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29 Jun

Gina Godfrey is a prolific abstract and portrait artist, a printmaker and curator, curating her many shows in Gina Godfrey Gallery on Bloor Street East. This is the 5th year she is participating in the Brain Project. For five years, Gina produced artwork on military helmets for auctions at True Patriot Love, a national charity that supports military families and contributes to the Canadian Institute of Military and Veteran Health Research. She has served on the Boards of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Metro Toronto Zoo Society and The National Arts Centre in Ottawa and was a Citizenship Court Judge with the Government of Canada. For 37 years she chaired the Herbie Fund at SickKids. Gina’s productivity as an artist is matched by her philanthropic endeavours. A large portion of the proceeds of her art benefits countless organizations including the Baycrest Foundation and the Canadian Wildlife Federation....

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20 Apr

Gina Godfrey is a prolific abstract and portrait artist, a printmaker and curator, curating her many shows in Gina Godfrey Gallery on Bloor Street East. This is the 5th year she is participating in the Brain Project. For five years, Gina produced artwork on military helmets for auctions at True Patriot Love, a national charity that supports military families and contributes to the Canadian Institute of Military and Veteran Health Research. She has served on the Boards of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Metro Toronto Zoo Society and The National Arts Centre in Ottawa and was a Citizenship Court Judge with the Government of Canada. For 37 years she chaired the Herbie Fund at SickKids. Gina’s productivity as an artist is matched by her philanthropic endeavours. A large portion of the proceeds of her art benefits countless organizations including the Baycrest Foundation and the Canadian Wildlife Federation....

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31 Mar

Artist Harold Feist has applied a thick, translucent skin of acrylic paint made up of folds and layers of varying colour which flow over and through one another. The paint is made of varying thicknesses of titanium coatings on suspended mica particles which produce hues and shades that change depending on the angle of view and the quality of light. Feist said this shifting behaviour of colour is analogous to the neoplastic nature of the brain's ever changing, interconnected structure. https://www.haroldfeist.com/...

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11 May

Laura Bundesen has had a love affair of 30+ years with fabric, thread and colour. Using these elements, she creates richly textured mixed media pieces, with a current focus on Neuro Art. Working with a functional map of the human brain as a reference, Bundesen recycles scraps of fabric into a collage and then embellishes it with hand embroidery, trim and beads, working directly on artist’s canvas. Improvising as the work progresses, she keeps the mystery of the brain’s inner workings in mind. Her contemporary 2-D Neuro Art pieces are then stretched and painted. Bundesen’s work has been purchased by neurosurgeons, neurologists and neuroscientists, as well as survivors of traumatic brain injury and brain cancer. Bundesen lives in Massachusetts and exhibits widely in the Northeastern United States....

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14 Jun

Steve Aoki is a 2x Grammy-nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company and apparel line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak Records has become a launch pad for seminal acts such as The Chainsmokers, Bloc Party, The Bloody Beetroots and The Gossip. Aoki is well-known for his high-profile music collaborations with A-listers like Snoop Dogg, Linkin Park and JJ Abrams, but he has also emerged as one of the world's most prominent Asian-American solo artists. In 2012, he started The Aoki Foundation to support organizations in the area of brain science. Recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Highest-Paid DJs and Electronic Cash King of 2017 with over 250 tour dates per year, Aoki is currently enjoying his “Kolony Tour” with special guest Desiigner, following up his album of the same name. Steve released Kolony in July 2017 (via Dim Mak Records /...

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29 Jun

Sandra Brewster is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist based in Toronto. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad, engaging many themes that grapple with notions of identity, representation and memory. Brewster is a recipient of grants from the Toronto, Ontario and Canada art councils and her work has been cited and reviewed in numerous publications. She holds a BFA from York University and a Masters of Visual Studies degree from University of Toronto....

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31 Mar

Artist Erich Ferguson deliberately minimized the artwork and design in this piece and included negative spacing to create a feeling of loneliness, which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The design was kept centred, streaming from the pineal gland (3rd eye), where black and white photographs symbolize lost or diminished memories. The images have significance: The CN Tower is the exhibit location; the bank tower pays homage to sponsor Scotiabank and its support for music and art programs; and the pine tree is an iconic image by a Group of Seven artist....

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11 May

Lex Talkington is a San Diego artist who explores the use of found objects along with modern technology, woodworking and metalworking to create static, kinetic, and interactive sculptures. Drawn to engineered, mechanical objects, his work blends the dichotomy of old and new into highly crafted, sometimes surreal, objects and creatures. He has a BFA in Graphic Design and years of software engineering experience, skills he uses to create experiential artwork....

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01 May

Basak Cansu Guvenkaya is a contemporary sculptor, painter and mixed media artist. She completed her formal studies in sculpture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Istanbul) in 2016 and received first place in the Sakip Sabancı Foundation Art Awards. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, art fairs, symposiums and competitions around the world in countries such as Australia, Germany, the UK, Italy and Turkey. Currently Basak is working on her Master’s degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She is also doing research about indigenous people around the world and the protecting and healing functions of their sculptures. Basak’s sculptures and paintings suggest a playful and colourful way to get rid of negativity and gain happiness. Her artworks encapsulate an expression and a protection against evils of the world, creating a space where evil and fear do not exist; an imaginary world of its own....

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16 Feb

Rooted in the concept of material memory, Brain 5.3 is the product of extensive experimentation in blown glass. The final form and texture of the piece is the result of a unique process involving the iterative reworking of the primary glass gather. The glass brain is consistent in its overall shape, but increasingly complex in its textural appearance. The final piece is the direct and unique result of the manufacturing process, which traces the history of its formation. A very special thank you to the Harbourfront Centre and their resident glass artists Kristian Spreen and Silvia Taylor for their help. stacklab.ca...

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