Artwork: Doves Wear White, Jana Ghalayini
Artwork: Doves Wear White, Jana Ghalayini
“The Looms We Resemble” is a group exhibition showcasing textile-based works by 6 artists who bring topics of belonging, the body, healing and ancestry. This unique exhibition is a work in progress as the artists developed their artworks during a weaving class led by instructor Jana Ghalayini. How can collective production of artworks precede curatorial themes and concepts, while we follow the slowness of weaving?
Weaving ideas, actions, memories, and stories together is a practice of care that we all share in time and space. This exhibition includes works by Aga Forfa, Apanaki, Tara Hakim, Merle Harley, Saretta Khan and Helen Kong. Our public programming includes a Storytelling Circle led by Sarah Abusarar.
Jana Ghalayini (b.1993) is a process-based interdisciplinary visual artist. Ghalayini holds a BFA in Printmaking from OCAD University and is a self-taught weaver who drew inspiration from her Palestinian heritage.
With a focus on intuitive weaving and abstract mixed-media painting and printmaking, Ghalayini is interested in repetition and mark making as ritual practices. She is consistently investigating the duality between materials and fragmentation while working and building up layers in her practice to document gestures of personal memory, experience and ideas that can evolve as time goes on.
Youngplace Hallway Galleries (180 Shaw Street, Third Floor, Toronto)
Opening Reception:
Sunday November 3, 3 – 5 PM
Curatorial Tour:
Saturday, November 30, 2 – 4 PM
Tea Gathering by Helen Kong:
Saturday December 7, 1 – 3 PM
Open to all – no registration required