Jim Bourke: New Work

Pottery Road, 2025, encaustic on canvas mounted on panel, 40″ x 70″.
New Work
Jim Bourke
March 26 – April 19, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 29, 2 – 5pm
The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
The Red Head Gallery is excited to exhibit New Work by Jim Bourke.
Jim Bourke is a Toronto-based figurative painter whose practice centers on the wax-based medium of encaustic. His work is known for its bold visual language and meticulous attention to gesture, with each painting developed through an iterative process that reveals the construction behind the final image.
Bourke studied Fine Art at York University, completed his degree at OCAD, and later pursued training in computer animation at Sheridan College. He is a former board member of the Propeller Gallery and is currently an active member of the Red Head Gallery artists’ collective.

Trinity 2025, triptych, encaustic on canvas mounted on panel, 40″ x 40″.
He has participated in both national and international exhibitions. His work has been recognized with awards in juried exhibitions from organizations including the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), the Mississauga Art Gallery, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). He was featured on the television series Star Portraits and was a finalist in the Kingston Prize for Portraiture. His paintings are held in private and corporate collections across Canada.
View past work here: www.jimbourke.ca

The Red Head Gallery
401 Richmond St West, Suite 115
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8
www.redheadgallery.org
info@redheadgallery.org
416 504 5654
Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 – 5pm
Venue
The Red Head Gallery
The Red Head Gallery
Venue Description
The Red Head Gallery was established in 1990 and is Toronto’s most enduring collectively run art gallery. It has stood the test of time as an exhibition space as well as a collective where critically engaged, highly productive artists enjoy curatorial control over the presentation of their work. Over the past two decades more than 100 artists have been part of The Red Head Gallery and have produced over 200 exhibitions.
There are two accessible entrances to 401 Richmond. At the northwest corner of the building, a ramp leads upward from the sidewalk to an automatic entrance onto the building’s main floor that measures 34″ wide, and with a lip that measures 1″ high. The other entrance at the northeast corner is less evident but equally, if not more, accessible. The automatic door measures 34″ wide and inside has a gradual ramp downwards which leads towards the elevators.
Accessibility Information
| Entrance | |
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| Street Level | Yes |
| Street Level without Steps | Yes |
| Street Level with Steps | No |
| Door | |
| Width of doorway | 80" |
| Automatic Door Opener | No |
| Vestibule | |
| Vestibule at Entrance | No |
| Accessible Washroom | |
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| Single Occupancy Accessible Washroom | No |
| Wheelchair Accessible Stall | |
| Wheelchair Accessible Stall in a Washroom | Yes |
| Washroom Door width | " |
| Washroom Automatic Door Opener | " |
| Grab Bars Beside and Behind the Toilet | No |
| Obstructions Under the Sink | No |
| Measurement from the Bottom of the Sink to the Floor | " |
| Hallways & Doors | |
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| Interior hallways width | " |
| Doorways width in public spaces | " |
| Public Area | |
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| Public area in your space is all on one level | Yes |
| Screening Room | |
| Venue has a screening room / theatre | No |
| Parking | |
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| Accessible Parking available on site | Yes |



