Phone Booth Gallery

For Immediate Release: Sept 15, 2010

TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY - NEW GALLERY IN THE JUNCTION (TORONTO)

FEATURING EMERGING ARTIST JULIA VANDEPOLDER

Julia Vandepolder - Recent Paintings

September 8 – October 8, 2010

Opening reception: September 17, 6 – 9pm.

Artist will be in attendance.

The Telephone Booth Gallery’s premier exhibition features striking paintings by recent University of Guelph graduate, Julia Vandepolder. Accepted into several juried exhibitions across the province, this is the first commercial exhibition for this award-winning rising star. Vandepolder’s large oil on panel paintings reference abandoned architectural structures through abstracted layers of colour and texture. Her visceral passion for painting and surface capitalize on the tension between representation and abstraction, drawing beauty from degraded urban environments. Also on exhibition are fine porcelain works by Kim Harcourt and Mary Lazier.

About the Gallery:

Telephone Booth Gallery is located in the Junction, a bourgeoning west end Toronto neighbourhood. The Gallery is named after its mascot - a vintage 1950’s Bell Canada telephone booth prominently displayed in the gallery’s front window. “The booth is a remnant from my husband’s single days,” states Gallery Director, Sharlene Rankin.

The Gallery opened just in time for the Junction Arts Festival (Sept 8 – 12). Coming from a diverse background in arts administration – Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC), Headwaters Arts, the Art Gallery of Peel – Sharlene Rankin is thrilled to open her own art space. The gallery’s primary focus is to present emerging artists that each express a sense of integrity and innovation in their critical art practice. With a focus on the promotion of talented young artists, the gallery will also occasionally host invitational exhibitions of mid-career artists along with selected contemporary fine craftspeople and designers.

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TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY

3148 Dundas Street West - Toronto - Ontario - M6P 2A1

T 647 270 7903 - www.telephoneboothgallery.ca

Contact: Sharlene Rankin, Director

sharlene@telephoneboothgallery.ca

Featured artwork: Julia Vandepolder Weathered (Barrier) 2010, oil on wood, 48 x 38”

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