Ninth Editions

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39 🎈As any cultural aficionado might note, birthdays reliably invite reflection. This year has been one of change and recalibration — though my fixation on artists, research, and big ideas remains firmly at the centre of what happens at 9th Editions. My work focuses on discovering emerging artists and placing thoughtful contemporary pieces into the spaces where people live and gather.

Looking ahead to 2026, alongside new curated Editions, we’re developing a series of collaborations with stellar partners. The projects are ambitious and absorbing. I’m looking forward to sharing more as the year unfolds, with a continued focus on people, experiences, and a departure from the expected.

Thank you for being here.
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Only four of the five children in the video are mine.

One of the thing I was interested in for the re-launch of 9TH was having artists expand beyond their traditional mediums. What does that do to the process, imagery, or even conceptual motivation when they’re exploring the unfamiliar. Nathan Eugene Carson, who traditionally works on paper and is always up for a challenge (bless you, N!), painted a series of portraits across a vintage terracotta strawberry planter. As the sculpture is rotated you see the expressive quality of each character, some with the mouths agape and others more obscured.

What I love about Nathan’s paintings are that they’re charged with a raw emotional immediacy, each figure has a sense of vulnerability that lingers beneath the surface. His approach creates a powerful tension between presence and absence, giving each work a deeply human resonance.

Nathan Eugene Carson
Party Zone, 2024
Acrylic and Pencil on Terracotta Planter
22 x 22 x 14 inches
Original Art • Floral Friendly

$2,750

When I first saw this painting of Laura’s I loved it immediately because of its electric energy. The midnight garden feels alive, like anything is possible with a distinct sense of mischief. Her use of colours and textures add depth to the painting with a richness that reveals new details every time I look. The result is a world that feels familiar yet slightly surreal, where a limitless moon-lit field of flowers might exist.

Laura Dawe
Dolls, 2022
Oil on Canvas/Unframed
30 x 40 inches
$4,200

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Inspiration lately ♾️ endlessly fascinated by creatives and their ingenuity.

1. Surrealist Art & furniture from London home of Pauline Karpidas, decorated by Jacques Grange / via
2. Maison Bordeaux-Le Pecq in Bois Le Roi, France / designed in 1963 by Claude Parent Via - styling by /
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4. Opéra National de Paris / Photo by Via
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7. Woody de Othello: Coming forth by day
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9. Margot Table detail - The Veggie Collection via
10. .muka artwork by / via
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12. Space by .ltd / Via
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14. .muka photograph .jess.laird styled
15. The Mulvihill Elf. Either ‘JElf’ or ‘Anna’, depending who you ask. Space designed by 🏮

AVAILABLE: Robin Clason - A shape of a cloud I once saw in Marfa, 2025 [Neon/Edition of 9]

SOLD: Callum Schuster - AS.24.10, 2024

I’ll be the first to admit, I feel a certain childlike wonder when artworks have an effect with light. The way they change over time, throughout the day or even seasonally. The immediate impact is striking, and then as you look closer the layers of complexity unfold.

Robin’s use of argon gas in her neon, hand built and blown using a historic technique that requires precision and an incredible level of control. Neon is notoriously difficult to blow, as the glass must be heated and shaped by hand at high temperatures, then meticulously sealed to create a perfectly sterile environment for the gases. To produce light, the artist evacuates all air from the tube, fills it with a noble gas such as neon or argon, and then applies high voltage to energize the gas atoms—causing them to emit vivid colour as their excited electrons release energy as light. The precise ratios of gases, purity, and even minute amounts of mercury or colored glass coatings all alter the final colour and luminosity, making the chemistry behind these radiant works as demanding and intricate as their physical craft. Available at nintheditions.com⚡️

EDITION 03: Now Available. A curated release of 18 new works. Timeless, collectible pieces from artists you know and new ones to discover — ideal for meaningful holiday giving, if I do say so myself.
j.ashby .ceramics

EDITION 03: Now Available. A curated release of 18 new mixed-media artworks. Timeless, collectible pieces from artists you know and new ones to discover — ideal for meaningful holiday giving, if I do say so myself.

Artist Spotlight: Stephen Attong is a Trinidad-born, Toronto-based photographer (b.1994). His work explores the sentimentality in public spaces. From amusement parks to quiet moments with friends, hidden beneath playful colours and structures is deep contemplation of shared experiences. He intends to enable viewers to relate to, recall or imagine their own memories in his work. Often inspired by screenplays and cinema, Attong explores how these experiences, perspectives and ideas can co-exist through the common anchor of a still image. Attong has exhibited in Canada, received support from the Ontario Arts Council, and was recently awarded the Emerging Artist Award at Salon 44.

We now have two works of Stephen’s on the site - Proof of Daily Routine and This House is a Circus (available in two sizes!). Check out his work on our site nintheditions.com —

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Misbah Ahmed
Black Cat Amphora, 2024
Glazed and marbled porcelain
9 x 6 inches
$750
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Misbah Ahmed is a Pakistani-Canadian artist and designer based out of Toronto. Primarily working with oil paint and ceramic sculpture, her work examines duality, shifting cultural landscapes and the day-to-day human experience. Specifically, observing and representing how communities of colour exist in liminal space. Her creative process and methodologies use a
hybrid of modern and cultural techniques. Maintaining and continuing generational practices and methods of creation in her work.

I love this little work for its monochromatic approach and its mix of materials. When I asked Ela about her interest in spiderwebs she spoke of her admiration for its strength and resilience. They’re versatile tools, catching prey, providing a home for eggs, and used as safety lines. A cool fact I didn’t know before was that spiders often eat their own web to recycle the protein for a new one. Art as a tool for new knowledge - a little reminder of nature’s endless ingenuity.

Ela J Ashby
46° N, 60° W, 2025
Moiree with seed beads
8 x 10 inches
Mixed Media Artwork • Unframed
(would look amazing with a colour matched float frame !!)

$315