Nicholas Crombach: Xenolithic

Fall 2025 Exhibition at Latcham Art Centre

Nicholas Crombach, Xenolithic, 2025. Installation view. © Latcham Art Centre. Photo: Molly Steels

Nicholas Crombach
Xenolithic

November 1 – December 6, 2025
Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville
All are welcome, and admission is free.

Imagine a distant future in which the belongings that crowd our museums, homes, and landfills are cast off, buried, and compressed over millennia to be discovered, embedded within rock formations. Nicholas Crombach’s imaginative sculptural work projects viewers into this speculative future to explore the geological, environmental, and social impacts of our impulse to produce, consume, and display things.

Emphasizing a world where natural and human materials exist in a state of entanglement, the work invites viewers to consider the layered relationships between materials, time, and human intervention. A range of objects including musical instruments, conch shells, bones, household items, and pottery are assembled into clusters and bisected to reveal their interiors, transforming them into mysterious specimens.

By juxtaposing seemingly disparate materials, the sculptures highlight the ways human and natural histories converge, inviting reflection on how materials accumulate, persist, and transform—both as artifacts of the past and as evolving elements within our present landscape.

Latcham Art Centre gratefully acknowledges the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville for their generous support of this exhibition.

Nicholas Crombach, Xenolithic, 2025. Installation view. © Latcham Art Centre. Photo: Molly Steels

About the Artist

Nicholas Crombach is based in Kingston, Ontario. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. Crombach has presented exhibitions in Canada, London, and Berlin. Crombach’s public art projects can be found in Kingston, Woodstock, and Niagara Falls, Ontario. His work is represented in private and public collections including the Woodstock Art Gallery, the City of Kingston Civic Collection, and the City of Ottawa Art Collection.

Nicholas Crombach, Xenolithic, 2025. Installation view. © Nicholas Crombach. Photo: Nicholas Crombach

About Latcham Art Centre

Latcham Art Centre is a public art gallery that inspires the community to engage with arts and culture through dedicated exhibitions of contemporary art that reflect a range of artistic media and the cultural diversity of our province. Latcham Art Centre offers vibrant education programs that cultivate creativity and experimentation through classes, workshops, artist talks, and tours. Latcham Art Centre is located in Stouffville, Ontario, 45 minutes northeast of Toronto with free parking and is accessible via GO Transit. The Gallery is open to the public and admission is free.

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Gallery Hours:
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 10am – 5pm
Tuesday: 10am – 8pm
Wednesday: 10am – 8pm
Thursday: 10am – 8pm
Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm

For more information please contact:
Jeff Nye, Curator
Latcham Art Centre
jeffrey.nye@latchamartcentre.ca

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