Art Fair Hamilton 2025

A Celebration of Contemporary Art from the Deeply Local to the Boldly International

Robyn Asquini, Ice Flow

Art Fair Hamilton

September 26 – 28, 2025
Cotton Factory, Hamilton

Art Fair Hours:
September 26, 2025, 7 – 11pm (Opening Night)
September 27, 2025, 1 – 11pm
September 28, 2025, 1 – 4pm (Open Studios)

Re:Connect: Workshop Series
September 13 – 28, 2025

Networking Night + Collage Party with DJ Dan Rivero
September 27, 2025, 7 – 11pm

Behind the Scenes Open Studio Tours
September 28, 2025, 1 – 4pm | Visit Artists in their natural habitat

Art Fair Hamilton is a juried event providing artists with a dynamic platform to showcase and sell artworks, and engage with the public.

Hosted at the Cotton Factory—the Cotton Factory enhances the fair’s mission to celebrate and support the arts. Please visit us online to see full event dates and details.

Natalie Hunter, Crystal Garden, Lilac Field

Related Programming

Diane Twombly: (un)familiar landscape
Surreal, dreamlike, and strangely inviting large-scale digital collages reimagine Hamilton’s architecture in impossible settings. Diane Twombly acknowledges the generous support of the City of Hamilton.

Natalie Hunter: Trending Time
Tending Time brings together a survey of photography, installation, and sculpture from the past seven years of Natalie Hunter’s artistic practice. Natalie Hunter acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

Emergence
Features artists from the Cotton Factory’s Sharespace 2.0 Collective, curated by artist Patty Lynes. Artists include: Abra Bergen | Monika Brinkman | Tom Broen | Heather Cameron | Ann Roy | Eddy Edgar | Emma Enright | Paul Enright | Stev’nn Hall | Shari Lee Hollis | Tim Kaz | Janice Kovar | Patty Lynes | Jon McTavish | Lesia Mokrycke | Lynne Ryall | Jody Shaboluk | Chris Schaefer | Willie Van Caulart

The Printmaking Show
Curated by Tara Westerman of Smokestack, featuring cutting-edge printmaking from emerging and established artists including: Don Carr | Laura Fedynyszyn | Laura Kay Keeling | Keixpa | Zana Kozomora | Tijana Krivokapic | Katherine A. Laird | Jude Marion | Cornelia Peckart | Trica W. Rawlins | Paula Reid | Kevin Robertson | Breanna Shanahan

The Beauty of Uncertainty
Curated exhibition featuring Emily Andrews | Esteban Atari | Kathleen Costello | Sonya de Laat | Corrine Duchesne | Mellisa Duguid | Andrea Eby | Susan Hill | Keixpa | Roy Kohn | Lisa MacIntosh | Sara Mann | Dennis Montford | Morgyn Roberts | Daniel Ross | Breanna Shanahan | Justine Smith | Michelle Smith | Anne Smythe | Gordana Stiplosek | Kate Vasyliw | Heather Vida-Moore | Cloe Wagstaffe | Nikola Wojewoda | Cathy Yantsis | Kinga Zak

Ad Hoc Girl Gang Collective: Common Thread
Common Thread brings together women artists in a striking collaborative sculpture made from reclaimed wood, rope, and textiles. Artists include: Nancy Benoy | Natasja Bischoff | Tania LaCaria | Stephanie Seagram

Ravinder Ruprai: Gleaner, you cannot reap what you did not know how to sow
“Who are we in the absence of trauma?” This is question at the heart of Ravinder Ruprai’s powerful new exhibition, Gleaner, you cannot reap what you did not know how to sow—a deeply personal and sculptural exploration of trauma, and healing.

Christopher McLeod: EMERGENCY PT. 3
EMERGENCY PT. 3 invites participants to step forward and share their messages of hope as we tackle waste, consumption, and sustainable solutions in imagining a kind future.

Susan Barton-Tait and Corine van Hoeve: brickworks
brickworks an exhibition of paintings and hand-made paper sculptures that touch on the historicity of Canada through the utilitarian object of a brick. Curated by artist Natalie Hunter.

Abstract Perspectives
Abstract Perspectives brings together six artists, each offering a unique lens through which to view abstraction. Curated by artist Karen Klucowicz

The New Silk Road
Visiting exhibition from China, The New Silk Road is a textile-based exhibition that brings together the evocative work of seven contemporary women artists from the Town of Beizhen, China representing the Artist Association of Beizhen. Artists include: Xie Fengyu | Shao Dan | Zhang Xuelian | Li Cheng | Wu Wei | Liu Xiuli | Yang Fang

Presented in partnership with The Art Association of Beizhen, China | Women’s Art Association of Hamilton.

Viktoria Brave

Tones, Textiles, Truths
Opening Reception: September 26, 2025
Curated by Dawn Grant, Tones, Textiles, Truths explores the rich tapestry of cultural textile traditions. Participating artists: Kira Alexanian | Gulay Alpay | Tanya Besedina | Viktoria Brave | Breeyn | Maureen Cochrane | Kim Collins | Vanessa Crosbie Ramsay | Angela DeMontigny | Emma Enright | Dawn Grant | Gretta F. Hildebrand | Adia Jamille | Derya Kolcu | Tania LaCaria | Leola Le Blanc | JC Lee | Fuzzy Mall | Nancy Mazzetti | Andrea McDowell | Cheryl Mitchell | Linda Joyce Ott | Vishwa Patel | Dana Peebles | Sarah Raymond | DeJeonge Reese | Kiran Reilly-Gill | Joanne Ring | Ravinder Ruprai | Leslie Smith-Aragona | Karen Thiessen | Tolu Oyetunji

The Spaces Between
A figurative show co-curated by Jill Letten and Laura Heaney. Featured Artists: Jill Letten | Laura Heaney | Marsha Newby | Tanya Besedina | Robyn Asquini | Justine Eva Smith | Adil Amin | Jess Francis Petrie | Michaela Lucio | Dalia Elcharbini | Rachelle Wunderink | Serum Okoro | Jeff Hayward | Albany Sutherland | Jessica Mitchell | Najmeh Baghishani | Devon Martin | Sandra Manzi | Jennifer Claydon | Emily Andrews | Cristian Fowlie | Makhism | Elissa Barber | Dana Peebles | Sean McCormack | Mel W. Marshall | Leighton Bannock | Maddy Gordon | David Wierzbick | Jason Lee Rhyno | Breanna Shanahan | Paul Watson | Stylo Starr | Melanie Cheung | Judy Duggan-McCormack

Re:Connect Workshop Series
September 13 – 28, 2025 | Register
A series of workshops taking place throughout September taught by professional, working artists.

Apostoleas – Live Performance and Projection Mapping
September 26, 2025
Apostoleas is an evolving interdisciplinary project that explores the profound interplay between music and visual art in real time.

Networking Collage Night + Crafting Party with DJ
September 27, 2025, 7 – 11pm | Buy tickets
Pure soul and good vibes. Food, friends, and art making. Art Fair Hamilton brings DJ Dan Rivero to spice up the night. Join us for a Collage, Art, Networking Night with Food Vendors and more. Tickets are $10.

Art Fair Hamilton
Cotton Factory
301 – 270 Sherman Avenue
Hamilton, ON L8L 3Z4
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Accessibility:
Art Fair Hamilton at Cotton Factory is partially accessible. Accessible washrooms and parking are also available on site. There is one freight elevator available for navigation between floors.

Art Fair Hamilton Sponsors:
Cotton Factory | Impressive Printing | Rita B Designs | Women’s Art Association of Hamilton | Kodie Pyle – The Art Journal | smokestack