David Griffin & Robin Kingsburgh: Elementals

Clockwise from top left: Versicolour (detail), 28×42, digital print (RK); Two births (detail), 36×36, mixed media (DG); Turkey Tail (detail), 28×42, digital print (RK); Bottleflies in Asmodea (detail), 40×40, mixed media (DG). Images courtesy of the artists.

Elementals
New Work by David Griffin & Robin Kingsburgh

November 8 – 14, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9, 1 – 4pm
Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto

The world is made of bits and pieces, threads and fragments. These can be viewed at many scales, and rearranged to become songs and stories which move beyond the organic structures that we think we see. When we look closely at nature, there is a mess of marks, gestures, and colour. Stepping back, we grasp a complex world that includes ourselves. Elementals interconnects the intricate and the simple, and explores the visual poetics of natural processes: growth, abundance, and entanglement.

Kouros by David Griffin, 39×39, ink, pencils, crayon, acrylic. Image courtesy of the artist.

David Griffin (born Kingston, Jamaica) has presented his artwork across North America and the UK and has published writing on drawing in the journals Drawing: research, theory, practice, and in the MIT Press’ Leonardo Journal. His book Drawing Music : Marking Time, on music notations as drawings, is coming out this coming Fall 2024, and is pubIished by Bloomsbury Press, UK. David is currently Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Art at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. He holds a PhD from the Glasgow School of Art, an MFA from the Pratt Institute, and a BFA from Parsons School of Design.

Ash Borer Ash by Robin Kingsburgh, 42×28, digital print. Image courtesy of the artist.

Robin Kingsburgh (OSA) is a trained astronomer (PhD 1992, University College London) and painter. Her artistic education comes from the University of Toronto, as well as in the U.K. and France, and has paralleled her scientific development. She has longstanding interests in the intersections of art, science and education. She currently teaches Natural Science courses at York University. She has curated numerous exhibitions featuring artwork inspired by the ideas and methodologies of science. Robin has been an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists since 2019. She is President of the Colour Research Society of Canada, a Project Team member of the Colour Literacy Project, and a member of Shoreline Artists.

Contact information: robin.kingsburgh@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook @DavidGriffinart

Beaver Hall Gallery
29 McCaul Street
Toronto, ON
Hours: 12 – 5pm (except Nov 10: 12 – 3pm)