Please join us for a public opening reception, exhibition walkthrough with the curator and artists, and edition launch for Loose Ends | Mary Grisey, Faye Mullen, Jérôme Nadeau, Deborah Wang on Thursday, January 14, from 5–8 pm. Curated by Noa Bronstein, the exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue featuring an original curatorial essay, texts by each of the artists, and full documentation of the installation. A limited edition print by Deborah Wang will also be available. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Note there will be three other exhibitions opening in the building this evening, including the Koffler Gallery’s new show featuring Howard Podeswa.

Reception date and time
Thursday, January 14, 2016 from 5–8 pm

Event location
TYPOLOGY
180 Shaw Street, No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
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We look forward to seeing you!

Drop in anytime from 2–5 pm for refreshments and casual conversation with Faye Mullen, who will be at the project space to answer questions about her art and process.

Mullen’s work is informed by a sculptural sensibility combining elements of performance, site, sound, light and image — both moving and still. Informed by time and place, the practice she pursues is self-reflective and considers itself as precisely such, a practice. Characterized by a sustained interest in failure, body, materiality, her studio practice acknowledges weight as it bears as much what is physical as what is immaterial.

Mullen studied at l’École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris, at the Ontario College of Art+Design, and at the University of Toronto where she received her master’s. She has participated in several international artist residencies including a two-year post-graduate residency at Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing, France. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and curated group shows in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Spain, the UK and the US. Mullen currently situates her practice between Toronto, Canada and Roubaix, France.

Intuition is the artist’s most valuable tool. The urgency to unfold ideas from an uninhibited place happens through spontaneous discovering and inventing of materials and methods.

In this adventurous workshop, Mary Grisey will guide you through various modes of fibre-based sculpture techniques and natural dyeing using materials similar to what she has used in her sculptures in the exhibition — horsehair, rope, cotton/linen thread, cheesecloth and/or silk fabric — and dyes hand processed from plants such as madder root and black walnut.

Workshop Dates, Location, and Registration

Saturday, February 27, and due to popular demand, a second session on Sunday, March 6
Both sessions are from 1–4 pm
The workshop will be held in Paperhouse’s beautiful studio on the first floor of Artscape Youngplace.
(The exhibition at TYPOLOGY on the third floor will be open from 12–5 pm, so if you would like to see Mary’s work you can do so before or after the workshop.)

Paperhouse Studio, Suite 102
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw Street, Toronto, Ontario M6J 2W5
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Registration Instructions
This workshop is open to everyone including kids 8–14 with caregiver.

Participation fee is subsidized by TYPOLOGY and is just:
$30 for a 3-hour artist-led workshop plus $10 to cover materials including horsehair, silk, and hand processed dyes. Up to 2 kids attending with caregiver are free. All proceeds go toward the artist’s fee, space rental, and materials. 

To register, please email info (at) typology (dot) ca with your name and number attending
(if attending with kids, please list their ages).

Upon receipt of your registration, we will send an invoice which you can pay by e-transfer or PayPal. Alternately we can accept cash or credit in the project space during gallery hours. Spaces in the workshops will be allotted on a first come, first served basis depending on payment date.

Come prepared to get your hands wet and your clothes dirty. There will be a limited supply of aprons, or you are welcome to bring your own. The studio floor can get slippery, so please wear closed-toe shoes with good grippy soles. Also, if you have long hair it’s a good idea to bring something to tie it up. Then, have fun!

About the Artist

Mary Grisey is an American sculptural installation artist currently based in Toronto, Ontario. She received an MFA in the Visual Arts program at York University in Toronto, a BFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Painting and Drawing from Marist College. She has exhibited her work in New York, Chicago, Kentucky, San Francisco and Toronto. She was recently awarded the Windgate full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center for the Spring of 2016. Select solo exhibitions include Of Becoming at York University (2014), Sung From the Mouth of Cumae at The Art Gallery of Mississauga (2015) and Cloth Dripping at Xpace Gallery (2016). Select group exhibitions include Refined Linen at Katzman Contemporary (2014), Long Winter at The Great Hall (2015) and Escape Plans at YTB Gallery (2015).

Drop in anytime from 12–5 pm for refreshments and casual conversation with Deborah Wang, who will be at the project space to answer questions about her art and process.

Based in Toronto, Deborah is an independent curator and designer. She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Fine Arts from OCAD University. Through her diverse practice, Deborah has curated and co-curated exhibitions for the Textile Museum of Canada, Gladstone Hotel, XPACE Cultural Centre, and the Art Gallery of Ontario; worked with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects; and taught design studio at Ryerson University. She has exhibited in Toronto and abroad, and presented her art and design work as a guest speaker in academic and cultural forums.

Currently, Deborah splits her time as Creative Director of the Toronto Design Offsite Festival, a senior designer for superkül, and as a scholar/maker.