Kristina Durka I Sarah Sproule I Laura Brandreth
PART of the FURNITURE
Group exhibition of sculpture and digital prints
PART of the FURNITURE
Group exhibition of sculpture and digital prints
November, 3 - 30, 2023
Opening Reception:
November 11th, 1- 3 pm
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Kristina Durka is an interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator, and rabbit enthusiast from Hamilton, Ontario. She holds a BFA in Studio Art From McMaster University and her work has been exhibited throughout North America and is held in international private collections. In addition to her studio practice, Durka is a member of the Assembly Gallery and has held positions with the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton Arts Council, Hamilton Artists Inc., and is on-call preparator and Arts Educator for various galleries across the GTA. By night Durka also runs a commercial ceramics business creating vintage inspired animal planters. Durka was awarded a Hamilton Arts Award Creator Award in 2022.
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Sarah Sproule is an artist and cultural worker based in Hamilton Ontario. They hold a BFA in Studio Arts and a BA in Art History from McMaster University. Sarah works primarily in the casting and mould-making process, utilizing plaster, clay, and found objects to create dimensional images of abstracted and whimsical bodies. Her work explores ideas of otherness and the body through the lens of queerness, disability and fat politics to create colourful sculptural interventions that seek to challenge our understanding of the domestic and thebody as spectacle. Their work has been shown extensively across Ontario and is currently exhibited at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. In 2023, Sarah was the recipient of theHamilton Arts Awards Creator Award.
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Laura Brandreth is a visual artist and sculptor from Ancaster, Ontario. She graduated from McMaster University in 2017 with a BFA Honours in Fine Art and a Minor in History. Currently, she works as the Gallery Administrator and Program Coordinator at The Carnegie Gallery in Dundas, Ontario. Brandreth's practice investigates the application of absurd functions to crafted forms. Visual cues referencing symbols of mass communication, word play, and the contrast of unusual materials are assembled to create self contained narratives. Laura works primarily in exotic woods and sheet metal with integrated electrical components. Additional work includes urethane resin casts from original clay sculptures.
Opening Reception:
November 11th, 1- 3 pm
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Kristina Durka is an interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator, and rabbit enthusiast from Hamilton, Ontario. She holds a BFA in Studio Art From McMaster University and her work has been exhibited throughout North America and is held in international private collections. In addition to her studio practice, Durka is a member of the Assembly Gallery and has held positions with the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton Arts Council, Hamilton Artists Inc., and is on-call preparator and Arts Educator for various galleries across the GTA. By night Durka also runs a commercial ceramics business creating vintage inspired animal planters. Durka was awarded a Hamilton Arts Award Creator Award in 2022.
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Sarah Sproule is an artist and cultural worker based in Hamilton Ontario. They hold a BFA in Studio Arts and a BA in Art History from McMaster University. Sarah works primarily in the casting and mould-making process, utilizing plaster, clay, and found objects to create dimensional images of abstracted and whimsical bodies. Her work explores ideas of otherness and the body through the lens of queerness, disability and fat politics to create colourful sculptural interventions that seek to challenge our understanding of the domestic and thebody as spectacle. Their work has been shown extensively across Ontario and is currently exhibited at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. In 2023, Sarah was the recipient of theHamilton Arts Awards Creator Award.
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Laura Brandreth is a visual artist and sculptor from Ancaster, Ontario. She graduated from McMaster University in 2017 with a BFA Honours in Fine Art and a Minor in History. Currently, she works as the Gallery Administrator and Program Coordinator at The Carnegie Gallery in Dundas, Ontario. Brandreth's practice investigates the application of absurd functions to crafted forms. Visual cues referencing symbols of mass communication, word play, and the contrast of unusual materials are assembled to create self contained narratives. Laura works primarily in exotic woods and sheet metal with integrated electrical components. Additional work includes urethane resin casts from original clay sculptures.