Leah Rainey Artist Update
INTERVIEW In conversation with Leah Rainey on her new exhibition "Raking Light". JANUARY 2025 ELISSA CRISTALL /PROJECTS LEAH RAINEY: RAKING LIGHT @leah.rainey ©2020-2025 ARTOFFICE.CA [...]
MARA KOKOLA | Mar Pacifico
MARA KORKOLA | MAR PACIFICO JULY 8 - AUGUST 5, 2023 MAR PACIFICO ∼ peaceful sea In 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, in the employ of Spain, began a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to seek a western route to the Spice Islands via [...]
Artist Spotlight | Jose Jimenez
Why does someone become an artist? It's a big question that can yield seemingly inconsequential answers. Sometimes, it all comes down to a chance encounter — stumbling across a comic strip, accidentally walking into a band's practice session or visiting an artist studio for the first time. I ask our feature [...]
Mara Korkola | small paintings
MARA KORKOLA: SMALL PAINTINGS MARCH 24 - APRIL 16, 2022 Mara Korkola's captivating works compress worlds of information into small intimate oil paintings. The featured sunset paintings are based on photographs taken from hiking trips along the west coast of British [...]
MARA KORKOLA
Elissa Cristall is pleased to present our Artist Spotlight interview with Toronto-based artist Mara Korkola. In conversations and email over two months in 2021, Mara spoke to me about her path to contemporary art making and the curiosity that continues to drive her work. Korkola's captivating works [...]