Art Gallery

A Priceless Collection of Contemporary Canadian Art
The selection and installation of art collection at the restaurant has been a significant undertaking.

All of the artwork is produced by contemporary Canadian artists. We have chosen a variety of mediums --- from oil paintings to metal sculpture and vacuum-formed plexiglass to several works too esoteric to be strictly classified. We have pieces featuring photography on concrete, bee’s wax, tin, asphalt tiles and metal wire. One painting in the main dining room has kitchen utensils and string embedded on the canvas.

In assembling this collection, we have tried to represent a cross section of artists, genres and moods in the spirit of all things fresh and modern --- our mission, similarly, in the kitchen. Like our menu, we attempt to offer sufficient variety so that there is something for everyone.

The overall objective is to enhance your experience at the restaurant.

Click on the title or photo to see each work in full-sized mode.

	Ed Pien - Xacto Paper Cut on Shoji Paper, NEW INSTALLATION (September 2010)
	Ed Pien is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. He has been drawing for over 20 years. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of eleven. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from York University in Toronto and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. Ed Pien has exhibited nationally and internationally including the Drawing Centre, New York; La Biennale de Montreal 2000 and 2002; WI39, Amsterdam, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, the UK; Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexicfo City; The Contemporary Art Museum in Monterey, Mexico; and The Goethe Institute, Berlin. As an art instructor, Pien has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He currently teaches at the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and Design. About the Artist's Work Pien draws on sources both Eastern and Western to create his work, including Asian ghost stories, hell scrolls, calligraphic traditions and the works of Hieronymus Bosch and Francisco Goya, creating sensual, drawing-based installations using ink and translucent paper (like Earthly Delights in the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts). The spectator is invited to walk into these floor-to-ceiling environments and approach the half-human, half-animal monsters within. In his most recent body of work, Pien has replaced ink and gouache with an xacto knife to produce large-scale paper cuts. In the summer of 2004, he travelled to China to continue research on myths and legends found in Chinese folklore; he returned from the trip excited about a form of art that is centuries old in its tradition. The artist states: “I resort to the use of large-scale to counter this craft-based process and attempt to avoid and sense of sentimentality and preciousness that seem to go hand-in-hand with most paper-cuts” Selected Collections Musee des Beaux Arts. Montreal. The Canada Council Art Bank. McIntosh Gallery. London. University of Toronto. Toronto. Ernst & Young.Toronto. Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, Costa Ricas Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, North Carolina.

	Alfred Pellan - untitled, 1981
	Alfred Pellan was born at Quebec on May 16, 1906. He studied at the ecole des beaux-arts de quebec (1920-25), and taught there for nine years (1943-52). Pellan received a number of awards from the Canada Council, the province of Quebec, as well as many prizes and distinctions including his membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1971). His works have been exhibited around the world, and are in a large number of public and private collections. Collections Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Dlahousie Art Gallery, Hallifax Edmonton Art Gallery Hamilton Art Gallery Musee d’art contemporain, Montreal Musee de grenoble, France Musee des beaux-arts, Montreal Musee du Quebec Musee National d’art modern, Paris National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

	Wendy Coad - Woman Standing, 1983
	Wendy Coad was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1951. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Saskatchewan (1976) and her Bachelor of Education degree at the same institution in 1978. She has worked as an instructor at the E.D. Feehan High School and at the Photographers’ Gallery in Saskatoon. She worked as an Educational Coordinator at Mercer Union in Toronto, and has been a guest lecturer at the Ontario College of art, Laurentian University, Queen’s University, and the University of Southern Alberta. Coad has received a number of grants from the Canada Council, and has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Wendy Coad currently lives and works in Toronto.

	Greg Alan Edmonson - Head XXI, 1993
	Greg Edmonson was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1960. He received a Masters degree in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in 1985. He has exhibited in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle, New York, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, as well as in Italy in Trieste, and Bergamo. Collections Microsoft Corporation Glenbow Museum, Calgary Canada Council Art Bank Toronto Dominion Bank Albright College Museum, Pennsylvania Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Edmont Art Gallery Memorial University of Newfoundland

	Jean-Paul Riopelle - Hibou, no date
	Abstract impressionist painter and sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle --- widely regarded as the founding father of Canadian contemporary art first came to prominence as a member of the Automatistes, a group of progressive writers and artists in Quebec. Led by Paul-Émile Borduas, other painters associated with the movement included Marcel Barbeau, Marcelle Ferron, Pierre Gauvreau, Fernand Leduc and Jean-Paul Mousseau. In 1947 he moved to Paris and went on to became an important member of the informal group of expatriate artists known as the Ecole de Paris, which also included Marc Chagall and Natalia Goncharova. He remained a Canadian art world icon, and received the Order of Canada in 1969. He eventually returned to Canada in the 1990's. He was specially recognized by UNESCO for his work. One of his largest compositions was originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is now in the Opera Bastille in Paris. In 1988 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 1994. He was the grand old man of 20th century Canadian painting and enjoyed the role. In June, 2006 the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts organized a retrospective exhibition which was presented at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia and the Musee Cantini in Marseilles, France. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has a number of his works, spanning his entire career, in their permanent collection. Riopelle passed away March 12, 2002 at the age of 78. Collections Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto London Public Library & Art Museum National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Tate Gallery, London, England Museum of Modern Art, New York Guggehheim Montreal Museum of Fine Art Various Private Collections

	Don Foulds - untitled, 1986
	Don Foulds was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1952. He obtained his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976, and his MA from the same institution in 1982. Since 1976, he has regularly attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, studying with several influential sculptors including Anthony Caro. Don Foulds currently resides in Saskatoon. Collections Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Edmonton Art Gallery Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina Shell Oil Canada, Calgary

	Jean Noel - Triple Noir, 1969
	Jean Nöel was born in 1940 in Montréal, and remained in the city to study at the École des beaux-arts, graduating in 1963. Between 1970 and 1975 he commuted between Montréal and Paris, eventually settling in France, where he is still living. He has worked as an instructor at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, and has exhibited actively around Canada and Europe. Collections Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusett Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Fondation Cartier, Paris Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal Musée du Québec, Québec National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Société Radio-Canada, Montréal

	Jerry Didur - Zen, 1989
	Jerry Didur was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1951. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976. He has received a number of grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and in 1986 was commissioned by the city of Regina to execute a large painting for the South Zone Recreation Centre. Jerry Didur currently lives and works in Regina. Collections Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa City of Regina Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon Moose Jaw Art Museum Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina

	Sylvain P. Cousineau - Poisson Ex Voto, 1988
	Sylvain P. Cousineau was born in Arvida, Québec in 1949. He studied Communication Arts at Loyola College in Montréal, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971. In 1974 he obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. Sylvain Cousineau currently lives and works in Menat, France. Collections Air Canada, Montréal Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa City of Ottawa Department of External Affairs, Ottawa Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal Museum of Modern Art, New York National Film Board, Ottawa National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Teleglobe, Montréal

	Edward Zelenak, Untitle 1975 Sixth Setting, 1975
	Edward Zelenak was born in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1940. He studied at the Ontario College of Art (1957-59), yet he considers himself a primarily self-taught sculptor. He has exhibited across Canada and the United States, and his work is represented in a variety of public and private collections. Edward Zelenak currently lives in West Lorne, Ontario. Collections Air Canada, Montréal, Winnipeg Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa Shell Canada, Calgary Winnipeg Art Gallery

	Wanda Koop - Marroon Cloud, 1979
	Wanda Koop was born in Vancouver in 1951. She studied at the University of Manitoba School of Fine Arts, and received her diploma in 1973. She has traveled extensively throughout Canada, Great Britain, the United States and China, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria, the University of Saskatoon, the Hamilton Art Gallery, the Windsor Art Gallery, and the University of Yaan Sichuan Province (China). She was a visiting artist in a painting workshop with the artists of Baker Lake (NWT), and at the Banff Centre. In 1989 she was nominated Woman of the Year for the Arts in Manitoba/YM-YWCA Women of the Year Awards. In 1991 Koop lived and worked in the Canada Council's Paris studio in France, and she has received a number of awards from the Canada Council and the Manitoba Arts Council. Wanda Koop currently lives in Winnipeg. Her work is prominently featured at Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Collections Air Canada, Montréal, Winnipeg Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa Shell Canada, Calgary Winnipeg Art Gallery

	Catherine Everett - Shield for burnt Eyes, 1989
	Catherine Everett was born in Montréal in 1957. She studied at Dawson College and Concordia University (Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1980, Master of Fine Arts, 1988). Everett has received a number of grants from the Canada Council and the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec. She has travelled extensively in Europe since the 1980's. Catherine Everett currently lives and works in Montréal. Collections Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Musée du Québec Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

	Michael Durham - White Diamonds, 1973
	No biography information available at this time.

	Don Wright - Red Spring Shadow, 1985
	Don Wright was born in Timmins, Ontario, in 1931. Wright was already an accomplished painter by the end of high school. He completed numerous teacher training and art courses that prepared him as a public school teacher. Intermittently from 1959 to 1966, he attended the Ontario College of Art to study printmaking. In 1967, he moved to Newfoundland where he worked as an art specialist with Memorial University of Newfoundland's Extension Service. He conducted art classes for children and adults on campus and in communities throughout the province. In 1972, he cofounded St. Michael’s Printshop. The printshop not only enabled Newfoundland artists to produce fine art prints, but also brought professional artists from across Canada and elsewhere to make prints in Newfoundland. Collections Canada Council Art Bank National Gallery of Canada Sarnia Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax Art ballery of Brant Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s Air Canada Petrocan Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian Salt Fish Corporation Clarkson Gordon Bank of Montreal Fisheries Products International

	Marjan Eggermont - Land of the one way ticket
	Marjan Eggermont is a senior instructor in The Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, teaching in the area of engineering design. She previously taught in the Fine Arts department in the areas of drawing, art fundamentals, and printmaking. As an artist she has been in numerous art exhibitions nationally and internationally. She was recently (2004) one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning. She recently appeared in ‘Printmaking at The Edge’ as one of 45 international print artists. She currently collaborates in group-projects with these artists, a culmination of which appeared in Sweden during 2007.

	Art for All Seasons
	Modern art at the Four Seasons, NYC. Download Art for All Seasons, Vanity Fair, June 2007 (3088K)

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010