Exhibitions

Steven Nederveen | Quietude
April 10 – 24, 2021
340 Dundas Street West, Toronto

In Quietude, the latest exhibition by Toronto artist Steven Nederveen, the artist explores the sensation of calm and reflection instilled through true solitude. Informed by his own practice of meditation, Nederveen navigates our recent acquaintance with seclusion that is both shared and personal. Depicting the Muskoka and Northern regions of Ontario, Nederveen’s distinctive mixed-media process develops a magical realism that insists on new perspectives on the otherwise familiar landscape. Rustic islands, dense with trees and shrubbery, maintain the idyllic Canadian wilderness while offering a place of private retreat, removed from the activities of dense cities.

Steven Nederveen's work is featured internationally in galleries, art fairs, magazines, and many private collections. He studied fine art at Medicine Hat College and went on to receive a Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta in 1995. His studio is currently based in Toronto.

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Kathryn Macnaughton | Into the Groove
March 13 – 27, 2021
340 Dundas Street West, Toronto

Bau-Xi Gallery is thrilled to present Into the Groove, a dynamic solo exhibition by Toronto-based painter Kathryn Macnaughton. Recognized for her geometric abstraction and Romantic expressive mark-making, this exciting new body of work is a spirited portrayal of movement and rhythm, connectivity, and hopeful outlooks. Through interwoven forms that allude to feminine silhouettes, floral motifs and decorative elements, Macnaughton’s bold canvases reveal a transformative return to the artists background as an illustrator. The thoughtful and balanced compositions are defined by a juxtaposition of broad and thin strokes, inviting further investigation into the intuitive washes of the base layers of the paintings.

A graduate of OCAD, Macnaughton has exhibited in both Canada and abroad since 2010. Recent collaborations include Kit and Ace, Collective Arts Brewery, and The Gardiner Museum.

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Richard Barnes | Obscured Modernism: The Glass House Revealed
March 13 - 27, 2021
350 Dundas Street West, Toronto

"The Glass House is to modern architecture what the Mona Lisa is to painting, being one of the most overexposed and iconic expressions of its type, generating a cultural significance and cult-like status that persists today.”
—Richard Barnes

Never before exhibited, Bau-Xi Photo is pleased to present a selection of Richard Barnes’s 2014 photographs of the Philip Johnson Glass House. Deftly shot in New Canaan, Connecticut, this series captures the interaction between Philip Johnson's iconic architectural masterpiece and Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya's encompassing fog installation, Veil.

In 2014, Barnes was commissioned by former Glass House director and chief curator, Henry Urbach, to document Nakaya’s installation. Fully immersing himself in the project, Barnes visited the active installation its 6 month long run. The resulting photographs capture the the Glass House compound like never before, and are a dramatic shift from the artist’s forensic documentation of Ted Kaczynski’s, the Unabomber’s, cabin.

Designed between 1945 and 1948, the Glass House is one structure within the residential compound comprised of several structures. It was the Glass House that introduced the International style to residential architecture—a style that is continuously interpreted in residential architecture today. Along with his contemporaries, Johnson championed Modern architecture throughout North America.

During its life, the Glass House had somewhat of a revolving door when it came to the artists and friends that would visit Johnson at the property. Isaiah Berlin, Shimon Peres, Barbara Walters, Kitty Carlisle Hart, and Andy Warhol were all hosted by Johnson, creating what can be described as one of the greatest salons of the 20th century.

Please contact a gallery representative to receive an advanced preview by email (photo@bau-xi.com) or telephone (416-977-0400)

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Drew Burnham | IV Paintings
February 6 – 20, 2021
340 Dundas Street West, Toronto

IV Paintings is a new body of work by acclaimed painter Drew Burnham. The sold-out solo exhibition features four new paintings, celebrating the artist's characteristic use of lush forms, intricate brushstrokes, and sweeping movement. Coveted by art collectors across the country, Burnham's highly recognizable works boldly embody the vitality of the Canadian wilderness.

Janna Watson | Finding Joy
January 9 - 23, 2021
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver

Finding Joy, on view at Bau-Xi Vancouver from January 9-23, is the latest offering from the celebrated Canadian abstract painter Janna Watson.

Dedicated to and inspired by Joy, the artist’s three-year-old niece, Watson collapses pictorial and physical space to tell visual anecdotes of time spent together: “Hanging on Very Tight” recalls rocking on a toy horse, while “Everything is Spicy” evokes the sensation of eating a raw garden beet, and “Going Where I’m Going” captures the buoyant momentum of a balloon aloft. Throughout this series, Joy’s innocent spirit appears in deconstructed dresses, blonde curls and the back and forth motion of what she calls “lil’ wiggles and woggles.”

The process behind this body of work, and the simple, confetti-like shapes which appear as a recurring motif, spring from a video clip of Joy at play––free-spirited, fun-loving, and proud in a patterned red dress gifted to her by the artist. The related technique of block-colouring, an emerging aesthetic in Watson’s work, is given new emphasis to amplify the intensity of her pigments.

An intentional departure from the invisible “mush” of the subconscious seen in past abstractions, Watson’s new series is an escape from the bouts of seriousness and isolation that punctuate adult life. This new and different headspace is reflected in Watson’s most-recent work, which is playful, spontaneous, and imbued with delight. Bold palettes and emotionally charged gestures remain signatures of Watson’s hand, but the artist channels Joy’s childlike wildness to create fresh expressionist moments that are positively emotive and full of wonder.

“In a time where it’s hard to know what’s right and everything is so complex, I was drawn to the simplicity around Joy,” said Watson. “Sometimes life happens and we forget what it feels like to be free."

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Darlene Cole | Midnight
December 5-19, 2020
340 Dundas Street W., Toronto

Darlene Cole’s most recent body of work is a reflective magnification of the painting process. While creating this exhibition, the artist experienced a blurred transition from one day to the next, punctuated by a calm intensity falling always at midnight. With a shift in our universal conditions and new realities, the rhythm of the lake, walking in the garden, and dreaming of travel all became flashes of narrative for Cole. These moments are preserved within the canvases as studies of time and memory in a ruminative solo exhibition that grants solace, introspection and connectivity.

Cole's work is extensively collected across Canada and internationally. Notable public collections include: The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, the K.F. Preueter Collection of Canadian Art, Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, OCAD University, Fairmont Hotels (Toronto, Montreal, Banff), and Manulife Financial. 

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Casey McGlynn | Everyone I've Never Met
December 5-19, 2020
340 Dundas Street W., Toronto | Upper Gallery 

We are thrilled to present Everyone I’ve Never Met, a dynamic solo exhibition by Casey McGlynn. Using a combination of techniques working on raw plywood with mixed-media including pen, ink and pencil crayon, the artist embarks on an adventurous and satirical documentation of the faces of each person remembered from his life. With a focus on chronicling his artist contemporaries, and informed by the recent passing of Katherine Mulherin, a key figure in the Toronto arts scene, McGlynn views this new body of work as an autobiographical contribution to Canadian cultural history.

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Andre Petterson | CLIME
November 21 - December 2, 2020
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver

CLIME, the latest exhibition by Vancouver-based mixed media artist Andre Petterson explores the nature of change through the familiar shorthand of his local environs.

Drawing from imagery of the built environment and natural landscape, Petterson reconceptualizes the relationship between these spaces by displacing and transposing their visual elements. Character homes become resituated atop pebbled beaches and swathes of trees float on the coming tide — a timely and prescient examination of the ways in which we become acclimated to new realities and possible futures. 

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