206 GALLERY

Andrew Testa | Anne Gaby-Trotz  | Canadian Letterpress Alliance | David Scott Armstrong | James Kwasistala | Jonathan S. Green | Pat Macauley

Patrick Mahon | Sean McLachlan (Printmonger Press) |Tara Cooper | Thomas Whitely | Joscelyn Gardner & Jill Graham | Panya Clark Espinal & Laine Groeneweg | Doug Tewksbury & Laine Groeneweg

SMOKESTACK GALLERY

*Jillian Ross Print / William Kentridge / Wally Dion / Yael Brotman

2nd FLOOR

MILL BUILDING

Queer Print Collective  / All Sorts Press / Witly  / Sparkbox Studio / Open Studio / Centre[4]Arts  /  Slow Rabbit Prints  / Print London / Flycatcher Press  / Ericka Walker / Suzie Smith / Angela Snider / Eric Euler / David Trautrimas / Robert Creighton / Kara Wille / Gideon Näf / Don Carr / Penelope Stewart / Maccallum / Otis Tamasauskas / Jan Winton / Alan Flint / Ruth Cuthand & Michael Peterson / Laura Peturson / Libby Hague / Monique Martin / Mikhael Subotzky  / Tammy Ratcliff

TEXTILE

NOBA Capsule  is a collection of contemporary textile art that holds fibres, dyes, processes and natural forms. Like a seed or a time capsule five artists - with

installation by the NoBa collective - capture and contain the natural world, carrying it into a new context.

Diana Atvars  /  Jacobo Alonso  /  Ilze Godlevskis  /  Michele Guevara  /  Elizabete Ludviks  /  Timothy Manalo 

Ashley Johnson (b. Johannesburg, South Africa) is a Toronto-based

multidisciplinary artist, writer, and educator whose work integrates painting,

sculpture, soundscapes, and theoretical inquiry. Formally trained at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Johnson’s practice addresses the intersection of humanity, ecological trauma, and expanded systems of perception.

In 1992, Johnson co-founded DASART, an influential collective that critiqued

colonial environmental impacts and late-industrial waste through site-specific

installations like Dasart Colonial Mutations exhibited at various public institutions.

From 1999 to 2002, he curated Transmigrations, an internationally traveling

exhibition featuring culturally diverse South African and international artists that

earned a nomination for Tijuana’s Cultura Premios. Prior to immigrating to Canada in 2005, his research-driven installation Cannibal Communicator: The Congo Holocaust examined the predatory history of wild rubber extraction in the Congo.

Since establishing his practice in Toronto, Johnson has transitioned from explicit

figuration toward a hybridized style grounded in 'chaosmosis' — a process of

loosening bound identity and form. His large-scale, visceral canvasses (spanning

up to 20 feet) tackle critical ecological issues, including animal experimentation,

shark finning, and marine biodiversity.

Parallel to his studio practice, Johnson served as art critic for South Africa’s

Business Day (2001–2005) and has written for Canadian Art, Vie des Arts, and

Dart International. From 2021 to 2026, he taught Colour and Sculpture at

Centennial College. His current research includes the book manuscript

Symbiocracy and essays such as "The Resurrection of Looking," which proposes a framework for understanding visual reality through a quantum-mechanical lens.

Ulises Morfin is an accomplished plastic artist with over a decade of professional experience spanning monumental civic sculpture, gallery-scale studio work, and contemporary painting. He earned his degree from the School of Plastic Arts at the University of Guadalajara. Throughout his career, his technical mastery and conceptual depth have been recognized with numerous awards and honours in both local and

national competitions.

His prominent public sculptures can be seen integrated into the cityscape of the Guadalajara metropolitan area and in various municipalities throughout the State of Jalisco, including highly regarded collaborations with urban developers such as Tierra y Armonía and the international artist collective Gelitin (Paseo Punto Sur). Currently

based in Hamilton, Ontario, Morfín continues to expand his practice, bringing a rich heritage of stone fabrication, monumental design, and vivid pictorial storytelling to international audiences.

SELECTED MULTIMEDIA WORKS

Janne Reuss is an award-winning multimedia artist born in Mexico City and based in Toronto. With over 20 years of experience, she has exhibited internationally, presenting eight solo exhibitions and participating in numerous group shows. In 2026, she received the Akasha Art Project Award at Artist Project Toronto.

Working across photography, painting, and installation, Reuss explores memory, place, and belonging. Her ongoing series Replanted layers images of nature and architecture to examine the shifting boundaries between dream and reality, past and present, and the natural and constructed worlds.

She studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany, and Art History in Mexico. Her work is held in public and private collections in Canada and Germany.

SELECTED WORKS

Rino Noto was born in Italy and immigrated with his parents and sister. From a very young age, Rino Noto had a curious outlook on the new and unfamiliar landscape around him. When he first picked up a camera, he became not just a unique observer, but an active creator who absorbed the world in terms of light and composition. These fundamental rules have carried Noto through a robust career as an artist and documentarian.

Noto flirted with painting, drawing, and design, but his love of photography eventually won out, leading to a number of prestigious international awards and a lifelong obsession with the freedom of movement granted by working with film.

Noto's recent exhibitions have included "Crepuscolo, Threshold" (2015), "Viso", Joseph D. Carrier Gallery (2010 - 2026),

"Deteriorarsi/Disrepair", Spazio Dell'Arte (2010), "About Face", DeLuca Fine Art Gallery (2009).

SELECTED WORKS

“There have been many occasions in history where places of worship and symbols that are utmost sacred to some were physically attacked and maliciously destroyed. The deliberate destruction of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan (in 2001), which were built along the medieval Silk Road in Afghanistan in the 6th Century (CE), is one such example of this. Another can be seen in YouTube videos of soldiers and local villagers shooting and completely defacing famous twelfth-century religious frescoes in Kosovo. Guns were made to destroy, but can they be used to create something beautiful? I think they can, because the impulse of creation and destruction is sometimes very close, as in the Upanishads – there can be no creation without destruction, no destruction without creation”  -Viktor Mitic

SELECTED WORK FROM DREAM SERIES

American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt was born in 1924, in New York City. A member of the affluent Vanderbilt family, she had a tumultuous childhood and at ten years old became a ward of her aunt, the sculptor and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbuilt Whitney.. Through her aunt’s influence she became interested in art and after finishing school, she attended the Art Students League of New York. 

Vanderbilt worked in oil, watercolor and pastel and held her first exhibition in 1948. 

Vanderbilt's talents extended beyond painting: she was also a model, actor, fashion designer, and an accomplished writer, serving as a contributing editor for Harper's Bazaar and publishing several books throughout her lifetime. She died in 2019.

TAPESTRY AND TEXTILE ART

Robyn And Ashes introduce the collision of two creative minds.Taking found and vintage tapestries and needlepoints collaged together into large scale tapestries and functional bags. Textiles are sourced , cut then sewn and finished with free motion embroidery. 

Designed to tell a creative story through each piece. Reimagining hand stitched needlepoints from years passed. After being sourced they are cut then sewn and finished with free motion embroidery. 

SELECTED PLEIN AIR SERIES SHOWCASING LOCATIONS IN ONTARIO

André Krigar 1952, Berlin) is a Modern German realist. He studied painting at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste. Since 1992 he joined the ‘Norddeutschen Realists’.

Krigar has an expressive style using oil on linen. A reoccurring themes are wide and vast landscapes as well as the huzzle and the bustle of the Berlin city life, where he currently lives and works. He is a true  plein air artist.

In 2008 Krigar won the Rembrandt Painting Award in Noordwijk. 

Barb Hunt received a Diploma in Studio Art at the University of Manitoba and an MFA from Concordia University, Montreal with a specialization in Fibres. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally. She has been the recipient of Canada Council grants and awarded artist residencies in Canada, Paris, and Ireland. She taught visual art at Western University, Queen’s University, and Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she was a recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Research. She currently lives in Winnipeg, her adoptive hometown, Manitoba.

WHERE NATURE, IMAGINATION AND FABRICTION BECOME ART 

There is an unmistakable sense of discovery in the work of Nadanne Hartwell. A multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, scenic artist and experiential designer, Hartwell creates works that exist somewhere between the natural and the imagined—where organic forms become sculptural objects and familiar materials take on an almost magical presence.

Much of Hartwell’s inspiration comes from her connection to the landscapes of Ontario, particularly the rugged beauty of Northern Ontario. Driftwood, flowers, mushrooms, animals, foliage, stones and other organic elements become part of her evolving visual vocabulary.

Carolyn Dover is a Hamilton born artist who has lived in Grimsby the better part of 40 years.  Her studio is located at The Cotton Factory.  She studied at both McMaster University in Hamilton and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with distinction in 1985.  

Having spent years as both art instructor, and oil painter Carolyn has explored feminist themes through both the human figure and symbolic still life. 

A group exhibition curated by Nancy Benoy and Cornelia Peckart will showcase both their own artwork and the artwork of countless guests who have appeared on the Art To Go Podcast over the past five years.

In February 2021, Nancy Benoy and Cornelia Peckart created a podcast that welcomes you to listen as they joyfully explore the arts and culture their city of Hamilton, Ontario, has to offer. As active members in their community, they work professionally as artists and arts educators and are excited to spread their passion.

SELECTED WORKS

As daylight fades and the natural world goes dormant, Where the Dust Settles invites a pause. This exhibition explores stillness, rest, and grounding: what remains once the year slows and the noise falls away. Moving between warmth and shadow, colour and quiet, the works hold onto light as the season turns inward. Together, they create an atmospheric, tactile experience for visitors seeking meaningful, enduring art.

Shown here: Tim Kaz

Mixed Media Figurative Works at 905Print

Israa Ahmed / Emily Andrews / Estaban Atari / J. Cordy / John Crowther / Corinne Duchesne / Marybeth Leis Druery / Christian Fowlie / Lisa Jefferies / Reese Joelle / Steven Kenny / Caitlin Kowalczyk / Mai Koppel / Rose Lemieux / Patty Lynes / Darlene MacNeil / Mel Marshall / Alison Nicol / Lesia Mokrycke / Marsha Newby / Seromo Okoro (Sese) / Dayna Riemland (shown here)  / Justine Eva Smith / Chantel Tandarich /  David Wierzbicki / Nikola Wojewoda / Keisha 

Abstract Works at 905Print

Paul Enright / Susan Barton Tait / Guler Caglar / Rose Crowther / Matt Dampier / Rose Lemieux / Corine van Hoeve / Paul Enright / Lisa Jefferies / JC Lee / Janice Kovar / Jeff Van Lee / Mel W. Marshall / Bill Parker / Alex Schmaltz /
Matthew Skuza / Dianne Twombly (shown here) / Gayle Yasich / Keisha