Samara Contemporary

Meet Karen Miranda Abel!
A Canadian environmental artist, her site-sensitive installations and sculptural compositions are quiet gestures in contemplation of the intrinsic value and complexity of natural phenomena.
Come see their work at Bela Farm on June 20-21, 2026 from 12pm - 7pm

Meet Howard Rideout!
His work is a spiritual geography where travel is inward, landmarks are ceremonial, and unseen currents animate the world. It speaks to a worldview in which land, spirit, and story are inseparable, and every path is both a physical journey and a sacred rite.
Come see their work at Bela Farm on June 20-21, 2026 from 12pm - 7pm
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Meet Gillian Toliver!
A multidisciplinary artist currently based in Toronto. As an artist of mixed Scottish and Caribbean descent, her work often explores spaces existing in an in-between, a world caught in a moment of creation.
Come see their work at Bela Farm on June 20-21, 2026 from 12pm - 7pm

Meet Firouzeh Saremi Far!
A Toronto-based visual artist who seeks to explore how social, emotional, and environmental narratives are shaped through sculpture and painting. Her work delves into themes of identity, transformation, hope, and resilience, reflecting on how human experience is continually shaped by the forces of the surrounding world.
Come see their work at Bela Farm on June 20-21, 2026 from 12pm -7pm

Meet Dwayne Martineau!
A visual artist, musician, educator, and writer based in amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton. Martineau introduces distortions and symmetries into exhaustive lens-based studies of forests and trees.
Come see their work at Bela Farm on June 20-21, 2026 from 12pm-7pm

In Wake
Bela Farm, Hillsburgh ON
Join us for the exhibition "In Wake" featuring artists Dwayne Martineau, Firouzeh Saremi Far, Gillian Toliver, Howard Rideout, Karen Miranda Abel, Lisa Creskey, Matthew Kron, Rochelle Rubinstein, and Rocky Dobey.
June 20 - 21, 2026 from 12pm -7pm


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Matthew Kron

Artist Feature: Lisa Creskey ()
Our upcoming exhibiting artist with Mon Ton Window Gallery

Join us this Saturday, May 23, 4-7pm for the opening reception of "Low Barometer".

Lisa Creskey is a ceramic artist and painter who explores the visual storytelling potential of the clay medium through sculpture and installation. By means of magical realism, she explores the intersection of history, time, nature, landscape, and art history. Investigating these themes, she creates surreal and immersive worlds in which to look for connections and to pose questions on essential concerns for humanity and the environment.

Lisa’s work has been collected nationally and internationally. She has had numerous national public exhibitions, and her international recognition includes biennales and exhibitions in Taiwan, South Korea, Latvia, and Portugal. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) and the Quebec Sculpture Society (CSQ). Lisa lives and works in Chelsea, Quebec.

You can see her 23.5 m² porcelain mosaic La Traverse (2024) installed on the exterior of the new passivhaus City Hall in La Pêche, Quebec.

📍 Mon Ton Window Gallery, 88 Nassau St, Toronto, ON M5T 1M5.
🗓 May 23 - June 11
🎉 Opening Reception: May 23, 4–7 PM

“Low Barometer”, an installation by Lisa Creskey

Join us, May 23, 4-7pm for the opening reception, Mon Ton Window Gallery, 88 Nassau St, Toronto.

“Low Barometer” utilizes sculpture and installation, exploring the intersections of time, landscape, and imagination. Inviting reflection on our relationship to the natural world.

Part of "in WAKE",” Low Barometer” leads into the full site-specific exhibition at Bela Farm June 20–21, 2026.

📍Window Exhibition at Mon Ton Gallery, 88 Nassau St, Toronto, ON M5T 1M5.
🗓 May 23 – June 11
🎉 Opening Reception: May 23, 4–7 PM

We are excited to be in our new space and featuring the beautiful rugs by Iranian artist Negar Nakhai.

Nakhai is a multimedia artist exploring moments of alienation, longing and human malfunction. Her work is concerned with horizontality, reverence for the Ground, and the sentience of the Middle East.

She is a graduate of McGill and Concordia University.

Message us for further details.

Go check out this great exhibit by architect/artist .rideout. We look forward to working with you on an upcoming exhibit soon!

Here in Toronto, tucked within the wooded ravine of the Don Valley is an exhibition of artworks that will transport visitors to a northern wilderness, full of mystery and shrouded in darkness.

The drawings and photographs exhibited within the Papermill Gallery at Todmorden Mills, invites visitors to journey into nolevelon — a nature preserve and sculpture garden located three hours north of the city, in the stunningly beautiful landscape of Muskoka.

The exhibition, titled nolevelon – here | there, transforms the gallery into a conceptual map of the preserve itself. As visitors move through the rooms of the gallery, they follow the same progression they would experience walking the trails of the preserve. What begins here, inside a Toronto gallery, gradually unfolds into there — a protected landscape where art, architecture, and wilderness converge.