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Party barge is up at @ignitegallery until the end of the monthhhhhhh if you haven’t gotten a chance to see it yet

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Join us for the start of our exhibition season for Opening Reception of Party Barge: September 15, 3:30–4:30 PM
Artists  Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li,  Carmen Mahave, Hye Weon Park
Party Barge asks: What do we carry with us as we move through the world? What parts of ourselves are shaped by where we have been, who we have encountered, and the spaces we create together?
Party Barge brings together the work of Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li, Carmen Mahave and Hye Weon Park who each navigate the shifting conditions of identity, perception, and belonging. Through personal histories, embodied experiences, and emotional landscapes, the artists reflect on the ways we construct and reconstruct ourselves.
Like a vessel in motion, identity is never still. It changes with every encounter, memory, and relationship we collect along the way. Party Barge becomes a shared space for these crossings, where discomfort and joy, isolation and connection, vulnerability and transformation can exist together.
This exhibition invites us aboard a collective journey through the unpredictable waters of becoming, where each passenger carries their own story while contributing to the larger experience of being together.
Curators  Morgan Mavis & Tibi Neuspiel

@solerskulls @shannonsandwel @slug.fruit @sweet3930209 @eiramcintosh @berrypatch.art @diana.silla.designs @winstonliart

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PARTY BARGE

Join us for the Opening Reception: September 15, 3:30–4:30 PM

September 8 – September 30, 2026

Artists
Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li, Carmen Mahave, and Hye Weon Park
Party Barge asks: What do we carry with us as we move through the world? What parts of ourselves are shaped by where we have been, who we have encountered, and the spaces we create together?
Party Barge brings together the work of Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li, Carmen Mahave and Hye Weon Park who each navigate the shifting conditions of identity, perception, and belonging. Through personal histories, embodied experiences, and emotional landscapes, the artists reflect on the ways we construct and reconstruct ourselves.
Like a vessel in motion, identity is never still. It changes with every encounter, memory, and relationship we collect along the way. Party Barge becomes a shared space for these crossings, where discomfort and joy, isolation and connection, vulnerability and transformation can exist together.
This exhibition invites us aboard a collective journey through the unpredictable waters of becoming, where each passenger carries their own story while contributing to the larger experience of being together.
Curators
Morgan Mavis & Tibi Neuspiel

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PARTY BARGE

September 8 – September 30, 2026
Opening Reception: September 15, 3:30–4:30 PM

Artists
Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li,
Carmen Mahave, Hye Weon Park

Party Barge asks: What do we carry with us as we move through the world? What parts of ourselves are shaped by where we have been, who we have encountered, and the spaces we create together?

Party Barge brings together the work of Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li, Carmen Mahave and Hye Weon Park who each navigate the shifting conditions of identity, perception, and belonging. Through personal histories, embodied experiences, and emotional landscapes, the artists reflect on the ways we construct and reconstruct ourselves.

Like a vessel in motion, identity is never still. It changes with every encounter, memory, and relationship we collect along the way. Party Barge becomes a shared space for these crossings, where discomfort and joy, isolation and connection, vulnerability and transformation can exist together.

This exhibition invites us aboard a collective journey through the unpredictable waters of becoming, where each passenger carries their own story while contributing to the larger experience of being together.

Curators
Morgan Mavis & Tibi Neuspiel

@solerskulls @shannonsandwel @slug.fruit @sweet3930209 @eiramcintosh @berrypatch.art @diana.silla.designs @winstonliart

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Spent the day at #GradEx111 as part of OCAD U Alumni Relations’ new Alumni Ambassador initiative, speaking with graduating students and walking this year’s exhibition.

Returning to GradEx as a Sculpture & Installation alum (2015) and now as someone working across fabrication, public art, education, and community-building, one of the most rewarding things was seeing how expansive and interdisciplinary student practices have become.
A few projects and conversations that stayed with me:

Jes Bonnie’s “Tender Fragments” explored intimacy, memory, bodily distortion, and material transformation through large-scale sculptural textile works that balanced softness, vulnerability, and grotesque beauty in a really compelling way. (Enjoy Berlin!)

Callum Gardiner’s sculptural installation investigated discarded domestic technologies, recycled materials, and systems of communication through an assemblage of reconstructed media objects. I was especially drawn to the material experimentation of the sound panel of shredded sweatshirts.

Fletcher Barrett’s “Big Compendium of Lithography: The Registration Process and Our Registration” approached printmaking through research, documentation, and preservation of technical knowledge. I especially appreciated the care given to process and the transmission of craft knowledge between artists. Sometimes the process is the art.

Derek Berry’s installation and print work surrounding intrusive thoughts and OCD translated internal psychological experience into physical space through repetition, signage, and visual rhythm in a way that felt immediate and deeply human. (Put that Rigid to work!)

Kiki Asal’s “The Glow Of Effort” transformed personal conversations into symbolic jewellery objects that functioned almost like portraits through material and form. The work carried a real sense of care and intentionality.

I also had a great conversation with the team behind “Beam It Up Blorp!”, an independently developed game project full of charm, absurdity, and a surprisingly polished visual identity. After demoing it, I immediately wishlisted it on Steam (you should too!)

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🎉We're excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Call for Artists & Makers Career Launchers!

✨Congratulations to Archana Sundararajan, Derek Berry, Meelana Kravchenko, Freda Tan, Zahra Mansuri, Bree Rosberg, Mackenzie Iuliano, Nadine Alexeev, Rina Chen and Xijia (Romee) Lai! They will be participating in this year's Toronto Outdoor Art Fair from July 10-12 at Nathan Phillips Square.

ℹ️Since 1961, TOAF has been instrumental in launching artists’ careers and bringing art into people’s everyday lives. TOAF is passionate about supporting artists and exceptional talents through awards, special programs and opportunities. With 150,000 annual visitors to Nathan Phillips Square, 100,000 website visitors, and 1 million annual page views, TOAF’s loyal community of art lovers continues to grow. @torontooutdoorart

✨To learn more about the recipients, check out their bios at: https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2026-toaf

#OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist

@berrypatch.art @meelana.k @paint_of_views @zahrasuristudio @br33land @macmakes.co @nadineaswell @imrinahru @xijia_lai

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GradEx Student Spotlight - Derek Berry

Derek’s work is the tangible construction and demonstration of his intrusive thoughts after developing obsessive-compulsive disorder. Utilizing literal and abstracted imagery alongside repetitive visual stimuli the work intends to emulate this distressing and overwhelming mental disposition. Within these physical portrayals of my personal intrusive thoughts, I hope that the viewer may reflect on their own intrusions wherever and however they arise and question how these intrusions may define themself.
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Find Derek's and other Printmaking major's thesis installations from May 6-10th on the 2nd floor of OCADU 100 McCaul, outside of the Ada Slaight gallery.

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I was invited to speak to the @ocaduniversity cross disciplinary thesis class when I was back in Toronto on Jan 22nd. I spoke about my art journey as a painter when I was doing my BFA in Drawing and Painting, then expanded painting, sculpture, installation, then textiles @rcatextiles . It was 2.5hrs and I loved every minute of it, especially the engagement with the students. Thank you to Dr. Spencer Harrison for inviting me. It was so fun and inspiring! ❤️😁🎓🎉#ocadu #teachingartist #torontoart #ocadualumni #torontoartist

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Currently on display at the First Floor Gallery: Filling Space

Matthew Shaun Ferguson (based in Barrie) and Derek Berry (based in Orangeville) are artists with distinct practices which come together in this exhibition of colourful and detailed works.

This exhibition space is located at City Hall, between the Service Barrie and Legislative Services counters. The space is open to the public from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Learn more about the gallery and current exhibition at barrie.ca/FirstFloorGallery (link in bio)

#BarrieArts #Barrie #BarrieOntario

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From November to December 2024 the first Floor Gallery located at Barry's city hall will be exhibiting the work of @f3rg3f3rg and @berrypatch.art.

A spacial thanks to @seanwilliamdawson @yasmeenkazak and @commanderdemander for making it possible.
@citybarrie@creativebarrie @downtownbarrie #spareroombarrie #downtownbarrie #decemberevents #artisttalk #firstfriday #discoversimcoecounty #visualartists #communitybuilding #barrieontario #lakeshoremews #emergingartists #artstudio#LocalArtists #Artexhibition #OpeningReception

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"Experimental Intervention" exhibit at @propellerartgallery, curated by @monaleisa2. Thank you both for including my collage. A lot of great work from talented artists, some in this post.
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#torontoartist #toronto #exhibition #Experimental #Intervention #collage #collageartist

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"Prism" by Vidhya Srijesh, "Illusionary Lens" by Natalja Heybroek, and "Subject 114.c (Macro-Organism series)" by Derek Berry, part of our current exhibition "Experimental Intervention" guest curated by Leisa Rich.

Curator Leisa Rich has set the stage for artistic exploration with the provocative exhibition, Experimental Intervention. This exhibition transcends conventional art boundaries, inviting artists to venture beyond familiar territory to create work they have never previously conceived. Through the exploration of unique materials, diverse techniques, and intriguing concepts, creative transformation becomes the essence of this exhibit.

✨️ EXHIBITION EVENTS:
• Opening Reception: TODAY, Saturday, October 26, 2 – 5 PM
• Curator & Artist Talk via Zoom: Sunday, November 3, 2 PM (Registration required, visit the exhibition page for more information)

Learn more about these works by visiting the exhibition in person or online at https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/experimental-intervention (link in bio)
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#propellergallery #queenwesttoronto #queenwestart #artgallerytoronto #artTO #contemporaryart #torontoart #artcollector #interiordecortoronto #torontoartcollectors #torontoartists #canadianartist #WestQueenWest #newexhibitions #newexhibit #experienceart #openingreception #artisttalks #artevent #arteventTO #TorontoEvent #WQWevent #zoomevent #mixedmediaart #groupexhibition #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #acrylic #mirror #serigraph

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