GALLERY GOING @ RIVERDALE hub
These past events and exhibitions at Riverdale Hub Gallery exemplify the gallery’s commitment to showcasing a diverse range of artistic expressions, fostering creativity, and engaging the audience in meaningful conversations about art and its significance in our lives.
Meet the Artist: Komi Olafimihan – Sept, 2023, Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
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Mix & Fold Feb 10th, 2024 Andrew Wang & Mikael Taieb photo courtesy Rowan Langley-Waldron
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Natalie Plociennik "Love's Surreal Garden", June 2023, Photos courtesy Bhavesh Kakwani
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Stitching in Your Shape, January 2023
Curator David Reed with MP Nate Erskine-Smith & Family at Par Nair/Madhu Kumar Exhibition, July 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Natalie Plociennik "Love's Surreal Garden", June 2023, Photos courtesy Bhavesh Kakwani
Lost in Headspace, Kyla Yager Exhibition, July 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Anna Kavehmehr - Woman Life Freedom Exhibition, June 3, 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Natalie Plociennik "Love's Surreal Garden", June 2023, Photos courtesy Bhavesh Kakwani
Natalie Plociennik "Love's Surreal Garden", June 2023, Photos courtesy Bhavesh Kakwani
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Woman Life Freedom Exhibition, June 3, 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Collective Momentum - April, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Anna Kavehmehr - Woman Life Freedom Exhibition, June 3, 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Natalie Plociennik "Love's Surreal Garden", June 2023, Photos courtesy Bhavesh Kakwani
Lost in Headspace, Kyla Yager Exhibition, July 2023
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
MEET THE ARTIST: Komi Olafimihan - Sept, 2023 Photos courtesy of Giancarlo Pawelec
Past Exhibitions @ RIVERDALE hub
Since opening, the Riverdale Hub Gallery has hosted a variety of artistic and cultural projects, ranging from community art exhibitions featuring local artists, to participating in major arts initiatives such as Contact Photography Festival, Doors Open, and Culture Days. View an archive of some of these past exhibitions here.
Mix & Fold, Feb-March 2024
Mikael Taieb & Andrew Wang
Frida Kahlo on White Bench,
Mixed of 400 mini Rubik’s Cubes on aluminium panel
Artist Website >
The Resilient Gaze: Celebrating Immigrant Women’s
Choices and Stories, Nov 2023
Madhu Kumar, Resilient Rebel from Lebanon, oil on canvas
Artist Website >
Herself: Gender Performance & Self-Expression,
Aug-Nov 2023
Marina Doukas, Herself Series, oil on canvas, 2021
Artist Website >
Lost in Headspace June-Nov, 2023
Kyla Yager, The Aftermath, acrylic on canvas
Artist Website >
LOKOJA: A Confluence of Ideas Aug-Oct, 2023
Komi Olafimihan, Wild-flower
(Mary Ann Shadd Cary), 2022.
Artist Website >
Unguarded Moments July – Aug, 2023
Madhu Kumar & Par Nair
Par Nair, Tongue-Tied 1, 2023
Artist Website >
Woman Life Freedom, May – July, 2023
Anna Kavhmehr, Zan, 2023
Artist Website >
Love’s Surreal Garden, May – July, 2023
Natalie Plociennik, Utopia, 2022
Artist Website >
Collective Momentum, March – May, 2023
(Multiple artists, multi-media exhibition)
Hayley Chiu, Summer heat, 2021
Artist Website >
stitching you into shape, Jan – Feb, 2023
(Multiple artists, Textile exibition)
Zainab Hussain, Is It Not Enough?…, 2022
Artist Website >
Bridge Obscura: Healing Bonds, Nov-Dec 2022
Shahrzad Amin, Healing Bonds, 2022
Artist Website >
Footwear, Nov 2022
Amanda Lederle, You Drive Me Crazy
Artist Website >
Creole, Oct 2022
Tessa Alexander, Creole #16
Artist Website >
Gillian Toliver Exhibition, Aug 2022
Gillian Toliver, Tell My Skin I’m Here
Artist Website >
Odds and Ends, Aug 2022
Stephanie Ionita, Odds and Ends Untitled No. 1
Artist Website >
A Facade of Beauty and Integrated Fear, July 2022
Tazeen Qayyum, Test on a Small Area Before Use
Artist Website >
Perpetually Me June 2022
Nicole Helena, Laurentides Au Petit Matin
Artist Website >
Breakout, June 2022
Alkarim Jadavji, Kyla
Artist Website >
(DVSSS) Beyond the Screens: Art & Art
History Grad Show, May 2022
Dania Sabri, Safaq
Live with Love, May 2022
Amanda Pistillo, Cicely Tyson
Artist Website >
Mind Waves, April 2022
Fong Ki Wan, We Can Make It
Artist Website >
Intricacies of the Gaze, April 2022 | Khadijah
Morley & eva birhanu, Just Like Your Mother
Artist Website >
Reverie, March 2022 | Lida Shanehchiyan,
Farewell My Bird of Paradise
Artist Website >
Vibrant Calm, Dec 2
Parth Upadhye, Vibrant Calm X
Artist Website >
Unfamiliar Resemblance, Dec 2021
Devon Pryce, Remedy
Member’s Website >
Karishma Pranjivan: Solo Show, Oct 2021
Karishma Pranjivan, School Girls
Artist Website >
realms where they breathe deeply, Aug 2021
kaja joan, reside deeply with me dear
Artist Website >
this house, made and mended by unbelonging
hands, June 2021 | Curatorial Project
Cleopatria Peterson, Binder Zines
Stitching You Into the Seams, June 2021
Gillian Toliver, To Gather, Hold and Collect Self
Artist Website >
Mystery Painting (Mayachitram), 2017
Paul Hogan, Omayma, the question
Artist Website >
Living Mosaic, A Cartography of Origins
and Settlement, 2017
Curated Group Exhibition
Tophilia, 2016
Various Community Artists
Curated Group Exhibition
Ontario Plein Air Society, 2016
Various Community Artists
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