She Said Boom! Window Space...

has permanently closed it's shutters. Thanks to all of the talented artists who showed during the space's 10 month run, and to all of the passers-by who stopped to take a look and share kind words/opinions/stories/encouragement. Unfortunately, the store decided they need their window back for promotional displays...it's as simple as that. I loved curating the space, and I could have kept at it for much longer...

Comments or feedback? Feel free to contact me here, or via email: cleanteen@hotmail.com

Warm regards,
Tara Bursey

Morag Schonken- these are the roots that i've grown, that have grown in me

Morag Schonken- these are the roots that i've grown, that have grown in me

these are the roots that i've grown, that have grown in me
Morag Schonken

January 1-31, 2008.
She Said Boom! Window Space
372 College Street
Toronto

Supplementary exhibition multiple available for $2 each. Contact ssbwindowspace@hotmail.com for more information.

“Our bodies remember.
Every part of us remembers everything that has ever happened.
Every touch, every feeling, everything is there in our skin,
ready to be awakened, revived.”

Mary Morris ~Nothing to Declare~

Morag Schonken, born in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), is a fibre-based installation artist. She currently lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Morag has a fine arts diploma from the Toronto School of Art where she studied with Donnely Smallwood, Nicole Collins, and Andy Fabo. Her solo exhibition in 2004 entitled What the Body Remembers at the TSA Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, featured two bodies of work which embraced the use of fibre and traditional labor-intensive processes. Morag has been in numerous group shows in the Toronto area including the annual Shadow Box Exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada (2005 to 2007); Amalgam at the Niagara Gallery (2006) and Art as Books at WARC Gallery (2003). An avid traveller, Morag backpacked through Australia in 2005-06 before returning to Toronto to intern at Propeller Gallery were she co-coordinated their 10^th Anniversary show, Propeller Turns Ten. She has since moved to Winnipeg to participate in the Foundation Mentorship program through MAWA as mentee to Shawna Dempsey. Morag was the recipient of the Barbara Barrett Scholarship (2003), Brian Burnett Digital Media Scholarship (2006), and the Foundation Mentorship Bursary (2006).

For more information, contact:
Tara Bursey
She Said Boom! Window Space
ssbwindowspace@hotmail.com

Stephanie Cormier- The Showoff Collection: July 2007

Stephanie Cormier- The Showoff Collection: July 2007

Stephanie Cormier
The Showoff Collection- July 2007

December 1-31, 2007.
She Said Boom! Window Space
372 College Street
Toronto

From Artists Statement:

“This installation is a development of the Dressguts series that involved aspects of community intervention and documentation. In this project 40 used dresses were purchased from thrift stores across Toronto, each dress was then altered with a short, inspirational embroidered quote placed discreetly in seams or linings. This process was documented and the dresses were returned to the same stores of purchase.

“While I had the dresses I used them as sculptural material to assemble and reassemble the forms in the Dressguts series. Since this project I have continued to create occasional compositions from my personal wardrobe. While periodically documenting my wardrobe I am also observing the way in which art making can affect my acts of consumerism and everyday choices.

“In The Showoff Collection – July 2007 I am playing with bringing a 3 dimensional aspect into the work. The process starts with 3 dimensional forms which are composed in a 2 dimensional plane. Here I am taking this 2 dimensional composition and reconstructing it into new 3 dimensional forms.”

Stephanie Cormier lives in Toronto, Ontario. Her practice is conceptually based and includes photography, video and sculpture installation. Stephanie studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design where she completed her BFA. Her work has been exhibited across Canada as well as internationally and has earned several national awards and grants. Most recently Stephanie’s work was featured in Carte Blanche: Photography 1, a publication of Canadian photographers and also Mix Magazine.

For more information, contact:
Tara Bursey
She Said Boom! Window Space
ssbwindowspace@hotmail.com

Amanda White- Anything is Possible!

Amanda White
Anything is Possible!

November 1-30, 2007.
She Said Boom! Window Space
372 College Street
Toronto

In this series of paintings, the subjects are advertisements from the back pages of old comic books. Painted with acrylic on raw canvas, the paintings themselves are meant to resemble cheap throwaway newsprint ads, and are hung in such a way to achieve that effect. Each image is enlarged considerably from its original size, revealing the fine print of the ads that were often full of misleading or false claims. Essentially the marketing for these products relied on the gullibility of children, and their belief that anything IS possible. Although the items themselves would likely result in disappointment for their consumers, I see the ideas that these ads propose as valuable in their own right.

Amanda White studied Drawing and Painting at OCAD, Art History at the University of British Columbia, and Scenic Painting for the Theatre at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She divides her time between painting, teaching and working in theatre. You can find her website at http://www.zhibit.org/amandini

Catherine Lane- Bird and Stomach (Cutouts)