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Our gallery is free admission and showcases the talents of many local and emerging artists throughout the year.
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Upstairs Downstairs: 2025 Resident Artist Exhibition
The Exhibition runs from September 16 to October 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 20 6PM - 7PM
In the Main Gallery
Attention one and all: The artists upstairs are coming downstairs, and they are bringing new work with them!
It’s that time of year where we get to celebrate TAP’s creative core: our resident artists. Upstairs Downstairs is an annual exhibition that highlights the community of resident artists who work in our studios. These artists represent various disciplines including ceramics, mixed media, drawing, and painting. The event this year is particularly exciting as our organization celebrates 25 years at our Dundas Street location. During this time we have provided 77 resident artists with dedicated studio space to help them develop their creative practice. To learn more and connect with TAP’s Resident Artists CLICK HERE
In addition to our artist’s studios, our Cocker Fulton third floor studio and our Good Foundation studio spaces are used for workshops, photo and film sessions, rehearsals, and presentations. The workshops that TAP programs are led by practicing artists in a friendly, supportive environment, allowing students to enhance their skills in painting and drawing.
We invite you to attend this year’s Upstairs Downstairs exhibit and explore the remarkable work our artists are creating right here at TAP!
As part of Nuit Blanche London our artists are opening their studios, so don’t miss this opportunity to connect with them in their working spaces. The evening will also include activities in the Bruce B. Johnson Theatre, Good Foundation Studios, and the Cocker Fulton Studio. Nuit Blanche London will transform Dundas Place—a vibrant, walkable hub in London’s downtown core—into an all-night celebration of art and culture. Organized by the London Society of Architects (LSA) in partnership with the City of London, the free event will feature art installations, performances, and interactive experiences with the support of local arts organizations and the creative community. Please join us on Saturday September 20 from 7pm to 11pm. All are welcome!
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RAW | RELEASE
Oliver P. solo exhibition
LAB 203
October 7 to November 1, 2025
Opening reception Friday, October 10, 5PM - 7PM
A solo exhibition exploring themes of the difficulties, celebrations and complexity of navigating trauma and mental illness. ‘RAW | RELEASE’ features installation work, paintings and ceramics. The works displayed reflect the consuming nature of thoughts and feelings of drowning in rumination. Utilizing visceral imagery, and birds as place holders for parts of himself, the artist hopes to communicate the severity and isolation often felt by someone dealing with chronic mental health problems.
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“My work has always served as a safe place for me to investigate complex and heavy feelings. I am interested in creating work that can bring people together for deeper discussion. While society as a whole is becoming better at discussing mental health, I find people still shy away from talking about the ‘darker’ aspects. How it often feels like this consuming, life-altering being that grabs hold of you and won’t set you free. I want to inspire people, have them understand that despite the fact I’ve lived this life of hardship, of anguish, of trauma, I was able to take my experience and not only overcome them, but make something significant from them.”
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This exhibition takes place in LAB 203 and will run from October 7 until November 1. The opening reception will take place on Friday, October 10 from 5PM until 7PM.​
About the Artist​
​Oliver’s work has always served as a safe place for him to investigate his complex and heavy feelings. He is interested in creating work that can bring people together and hold deeper discussions about it. While society as a whole is becoming better at discussing mental health, he still finds people shy away from talking about the ‘darker’ aspects of it and how it often feels like this consuming, life altering being that grabs ahold of yourself and won’t set you free. Oliver wants to ideally inspire people too, have them walk away from viewing his work and seeing despite the fact he’s lived this life of hardship, of anguish, of trauma, he was able to take his experiences and not only overcome them, but make something significant from them.
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Neko of the Floating World: Holly Granken
Exhibition runs from August 7 - November 22, 2025
Meet the artist on August 7, 2025 5PM-7PM
Location: Dundas Place Field House 179 Dundas St, London, ON
This event is part of Art Crawl Thursdays
About the Artist
Holly Granken is a multi-disciplinary artist living in London, Ontario. She is an alum of the BealArt Program and holds an honour degree in Studio Art and Art History from Western University. While her artistic inspiration comes from a number of sources; nature, animals, tattoos, and vintage designs, chief among them is her interest in Japanese art and culture and in March of 2024, she participated in her first artist's residency for one month at Studio Kura in Fukuoka, Japan.
About the Work
I have been an animal lover my whole life, and have been studying Japanese culture and language since my early twenties, so it was only natural that these two important features in my life eventually came together. Japanese art, specifically, ukiyo-e, is the genre my work is based on. The literal translation of the word, "ukiyo-e" means " pictures (e) of the floating world (ukiyo)". In Buddhism, "ukiyo" refers to the world we live in where everything is fleeting and temporary. Rather than focus on the pleasures of a transient world, one should concentrate on lasting spiritual matters..
My versions of ukiyo-e are not created traditionally by either the process of woodblock printing or drawing on paper, but are hand-drawn digitally. This method allows not only for speed, but I am able to adhere to a traditional colour palette of ukiyo-e.
After all that, it comes down to this; I love Japan, I love cats. Japan is this mix of chaos, peace, tradition, and modernity. It is by no means perfect or magical, but every time l'm there, it just feels right. Cats are awesome. Making them part of my art is the least I can do to pay back some of the joy these furry little maniacs have brought into my life.
This event is in partnership with Dundas Place and the City of London
Underpinning
In the Lower Gallery
Ongoing
About the Exhibition:
TAP is celebrating 25 years in our historic building. These works have been generously donated by artists who have been part of the TAP community. These works are now being offered in this fundraiser to help us continue to thrive.