SQUARE FOOT 2009 - AUGUST

I will be participating again in this year's SQUARE FOOT exhibition at AWOL gallery. This year's show will be held at The Lower Ossington Theatre (LOT) located at 100A Ossington Ave. (2nd floor, just steps from the gallery)

show dates: august 15 - september 6, 2009

vernissage: august 15, saturday @ 7pm

gallery hrs: thurs.-sat. 12-6pm

sun. 1-5pm
contact: awol@awolgallery.com

416. 535. 5637

CHECK OUT > JULY - SEPTEMBER

http://www.methinkspresents.org/expedition/

we made a deal with the devil art tour.
performance and drawing

i will travel with the tour around Canada to participate doing drawing/painting performances, as well as, my horse-heads performance.

details will soon be posted.
* the tour starts in toronto, july 25th! *

mississauga : grassroots arts festival : JULY

Hello everyone,

I would like to invite you to join me at the Grassroots Arts Festival that will be held in Mississauga on July 12th, 2009.

event: i will be painting on a wall behind the AGM in the skate park, 4-9pm

Bohemia: Roots and Rhythm

Event Date(s):	july 12, 2009
Event Time(s):	4pm - 9pm
Location:	AGM + Central Library Square + sculpture garden (skate park) 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West Mississauga, On
Cost:	FREE
Parking Information:	Central Library Underground Parking - FREE
Information:	Feel the beat and the community drumming circle, grassroots art market and a live concert featuring indie folk artist, Peter Katz. With his music and a live show, Peter Katz has been delighting listeners with his captivating blend of folk, jazz and rock music for years. Winner of the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award and the grand prize winner of Toronto's IndieWeek, Peter Katz has steadily made a great name for himself in the Canadian music industry. Check out Peter Katz at www.peterkatz.com, and/or www.myspace.com/peterkatz. I will be doing a mural in the humble corner of the skate partk behind the Art Gallery of Mississauga. “My Mississauga” events sponsored by: AstraZeneca, Bell, Bridgestone, Metro, RBC and Waste Management. For more information contact the My Mississauga Hotline: 905-615-3200 Ext.2403 or email my.mississauga@mississauga.ca

vermont studio center - APRIL

i just got back from my artist residency at the vermont studio center (VSC) in johnson. here is some of the work i did there, as well as, a collaborative drawing installation with a fellow artist named michinori maru. there were many talented artists and writers there, which i had the pleasure to meet and work along side of: anitra haendel, sierra nelson, mark dilks, karen rand mitchell, mario romano, jojo austria, karen shueh, rina kato, jane tingley, loren erdrich ... just to name a few (very, very few) ...
http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/

our studio :


our collaboration :

wall 1 - in progress

detail

wall 2

wall 2 + 3

wall 4

wall 3

painting over the walls

us

photo by beautiful jeff garcia

vermont studio center - my studio

these are some details of the works i did in vermont... most large-scale paintings and drawings, with the exception of the last 2 drawings.


dear water lady, my gold fish how deep you are in the sea, please stay with me (detail - work in progress) pencil and acrylic on paper, 2009

ice maiden (part of my venus in furs series - detail - work in progress) acrylic on canvas, 2009

incomplete conversation, pencil and acrylic on paper, 2009

the horse loves you when you run with her (detail from a series) acrylic and pencil on drafting papers, 2009

the horse loves you when you run with her (detail from a series) acrylic and pencil on drafting papers, 2009

HEADBONES INTRODUCES : THE NEOPRIESTS



the first exhibition of the Neopriests will be held this month
OPENING RECEPTION ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13th, 6 - 9pm
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Neopriest – New Pop Realists Intellectually Engaged in Story Telling
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THE NEOPRIESTS ARE : Aleks Bartosik, Osvaldo Castillo, Billy Copley, Scott Ellis, Robert Farmer, Ed Giordano, Ashley Johnson, Zachari Logan, Jesse McCloskey, Scott McEwan, Julie Oakes, Srdjan Segan, and Jenny Tong.

Exhibition runs from February 13 - March 21, 2009
@ Headbones Gallery
260 Carlaw Ave, Unit 102
Toronto, ON M4M 3L1
416-465-7352
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6PM

http://www.headbonesgallery.com

LFDM MONTREAL MAGAZINE

Hi Everyone!

I am pleased to announce that the new issue of Les Fleurs Du Mal is out on the stands in Montreal. Please pick up your copy! I am happy to be part of the featured artist articles!

KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO

I am honoured to be part of JULIE OAKES' Pass the Buddha collaborations. Her (our) work is currently being exhibited in The Canadian Museum of Northern History in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Julie Oakes : Pass the Buddha


(oakes with bartosik, feught, zot'z)

HEADBONES GALLERY:

Room 111 – ART NOW FAIR
South Seas Hotel
1751 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach

Featuring new Collages by Scott P. Ellis
Tall drawings by Srdjan Segan
Small cast bronzes by David Constantino Salazar

A selection of NEOPRIEST works by:
Aleks Bartosik
Billy Copley
Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo
Robert Farmer
Ed Giordano Jr.
Ashley John son
Zachari Logan
Jesse McCloskey
Julie OakesJenny Wing Yee Tong

ETOBICOKE

Curated by Stephen Fakiyesi, The Production House presents: MOVEMENT 08 CONTEMPORARY ART HAPPENING

EXHIBITION DATES: NOV 15 - JAN 3, 2009

all images are by me, except last image: work by Millory Diaczun.

A multifaceted art happening, Movement 08, is three exhibitions in one. http://www.newtorontoartdistrict.com

LOCATION: The Production House
(take 110A or 110B bus from Islington station to 146 Thirtieth Street, S Etobicoke)
146 Thirtieth St, S
Etobicoke, ON
M8W 3C4

B R A N T F O R D

Menhinick, Steve. The Expositor: “Glenhyrst’s juried show surprises." Saturday, November 15, 2008, p.D11.

Menhinick writes:
This Venus Stole an Artichoke Heart is a powerful image where line, colour and value are integrated into a harmonious articulation of feminine strength by the Mississauga-based artist Aleks Bartosik, surely one of the leaders of a new generation of Canadian artists.

(click on image to read more)

Juried Exhibition:
Breaking New Ground
November 1 - January 4, 2009

Exhibition Reception and Awards Presentation:
Saturday, November 15, 2008 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The jurors are Carol Podedworny, Curator of McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, and Ryszard Sliwka, Artist and Professor of design and architectural theory at University of Waterloo.

This exhibition will explore new paths that artists are taking within their own work as well as theoretical ground breaking movement within global styles that are of interest to contemporary artists.

Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant
20 Ava Road • Brantford • Ontario • N3T 5G9
T: (519) 756-5932
E: info@glenhyrstartgallery.ca

B R A Z I L

Some updates from the exhibition in Brazil... The show is looking great and we managed to have some publicity in the local newspapers here and TV interview.
Here are some photos:

performance




the gallery (blue building)


the exhibition





the opening

B R A M P T O N

coming soon @ the art gallery of peel; presenting my first photography show together with photographers FAUSTA FACCIPONTE and LINDSAY MURRELL. curated by Maureen Couse.

opening : the evening of september 18th

for more info, please contact:
Fausta Facciponte,
Project Coordinator,
A Month of Photography
orangegirl@sympatico.ca


aleks bartosik. 2006. lime and aqua twin series.

L. misfortune no. 483, 1000 feelings all over the walls
M. misfortune no. 484, 1000 feelings all over the walls
R. misfortune no. 485, 1000 feelings all over the walls

T O R O N T O

AWOL g a l l e r y presents:
6th Annual SQUARE FOOT Show

Location > 100A Ossington Ave. 2nd floor
Exhibition dates > August 16th to September 8th, 2008


Gallery Hours > Thursday to Saturday 12 to 6pm,
Sunday 1 to 5pm or by appointment.


AB. venus in furs, no.6. acrylic on canvas, 2008. (detail)