Fall 2025 Exhibitions at Luminato Gallery

Installation image of Luminato Gallery featuring artworks by Victoria Kovalenchikova and Emre Namyeter, 2025, Photographer Natalie Logan.

Luminato Gallery: Where Art Luminates Perception

June 26 – December 31, 2025
Luminato Gallery, Toronto

At Luminato Gallery, the act of seeing is reimagined, it is an encounter that unfolds with every glance. A selection of the gallery’s represented artists; Dori Vanderheyden, Emre Namyeter, Lis Sam, and Victoria Kovalenchikova, approach perception as both subject and medium, crafting works that challenge and expand our understanding of vision.

Collectively, the artists’ work illustrates that art is not merely seen but felt, inhabited, and redefined with every encounter. At Luminato Gallery, perception itself becomes a transformative experience.

Lis Sam, Wild, Mixed media on plexiglass, 2025. Photo courtesy of Luminato Gallery.

Tunisian-French artist Lis Sam transforms the fragile bodies of butterflies into vast optical compositions. Viewed from a distance, his works become both portraits and landscapes; up close, they dissolve into thousands of delicate butterflies. Sam’s practice emphasises biodiversity while reimaging the very act of looking, creating an interplay on how vision is altered with movement, light, and perspective.

Turkish artist, Emre Namyeter embraces abstractions as a field of perception. His layered pigments, drawn from the legacy of Op Art, create mesmerising illusions that shift with the viewer’s gaze. In his newest series, “Now I see, or Do I?”, Namyeter reminds us that perception is not fixed but shaped by memory, experience, and imagination.

Amsterdam-based artist Victoria Kovalenchikova broadens perception to the planetary scale. Incorporating minerals such as volcanic rock, crystal, and resin with satellite imagery, Kovalenchikova reimagines Earth as a tactile monument. Her works remind us of humanity’s shared fragility while presenting rich, tactile, and sculptural paintings that blur lines between mediums.

Dori Vanderheyden, Flow, Plexiglass, 2024. Photo courtesy of Luminato Gallery.

Torontonian artist, Dori Vanderheyden employs the luminous qualities of fluorescent plexiglass to build rhythmic wall sculptures where light, colour, and movement form an optical symphony. Vanderheyden’s innovative work distorts boundaries between sculpture and painting, demanding that perception itself becomes a sensory event.

Luminato Gallery’s current exhibitions explore the intricacies of optical illusion, inviting viewers to question perception and discover new ways of seeing.

About Luminato Gallery

Luminato Gallery opened its doors this summer with a singular purpose: to create a space where contemporary art does more than inspire admiration; it forges profound connections. The gallery is devoted to presenting daring and thought-provoking works by both emerging and established artists, weaving together local and international perspectives that reflect the complexity of our world today.

Yet, Luminato stands apart as more than an exhibition space. At its core is a deep commitment to compassion and giving back, with 10% of every sale dedicated to supporting cancer patient treatments.

At Luminato Gallery art ignites change.

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Image Descriptions:
1. A vibrant installation view of three circular mixed-media works, including a luminous, light-emitting centrepiece, displayed against a floor-to-ceiling window.
2. An image of a tiger’s face emerging through thousands of cut out paper butterflies.
3. A close-up view of layered, wavy strips of pink, red, and orange plexiglass.