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Current Show: Heartwarming Art: a collection to warm your heart and your home July, 2007 Past Shows: James Bouthillier June, 2007 Pelin Canez May, 2007 Erin Rothstein April, 2007 Celebrating International Women's Day March, 2007 Velibor Bozovic February, 2007 Jesse Allarie January, 2007 Various Artists December, 2006 Frederic Smith November, 2006 Jean Francois Richard October, 2006 Andrea Kastner September, 2006 Sharon Sutherland August, 2006 Melanie Lefebvre July, 2006 Jessica Alfonso June, 2006 Galerie V Spring 2006 Exhibit May, 2006 Fire with Water (SACOMSS) April, 2006 J.M. Lougheed March, 2006 Anna Rita Torelli February, 2006 Brisa Ceccon Rocha January, 2006 Julian Haber December, 2005 Bernie Kelly Goulem November, 2005 Jenny Schädes October, 2005 Simon Laguë September, 2005 Stéphanie Bush August, 2005 Julian Haber July, 2005 Jean François Richard June, 2005 Phyllis Mintz May, 2005 Jesse Allarie April, 2005 Victoria P Wonnacott March, 2005 Kevin Nordberg January, 2005 - February, 2005 Sharon Ramsey November, 2004 - December, 2004 Jean François Richard September, 2004 - October, 2004 Scott Macleod August, 2004 |
Jessica Alfonso Bio: Jessica Alfonso was born a fraternal twin, in 1977 in Montreal, growing up in the Laurentians. The name 'Diaz' is in actuality the true name of her Cuban grandfather (Boulivar Diaz) who, upon fleeing Castro's regime, purchased the papers of a man named Tony Alfonso. The name, 'Studio Diaz' is a tribute to her paternal heritage. The artist’s creativity was cultivated by her father’s skilled guidance from an early age. She has garnered distinctive artistic awards, winning the Barbara Foreman Art Award in 1987-88, and L.R.H.S art award in 1994. A graduate from Concordia University (2000), and she is also a member of the Concordia Art Collective. Her work can also be found in numerous private collections, across Canada and in Europe. Read more about the artist on her website: www.studiodiaz.com 
A sense of immediacy and emotional resonance are elemental within Jessica’s work. Political and sociological themes are set within an urban context. Potent and unapologetic, she points out, in a didactic sense at times; the modern mythical (un)consciousness. An ethnicity that combines Cuban and Irish heritage contributes to this sensibility of politicizing images, seeking to subvert notions of what is seen and digested in popular culture, with the sacred, prophetically inclined and the numinous. This creates a tension of sorts, as iconic symbols are implemented to question, and seek into narratives that flow within contemporary perception.
Also featuring ‘For The Love Of Watercolours: Franklin Alfonso' Born in Miami, Frank Alfonso’s artistic talent won him a noteworthy first prize medal for ''Streets of New-York''. Upon immigrating to Canada in 1967, he attended the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School. Later he moved to Lakefield in the Laurentians in 1976, and has been moved by the landscape for his numerous paintings. His work exhibits a zen-like quality; reflective of his nourishing relationship to landscape. Frank is featured in the new 2006 art collection at the Stewart Hall Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire, Qc. He is represented by Arts Morin Heights. His works are also part of private collections in Boston, Toronto and Winnipeg. |
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