Jan 21 to Jun 18, 2023
Field Notes
Field Notes was awarded the Innovation in a Collections Based Exhibition at the 2023 Galeries Ontario/Ontario Galleries Awards!
About the Exhibition
Field Notes brings together historical sketches by F. H. Varley with contemporary animation and drawings by Winnie Truong. Although their bodies of work and approaches to art-making are vastly different, both artists share a desire to engage with the natural world.
The artworks presented in this exhibition derive from personal observations and intimate impressions of nature, and range from concise sketches of alder trees and rose stems, to colourful renderings of otherworldly flora. Both artists used pencil and paper to express their interpretation of nature, whether to challenge existing ways of studying and understanding it, or simply to celebrate its beauty.
About the Artist
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 and is a 2017 recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship. Her work is in the collection of The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Bank of Denmark, and EQ Bank.
