Call for Directors of the Board
YYZ ARTISTS’ OUTLET Board of Directors (Volunteer Position) We are accepting applications to join YYZ Artists’ Outlet’s Board of Directors! We hope you consider joining our small community to help us steer the organization into its next forty-five years. We are seeking to add team…
Exequias: Braiding salt, rebozos, and justice by Rocio Graham
Exequias – Obsequies noun [ plural ] formal UK /ˈɒb.sɪ.kwiz / US /ˈɑːb.sɪ.kwiz/ Things that are formally said and done at a funeral. Rituals of mourning. The way a country grieves is the way a country heals. Mourning rituals are the physical manifestation of love and grief; they are intended as spaces in time that…
This Time the Dreams on me: Yusuf Hassan
Exhibition dates: Saturday April 13 to Saturday July 13, 2024 Opening: Friday April 12, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM The Deceleration of Thought Independence words By Ibn Sa ‘id April 7, 2024 The dream in me It’s of me and around me …
EXEQUIAS: Claudia Chagoya
Exhibition dates: Saturday April 13 to Saturday July 13, 2024 Opening: Friday April 12, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM “Exequias” (ehk-seh-kyahs) means obsequies or funeral rites in spanish. Specifically, exequias are ceremonies that allow us to show respect and pay tribute to the person who…
Artist Talk: Zinnia Naqvi
Please join us at the gallery on Mar. 22 at 7 PM to participate in conversation with Zinnia Naqvi and Zehra Nawab on the occasion of Zinnia’s exhibition the person you don’t see in this image is me, the camera person. Zehra Nawab is a…
the person you see in this image is her, Zinnia by Nima Esmailpour
The two short films featured in the video installation at YYZ Artists’ Outlet are to be viewed as the videographic extension of Zinnia’s photographic works. These works are often presented in various iterations of staged photography that pair the photographed event with the photographic event,…
Is it morning yet? by Katie Lawson
Heidi Holmes and I have been emailing one another through the darkest months of the year. I am thinking about writing this text as we cross the threshold of the shortest day, the Winter Solstice. My own experience of time this month has been slippery,…
the person you don’t see in this image is me, the camera-person: Zinnia Naqvi
Exhibition dates: Saturday January 20 – Saturday March 23, 2024 Opening: Friday January 19, 6-8PM This exhibition features two short films, an experimental documentary and a fiction film based on true events. Both films were inspired by footage shot surreptitiously by Zinnia Naqvi during a…
Witching Hour: Heidi Holmes
Exhibition dates: Saturday January 20 – Saturday March 23, 2024 Opening: Friday January 19, 6-8PM Witching Hour will materialize insomnia, symptomatic of nocturnal hormone fluctuations in menopausal bodies. Through an alchemic set of domestic hacks and arrangements, the installation will replicate the specific embodiment of…
Julie Oh: Very Big Forces by Simon Fuh
In my experience, there’s a strange thing that happens when you start collecting rocks: relatively quickly, the world becomes fractal. Each rock betrays the enormity of the scene behind it just as much as it reaffirms its uniqueness. The puckered holes, rounded edges, pores and…