Wlasenko Awarded 1st Prize at Aird Drawing Exhibition
The John B. Aird Gallery is pleased
to present its 12th annual juried drawing exhibition. From February 8 and running
until March 5, DRAWING 2011 presents 36 original works by emerging and established
artists that demonstrate the skill and creativity of the discipline at its best.
The Aird, one of the few galleries
in Canada to showcase a juried
exhibition where drawing is promoted as an art form unto itself, is on the Ground
Floor of the Macdonald Block, an Ontario government
building at 900 Bay Street
in Toronto. It is
open Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This year, 115 artists from across
Canada
submitted more than 200 works in a variety of styles, media and techniques for consideration.
From these, two jurors selected the 36 works in the exhibition and awarded prizes.
The jurors for DRAWING 2011
were Sadko Hadzihasanovic and Dale Barrett. Sadko Hadzihasanovic studied at the
Academy of Fine
Arts in Sarajevo,
Bosnia, earned his
MFA at the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1984). He arrived in Canada in 1993 and
is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art. Dale Barrett is Director/Curator
of the John B. Aird Gallery.
The jurors awarded the First Prize
to Olexander Wlasenko of Oshawa,
Ont. for a 5’ x 12’ charcoal drawing entitled “The Waiting”. The Second Prize
went to Midori Fullerton of Tottenham, Ont. for a large format graphite, watercolour
and india ink drawing entitled “Moth”. The jurors awarded two Third Prizes.
One to Hanna Hur of Toronto
for a pair of colour pencil drawings entitled, “Home Run Who Cares” and “Slam
Dunk So What”. The other to Scott Waters of Toronto for an oil. pencil, and gesso drawing
entitled “The Glory Days”. Honourable mentions were also awarded. Amanda
Burke of North Bay,
Ont. received the Japanese Paper Place
award for a pair of charcoal on paper drawings. “Dual (Cecrops)” and “Dual
(Dooleyand Healeyl)”. Saba Moghtader of Toronto. Ont. received the Curry’s Art Store award
for her video “Friedrich-Goggle”.
For further information, please
contact:
Dale Barrett, Director
Email: director@airdgallery.org
Ph.: (416) 928-6772
Or visit the Aird website at: www.airdgallery.org
PHOTO
The Waiting –
award winning charcoal drawing by Olexander Wlasenko