
Like many Canadians, hockey has
been part of my consciousness for
as long as I can remember. It was
pervasive all year long, played or
watched in driveways, laneways,
outdoor rinks and arenas. As a
boy growing up in the 50’s the
only things that could rival it for
excitement and obsession were
Christmas and my birthday.
I remain entranced by the speed
and colour and light and enthralled
by the drama and the drudgery, the
flashes of brilliance and spontaneity
and the slog of dogged persistence
and failure. Another handy metaphor
BrianDeignan
(Top)
Goalmouth Scramble
(Bottom)
Behind the Net #10
Digital Prints on
Exhibition Fiber Paper
for the vicissitudes of life. As
with all my work I am not drawn
to the dramatic or the epic, but
rather to the mundane; those
weekly games we pay to engage
in. It is settings like these where I
believe our shared humanity is
best observed and appreciated.
brian@briandeignan.com

9. In my poppy painting, I offer a vivid
memory of the empty Palestinian
houses in the state of Israel where
bushes, thistles and wildflowers
like the poppies still grow in the
cracks of houses where people
once lived. In these, my most recent
imaginations, poppies emerge ChristinaDamianos
Beginning
Oil on Canvas
30 x 36 in
Humber
Oil on Canvas
30 x 30 in
in a dramatic, whimsical fashion
and represent, to me, a feminine
seduction and true power. The
red-blood poppy also signifies the
sleep of death and the promise of
new life, so it is told. The poppy is
always the first wildflower to add
colour to a reemerging landscape in
spring. This, I like.
For me, art means being faithful to
myself and my view of the world.
It is about expressing feelings and
impressions that go beyond words
to capture the fleeting moments
and glimmerings of honest feeling.
My art reflects the precarious-
ness of life…mine, yours, ours.
damianos.christina@gmail.com

10. JudithDonoahue
Sea Ice No. 4
Sea Ice No. 5
Sea Ice No. 6
Encaustic monotype
on rice paper
18 x 18 in
The sea is the source of all life
on our planet and the icecaps
are melting at an alarming
rate, destroying coastlines and
fertile lands, submerging island
nations, creating new deserts,
food insecurity, and population
migration. Is it too late?
judith.donoahue@bell.net

11. CatharineSomerville
Golden Bird 2012
Mixed media on linen
36 x 36 in
The Golden Bird” is an abstract
work that airs the constant drive
of humans to attain impossible
perfection and to be in the spotlight
while forgetting to trust in their own
heart and intuitions and follow a
pure light.
Born in Canada, Catharine began
painting at a young age. She moved
to England, studied art and raised
a family in 1983. After which she
and set up Herringbroom Studio,
in 1992. Catharine completed her
post-graduate work at West Dean
College and University of Sussex,
and gained recognition of her
work through being awarded the
prestigious Chairman’s Prize. She
continues to work and exhibit in
both Canada and England.
catharinesomervillle.com

12. MarieFinkelstein
BJC in Winter 1
BJC in Winter 3
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 in
While I was painting in a studio
at Bathurst and Sheppard, an
unusually harsh winter unleashed
one last storm. Within a short time,
the world turned nearly invisible
in the snow swirling outside. The
landscape began to disappear into
the grey-white atmosphere. The
scene outside the picture windows
grew more and more abstract. I
was transported to my Quebec
childhood and moved to paint an
impression of these images and
feelings they rekindled.
www.mariefinkelstein.com

13. PhilipHareThe Putinator
Prophylactic Purge, 2017
10 x 13 x 4 in
There is a genocide happening in
Chechnya. In what has been dubbed
a “Prophylactic Purge”, gay men are
being rounded up, held in secret
prisons and tortured, sometimes to
death. With the tacit support of the
Russian government, queers are
being stalked and assaulted. They
are being tortured to “confess”
their orientation and to divulge
the names of others. Families are
encouraged to beat or even kill
their own gay sons rather than face
public shaming.
Vladimir Putin fancies himself a
manly man. He likes to ride horses
shirtless (him, not the horses).
He likes to hunt and fish – airing
his manly nipples all the while.
Fortunately, he’s able to enjoy his
macho amusements without being
harassed by handsy homosexuals.
According to Putin, were the need
to arise, “…his mastery of judo
would come in handy if a gay
man made a move on him in the
shower…” (Newsweek, 6/7/17).
I would like to present “The
Putinator” to the Russian President.
Personally. How better to honour
this abhorrent little man than with
his very own weapon of ass des-
truction? It might just be the perfect
prophylactic he needs to purge his
own deadly homophobic fears.

14. RuthHartman
Unity
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
“My drawings/photographs search
the present moment; my paintings
search for moments past.”
Images in Hartman’s paintings
and photography generally explore
colour, place, and memory. The
intuitive, expressionistic paintings
capture a feeling, an imperfect
memory or observation. When an
image is inspired by a photograph,
the aim is to convey what it cannot.
Images invite the viewer to
complete the thought or emotion
using their own experiences. An
early focus on portraiture has
evolved into images of often
animized figures, with the “no face”
or “back view” motif to reflect the
universal within our individuality.
www.ruthhartman.ca

15. SoniaLangerDeep Reflections I, II, III
18 x 24 in
The magic that can be found in the
most casual, unpretentious mo-
ments is often ignored.
This is an homage to the uncele-
brated snowy, foggy and rainy days
and their faceless figures. Unblinded
by the sun, allowing one to take
comfort in seeing the light through
the darkness.
soniart271@gmail.com

16. EvaLewarne
Surrender
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in
Friendly Pixels a new series, that
I am developing came about from
my need to create some order out
of the world’s present chaos; the
tendency towards totalitarianism;
a dismaying lack of respect for the
feminine in every aspect of life,
including the arts, where a majority
of graduates from art college are
women and not even a tenth of
them are being shown in galleries
or museums.
Surrender is a painting learning
to decide what is worth fighting
for and what isn’t. The saying
that having balls is being tough is
wrong, balls are in fact very fragile,
as man’s violent strength will easily
crumble under fire. The vagina,
the feminine however, can take a
pounding as they say. Surrender
isn’t about being passive, it is about
being open, to life to intuition to
the Muse. It is not an ego vomit on
canvas. It takes practice and skill to
be open to that. It takes some order.
I suppose my art is civic in some
respects as it is motivated by
my reaction to life and art in our
present society, world.
www.evalewarne.com

17. JoAnneMaikawaDispersal
Broken bowl fragments
12 x 36 in
My art making has reflected my
memories of growing up in
Japantown, the pre WW II
community of Japanese Canadians
in Vancouver, as well as of its
sudden and, to a six-year-old,
bewildering break-up. It has
focused on the internment of
Japanese-Canadians (in 1942) from
a personal perspective. I was not
quite 7, a third generation
Japanese-Canadian, when the
lives and dreams of my parents
and grand-parents were shattered,
their homes and businesses
confiscated, their freedom lost,
their community destroyed.
My work is two dimensional and
water based. Texture is especially
important to me. I use both art
based material as well as ready-
made or found material to create a
variety of textured surfaces. It has
involved collages of different
materials at times and, at other
times, scraping, layering, and
charring surfaces to produce
semi-abstract images and
landscapes. Though much of my
work in the past has been focused
on the Japanese-Canadian
experience, it has often been
semi-abstract, a mix of abstract
and representational imagery
culled from various sources,
including family photos,
newspaper clippings, and
government documents.
jmaikawa@rogers.com

18. Three moments of light at Otter
Lake (Otter Lake 6 kilometers
south of Parry Sound) I worked
from three photos, which I take
as three points of memory. As the
camera glimpses the moment:
I worked in an open gestural
manner attempting a simulation of
momentary experience, hopelessly
flawed, snatching fragments from
those elusive moments of light.
YellowTree Standing part of a
series done at Otter Lake a glimpse
of November with the spectrum
of late autumn colors fading, the
brightest –still standing…is there
a more beautiful transfiguring
season in Canada!
jeromemcnicholl.com
JeromeMcNicholl
Three moments of light onOttar Lake 2017
Watercolour/gouache/pastel/ink on BFK paper
20 x 30 in
Yellow tree still standing 2016
Pencil/gouache on paper
8 x 12 in

19. Landscape_Revalation
Encaustic, oil pastels and oils on wood panel
18 x 48 in
When I approach landscape
painting I am always confronted
with the Canadian cultural
dilemma. Not wanting to follow
the traditional landscape in the
footsteps of the Group of Seven.
In so doing I breakdown the
principal elements involved
in a traditional landscape and
reinterpret them on an ethereal
and metaphysical level, might it
be physical, emotional or spiritual.
www.gillesmorinart.com
GillesMorin

20. This is not your typical landscape.
This is a Canadian landscape
though. This image was born
from a collaboration (intentional
or not) of many people and
institutions that otherwise
would have never met if not its
common point....Canada. Italy,
Portugal, Poland, Ghana, Egypt.
People from or whose origins
come from these countries
contributed to what this image is.
www.faultypixel.com
VoitekPendrakSharonErlichman
Precious
Photograph printed on canvas
40 x 40 in
Sunset Into Night #1
40 x 60 in
Acrylic on Canvas
The search for the meaning
of home has been an
ongoing narrative in my
work. The juxtaposing of
light and dark memories
of a first generation child of
Holocaust survivors grow-
ing up on the Saskatchewan
prairies has provided me
with a unique view of the
world and is one that I
explore in my titled “Home
Series: Neither Here Nor
There.” In this series I
reflect upon the ideas of
memory, home, loss and
self identity. The two
submitted paintings focus
on visual memories of the
land and highlight how
geography can hold a place
not only in one’s memory
but also in one’s heart
through ephemeral
moments that only nature
can provide.
sharon88@rogers.com

21. Map of the Enchanted Forest (2107)
Mixed media on wood
16 x 23 in
Sir Robin never misses
Any mark or major mile,
Nor shies away from blisses
With a knowing little smile.
He lives for noble pleasures
By a tome of magic spells,
And shares their secret treasures
In a storm of kiss-and-tells.
mail@shawnpostoff.com
ShawnPostoff

22. JanneReuss
Imprints ofTime 1 & 2 are part
of a series of 15 prints that address
the idea of “time and memory”.
In life and nature, all processes
and actions leave their particular
traces, which are visible as lines,
shapes or layers of color. With time
all these elements come together
to compose and tell a story.
Janne Reuss’s creative process is
explorative and intuitive
info@janneart.net
Imprints of time 1 & 2
(Mono) lino-print
50 x 70 cm

23. Before the Flood
Mixed media on
aluminum, 2017
30 x 20 in
Water Cycle
Mixed media on
Aluminum, 2017
12 x 12 in
‘Water Cycle’ combines images
of water and photos of the Rocky
Mountains on an aluminum panel.
The feeling of solidity of these
mountains is an illusion created by
our short human scale of time. the
Rockies are slowly, but constantly,
being built up and worn down.
‘Before the Flood’ combines
images of water and photos of the
Rocky Mountains on an aluminum
panel. During the Paleozoic era, this
area was a shallow sea. Over millions
MikaelSandblom
of years, layers of sediment were
deposited, and slowly turned to
stone several kilometers deep.
Around 80 million years ago,
tectonic plates began to collide
pushing the stone up. Water, in the
form of ice and glaciers as well as
in the form of streams and rivers,
carved through the stone to create
the peaks and valleys we see today.
Imperceptible to our eyes, the moun-
tains are still moving and changing.
info@mikaelsandblom.com

24. Snow at Last refers to freshly
fallen, long-awaited snow, and how
it enfolds and illuminates the
sometimes dirty and sparsely
coloured winter world.
A Peaceful Waterfall is a
memory of a waterfall in my home
city of St. John’s, Newfoundland,
created using a unique rock
(looking like solidified fog) that I
collected from a beach there.
These oil on canvas paintings
are from an ongoing series called
‘Entanglement’ in which I use
rubber bands to express intangible
thoughts and emotions. The
rubber bands are either alone,
interacting with other objects, or
made into balls, like small worlds.
www.joannastrong.com
JoanneStrong
Snow at Last
Oil on Canvas
12 x 12 in
A Peaceful Waterfall
Oil on Canvas
22 x 28 in

25. Autumn Monologue
Artist’s hair, used hair brush, ink and colour pencil
2.5 x 9 x 2 in
Only Pain Can Heal
Hair brush and needles
4 x 10 x 2.5 in
40 Epitaphs
Hair brush and 40 nails
4 x 10 x 2.5 in
I HaveTried to LeaveYou
Hair brush and artist’s hair
4 x 10 x 2.5 in
These artworks are the
distillation of pain and, also
time machines to recreate a
time lost and sacrifices.
Using materials that are
part of my daily existence and
of my physical self like my
own hair, I search my identity
and create an unbreakable
bridge with an inseparable
part of me. Things like hair,
needles, and nails symbolizing
displacement and replacement
and pain.
My art as well the process
is autobiographical and
a soliloquy, a stream of
consciousness that conveys
my dialogues I want to share.
www.asmasultana.co
AsmaSultana

26. JaneTheodore
All Pleasures Have Returned
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 48 in
Jane Theodore paints without
preconception. For her, creating
is an exercise in no mind; she
responds spontaneously to what is
happening in the work. The physical
act of creating is an integral part of
Theodore’s process – the gestures,
the addition/subtraction of colour,
form and line. She rotates the
canvas repeatedly, looking for the
painting to reveal itself. Shapes
appear and recede as she applies
and removes layers. And while
Theodore is influenced by her
environment – cloud formations,
the shifting palette of an evening
sky, unexpected combinations
of colour and light, texture and
patterns – her greatest effort is to
get out of the painting’s way, and
allow it into being.
www.janetheodore.com

27. GwenTooth
Red Series
Gentle Waterfalls No. 8
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 x 1.75 in
Each of the paintings in this
series are an interpretation
of gentle waterfalls on red
backgrounds. Nature is full of
joy. A happy red plays the
balance with the calmness of
gently dropping water. These
were inspired by a particular
gentle waterfall at the Alton
Mill near Orangeville, Ontario.
gwentooth@bell.net

28. Gallery 1313
1313 Queen
St.West
Toronto ON
M6K 1L8
416.536.6778
g1313.org
Celebrating 20Years
of Exhibiting
Contemporary Art
and Supporting
Emerging Artists