Vicki Smith | Liminal | Advance Preview

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Vicki Smith | Liminal
September 11 - October 6, 2025
Bau-Xi Gallery | Dufferin
1384 Dufferin Street, Toronto
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13th from 2 - 4 pm | Artist in Attendance
Artist Talk: Saturday, September 20th from 11:30 am - 1 pm

Acclaimed Toronto-based artist Vicki Smith returns to Bau-Xi Gallery | Dufferin with her newest solo exhibition, Liminal. This collection presents a contemplative body of work where Smith’s signature swimmers drift through reflective waters, suspended in moments of quiet transformation. Through delicate shifts between figure and reflection, the paintings evoke a space of fluid ambiguity where identities dissolve, new forms emerge, and peace is found in the pause.

Artist statement:

Liminal comes from the Latin limen, meaning threshold. It refers to a transitional space or time of fluid ambiguity where transformation becomes possible.

My recent collection of paintings titled “Liminal” finds my swimmers in a quiet state of betwixt and between. Subtle shifts between figure and watery reflection represent a fertile liminal space where former identities dissolve and new ones emerge.  The figures are neither here nor there as they transition through what is expected and what will be.

The work is intended to guide us to a quiet and calm state of transformation and new ways of seeing.

As always, peace is in the pause - Vicki Smith

All artworks are now available for acquisition. To secure a piece, please contact us at 416-977-0600 or toronto@bau-xi.com.