2017 in Review

2017 saw us renaming the main gallery, changing from the Dylan Ellis Gallery to the Connections Gallery. This name change reflects our mandate to “connect” artists, curators and gallerists.

Thank you to all of the photographers who showed such an amazing variety of images.

 

Human memory / The soul of the earth

January 12 to January 31

Sylvie Pinsonneault, Karl Desmarais

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Toronto Offsite Design Festival

January 16-January 22

SUMO Projects and artist Michele Guevara

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Visual Calculus in Photography

March 3-31

Alain Laforest, Catherine Aboumrad, Daniel Miller, Guy Glorieux, Guy Lafontaine

Jean Lauzon, Marie-Reine Mattera and Emmanuel Joly, Robert Slatkoff

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A Foundation of Ash

April 17-May 13

Will Gill

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Alternative Photo Revolution

Glen Echo, Maryland March 28, New Orleans March 31/April 1 Toronto, Contact Photography Festival May 15-June 17

Alexis Jackson, Kin Lon Ma, Scott Davis, David Armentor, Marc Betsworth, Tamiko Winters, Paul Taborovsky, Kevin Kelly, Alan Dunlop, Lisa Murzin, Ron Erwin,  John Migicovsky, Evan Dion, Salina Kassam, Philip Jessup, Marlene Hilton Moore, Juli Lyons, Skip Dean, Thomas Brasch, Matthew Plexman, Laura Paterson, Bob Carnie, Monica Glitz, Jeff Suchak, Hugues Rochette, Jean Lauzon, Madeleine Marcil, Claude Dagenais, Guy Lafontaine, Mirabelle Ricard, Guy Glorieux, Brittany Fleming, Jennifer Crane, Brendan Meadows, Andrej Gregov, Larry Hayden, Bryan Helm, Ginette Clément, Stephen McNeill , David Christensen

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Linked

July 8-August 31

Laura Paterson, Wayne Salmon, Al Paterson, Anthony Macri, Kamelia Pezeshki, Aurélien Muller, Carissa Ainslie, Beth Jessup, Paulette Michayluk, Bob Carnie

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Urban

October 1-30

Stephanie Kretzschmer, Guy Lafontaine, Robert McIntyre, Joachim Oepkes, David Edwards and Alan Dunlop

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Kindred

Montreal October 20 & 21, Toronto November 1-29

Linda Kooluris Dobbs, Salina Kassam

John Migicovsky, Juli Lyons, Lisa Murzin, Thomas Brasch, Bob Carnie, Shelagh Howard, Marlene Hilton Moore, Philip Jessup, David L Hunsberger, ​Anthony DeLorenzo, Normand Blouin, Suzanne Vo-Ho, Jean-Sébastien Vaillancourt, Nathalie Garceau, Daniel Miller, Alexia Righetti, Pierre Dalpé, Guy Glorieux, Céline Lalonde, Martine Michaud, Janick Houle, Francois Spenard​

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Emergence

December 1-January 8

Lindsi Hollend, Anna Borcherdt, Adrian Oosterman, Cat Stambolic, Andrew Persaud, Marlene Hilton Moore, Raquel Moliterno

Call For Submissions: Emergence

Emergence

December 1-January 8 2018 | Opening December 7 2017 6-9pm

The Connections Gallery is seeking submissions for our annual Emergence photography group show in December 2017. This nine person group show showcases artists who are new to the gallery or have new work.

Four artists will be chosen by a jury to exhibit their work in Montreal in Spring 2018.

This show will also be advertised in the Winter issue of Canadian Art.

 

Submission guidelines

If interested please submit the following

4-5 JPEGS

Layout proposal

Printing and framing proposal

Fees Per Artist

Space rental/marketing/reception- $460

 

Spots are booked on a first come first served basis.

Contact: carissa@alternativephotoservices.com

2017 Call for Submissions

The Dylan Ellis Gallery is seeking submissions for several group and solo shows in 2017.

As a rental gallery, we promote photographers in various stages of their careers with the hope that are able to successfully meet their goals. No commission is taken on sales.

Bob Carnie

Available shows and dates

Group shows

Each exhibition will be a curated eight person show. Each photographer will have five feet of wall space to showcase their framed images. Photographers can book more than one spot.

Spots are booked on a first come first served basis.

Landscape
July 3-August 28 | Opening July 21 from 6-9pm

Abstract
September 1-September 27 2017 | Opening September 7 2017 from 6-9pm

Urban
October 1-October 30 2017 | Opening October 12 2017 from 6-9pm

Emergence
December 1-January 8 2018 | Opening December 15 2017 6-9pm

Solo Show

This space can be used to launch a new body of work or provide a more formal presentation for gallery’s and curators.

November 1-November 29 2017 | Opening November 9 2017 from 6-9pm

Emergence Spotlights Round 5

December 1-31

Opening Reception December 9 from 6pm-9pm

Emergence is a group show that showcases photographers that are either new to the Dylan Ellis Gallery, or have new work. The artists will be competing for a spot in a four person two week gallery show at L’Espace Contemporain in April 2017. A best in show prize provided by Henrys will be chosen by the public.

Juli Lyons

Intersection: Philip Jessup

September 23-October 31

Opening September 23 6pm-9pm | Artist demos and talks September 24

Intersection is a four-person photographic exhibition with two artists from Ontario and two from Quebec. This bringing together of artists from the two provinces aims to expose each artist to a new photographic community.

Ginette Clément | Claude Dagenais | Raul Rincon | Philip Jessup

Philip Jessup

Atoll: The Sky Above, Lagoon Below

LOW TIDE OCEANSIDE, LAURA ISLAND, MAJURO ATOLL (2015)

Where are you from and what attracts you to colour?

I grew up in Washington D.C. For me Washington wasn’t so much a city of monuments as a cluster of villages surrounded by forests and streams. Living with my divorced mother as a rebellious teenager, I often drifted into Glover Archbold Park, a sliver of green that stretches north-south more than two miles from Cathedral Heights to the Potomac River. The city’s woods offered secluded hollows of serenity, a powerful salve in my life at that time.

Call for Submissions: Alternative Photo Revolution

 

 

What

Alternative Photo Revolution

 

When

March, April, May 2017

 

Where

Washington DC, New Orleans and Toronto

We are putting a travelling show together that will exhibit in three cities: First Washington DC and New Orleans (March/April  2017) as pop up shows, then back to the Dylan Ellis Gallery in Toronto for the Contact Photo Festival in May 2017.

As you may know our Lambda is back up in operation, which means specific quality film being available for many alternative print options that Bob specializes in. Contact print in Silver Gelatin, Lith Silver Gelatin, Solarization Silver Gelatin, Contact Platinum Palladiums, Contact Duotones of pigment over Palladium, and of course Tri Colour Pigment over Palladium.

Our last two fantastic Contact shows were incredible successes, with Rita Leistner leading the way in 2015 followed this year with Monica Glitz.

Both bodies of work were in tri color pigment over palladium and were excellent examples of what great photography can be.

The idea is to create a large show from photographers from any location willing to work with Bob and create up to two images each of your best work. Whether its colour pigment, silver gelatin or expressive lith prints we will make the decision together and create a one of a kind print that you can be proud of.

Time Line

Now until January production of work. We have already accepted submissions and will be continuing to do so on a rolling basis

March 28th- Glen Echo Park, Maryland

March 31-April 1- Ace Hotel New Orleans

May 15 2017-June 17 2017 – Two weeks during the Contact Photo Festival

Cost

$725 plus GST – per image submitted – two prints maximum per show

What you get

1. Time with Bob – editing work and finalizing files for negative output

2. Negative out-put  up to 16×20 digital negative for alt process

3. 16 x20 contact print – You and Bob decide what process and look that you want to go for

4. 20 x24 Presentation Matt

5. Social media and marketing of your work

6. All shipping and three show opening costs

7. Three venues that show your work to a new marketplace

8. Show listing in Contact Magazine and Slate.

*We will be taking 30% commission on all sales*

If you are interested, please send Carissa a portfolio up to 10 images

carissa@dylanellisgallery.ca

Contact Photo: Location, The Okavango Delta

Our 2016 Contact Photo Festival feature is photographer Monica Glitz.

Monica will be showcasing her works from her Ancient Splendor series that documents UNESCO World Heritage sites. Each print featured in the show will be made using alternative printmaking processes.

Below is one of the locations featured in the show, The Okavango Delta

April 22 – May 31 | Opening April 28

 

The Okavango Delta, one of the most incredible wilderness sanctuaries in Africa, is an area 15 000 square kilometres of permanent and seasonal rivers and water channels, lagoons, swamps grasslands, woodlands and islands. Each year, floodwaters flow down the Okavango River from the central African highlands over 1000 km away into the fan-shaped Delta, to create this wondrous wetland within the arid Kalahari. It is the largest intact inland delta in the world, one of the very few major delta systems that does not flow into a sea or ocean. One of natures masterpieces, this vast and virtually untouched freshwater wetlands is in the heart of a desert yet supports a rich abundance of wildlife, and is a setting of dazzling natural beauty.

Vik Tuli

Portfolio Show | March 2-March 30 | Opening March 3 6pm-9pm

Vik Tuli is a visual person who loves both beauty and form. He has a busy upper extremity orthopaedic surgery practice  but on his down time enjoys photography. He has a special interest in wildlife and landscape. He recognizes the dramatic change that is ongoing in nature and wishes to document these precious and fragile moments.

Marie Heintzman

Portfolio Show | March 2-March 30 | Opening March 3 6pm-9pm

 

BIO

Marie Heintzman is a photographic artist residing in Blackstock, Ontario. Following a rewarding, professional career as a clinical audiologist and business woman, Marie embraced a creative career in art and photography in 2009. Intensive study at the Summit Photography Workshop in Jackson, Wyoming honed her technical skills and fuelled her longstanding love affair with nature and wildlife. Whether photographing grizzly bears and their cubs in Alaska, polar bears in northern Canada, bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem or cheetahs in Eastern Africa, Marie strives to share the excitement of the moment and an understanding of the importance of wildlife conservancy.