Exhibitions

Exploring Horizon(s): Canadian Painting Exhibition

June 12 - July 12, 2025
ARTiculations Art Supply
2802 Dundas St West, Toronto

I’m pleased to have work in this group show, that invited artists to “reflect on the vast and varied terrain of the Canadian landscape, works that interpret land, place, and horizon - real or imagined - through painting.” It features many interpretations of what the Canadian landscape can be, see the list of participating artists here. I have two gouache pieces in the show:

Bendale Ravine, 9 x 12 in (first image) and

View into the Don Valley, looking east, 2 x 3 in (installation image for scale!)

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PICNIC

June 10 - August 2, 2025
Durand Coffee
142 Charlton Ave West, Hamilton

A summery group show bringing together artists for a delicious visual picnic - I contributed an embroidered piece that plays with disposable picnic plates. Focusing on their shapes and patterns, I made a sampler of both the recognizable forms and embroidery stitches.

Picnic Sampler, 27 x 27 inches, cotton fabric and embroidery thread, machine and hand sewn.

City Blocks: Textile Work by Sarah Aranha

January 24 - February 23, 2025
1675 Dundas St West, Toronto
Part of DesignTO Festival 2025

This window installation is composed of a large textile panel featuring quilt blocks made of scrap and recycled fabric. Through a series of repeating patchwork patterns, ‘City Blocks’ presents a vocabulary that is informed by the built environment around us now. The shapes and forms of the quilt blocks are distilled from familiar elements we encounter every day, reflecting this place and the landscapes of this city. Read more and see images here.

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Emblems: Textile works by Sarah Aranha

February 9 - 22, 2024
She Said Gallery
384 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto

This series of eight wall hangings and several textile studies were displayed at She Said Gallery, an art gallery and a working laundromat, from February 9th to 22nd, 2024. Read more about the series here.