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Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Small Structure 07” (2026)
24 x 30”, Oil paint, drywall compound and spray paint on canvas
(Dylan Dae Shin)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Pepper Shrimp with Alan” (2026)
12 x 16”, EPDM, gesso, house paint, ink and rubber on canvas
(Justin Gray)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Faucet!” (2026)
49.5” x 19”, spray paint on found objects
(Dylan Dae Shin)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Top (brush)” (2026)
2.75 x 3.1 x 3”, found object
(Justin Gray)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Florida” (2026)
36 x 24”, oil paint, gesso, conté crayon on linen
(Dylan Dae Shin & Justin Gray)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“For” (2026)
20.6” x 2” x 4.5”, found object, cutting board, glove, canvas, roof frost tape, spray paint
(Justin Gray)
(Dylan Dae Shin)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Brady Cling Demo”
42” x 23.5” x 16.5”, EPDM, found object, guitar pedal, spray paint, plastic
(Justin Gray)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Camera” (2026)
paper hand towel pack and plastic
(Justin Gray & Dylan Dae Shin)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Complacent” (2026)
6” x 96” x 18”, drywall and drywall compound
(Dylan Dae Shin)

Last open hours for “Wish”:

Wednesday, August 19th: 2-6PM
Saturday, August 22nd: 1-5PM

Also via appointment!

photo:
“Refusal” (2026)
electrical outlets, conduit, spray paint
(Dylan Dae Shin)

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Dylan Dae Shin / Justin Gray duo exhibition:
“Wish”
on thru August 23rd

Open Hours:
Sunday, August 16th: 2-6PM
Monday, August 17th: 2-6PM

More open hours TBD (check back for updates or DM to let us know when you’d like to come by!)

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Preview of “Wish”
Dylan Dae Shin and Justin Gray duo exhibition
Opens tonight!
6-9PM
🔌

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Please join us in welcoming our new Board of Directors! 🤗

⭐ Asia Ruggiero, Board Chair
⭐ Owen Kosmala, Director
⭐ Zaza Wong, Director
⭐ Dylan Dae Shin, Director
⭐ Yasmeen Nematt Alla, Board Officer
⭐ Anthony Gebrehiwot, Board Officer

This team will be hard at work over the next year supporting Xpace’s operations and programming. 💪

Lastly, we’d like to thank our outgoing board members, Chloe Lorenzo (@clorenza_), Jasmine Liaw (@jasmineliaw_), and Kathleen Foran-Spragge (@kathleeenforan) for their diligent work and steadfast commitment to Xpace over the past year. We 🫶 U!!!

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Swipe to learn more about our new Board 👉👉

Asia Ruggiero is a Toronto-based curator, artist, and arts worker. Her practice is interested in care, identity, memory, and creating meaningful connections through art. She studied Criticism and Curatorial Practice with a minor in Art and Social Change at OCAD University and has experience working across artist-run, curatorial, and collections-based spaces. As the Chair of Xpace’s Board of Directors, she is excited to support emerging artists and contribute to Toronto’s artist-run community.

Owen Kosmala is a Writer, Curator, and Artist born in Portland, United States now living and working in Tkaronto, Canada. As a recent OCADU graduate, he is excited to serve XPACE and its community.

Zaza Wong (she/they) is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and curator. Born (2005) and raised in Hong Kong, now based in Tkaronto, Canada. Zaza is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practices and a Minor in Photography at OCAD University. Zaza’s creative practice is their primary channel of communication, self exploration and expression; an alternative to using verbal or textual words. Through cross-disciplinary and conceptual approaches, their works revolve around uncovering and re-telling personal experiences. Story-telling becomes a crucial part in Zaza’s approach to curation as well.

Dylan Dae Shin (b. 2004, Toronto) is a Canadian visual artist working primarily in abstract painting and sculpture. Shin graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University, and his practice is Info

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“Wish”
duo exhibition by Justin Gray and Dylan Dae Shin
opens this Friday, August 14th
6-9PM

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Dylan Dae Shin & Justin Gray

‘Wish’

Opening August 14th 6-9pm

6 Denison Square, Kensington Market
August 14th-23rd

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Here, two images from my ongoing sports phogotograhy project on display at @____parlour as part of the remastered exhibition “Ecstatic Aperture” (alongside @gabe_seamon, @parkerlilytm & @dylan_dae_shin) featured in the 30th CONTACT Photo Festival (@contactphoto) in Toronto.

March 14-May 2, 2026
Photography by Parlour
(shoutout @ethanyoshitomo for the light box)

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grad ex 111

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More awesome GradEx posters from our DRPT Thesis students! Congratulations everyone 🎉
Check out GradEx 111 this Wednesday, May 6th to Sunday, May 10th!

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it’s my favourite time of the year! @contactphoto festival is starting up, which means there’s tons of openings.

most of the receptions this week are through contact, which I’ve noted with a nice little ‘c’. if you want a great map to plan out how you’ll see everything, check their website at https://contactphoto.com/festival/2026/map

my top picks:
@dfariagallery
@contactphoto @sinforvictory
@paulpetrocanada @hotam88
@____parlour
@patelbrowngallery @foggy_______pots

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For the people in the back - a super late review of Artist Project TO

Never was there so much bad art; never was there so much hope for the next generation of artists.

The soft, clumsy footsteps of emerging artists tremble in the cathedral-like space. I buy a four-dollar Canada Dry to try and settle my stomach.

There is nothing like talking to an artist. But it becomes a strange experience when you can tell they have had the same conversation 100 times. Their heads nod with understanding; their bodies tense with financial debt.

The best work at the Artist Project are all the way at the back, in the “cheap seats.” The event officially labels it “Untapped.” This section invites artists to show their work for free. Everyone else at the fair pays a hefty booth fee. Some artists who stood out to me in particular involved in Untapped were Dylan Dae Shin, Jon Laytner, Sarah Ruth Avolio, Yueyang Wang, Nik October-Clydesdale, Billie MacFarland, Emerald Repard-Denniston, Mark Krzepis and Miguel Caba. I leave with a sense of faith, knowing these artists were given this exposure for free.

As for the rest of my time at the event, I run around like a chicken with my head freshly chopped off. I see a BDSM Mickey Mouse, vague, un-punchy Toronto propaganda (that still manages to warm my heart), a teasing BBQ fish painting by Isabella Di Sclafani, butter-thick paint strokes from Liam Reynold, and the artworks of Hayley Chiu depicting a girl at war with her pixelated environment. I'm sure there were other highlights and disappointments that went completely over my head.

This event seems like a great place to buy art, but the vibe was a bit off. I sense something imbalanced, though I'm not quite sure what it was.

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Some of Lychuu’s artist friends and a few Asian Artists we really admire will be showing their work at The Artist Project this weekend. (March26-29, 2026)

We’ve curated this “Talents to Track”list to share the joy of discovery with you. If you’re heading to the fair, we hope you’ll use this guide to stop by their booths and say hi!

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