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Photographer Osheen Harruthoonyan
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Photographer Bryan Helm
Photo credit:: Roderick Trestrail II
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Photographer David L. Hunsberger
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Photographer Joan Latchford
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Photographer Brendan Meadows
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Photographer Russell Monk
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Photographer Cory Wilyman
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INVITED GUEST ARTISTS
Zeljka Alosinac is an artist whose preferred medium is drawing. After a thirty year career in the film industry as a Set Decorator, she now concentrates on making Art that is multi-layered, fusing a love of fabric and materiality with historical references.
Xavi Bou’s grandfather instilled in him a passion for nature from the time he was a little boy. That passion impelled Xavi toward the natural sciences, and in 2003 he graduated with a degree in Geology from the University of Barcelona. In 2004 he went on to complete his studies in photography, and for the next decade, Xavi worked in the advertisement and fashion industry combining it with teaching photography.However, Xavi’s love of nature was always present, so in 2012 he embarked on Ornithographies; photography inspired by his curiosity about the invisible patterns traced by birds in flight. “My intention is to capture the beauty of the bird’s flight in a single moment, making the invisible visible. Ornithographies moves away from the purely scientific practice of Chronophotography that 19th-century photographers Eadward Muybridge and Étienne Julies Marey developed. It is the balance between art and science, a project of naturalist discovery, and, at the same time, an exercise of visual poetry.”
In his work, art and science unite to capture a moment that is past, present, and future, all at once.
Xavi’s 2015 debut of Ornithographies instantly caught the attention of international publications and collectors, and his work has since been published in National Geographic, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Geo, and Sonntag, among many others. Xavi has exhibited Ornithographies in Australia, Holland, The United States, Spain, Switzerland, France, Russia, and Greece.
When Xavi is not setting up his tripod on a roof, rock, or windswept plain, he is at work in his studio in the center of Gracia, Barcelona, preparing future exhibitions and editing a book of his work.
North Carolina-based artist and instructor Diana Bloomfield has exhibited widely in North America and internationally. In 2021, she was honoured with the prestigious Rofofolio Denis Roussel Award.
Diana began this series of photographs in 2020 just as the deadly COVID global pandemic physically isolated us from each other. These glimpses of secluded but familiar spaces of the artist’s native Southern landscape evoke an ethereal wistful quality and are accomplished through the soft tonal saturation of tricolour gum bichromate over cyanotype prints.
As images of sanctuary from imminent virulent danger afforded by uninhabited places, works from this series produce a lenticular “double vision”: a nostalgic yearning for less precarious times, and more disturbingly, a foreshadowing of a post-human future where natural vegetation thrives unhindered.
Bob Carnie is a Toronto-based photo-printmaker and photographer. Since graduating from the Fanshawe College’s photography program in 1976, Bob has not only continued his own photography practice but also garnered an international reputation for printing traditional and digital fine art. A master printer, he’s worked with many acclaimed photographers, printing for personal portfolios, private collections, gallery exhibitions and museum installations. Bob’s passion for photography is fueled by this hands-on work in the darkroom, where he’s most in his element – a passion that’s evident in his own work. Using a combination of skills in historical and vintage processes, at times enhanced by contemporary technology, Bob’s combinations of skills, artistry and (hard-boiled) perceptiveness bring a unique richness to his work – from the early landscapes seen on his website, through to his current body of work which contemplates the value, beauty, and ephemerality of everyday objects.
Recent Parson's School of Design graduate and one time Cardinal Gallery intern; Meg Farrar is a photographer and art researcher based in Toronto and New York City. Her artwork explores the relationship between identity and one's personal history. Her interest in history and research have begun to influence her photography. Issues of ethics, culture, and climate change are topics that appear in her process.A past series explored the history of hand painted photographs in Japan from the “Sakoku” period. A more recent project reflects on the impacts of climate change, exploring the effects of toxic waste and pollution on the human body. The results are saturated and textural images that convey the feeling of chemical burns and suffocation.
"I find myself wondering how art can be used as a tool to investigate historical events, environments, religion, and politics. I became fascinated with decoding art and using it as a tool, engulfing myself with visual history can often times feel like time travel. A professional goal of mine is to contribute to a more inclusive and diverse environment for art. "
Cameron Peck (1912-1990) was a Chicago resident who grew up spending summers with his family at their Lake of Bays cottage. He developed a passion for the classic boats of Muskoka and eventually assembled a fleet of beautifully restored steamboats and launches.
Peck left an extensive archive on Muskoka boats and the boats of Lake of Bays that included 1500 photographs and negatives. Some of the photos were taken by Cameron and several by his mother, Janet Peck, who was a keen amateur photographer. Most of the images are of Cameron’s boats.
John Peck, Cameron’s nephew, made the archive available to the community in 2016. He actively shares his knowledge of the photos and encourages their use.
Mark McLean, former president of the Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation, has assembled a collection of over 400 photos from the archive which can be seen on the Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation site.
Mark has also selected 14 beautiful photographs from the archive, and partnered with master printer Bob Carnie to produce platinum-palladium prints. Invented in the 1850s, platinum-palladium prints have a rich and delicate tonal scale and unmatched archival quality. These prints are available to purchase with net proceeds going to the Foundation.
Kamelia Pezeshki was born in Urmia, Iran in 1963. As a young girl she moved to the United States in 1979 with her family. Similar to other immigrants who keep moving in search of yet another home, she moved a few times before settling in Salt Lake City, Utah. There she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Utah with emphasis in Photography. Her photographs are included in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts permanent collection. After artistic accomplishments in Utah, she made another life changing decision. This time she moved to Toronto, Canada in 1996 where she resides and continues to use film cameras and alternative processes to make photographs.
Kamelia has become part of The Cardinal Gallery family and offers expert framing and matting services out of the shop.
CARDINAL RULE: Group exhibition featuring The Cardinal's represented artists and invited guest artists
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