08/31/2026
๐ฃ Final week on view!
Thereโs just one week left to experience our ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐
๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, featuring works by Par Nair, Scott Sawtell, Vicky Talwar, Hayley Chi Hay Chiu, and F. H. Varley.
On view through September 7, 2026. Free admission.
๐ผ๏ธ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ
Featuring works by Par Nair, Scott Sawtell, and Vicky Talwar
Curated by Anik Glaude
The artists in this exhibition work within states of inโbetweenness, using painting to assemble the memories, relationships, and events that shape their identities. Through layered processes and intuitive construction, they build worlds that hold them togetherโworlds offering coherence amid shifting selves and unstable histories. Together, their practices unfold within the shared context of living and working in York Region, a place shaped by cultural plurality and continual transformation.
๐ผ๏ธ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐
Featuring works by Hayley Chi Hay Chiu
Curated by Anik Glaude
Chiu is a Markham-based, second-generation Chinese Canadian painter. Working primarily in oil, she holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University (2023). Her practice traces an ongoing journey of becoming and a search for โhome,โ reimagining personal narratives through fable and fantasy.
๐ผ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐
Featuring works by F. H. Varley
Curated by Anik Glaude
In the 1950s, Frederick Varley wandered the halls of Torontoโs Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with pencil in hand. ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ invites visitors to share in his careful observations, and to think about why we visit museums: to see, record, and reflect. Through these sketches and historical photographs, we can also glimpse how objects were arranged and displayed, offering insight into the museumโs approach to storytelling and interpretation at the time.
Learn more at VarleyArtGallery.ca
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Varley-McKay Art Foundation of Markham , TD , Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario , Ontario Government , WEINS Auto Group
