Fountain Contemporary Gallery
duration: January 18th - 30th, 2008
location: 652 Queen Street West, Toronto
opening : Friday, January 18th 2008, 7-11pm
performance : Brian Borcherdt, Jose Miguel Contreras, Julie Fader, Tony Dekker
Chris Mills w/ Brendan Canning, and a host of miscellaneous friends...
Clint Lavado
Erica Beyea
Howie Tsui
James Mejia
Jay Malinowski
Jeff Lee
Julie Fader
Justin Peroff
Nicole Legault
Scott Cudmore
Stewart Jones
Tarik Mikou
GROUP SHOW: View Photos and Videos from Opening Night
Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck / Remains of...)
An Acoustic Performance - I am Brian, I play music under many names (Holy Fuck, Remains of..., etc..), I produce music for other folks (upcoming Beans, Cherie Pyne), I still work with a label/collective I started in my late teens (dependent music). And other than that I like walks on the beach, babies, kittens, ponies.......etc...etc.......
www.myspace.com/brianborcherdt
www.myspace.com/holyfuck
www.myspace.com/dependentmusic
Jose Miguel Contreras (By Divine Right)
www.myspace.com/bydivineright
Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers)
www.myspace.com/greatlakeswimmers
Chris Mills drawings (video director for Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, Sam Roberts, Sparta... )
w/ coloring by Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), and a host of miscellaneous friends....
Chris Mills has received many nominations for various music videos including MTV2 awards, Much Music awards and Juno awards. He has won 2 International Broadcasting awards and won an MTV award for Float on by Modest Mouse. He has worked with many diverse, independent and major label artists including Broken Social Scene, Interpol, The Tragically Hip, Tegan and Sara, Ron Sexsmith, Blue Rodeo and Modest Mouse.
www.threefootgiant.com
www.myspace.com/m_i_l_l_s_y
Clint Lavado (Love, Anna)
www.myspace.com/therealloveanna
Erica Beyea
Erica Beyea attended OCAD and graduated from NSCAD. Growing up in Moncton, NB she was greatly influenced by the music scene there, and the art work that came from it. Her work is oftentimes tremendously personal. Aside from her own paintings, she has done art work for Adam Cotton (Toronto), The Peter Parkers (Moncton, NB), Squid's Eye Records (Dayton, OH), and Matt Johnson (Brooklyn, NY) among others. She likes her colours pretty and her lines black.
www.myspace.com/beyea
Howie Tsui (The Acorn)
Howie Tsui's work is inspired by near-fatal high fevers, ceiling-piercing rain, African safaris, concussions and haunted hotels in Manilla. His work has been exhibited in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, San Jose, San Francisco, Sydney, Los Angeles and New York. Tsui is a recipient of project funding from the Ontario Arts Council (2004, 2007), City of Ottawa (2004, 2007) and the Canada Council for the Arts (2005); exhibition assistance funding from the Ontario Arts Council (2005, 2006); and winner of the Canada Council for the Arts' Joseph S. Stauffer Prize (2005). His work can be found in the Canada Council Art Bank collection and has appeared in such publications as Beautiful/Decay, MIX Magazine and Faesthetic.
www.howietsui.com
www.theacorn.ca
James Mejia (artist for Holy Fuck, Wintersleep, Great Lake Swimmers, Ron Sexsmith...)
James Mejia has designed artwork for such artists as Ron Sexsmith, By Divine Right, Greg Keelor, Luke Doucet, Wintersleep, Great Lake Swimmers and Holy Fuck. James was nominated for a 2006 JUNO Award for CD Artwork Design Of The Year, won a 2006 COAST Award for Best Album Artwork, and won The 7th Annual REELWORLD Film Festival Award for Best Music Video (Wintersleep's Jaws of Life - Directed by Sean Wainsteim w/ James Mejia). He is currently working on a book of his artwork to be released in the spring of 2008.
www.jamesmejia.com
Jay Malinowski (Bedouin Soundclash)
Jay is a graduate of Fine Arts from Queen's University. He is a founding member of Bedouin Soundclash (Vocals / Guitar) and can be found somewhere on tour.
www.myspace.com/bedouin
Jeff Lee (Blood Meridian / artist for Blood Meridian, Ladyhawk, The Mohawk Lodge)
Jeffry Lee was born in Calgary, Alberta, received his BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and is a member of the band Blood Meridian. Though he grew up on comic books, skateboard graphics and punk rock, his main influences are traveling, alcohol, and being married. Mr. Lee currently resides in East Vancouver with his wife, 2 cats and their record collection. His clients include Black Mountain, Ladyhawk, Pride Tiger, The Mohawk Lodge, Blood Meridian, Pink Mountaintops, Jagjaguwar, City Slang Records, White Whale Records, Octoberman, Teenage USA Recordings and V2 Records
www.jeffrylee.ca
www.myspace.com/bloodmeridian
Julie Fader (Sarah Harmer / Chad VanGaalen / Great Lake Swimmers)
Julie Fader is a Toronto based singer/songwriter/painter. Over the past few years, Julie has toured extensively and internationally in the Sarah Harmer band, Great Lake Swimmers and in Chad VanGaalen's band singing harmonies, playing wurlitzer, flute, guitar and melodica. Her dot paintings are influenced by organic images, colour combinations and controlled design. Spontaneity guides the designs of her work, without use of a set or preconceived concept.
www.juliefader.com
www.myspace.com/juliefader
Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene)
i make my bed every morning and have been waching the food network alot lately. i spend alot of time in my own head attempting to manifest ideas. they sometimes come to fruition in the form of crytic drawings. these are some results
www.myspace.com/brokensocialscene
www.spicyseatdolphin.blogspot.com
Nicole Legault
Nicole Legault was raised in Moncton, New Brunswick and graduated from NSCAD University in 2006. She has spent the last year working independently on drawings and has displayed work in Ottawa, Moncton, and Halifax and has been published in one online magazine and two up and coming national magazines. She spent the beginning of her artistic focus photographing bands in Halifax for three years with the intent on finishing a photo major, but switched to fine arts with a focus on drawing in the last two years of her education. While both mediums feed off one another, her drawings vary drastically in style and are heavily influenced by her photographic experience.
www.nicolealinelegault.com
www.myspace.com/lookidrewyou
Scott Cudmore (video director for The National, Hayden, Great Lake Swimmers, Martin Tielli ... )
www.scottcudmorefilm.com
Stewart Jones (artist for Sarah Harmer, Cuff the Duke, Wayne Petti, Andrew Rodriguez ...)
stewart was fortunate enough to have been involved with the artwork and design of Juno Award winning musician sarah harmer’s latest CD ‘I’M A MOUNTAIN’ as well as designing and doing all of the artwork for sarah’s tour shirts and her DVD documentary ‘ESCARPMENT BLUES’. this fall will see the release of "LIVE CITY MUSIC- A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS" which as the title suggests is a collection of pen and ink drawings from various live shows stewart has been to over the past 2 years and is to be published by IMAGINARY RECORDS of TORONTO.
www.stewartjones.ca
Tarik Mikou (artist for Bon Cop Bad Cop / Goldfrapp / Sarah Slean / Holly McNarland / Jorane ...)
www.tarikmikou.com