Bianca Artemida Nam, Nymphipedium Vol. 4, 2025. Hybrid collage with lady slipper orchids and lily pads. Courtesy of the artist.

Where the Willows Weep and Orchids Dream

October 11, 2025 – January 10, 2026
Opening Reception: October 18, 2 – 4pm
Artist Talk: December 6, 11am – 12pm

Where the Willows Weep and Orchids Dream is a biomorphic, immersive installation by emerging artist Bianca Artemida Nam, that unfolds as a surreal marshland inspired by the escarpments and flora of Grey and Dufferin Counties. From the periphery of this swamp emerges a two-dimensional organism that breathes among the vegetation while undergoing metamorphosis, shifting in colour and form as it transforms.

Nam’s practice centers on collage as a process of rebirth and transformation, with each work treated as a living organism. She layers analogue and digital media with specimens found in nature, which are then animated and projected into the gallery, extending the installation into space and drawing viewers into its shifting, immersive terrain. Weeping willows and orchids mingle with projections and textured elements, dissolving the boundaries between nature and technology and evoking entities that feel both natural and otherworldly. The installation harmonizes a variety of materials including tree branches, synthetic yarns, preserved plants and flowers, vintage magazines, notebooks, wire, and hand-crafted paper flowers with projections, animation, and sound. Together, these elements coalesce into a single, large-scale, dreamlike collage, inviting reflection on metamorphosis, adaptation, and the ways we inhabit and imagine the natural world.

Sabrina Leeder, This IS a Place that We Call Home, 2025. Digital photography, 57.2 x 47 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Convergence – Juried Art Exhibition / 2025

October 18, 2025 – January 17, 2026
Opening Reception: October 18, 2 – 4pm

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is pleased to present Convergence, a juried exhibition showcasing contemporary artwork from across Ontario that explores environmental themes including ecology, climate change, sustainability, and our evolving relationship with the natural world. Presented every two years, Convergence celebrates artistic innovation and excellence across a wide range of mediums, fostering dialogue around one of the most urgent topics of our time.

Rooted in the Gallery’s vision as “an open landscape for exploring art,” the exhibition invites reflection, discovery, and meaningful exchange, supporting a vibrant community of artists engaged with environmental concerns. Featured artists include Susan Barton-Tait, nicholas x bent, Becky Comber, Chih-ling Chang, Liz Rae Dalton, Naomi Dodds, Paul Drysdale, Richelle Forsey, Sylvia Galbraith, Nicole Graham, Deborah Hatanaka, Marlene Kawalez, Rachel Kochistry, Che Ree Kwon, Sabrina Leeder, Elizabeth M. Lopez, Judy Martin, Ann Pappert, Sherry Park, Anton Pickard, Robert Potvin, Julie Sando, Matthew Varey, Mike Yuhasz, Tanya Zaryski, and Zhan Zhang.

Exhibition supported by Algonquin Outfitters.

For more information about our current exhibitions, please visit our website.

About Tom Thomson Art Gallery

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery develops exhibitions and programs that enrich the region and contribute to national visual arts discourse. We promote and support emerging and professional artists, advocate for the creative sector, and actively research, preserve, develop, and exhibit the collection to promote scholarship and to generate and explore new ideas. We are committed to welcoming and inspiring people of all representations, ages, backgrounds, and abilities.

Tom Thomson Art Gallery
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Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K4
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Sunday to Monday: Closed

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The Tom Thomson Art Gallery operates with generous support from the City of Owen Sound, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.