ArtAttack! November 7, 2024
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 12 Alexander Street
Doors and viewing at 7:00PM Live auction at 8:00PM
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ArtAttack! 2024 illustrations by Tim Singleton: Tim Singleton is an artist, illustrator, and designer from Toronto, Canada. His art explores queerness, surrealism, self-expression, and pop culture, all rendered in rainbow-bright colour palettes. His work has appeared on billboards, murals, television, book covers, t-shirts, merch, and more. Through his vibrant pieces, he seeks to make the world a brighter and bolder place.
BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE
HOST
Paul Hutcheson
CURATORiAl COMMiTTEE
Keith Cole
Emily Gove
Zachari Logan
Philip Leonard Ocampo
Alison Postma
AUCTiONEER
Frances Fripp
OffiCiAl TUCK SHOp BAgS
Ada So
ligHTiNg DESigNER
Darren Shaen
EvENT pHOTOgRApHER
Wade Muir
gRApHiC DESigN
David Taylor
EvENT pRODUCERS
Chris Ironside
Aidan Morishita-Miki
SpECiAl THANKS
Kelly, Sonja & the team at Akasha Art Projects, Vasko Kocovski, Tanner Hodgson, Bonte Minnema & Sameer Patil, Caviar20, Kelly McCray, Denim, Pythia, David Taylor, Tim Singleton, Shane MacKinnon, Effie Patterson, Merlin Simard, Michelle Smith, Charlene Nero, our staff, volunteers, and all the people who generously donated the items up for bids tonight.
WELCOME MESSAGE
CURATORIAL STATEMENTS HOW IT WORKS
SILENT AUCTION ARTISTS & DONORS
LIVE AUCTION
TUCK SHOP
There are places anywhere, at any given time, you feel good about yourself there. There have been times when I felt at home at the end of the world, in countries where I don’t speak the language. On the other hand, in my hometown, I am always ruthlessly out of step.
Bernard-Marie Koltès
sweetie! oh!—there you are!—it’s so good to see you again. gosh it’s been what weeks, now, months even—a year? it can’t be and yet somehow—my how the time really just—doesn’t it?
well you look fabulous, truly, a few more stories in you, a broken heart or a new love, whatever it is it suits you, and this, your hair, you’ve done something new with it? you’re radiant, truly. you’ll have the usual of course? well of course i remember. you know there’ll always be a seat for you here, oh sure, the people come the people go, yes always changing, but really it’s all the same here. i can’t keep up with the times but really needn’t try, when everything’s so different that it can’t help but be the same. oh sure the walls move, the odd coat of paint, the doorways change, it’s all a flow no? and yes that’s freddie, they’re new, but they do somehow remind me of what’s-their-name from back in your time, a certain quality, you know, a certain…because yes you know the people who need to, the lost souls, the misfits and weirdos, they’ll always find us here if they’re truly looking, something draws them, and after all, you did once, didn’t you? when you really needed us, to know that there was a place you could come and really make a home. and we needed you, we did. and my just look at you now. she is doing well now isn’t she?
oh it is good to see you, we’ve always hoped, you know, that we hold a special place in your. yes. well. and see, there you are, you’ve come back, that says it all, yes—oh!
welcome home, darling. we’ve missed you.
ted witzel artistic director
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is the world’s largest and longest-running queer theatre. For 46 years, Buddies has carved out a sexy, disobedient edge in Toronto’s theatre scene and has been a world leader in amplifying queer voices and developing their stories for the stage. In our year-round theatre season, Buddies is a home for artistic risk—a place where emerging talent hone their radical visions, and where established artists go to do the daring works other theatres might shy away from. Since 1979, we’ve welcomed over one million audience members and premiered over 1,000 new works for the stage.
All the money raised at ArtAttack! goes to support the future of this vital queer space.
EMIlY gOvE
It is a pleasure to bring together selected works from Ontario-based artists Vida Beyer, Adrien Crossman, a. portia ehrhardt, Arezu Salamzadeh, and Kendra Yee for this year’s ArtAttack! Adrien Crossman’s photographic triptych, glory ____, is an accumulation of human-made holes, presented with a sly wink. Vida Beyer’s needlepoint work, Real Feeling, Bad Man, and a. portia ehrhardt’s Worship both evoke the emotional space of movement and wind - from a breeze gently blowing curtains through a window, or caressing the bodies of dancers in motion. Kendra Yee’s Grass Jelly and Arezu Salamzadeh’s Partners (Lucky Cats) are sculptural works that delve into the narrative potential of ceramics, transforming traditional forms into vessels of contemporary storytelling. Together, these works invite us to consider our relationship with the physical and emotional spaces we inhabit.
BiO
Emily Gove (she/her) is an artist and curator whose work is inspired by subculture, fandom, folk art, and kitsch, and often includes collaboration and community engagement. Her work has been exhibited in venues across North America and takes various forms, including rug hooking, embroidery, photography, makeover stations, and interactive live dating shows. Formerly an arts administrator, she now owns Polyester Plus, a Hamilton space featuring a selection of unique works from emerging artists and eclectic vintage treasures.
@polyesterplus
ZACHARI lOgAN
My curatorial collection reveals my interest in figuration as well as the politics of identity. Each selected artist has a strong practice within the realms of contemporary painting and drawing. Each explores their own individual ideas relating to a number of issues; gender, race, sexuality and selfhood, to name only a few. I chose artists whose work I admire. Several I have curated into past projects and have exhibited alongside. Each of these artworks I myself would feel privileged to live with.
BiO
Canadian artist Zachari Logan (b.1980, Saskatoon) works mainly with large-scale drawing, ceramics and installation practices, evolving a visual language that explores the intersections between identity, memory and place. Employing a strategy of visual quotation, mined from place and experience, Logan re-wilds his body as a queer embodiment of nature. Logan has exhibited widely throughout North America, Europe and Asia and is found in private and public collections worldwide, including; National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Remai Modern, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, and Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (NMOCA). Logan’s work has been featured in many publications worldwide, including BBC Culture, Huffington Post, Canadian Art and Hyperallergic. Logan’s recent projects include the 2-person exhibition, Shadow Of The Sun: Ross Bleckner & Zachari Logan, (2021) at Wave Hill Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, Wildflower (2021) a solo exhibition at the Canadian High Commission in London UK, Ghost Meadows, (2021-22) at Remai Modern in Saskatoon, Canada and Remembrance, (2022-23) at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts.
zachariloganart.com // @zachari_logan
pHilip lEONARD OCAMpO
The works included in this selection for ArtAttack! each explore an obfuscation of atmosphere. The flora, the sky, the figures locked in embrace: The foreground and background are blurred into a haze from which the artists reconstitute a moment or a memory through the mark of a pencil, a stroke from a brush, or cut of acrylic.
BiO
Philip Leonard Ocampo (b.1995) is an artist and arts facilitator based in Tkaronto, Canada. Ocampo’s multidisciplinary practice involves painting, sculpture, writing and curatorial projects. Exploring worldbuilding, radical hope and speculative futures, Ocampo’s work embodies a curious cross between magic wonder and the nostalgic imaginary. Following the tangents, histories and canons of popular culture, Ocampo is interested in how unearthing cultural touchstones of past /
current times may therefore serve as catalysts for broader conversations about lived experiences; personal, collective, diasporic, etc. He holds a BFA in Integrated Media (DPXA) from OCAD University (2018) and is currently a Programming Coordinator at Xpace Cultural Centre and one of the four founding co-directors of Hearth, an artist-run collective based in the city.
philipocampo.com // @philip.ocampo
AlISON pOSTMA
For this auction, I curated a selection of artworks from artists whose practices I have long admired. I aimed to showcase a diverse range of approaches, focusing on those whose work spans multiple disciplines or has recently evolved. Each artist brings a unique blend of disciplines and fresh perspectives: Nik October-Clydesdale blends a practice of ceramics and illustration; Amanda Boulos shifts from bold oil paintings to delicate cutout paper works; David Kaarsemaker moves from structured, formal paintings to joyful scenes inspired by hiking; and Allison Morris explores new dimensions with miniatures that subtly reframe self-portraiture.
BiO
Alison Postma is a Toronto-based artist with a diverse practice encompassing video, photography, and woodworking. Alison holds a degree in Studio Art from the University of Guelph and a degree in Furniture Making from Sheridan College. As a founding member of the plumb, an artist-run gallery established in 2020, Alison contributed in curating a range of exhibitions and fundraisers, building relationships with artists and arts-workers. Their work with the plumb has strengthened Alison’s commitment to supporting emerging artists and fostering collaborative art spaces.
alisonpostma.ca // @rumalow
KEITH COlE
Welcome Back To The Tuck Shop!
When I first started the tuck shop at ArtAttack! in 2012 it was an immediate success. Since its inception hundreds of little treasures have passed into the hands of adoring fans.
We are artists/audiences/collectors/curators/ workers/writers. Indeed, we are lovers or art and lovers of artists. This love and desire amongst us keeps The Tuck Shop from becoming a corporate entity. The Tuck Shop continues to be a concept / idea worth preserving. Long Live The Tuck Shop.
My greatest thanks to all the artists who have donated this year, past years and for the years to come.
The patrons - thank you.
The staff and volunteers at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre - thank you.
Ada So - thank you for your 2024 original Tuck Shop bag design.
Chris Ironside - thank you for inviting me to join you this year. Lunch soon?
Keith Cole
September 9th, 2024
BIO
For more information about Keith Cole … just ask around.
HOW IT WORKS
Register
Be sure to register and pick up your Bidding Paddle in the Cabaret as soon as you arrive. With your paddle, you can bid on any lot in our live and silent auctions.
Silent Auction
You can bid on items in the silent auction as often as you like using the same bidder number you use for the live auction. The highest bid received by our staff at the time of closing wins - winning bids will be posted on the boards within 10 minutes of the silent auction closing.
The Tuck Shop
All items are available for purchase at set prices, which are listed in the catalogue and on display. Items can be purchased ‘cash-and-carry’ or put on account using the same bidder number you use for the live and silent auctions. You will also find multiples from previous years.
Payment
You can pick up and pay for your items any time throughout the evening. Buddies accepts Visa, MasterCard, debit, and cash.
Paying by Instalment
Any purchase total of $1,000 or more can be paid for by instalment if you so choose. Speak to a staff member at the registration desk for more information or to set up an instalment plan before you start bidding.
Tax Receipts
If the final purchase price of an item in the live auction is equal to or greater than 120% of the posted estimated value, the purchaser will be issued a charitable tax receipt for the difference between the estimate and the selling price.
Conditions of Sale
Each lot contains an estimated value obtained from sources the ArtAttack! curatorial committee believes to be reliable, but no representation or warranty as to the actual resale value is made or implied. Estimate values include value of framing, where applicable. All sales are final. No purchase can be returned, refunded, or exchanged. All items are sold as is, as exhibited. Buddies reserves the right to share the contact information of successful bidders with the artists whose work they have purchased.
lOT 1
Curated by Alison Postma
NiK OCTOBER ClYDESDAlE
When we found that dead squirrel in the basement
2024
Oil on paper 7” x 8”
Estimate $750
Nik October-Clydesdale is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Their work is a collage of queer self portraits centred around collected, invented worlds, and the intimate separation of body and self.
nikoctober.com // @nikoctober
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 2
Buddies Pick
MAURiCE vEllEKOOp
Meet The New Neighbours!
(Illustration for New York Magazine for an article about National Parks opening a visitor centre next to the historic Stonewall Inn)
2024
Inks on paper 14.5” x 18”
Estimate $1,400
Maurice Vellekoop was born in Toronto in 1964. After graduating from Ontario College of Art (now OCADU) in 1986, he joined Reactor Art and Design, an agency for illustrators. In a more than thirtyfive year career, Maurice has created illustrations for top international editorial and advertising clients, published numerous zines, comics and books, created art for animation, and participated in art shows around the world. I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together, his graphic memoir from Pantheon Books NYC and Random House Canada was published in February of 2024.
mauricevellekoop.com // @mauricevellekoop
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 3
Curated by Zachari Logan
MARigOlD SANTOS
doublehead flower abstraction (fringe meditation)
2024
Ink and brush on hand-marbled paper
6.5” x 11”
Estimate $2,000
Marigold Santos pursues an inter-disciplinary art practice that includes painting, drawing, sculpture, tattoo, and sound. Her work examines notions of heritage, folklore, motherwork, and decolonization. Her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and tattoo work explore self-hood and identity that embraces multiplicity, fragmentation and empowerment, as informed by diasporic experiences. She holds a BFA from the University of Calgary and an MFA from Concordia University. As a recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, she continues to exhibit widely across Canada and internationally. She is represented by Patel Brown Gallery in Toronto and Norberg Hall in Calgary.
@marigoldasantos
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 4
Buddies Pick
fARiHAH SHAH
Prefix, Untitled P2
2015
Archival inkjet print
20” x 30”
Estimate $1,200
Farihah Aliyah Shah is a contemporary lensbased artist originally from Edmonton, Alberta (Treaty 6) now based in Bradford, Ontario (Treaty 18). She holds a BHRM from York University and a BFA in Photography with a minor in Integrated Media from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario. Using photography, video and sound installation, her practice engages photographic history and explores identity formation through the colonial gaze, race, connectivity to land, and collective memory. Shah was the 2019 recipient of the John Hartman Award. She currently is a member at Gallery 44 - Centre for Contemporary Photography and Women Photograph, an organization that advocates for Female-Identified and NonBinary photojournalists. Shah has exhibited internationally in Asia, Europe, and North America.
farihahshah.com // @rihah
Artwork courtesy of the artist
lOT 5
Curated by Philip Leonard Ocampo
ANDREW HARDiNg
Dovetail
2024
Frosted acrylic and custom decals
11” x 15”
Estimate $1,600
Andrew Harding is an artist who works across sculpture and installation and explores themes of hybridity through found imagery and fabricated forms. Harding completed his MFA at York University and has recently exhibited in Toronto at Blouin Division, Hearth and in Chicago at Weatherproof. Harding’s projects have been supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Métis Nation of Ontario.
andrewhardingart.com // @andrewdhq
Artwork courtesy of the artist
lOT 6
Curated by Alison Postma
DAviD KAARSEMAKER
Permanent Carmine
2022
Oil on canvas
12” x 12”
Estimate $1,300
David Kaarsemaker holds a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA from the University of Ottawa. David has received grants from the Canada Council for the arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. He was a finalist in the 2017 RBC Painting Competition and his work is included in the collections of Global Affairs Canada, the City of Ottawa, the City of St John’s, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, and the Newfoundland Provincial Art Bank.
davidkaarsemaker.com // @dkaarse
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
We take a break from the bidding to give everyone in the room a chance to show their support. Get your paddle up in the air to donate to Buddies and help us honour our queer histories and dream up queer futures.
lOT 7
Buddies Pick
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Fly Loft Graffiti
2007
Chromogenic print
17” x 14”
Edition 1 of 12
Estimate $2,800
Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished contemporary photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes represent over 40 years of his dedication to bearing witness to the impact of human industry on the planet. Burtynsky’s photographs are included in the collections of over 80 major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid; the Tate Modern in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.
edwardburtynsky.com // @edwardburtynsky
Artwork courtesy of Friends of Buddies Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 8
Curated by Philip Leonard Ocampo
THOMAS SCHNEiDER
Brothers
2024
Graphite on paper
9.5” x 13.5”
Estimate $1,000
Thomas Schneider is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 and has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and Canada. Schneider’s graphite works on paper explore the conceptual foundation of the medium. Schneider approaches drawing as a complex space for long contemplation on personal memories and relationships. He often uses a smooth feathered shading technique that skews the subject matter out of focus allowing his own recollection and interpretation to obscure the final image.
@4toed
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 9
Curated by Zachari Logan ARAliA MAxWEll
Complimentary Satisfaction - Naphthol and Phthalocyanine - #1 -2024/01/15, 2024
Acrylic on wood
8” x 7” x 5”
Estimate $2,000
Aralia Maxwell is an artist based in Montréal, Québec / Tiohtià:ke, originally from Waseca, Saskatchewan / Treaty 6 Territory. She received a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 2015 and an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2019. Her honours include a Governor General Academic Gold Medal and continued support from SK Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts. Maxwell’s artistic practice is grounded in painting but embraces interdisciplinary methodologies to explore materiality, labour, time, and transformation. Her artwork has been exhibited across Canada at numerous venues including Neutral Ground (Regina, SK), the School of Art Gallery (Winnipeg, MB), Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax, NS), and Galerie Robertson Arés (Montréal, QC).
araliamaxwell.com // @araliamaxwell
Artwork courtesy of the artist
lOT 10
Curated by Emily Gove
viDA BEYER
Real Feelings, Bad Man
2023
Needlepoint on plastic canvas
47.5” x 29.5”
Estimate $1,200
Vida Beyer blends personal experience with an archive of artifacts, images and stories from popular, and unpopular, culture as a way to cultivate potential sites of recognition. They create environments, texts, objects and performances.
@cryingintoyourbutt
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 11
Curated by Emily Gove
A. pORTiA EHRHARDT
Worship
2024
Acrylic, gouache, pencil crayon, soft pastel, and gel transfer on canvas 16” x 16”
Estimate $1,300
a. portia ehrhardt is a dancer, astrologer, and multidisciplinary artist from and in Toronto. Their work has been supported and shown across Canada and internationally, including OFFTA (Montréal), SEAD (Austria), Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton), and a HATCH residency at Harbourfront Centre. A dancer with two decades of performance experience, a. has appeared in works by Susie Burpee, Willi Dorner, Julia Sasso, Menaka Thakkar, and Suzy Lake among others. amelia was the Curator of Dancemakers Centre for Creation from 2015-2019 and is the founder of Flowchart Performance Projects. They were a 2017 danceWEB recipient and a 2016 Toronto Arts Council Leadership Lab fellow.
ameliaehrhardt.net // @amelia.np.e
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 12
Curated by Zachari Logan
STEpHEN ANDREWS
Untitled (treasure trail)
2024
Monotype, oil on unstretched canvas
9” x 12”
Estimate $3,400
Stephen Andrews was born in 1956 in Sarnia, Ontario Canada. Over the last forty years he has exhibited his work in Canada, the U.S., Brazil, Scotland, France and Japan. He is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Belkin Art Gallery, the Schwartz Collection, Harvard as well as many private collections. His work deals with memory, identity, technology and their representations in various media including drawing, animation and painting.
stephenandrewsartist.com @stephenandrewsartist paulpetro.com // @paulpetrocanada
Artwork courtesy of the artist and Paul Petro Contemporary Art
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 13
Curated by Alison Postma
AlliSON MORRiS
Walkthrough
2024
Archival giclée print
16” x 20”
Edition 1 of 3
Estimate $750
Allison Morris is a fine art photographer based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her practice explores themes of beauty, identity, performance, and the construction of femininity. Drawing on the history of women portrayed in art, she uses selfportraiture and traditionally feminized materials to challenge how we understand the body and its relation to objects. Allison has exhibited internationally in Europe and North America, including the Anchorage Museum of Alaska. Most recently, she was a selected member of the Power Plant Emerging Artist Network and participated in the Feminist Photography Network’s Island Residency.
allisonmorris.ca // @allymorr
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 14
Buddies Pick
JAiME ANgElOpOUlOS
Untitled
2015-16
Mixed media & paper
25” x 33”
Estimate $1,700
Jaime Angelopoulos is a Toronto based artist working in the mediums of sculpture, drawing, collage and installation. She received an MFA from York University, BFA from NSCAD University and also studied at Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas. She was awarded the Hazelton Sculpture Prize in 2013 and has participated in artist residencies at KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre in Finland and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her work has been included in exhibitions and art fairs in Canada, USA and Europe with recent solo exhibitions at Parisian Laundry (Montreal), MKG 127 (Toronto), Musée régional De Rimouski (Quebec) and the McLaren Art Centre (Ontario).
jaimeangelopoulos.com // @dimitrajaime
Artwork courtesy of Friends of Buddies
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 15
Curated by Philip Leonard Ocampo
NATAliE KiNg
beloved tresses of unity
2023
Acrylic and aerosol paint on canvas
36” x 48”
Estimate $3,000
Natalie King is a queer interdisciplinary Anishinaabe (Algonquin) artist, facilitator and member of Timiskaming First Nation. King’s arts practice ranges from video, painting, sculpture and installation as well as community engagement, curation and arts administration. King holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University (2018). King’s recent exhibitions include POWER at ONSITE gallery (2024), World-builders, Spape-shifters at the Robert MacLaughlin Gallery (2024), Come and Get Your Love at Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto (2022), and Bursting with Love at Harbourfront Centre (2021). Often involving portrayals of queer femmes, King’s works are about embracing the ambiguity and multiplicities of identity within the Anishinaabe queer femme experience(s).
natalielauraking.com // @natalielauraking
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 16
Buddies Pick
WiNNiE TRUONg
Peering Into The Night
2017
Drawing & collage
12” x 15”
Estimate $1,300
Winnie Truong is a Toronto artist working with drawing and collage to explore ideas of identity, feminism, and fantasy along with a digital art and animation practice that includes public art and community engagement. She has exhibited across Canada, the US and Europe with solo presentations at Volta New York Art Fair, Pulse Miami Art Fair and Art Toronto. Truong is a 2017 recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship. Her work can be found in private collections, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Bank of Denmark, EQ Bank, Scotiabank Fine Art Collection, RBC Art Collection and TD Bank Corporate Art Collection.
winnietruong.com // @winnietron
Artwork courtesy of Friends of Buddies
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 17
Curated by Emily Gove
AREZU SAlAMZADEH
Partners (Lucky Cats)
2020
Glazed stoneware, gold leaf
4.5” x 5.25” x 3” each
Estimate $500
Arezu Salamzadeh (she/they) is a “queer”, “neurodivergent”, “mixed-race”, artist based in Mississauga. They create objects, performances, music, spaces, and texts. She asks questions about nostalgia, selfhood, power, desire, and loneliness through humour and play. They received a Bachelors of Fine Arts with Honors from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, in 2016, and a Masters in Visual Studies with Honors from the University of Toronto in 2022. She has since exhibited at galleries, museums, and unconventional venues throughout Canada, the US, Italy, and the UK.
arezustudio.com // @arezustudio
Artwork courtesy of the artist
lOT 18
Buddies Pick
KRiS KNigHT
The Boys are Back in Town
2012
Oil on prepared paper 5” x 7”
Estimate $2,000
Kris Knight is a Canadian painter whose work revolves around representation, queerness and intimacy. He is interested in the portrayal of diverse modes of masculinity, creating work that celebrates tenderness, vulnerability and ambiguity. Knight’s romantic figurative paintings and portraits are simultaneously intimate and remote, heavy and light, dense and playful; presenting emotional worlds: portals of the artist’s past and present, retreating from the muchness of the world as much as they reflect it. Working from personal images often collaged with found imagery and historical references, Knight’s paintings present a quiet, elegant world dominated by sensitivity and subtle melancholy.
krisknight.com // @krisknight
Artwork courtesy of Bonte Minnema and Sameer Patil
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
INTERMISSION
A short break from bidding to stretch out your paddle arm, have a snack, take a second look at the tuck shop, get your last bids in at the silent auction, and grab a 50/50 raffle ticket.
lOT 19
Buddies Pick
RAJNi pERERA
A Dangerous No
2019
Archival pigment print
18” x 24”
Edition of 20
Estimate $900
Rajni Perera was born in Sri Lanka in 1985 and lives and works in Toronto. She explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship, migrant and marginalized identities/cultures, monsters and dream worlds. These themes come together to fuel explorations within a multimedia practice that includes drawing and painting, clay, wood, lanterns, new media sculpture, textile, and most recently, synthetic taxidermy. Perera’s work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Sobey Foundation, and the Musée De Beaux Arts De Montréal.
rajniperera // @rajniperera patelbrown.com // @patelbrowngallery
Artwork courtesy of the artist and Patel Brown
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 20
Buddies Pick
HAROlD TOWN
Stretch (Tangerine/Blue)
1971
Serigraph
40” x 29”
Edition of 99
Estimate $3,500
Harold Town (1924-1990) was celebrated for his wide-ranging talent and his bold, brash personality. Town was a central figure in Painters Eleven, the collective that helped introduce abstract art to Canada in the 1950s. His work was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1956 and 1964, and during the 1960s his prints were acquired by the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Earning record prices for a living Canadian artist, Town socialized with the cultural elite and gained renown as a writer, raconteur and media personality. He proved that Canada could produce innovative art that is important on the international stage – bringing new confidence and sophistication to the Canadian art scene.
haroldtown.com // @haroldtownartist Caviar20.com // @caviar20gallery
Artwork courtesy of Caviar20 and the Estate of Harold Town
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 21
Buddies Pick
JAMES fOWlER
Lure (Five of Diamonds)
2024
crocheted yarn, fishing lures
Estimate $1,000
James Fowler is a visual artist and curator whose work critically examines the relationship between identity and place, challenging traditional frameworks through cultural mapping and playful interrogation of social norms. He holds a BA in Film and English from York University and began his career in photography and film. Fowler is the creator of The 10X10 Photography Project, co-curator of The Church Street Mural Project, and a founding member of the Throbbing Rose Collective, which produces Nuit Rose and the Queer Up North Artist Residency. He maintains a full-time studio practice in Toronto, blending painting, craft, performance, and material culture to explore queer identity and community.
iamjamesfowler.com // @jamesfowlerart
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 22
Curated by Zachari Logan
MiA SANDHU
The Sun Will Follow 2
2023
Silkscreen print
30” x 22”
Edition of 3
Estimate $1,500
Mia Sandhu is a multi-disciplinary artist whose works explore her fascination with cultural hybridity, gender and sexuality alongside familial and person narratives. Her recently created silkscreen and etching prints produced during her 2023 Smokestack Analog Printmaking Residency further her imagery development with figures, orbs and drapery. Mia Sandhu has exhibited across Canada, the Unites States and Europe since graduating with a BFA from NSCAD University. She is currently based in Toronto, ON.
miasandhu.com // @mia.sandhu
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 23
Curated by Zachari Logan
NATHAN EUgENE CARSON
Swirling Thoughts
2024
mixed media
14” x 18”
Estimate $2,800
Nathan Eugene Carson (b. 1980) received a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2005. His drawings and paintings have since been shown at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Verso Gallery, Lennox Contemporary, Gallery One, and the Drake Hotel in Toronto. Group exhibitions include Free Fall (2016) and Worked Over (2017), both at Oswald Gallery, and 100 Paintings (2019) at The Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario, Cut From The Same Cloth (2021) at the Power Plant Toronto, Ontario, Lines In The Snow: Contemporary Canadian Drawing (2022), New Art Projects, London UK. Carson’s most recent solo exhibition was in conjunction with a residency at The Art Gallery of Hamilton titled Black Carnival (2023).
nathaneugenecarson.com // @nathanecarson
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 24
Curated by Emily Gove
ADRiEN CROSSMAN
glory _____
2024
Photo triptych
24” x 11”
Edition 1 of 3
Estimate $900
Adrien Crossman (they/them) is a queer and nonbinary white settler artist, educator, and curator currently residing on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe in so-called Hamilton, Ontario. They hold an MFA in Visual Art from the University of Windsor (2018), and a BFA in Integrated Media with a Minor in Digital and Media Studies from OCAD University (2012). Crossman is interested in the affective qualities of queerness, investigating how queerness can be felt through specific aesthetics and sensibilities. In addition to having exhibited across Canada and internationally, Adrien co-founded and co-runs the online arts publication off centre. Crossman is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University.
adriencrossman.com // @obscure___reference
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 25
Buddies Pick
ASHlEE MARCUS
Mistress of The Dark, in Blackwork
2024
Textile, cotton fabric, cotton and metallic threads, hand embroidery
12” x 18”
Estimate $1,200
Ashlee Marcus is a multidisciplinary artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has a BFA Special Honours Degree from York University and a Certificate in Technical Hand Embroidery with Merit from the Royal School of Needlework in London, UK. Ashlee has contributed to the performing arts community in Toronto for over twenty years and has been creating embroideries since childhood. She finds a constant source of inspiration in collaborating with other artists and loves paying homage to her favourite icons with her textile practice.
@ashleemarcus
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 26
Curated by Philip Leonard Ocampo
RON SiU
Echoes
2024
Oil on wood panel 15” x 15”
Estimate $850
Ron Siu is an artist currently based in Tkaronto/ Toronto, Canada. He graduated with his BFA in Drawing & Painting at OCAD University in 2019. His work has been shown in exhibitions across Canada and internationally in Scotland and Germany. Siu has also participated in multiple residencies, including being an artist-in-residence at Centre[3] in Hamilton and Atelier Circulaire in Montreal. Siu’s practice incorporates painting, printmaking and animation elements to explore contemporary themes around Queer desire and fantasy. His work is informed by Western and Asian art historical canons, decorative art movements; alongside more contemporary pop sources such as gaythemed Japanese graphic romance novels, video games and supernatural horror.
ronsiu.ca // @rsronsiu
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 27
Buddies Pick
JEgA DEliSCA
Vogue Italia, Study of “Darker, the city of light” 2024 gouache
6” x 8.5”
Estimate $450
Jega Delisca (b. 1998, West Palm Beach, Florida) is a Portrait artist based in Montreal, Canada, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University. The youngest of six brothers and the son of Haitian immigrants, Delisca’s work is shaped by his identity as a queer Black man and his experiences moving from Florida to Toronto at a young age. Delisca’s paintings explore the tension between inner selfhood and cultural expectations, focusing on Black masculinity and male intimacy. Delisca has exhibited internationally, including the group show “Footprints” in London (2024) and his solo exhibition “Don’t Go Unspoken” (2021) in Toronto. His practice continues to push the boundaries of masculinity and intimacy, inviting viewers to see beyond the surface.
jegadelisca.com // @jegasdeli
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 28
Curated by Emily Gove
KENDRA YEE
Grass Jelly 2020
White glazed stoneware with etched detailing and sculpted reliefs
5.5” x 9.5” x 5.5”
Estimate $1,600
Kendra Yee (b. 1995, Tkaronto/ Toronto) is an arts practitioner that seeks to materialize the truths and fictions of memory. Yee pulls tales from; personal stories, lived experience and collective narratives to develop site-specific installations that carve alternative archives. Yee has programmed and exhibited with: Patel Brown (Toronto), Heavy Manners (Los Angeles), The Artists Project (Toronto), Juxtapoz (NYC), The Letter Bet (Montreal), Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto) and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa).
kendra.studio // @kendrayee
Artwork courtesy of the artist
lOT 29
Curated by Alison Postma
AMANDA BOUlOS
Hold Me Wet (As Far as the Eye Can See)
2024 oil on oil Arches paper
22” x 15”
Estimate $1,200
Amanda Boulos (she/her) is a visual artist and educator based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Boulos engages with fragmented national narratives from Palestine, Lebanon, and Canada to explore how oral histories can morph into the future of the Palestinian diaspora or shattat. She received her MFA from the University of Guelph and her BFA from York University. Boulos has exhibited in Toronto, New York, Montréal, and Halifax. In the fall of 2024, she joined the OCAD University faculty as an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing. She is also a member of the Toronto project space the plumb and a programmer for the Toronto Palestine Film Festival.
amandaboulos.com // @amooboo
Artwork courtesy of the artist
Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
lOT 30
Buddies Pick
AlExANDER MClEOD blast
2024 inkjet print
13” x 19”
Edition 1 of 3
Estimate $1,800
While a photo-based artist, Toronto-based Alex McLeod has collaborated with fashion and music artists in new media, like Kelly Rowland, Nelly Furtado, Nike and Condé Nast. He constructs hyperrealistic 3-D environments using CGI technologies. He is interested in the interconnection of everything. He creates forms to act as archetypes to illustrate this idea.
Palpitating with energy, these digital forms stretch and pull amongst themselves, only to abruptly recoil back into a singular shape. McLeod stages otherworldly scenes that oscillate between hybrid spaces of the real and virtual; the organic and the manufactured.
alxclub.com // @alexander_mcleod_
Artwork courtesy of the artist Framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects
While engaged with a social work practice, Ada So (MSW, RSW) enjoys incorporating arts to social work elements as well as her own creative projects.
ORigiNAl TUCK SHOp BAgS BY ADA SO
CHRiS IRONSiDE
Gay Magic (Red Corundum)
2024
Archival pigment print, glitter and archival glue
8.5” x 11”
Edition 5 of 6
$65
10
CHRiS IRONSiDE
Gay Magic (Fire Opal)
2024
Archival pigment print, glitter and archival glue
8.5” x 11”
Edition 4 of 6
$65
11
CHRiS IRONSiDE
Gay Magic (Verdelite)
2024
Archival pigment print, glitter and archival glue
8.5” x 11”
Edition 4 of 6
$65
12
CHRiS IRONSiDE
Gay Magic (Blue Apatite)
2024
Archival pigment print, glitter and archival glue
8.5” x 11”
Edition 4 of 6
$65
16 TiM SiNglETON Queer Spaces are Sacred
2024
Enamel pin, metal and enamel paint
1.5” x 1.5” $12
17
SHAKE-N-MAKE COllECTivE
(liSS plATT & ClAUDiA B MANlEY)
Queering the Sky
2022
Umbrella
36” diameter
$40
18
CHRISTOpHER ROUlEAU Homo On The Range
2021
Enamel on thrift painting
24” x 12”
$50
21
gUN ROZE
MASCULINE FORM & ENERGY-#2617
2024
Archival inkjet print
8” x 10”
$100
22
BBJ pOp MERCH Retro Buddies Pin Packs
2019-2024
Glass, film, metal, holographic glitter
1.25” each pin
$45 per set of three
19 CHRISTOpHER ROUlEAU Daddy
2024
Enamel and acrylic on birch panel
8” x 10” x 1.5”
$100
20 THOM SEvAlRUD
Knot Bandana (Safety Orange)
2024
Print on cotton fabric bandana
21” x 21”
Open Edition
23
ANgE BEEvER Candy Apple Fall 2023
Acrylic on found artwork (framed oil on canvas painting) 15” x 12.5”
$100
24 ANDREW HARWOOD Purple Darth 1
2023
Colour photo on aluminum 8” x 10”
Artist Proof
$100
RON lORANgER Blue Balls #1
2022-2024
Ink and watercolour on paper
6.5” x 9”
$60
29
COlE SWANSON Golden Oyster
2019
24 carat gold leaf on oyster shell
2.5” x 1.75” x 0.25” $100
26 RON lORANgER Blue Balls #2
2022-2024
Ink and watercolour on paper
5.5” x 9” $60
27 RON lORANgER Volcano #6
2022-2024
Ink and watercolour on paper
7” x 5”
$40
30 MOYNAN KiNg Nightshirt by KING 2024 Flannelette $100
31
ROMAS ASTRAUSKAS Price Point Painting
2024
Housepaint on wood panel
7.5” x 10” 1 of 1 $100
28 RON lORANgER Volcano #7
2022-2024
Ink and watercolour on paper
7” x 5”
$40
32
pAUl DOTEY Wool Shirt
2023
Lino print 9” x 12” Edition of 21 $60
33
pANSY ASS CERAMiCS
Serviced Party Buddy
2024
Porcelain
11” x 5” x 2”
$100
34 ANTON RUSS
Marcus on rollerbladesSaint Martin
2001
Silver print
9”x14” print, 24.5” x 31” framed
Artist Proof $100
37 fASTWÜRMS
Q33R_DYN4S7Y
2015
Digital print on magnet sheets
5” x 6”
Limited edition
$30
35 fASTWÜRMS
Talon, Cheese, Pusterniks
2011
Digital print on mouse pads 8” diameter
Edition of 30 $45 each
38 MARK BATH Fish Bros
2019
Risograph Print 10” x 15” Edition of 22 $60
36 fASTWÜRMS
Will Munro
2022
Digital print on magnet sheets
5” x 7”
Limited edition
$30
39 MARK BATH OX of Hearts
2022
Linocut lettpress-printed greeting card (double-sided) 5” x 7”
$9
40
SCHEM ROgERSON BADER
At the core of modernity is grief
2024
Photo, organza, embroidery floss
8” x 8”
$40
WADE MUiR Disco at The Ice Palace, Fire Isand
2024
Archival print 10” x 12” Open edition
$100
42
SHANNON COCHRANE & JUliAN HigUEREY NUNEZ For Chips & Giggles: the Album
2023
Pressed vinyl on custom jacket 12” x 12” Edition 50 $50
43
BUDDiES iN BAD TiMES THEATRE The Rhubarb Festival
2021 Book 5” x 8” 164 pages Edition of 888 $20
44 ERiC KOSTiUK WilliAMS The Anvil 2023 11” x 14” $60
48 ANDY fABO
Argus Panoptes I
Argus Panoptes II
Argus Panoptes III
Argus Panoptes IV
2024 Ink on paper $100 each
A. EUROpE BOUND
Take flight and live your best European life with two KLM roundtrip tickets from YYZ – EUR (via Amsterdam).
To be used for travel within 180 days off issue.
B. HOST WITH THE MOST
A selection of Cave Spring’s 8 top sellers, a handcrafted cheese board from BlacWalnut, and $50 to spend on your favourite cheeses.
C. gAYCATION
Enjoy a luxurious two-night stay at The Cape, an exquisite boutique hotel on Picton Main Street, Prince Edward County.
Redeemable December 1st, 2024 – April 30th, 2025.
D. gET YOUR gROOM ON
Show your furry friends some love with a $250 gift card and an assortment of treats and toys from Fur Bar Pet Grooming.
E. lOvE ON TOp
Get a headstart on your Pride plans with two tickets to Yohomo’s highly sought-after Pride party, Love on Top 2025, plus two Yohomo tees to keep you looking gayly forward.
f. ROYAl vISIT
Treat yourself to a one-night stay at The Royal Hotel in Picton, Prince Edward County and a $25 gift certificate for coffee and pastries at Citizen Frances in neighboring Bloomfield.
g. gOOD vIBRATIONS
Dim the lights, and Indulge in some sexy playtime with a basket of goodies from Come As You Are that will be sure to spice up your morning, afternoon, or evening.
H. DINNER & DRAg
A $300 gift card for dinner at Sassafraz and four tickets to Oraculum at Buddies, created and performed by Canada’s Drag Race alum, Denim and Pythia. December 1 – 15, 2024.
I. fOURSOME
Get into the swing of things with four rounds of 9-holes of golf at Markham Green Golf Club. Includes power carts and is valid for the 2025 golf season.
J. MOMA AND THE CITY
Experience a one-of-a-kind, pre-opening, private morning tour for four of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, City. Includes four MoMA tote bags and four permanent collection catalogues.
K. BElIEvE IT OR NOT
Explore Toronto like a tourist, with four tickets for Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada and accompanying Ripley’s merch and four tickets for the CN Tower.
l. BOOTS ON THE RUNWAY
No matter the season, choose style and comfort in a pair of Blundstone boots from Australian Boot Company.
M. SCREEN QUEEN
A Supporter Membership with the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival – includes a 10-ticket package, exclusive access to member events, and much more!
N. BOOK ClUB
The library is open! Catch up on your reading with a selection of published and advance reader copies of books from Another Story Bookshop.
O. UNplUggED
Tap into your musical side with a Denver DD44 acoustic guitar from Long & McQuade, plus a gig carrying bag so you can take your show on the road.
p. MY HEART WIll gO ON
Tickets for two to Mirvish Theatre’s production of Titanique on Tuesday December 10, 2024 plus a gift card for $150 to put towards pre-show snacks and cocktails, or whatever floats your boat, at Sassafraz.”
Q. THE BIg BAD WOOlf
Two “Price A” tickets to any performance of Canadian Stage’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and a collection of Canadian plays.
R. MUSEUM MAvEN
Make a day out of it with four tickets to the Aga Khan Museum and two tickets for the Royal Ontario Museum.
S. YOU gET THE IDEA
Take home a piece of queer history with a print of “Mondo Cane Kama Sutra”, from the catalogue General Idea 1968 – 1984, published by the AGO in a limited run of 2000. Courtesy of Top Drawer Vintage Art
ARTISTS
Stephen Andrews stephenandrewsartist.com
Jaime Angelopoulos jaimeangelopoulos.com
Pansy Ass Ceramics pansyassceramics.com
Romas Astrauskas @romasastrauskas
Schem Rogerson Bader @schem_bader
Mark Bath markbath.com
Ange Beever trixieandbeever.com/ange-beev
Vida Beyer @cryingintoyourbutt
Amanda Boulos amandaboulos.com
Ed Burtynsky edwardburtynsky.com
Rita Camacho Lomeli ritacamacholomeli.com
Nathan Eugene Carson nathaneugenecarson.com
Nik October Clydesdale nikoctober.com
Shannon Cochrane & Julian Higuerey Nunez @forchipsandgigglespod
Shake-n-Make Collective (Liss Platt & Claudia B. Manley) @shake.n.makecollective
Adrien Crossman adriennecrossman.com
Patrick DeCoste
@patrick.decoste
Jega Delisca jegadelisca.com
Paul Dotey pauldotey.ca
A. Portia Ehrhardt ameliaehrhardt.net
Andy Fabo @andy_fabo
FADO performanceart.ca
FASTWÜRMS @daiskuse // @kimkozzi
James Fowler iamjamesfowler.com
Ken Fraser @k.fray
Andrew Harding andrewhardingart.com
Andrew Harwood @andrew_harwood1
Chris Ironside @chris.ironside
David Kaarsemaker davidkaarsemaker.com
Moynan King
Natalie King natalielauraking.com
Kris Knight krisknight.com
Jeremy Laing jeremylaing.com
Ron Loranger @dustmopp
Ashlee Marcus @ashleemarcus
Aralia Maxwell araliamaxwell.com
Alexander McLeod alxclub.com
Scott Miller Berry @cineparlour
Allison Morris allisonmorris.ca
Wade Muir wademuir.ca
Andrew James Paterson andrewjamespaterson.com
Rajni Perera rajniperera.com
Sasha Pierce sashapierce.ca
Christopher Rouleau christopherrouleau.com
Gun Roze shot-by-gun.com
Heather Rule uselessceramics.com
Anton Russ Arezu Salamzadeh arezustudio.com
Mia Sandhu miasandhu.com
Marigold Santos @marigoldasantos
Thomas Schneider @4toed
Adam Segal @adamplayswithcolour
Thom Sevalrud thomsevalrud.com
Farihah Shah farihahshah.com
Tim Singleton timsingleton.rocks
Ron Siu ronsiu.ca
Cole Swanson coleswanson.org
Harold Town haroldtown.com
Trixie & Beever bbj.ca
Winnie Truong winnietruong.com
Maurice Vellekoop mauricevellekoop.com
Kendra Yee kendra.studio
gAllERiES
Caviar20 caviar20.com
Paul Petro Contemporary Arts paulpetro.com
Patel Brown patelbrown.com
SilENT AUCTiON DONORS
Aga Khan Museum agakhanmuseum.org
Another Story Bookshop anotherstory.ca
Australian Boot Company australianboot.com
BlacWalnut @blackwalnut
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre buddiesinbadtimes.com
Canadian Stage canadianstage.com
The CAPE thecapepicton.ca
Cave Springs cavespring.ca
Citizen Frances @citizen_frances
CN Tower cntower.ca
Come as You Are comeasyouare.com
Fur Bar Pet Grooming furbar.ca
Great Lakes Brewery greatlakesbeer.com
Inside Out insideout.ca
KLM klm.ca
Long & McQuade long-mcquade.com
Markham Green Golf Club markhamgreen.com
Mirvish Productions mirvish.com
MoMA moma.org
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada ripleys.com
The Royal Hotel theroyalhotel.ca
Royal Ontario Museum rom.on.ca Sassafraz sassafraz.ca
Top Drawer Vintage @topdrawercanada
Yohomo yohomo.ca
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