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31 Mar

The magnolia tree and the figure are recurring threads in the artist's work. In fact, Darlene Cole has a map in her brain locating particular magnolia trees that she visits each spring; some are at farms, others in historic neighbourhoods. Cole sees fragility coexisting with strength and interconnectedness in the trees, and wants viewers of this piece to experience their haunting beauty with a new emotional connection. https://www.darlenecole.com/...

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29 Jun

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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13 May

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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01 May

Cori Creed is a Canadian painter who has the ability to capture the west coast landscape with joy and vitality. The wealth of textures and colours in our Canadian landscape provide Creed with the perfect reference for an exploration in process. The reflections of tangled branches observed while canoeing on a tranquil eastern lake; the graphic contrast found in a grove of birches; shadows cast over jumbles of rocks and driftwood on west coast beaches; and wading through fields of wild grasses and blooms all lend inspiration to Creed’s work. The artist’s strong connection to the natural world encourages her to draw from its revelations and recreate an impression of the land on canvas. Cori Creed was born in Vancouver in 1973. She studied Fine Art at Simon Fraser University and Design at Capilano College....

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11 May

Grace Eun Mi Lee is a Korean born ceramic artist who's known for her creative one-of-a-kind installations and functional pieces. Inspirations behind her creatively whimsical designs are driven from her imagination of the details in our daily lives that don't receive proper attention. The personalities visible in her pieces are a representation of the missed details. She applies her classical training in ceramics in a very contemporary form that generates curiosity from the audience. Lee received her BFA in Craft Design from Suwon University in 2005 and her MFA in Ceramics at Hongik University in 2009. She was an Artist-in- Residence at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto from 2011 to 2014. She is a recipient of numerous grants and awards from the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Craft Council, Toronto Outdoor Arts Exhibition and the Cheongju International Craft Competition. Her work has been featured in various forms of public media including television, magazines and numerous online...

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29 Jun

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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19 May

Our minds are a reflection of who we are. A reflection of all the people who’ve come into our lives and the experiences that have helped shape it. They are the landscapes that have become the backdrops to our memories, and the images that have captured our hearts. Taking inspiration from The Brain Project’s master identity, the sculpture is covered in fragmented mirrors. From this, viewers see a tapestry of reflections: an effective reminder of the many facets of the mind, the mosaic of memories it contains, and how the mind distorts and fragments when affected by brain disease....

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11 May

Hunt Slonem tends to embrace the ephemeral beauty of nature, a characteristic that brings a nurturing, spiritual effect to his creations. Throughout his extensive career as a New York artist, Slonem has favored the subject of exotic birds, rabbits, and butterflies. Lately, his compositions have consisted of flat spaces with simple forms pushed to the front of the picture plane. The artist creates exotic forms with expressive and highly textural brushstrokes that are full of intense color, loosely inspired by artists of the German Expressionism movement such as Ernst Ludwig and Emil Nolde. ...

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16 Feb

Inspired by the miraculous neuroplasticity of the brain, this piece showcases how we can improve and strengthen our grey matter. Graffiti-styled descriptors illustrate the conceptual sound of neurons firing, while arrows show the expanding hippocampus. Prisms demonstrate the creation of new neural connections, as colourful neural pathways change direction and travel throughout the brain. Advances in brain research show that we have the ability to reshape and strengthen our neural connections, representing a huge paradigm shift that empowers us to be active participants in our brain health....

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