Janine Miedzik: Turn Signal / Next Exit

Spring/Summer 2026 Exhibition at Industrial Arts

Next Exit – Blue Series, Fused adhesive sign vinyl on tarpaulin, pine tablet, 3 ft x 2 ft. Photo: Robert Sikora

Turn Signal / Next Exit
Janine Miedzik

June 6 – August 30, 2026
Public Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6, 2026, 1 – 3pm
Industrial Arts, Unit 8, 7441 Victoria Park Avenue, Markham (free onsite parking)

Steelcase Art Projects (SAP) is pleased to present Turn Signal / Next Exit, an exhibition by Toronto-based artist Janine Miedzik.

Janine Miedzik’s background as a fine art painter has been shaped by her experience working as a window dresser, prop builder, set dresser, and house painter. Her approach draws directly from these trades, paying close attention to the often-unseen supports within these environments—scrims, signage, drop cloths, and tarp covers found across job sites, retail displays, and film sets.

Over the past several years, Miedzik’s practice has moved fluidly between large-scale public works and more intimate formats, exploring tensions between permanence and temporality. Using materials sourced from construction sites—sign vinyl, gaffer tape, duct tape, and cinefoil—she creates bold compositions. These surface treatments form the basis of her shapeshifting artworks characterized by vivid colours that punctuate the urban landscape.

Turn Signal, the exhibition’s signature installation, spans 40 by 30 feet and defines its own environment, overflowing within a cul-de-sac at the end of an unoccupied warehouse. Works such as Mexico City and Chevron take the form of oversized traffic signs, painted on commercial drop sheets and mounted onto foam and plywood supports.

Inspired by transitory urban spaces, her work isolates and recontextualizes graphic icons and wayfinding systems. Removed from their functional purpose, these visual languages shift from tools of navigation to abstract fields of perception.

The installation reflects Industrial Arts’ desire to highlight materials and processes through artworks that employ the language of the industrial realm. Rain or shine, join us for the launch on Saturday, June 6 at 1pm. The event is free and all are welcome.

Janine Miedzik

About the Artist

Janine Miedzik is a visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. She received an MFA from the University of Guelph in 2015 and a BFA from OCAD University in 2011.

She has been commissioned to produce several temporary public art projects, including Blanket (2025), a commission for PUBLIC SWEAT presented in Milwaukee, and Bloat (2024) in Toronto. Her solo exhibitions include UNO por UNO (Mexico City, 2023) and Tie Dye For Germans (Angell Gallery, Toronto, 2020).

Miedzik has produced installations at Artscape Youngplace in Toronto and has been commissioned for multiple public works, including Affixed (2023), commissioned by Art + Public Un Ltd and currently installed in Vaughan, Ontario, and Pro-Tem (2017), commissioned by the Bentway Conservancy in Toronto.

Her practice continues to engage with material reuse, labour aesthetics, and the visual language of urban environments, translating the conditions of making and building into dynamic, spatial compositions.

Steelcase Art Projects
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Markham ON L3R 1G2
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Accessibility: The entry is free and it is accessible on Friday to Sunday, 12 – 4pm, and weekdays by appointment.

Industrial Arts is a 5-acre site comprising multiple industrial units in Markham, hosting tenants involved in light manufacturing processes. Home to Steelcase Art Projects, we are a social enterprise that supports artists by providing affordable studios, commissions, acquisitions, collaborations, mentorship, business advice and other opportunities alongside industrial businesses. Industrial Arts is Markham’s Creative Heart.

Steelcase Art Projects is a not-for-profit organization and the programming arm of Industrial Arts. Our mission is to transform Industrial Arts into a site for artistic experimentation through collaborations, commissions and projects. Working with our tenants and with the surrounding community, we are connecting business to the arts through unconventional collaborations in the industrial realm.