Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to be participating in ARCOmadrid 2018

Booth 9E 02
February 21 – 25, 2018

IFEMA – Feria de Madrid
Avda. del Partenón, 5
28042 Madrid

With a presentation of works by:
Steven Beckly
Nadia Belerique
Shannon Bool
Douglas Coupland

For more information please contact Dory Smith at:
dory@danielfariagallery.com

Daniel Faria Gallery
188 St Helens Ave
Toronto ON M6H 4A1
Canada
+1 416 538 1880
www.danielfariagallery.com

http://ifema.es/arcomadrid_06
http://danielfariagallery.com/fairs/arcomadrid-madrid-february-21-25-2018

Thank you to Brian Sholis for highlighting Meirenyu on Artforum’s Critics’ Picks.

Read his review: https://artforum.com/picks/steven-beckly-74149

Steven Beckly: Meirenyu

January 18 – February 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 18, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to present Meirenyu, Steven Beckly’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Meirenyu is a transliteration of the Mandarin word for mermaid [ 美人魚 ]. Found in the myths of many cultures, mermaids are aquatic hybrids: half-human, half-fish. Neither fully belonging to land nor sea, they are transitional figures with transformative abilities. Closely entwined in human affairs, they are beautiful and seductive, dangerous yet vulnerable.

Drawing on symbols and themes from Beckly’s favourite underwater tales, Meirenyu casts an intimate gaze on the mermaid mythos to re-imagine our contemporary relationships with the ocean and the unknown. Working with images of light, water, and skin, Beckly cultivates a visual language of colours and textures by revealing poetic links between image and object, surface and space. Beckly’s photographs delicately hang, suspended in the gallery space, taking on three-dimensional forms that twist the orientations of up and down, left and right, front and back. Straddling photography and sculpture, his images connect the hybridity and fluidity of mermaids to broader issues of gender and sexuality. Printed on iridescent, opalescent, and translucent materials, they reflect an ethos of light, glamour, and transformation. In broader strokes, Meirenyu points to the power of myths in our understanding of the ocean and the unknown, while underscoring the need for new myths to reflect the global and environmental issues of today.

The artist acknowledges support from the Ontario Arts Council.

For more information contact Dory Smith at:
dory@danielfariagallery.com or 416 538 1880

Daniel Faria Gallery
188 St Helens Avenue
Toronto, ON M6H 4A1
416 538 1880
www.danielfariagallery.com
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

http://danielfariagallery.com/exhibitions/steven-beckly-meirenyu

RISOGRAPHY -LOVING IMPERFECTIONS-
Edited by Carolina Amell
Monsa Publications
ISBN: 978-84-16500-58-1

Hardcover
18 x 23 cm
144 pages
Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Risography is a subculture and a printing method with a very peculiar and unique aesthetic with whom a lot of artist, designers, creatives and bookmakers have fallen in love. Featuring work by Emily Taylor, Yeji Yun, Patch Keyes, Tamar Moshkovitz, Alan Cheetham, Antonio Hitos, Ashley Ronning, Jacqueline Colley, Claudio Pogo, Atto, We Are Out Of Office, Bene Rohlmann, Patrick Fennessy, Steven Beckly, David Biskup, Jamie Jones, Marco Goran Romano, Mouselephant, James Holstein, Sigrid Calon, Luke Drozd, Ryotaro Sasame, Risotto Studio, Tori, El Famoso, Silvan Zurbriggen, Louise Lockhart and more.

http://monsashop.com/en/ilustracion-y-arte-urbano/535-risography-loving-imperfections-.html

Mercer Multiplier 2017
14 November 2017, 6 pm – 10 pm

Tickets $200

Mercer Union has asked 25 artists to each contribute works in limited editions of five, less than or equal to 20×30”. That means 125 chances for you to take home a unique work of contemporary art, while supporting Toronto’s leading artist-run centre. Purchase a ticket to be guaranteed a work at the event – ticket numbers will be drawn in random order giving you one minute to select. Enjoy complimentary food and beverages as participants vie for their favourites!

Doors at 6 pm – Draw at 7 pm

Each $200 ticket entitles the holder to one edition, to be selected by numbered draw the night of the event. Improve your chances of getting first pick of your favourite work by purchasing a Collector 3 Pack for $500. All ticket purchasers will have an hour to preview editions on offer before the ticket draw begins.

Participating Artists: Sara Angelucci, Karen Azoulay, Steven Beckly, Daniel Borins & Jennifer Marman, Erika Defreitas, Ben Freedman, Qendrim Hoti, Amy Claire Huestis & Suzanne Déry, Camille Jodoin-Eng, Steve Kado, Jeremy Laing, Scott Lyall, Katie Lyle, Jason McLean, Andrew McPhail, Kristie Muller, Andrew Reyes, Graham Roumieu, Sarah Sands Phillips, Curtis Santiago (Talwst), Liana Schmidt, Brittany Shepherd, TH&B, Nikki Woolsey, and Andy Patton

http://mercerunion.org/events/mercer-multiplier-2017/

Thank you to Self Publish, Be Happy for featuring Still Life in the SPBH Library.

Derek Liddington, backdrop for shadows at closing (detail), 2017. Commissioned by AGYU. (Photo by Yuula Benivolski)

Daniel Faria Gallery at Art Toronto 2017
Booth C46
October 27 – 30, 2017

Booth curated by Derek Liddington featuring works by:

Steven Beckly
Nadia Belerique
Shannon Bool
Douglas Coupland
Chris Curreri
Iris Häussler
Mark Lewis
Derek Liddington
Kristine Moran
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Elizabeth Zvonar

Often the most poetic things are found in the everyday. Shadows and silhouettes offer moments of pause and reflection. Bodies and lines can be seen shifting, repeating. Light penetrates the window, bathing the white of the wall in a warm yellow glow, providing a surface for lightness and darkness to play hide-and-seek. It is easy to get lost in the dancing reflections; the shadow tracking the length of the day on the floor, the familiar silhouette of a lover at dusk, a vase’s shadow strewn over the table mistaken for a figure.

Shadow. The shadow reveals volume in space. The shadow conceals volume in space. The shadow provides a shift in perception, a moment when the reality we know becomes repeated, stretched and contorted. This arrangement of works offers a glimpse into the subject in shadow, which opens up a space for new readings. We see grids that are informed by gender and hierarchies of power, enlarged glass pollen forms that are so exaggerated in size they appear unfamiliar, and shadows stilled by paint that dance for us on delicate silks. In all of these works, our perception is altered through the manipulation of material and space, challenging and confusing the everyday.

Silhouette. The silhouette is seductive; it is a body in shadow. As with many forms of seduction, the silhouette can trigger one’s desire. Our desire for what is unknown, or known but not had; this gives way to anticipation. Our mind tells us the nude in the dark is our lover. The ambiguity caused by the shadow casts the familiar anew. Or at least, it can feel new in that moment. And that moment, however brief, can propose new possibilities. Like when a silhouette questions how gender can determine a body’s form, or a curtain, when finally pulled back, reveals a figure.

We open our eyes wide to capture light as it refracts. Lines of colour emerge. A teardrop streams down a cheek, a figure is masked by vegetation, a foot is seen peeking out from the corner of a room. We squint and adjust our eyes so that we can decode what is obscured by darkness: fabric encased in wax, a plaster bust of a child, a cloaked figure on a glass staircase, and swimmers synchronized.

Like Peter Pan chasing his shadow or the sundial that reveals the time of day, the silhouette in these works simultaneously point to that which changes and that which remains the same. They reveal our contemporary condition; that of a cyclical subject in a shifting context. A walking woman stuck on a looped path.

—Derek Liddington

https://arttoronto.ca/galleries/participating-galleries-2017/main/faria-gallery-daniel
http://danielfariagallery.com/fairs/art-toronto-toronto-october-27-30-2017

I’ll have new issues of Still Life and many other things at the 2/edition: Art Book Fair, held in conjunction with Art Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from October 27 to October 30, 2017.

2/edition: Art Book Fair
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
255 Front St West
Toronto ON M5V 2W6
Free Admission

Thu Oct 26: 6:30 – 10 pm*
Fri Oct 27: 12 – 8 pm
Sat Oct 28: 12 – 8 pm
Sun Oct 29: 12 – 6 pm
Mon Oct 30: 12 – 6 pm

*FREE public opening reception on Thursday October 26th from 6:30 – 10 pm.

http://editiontoronto.com

Steven Beckly: Beacon
September 21 – October 21, 2017

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
1400 N. American Street #103
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Open studio tour and reception: Thursday, October 12 from 5 – 6 pm

PPAC’s latest Artist-in-Residence Steven Beckly kicks off his month-long residency with Beacon. Hanging from the exterior of the Crane Arts building, Beckly’s vibrant and abstract images speak to the relationships between light and shadow, figure and ground, surface and space. Using light as a metaphor for hope, Beacon places warmth and intimacy against today’s rapidly changing and politically fraught world. For Beckly, the public installation is also symbolic of his presence at PPAC and his desire to connect with the community in Philadelphia.

Beckly will host an open studio and light reception on Thursday, October 12 from 5 – 6 pm. In addition to discussing Beacon in-depth, Beckly will share the new work he creates during his month-long residency with attendees.

http://www.philaphotoarts.org/event/beacon/

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PPAC’s Artist Residency program assists talented, self-directed and committed artists in the creation of work by providing necessary financial support, access to high-end facilities and proper technical assistance and education. In addition to furthering their artistic practice, PPAC Artists-in-Residence work collaboratively with the organization to design public events, with the goal of engaging the audiences with the arts. The Artist Residency program fully funded three individuals in 2017, thanks to support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lynne and Harold Honickman Foundation.

http://www.philaphotoarts.org/artist-lab/residency-program/

Skin Deep, Skimming the Pages
September 7, 2017 – September 1, 2018

Elizabeth Zvonar
Steven Beckly
Chris Lux
Nando Alvarez-Perez
Rebecca Ladds

Drake One Fifty
150 York St, Toronto

Casting Drake One Fifty in a metaphorical ‘red light’, Skin Deep, Skimming the Pages explores the techniques with which artists approach the centuries-old subject matter of the human figure in the digital age. The exhibition highlights the dialogue between art history and the here-and-now, reinventing the erotic classicism of the past through the contemporary lens.

http://drakeonefifty.ca/whatson/2017/9/9/skin-deep-skimming-pages-exhibition-opening/