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FANSHAWE FINE ART STUDIO 4
​Main Gallery
March 10 - March 21, 2026
Opening reception Tuesday March 10th, 5PM - 7PM
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Close to heART, PHOBIA, as subject for paintings has been delegated by these students. Painting PHOBIA takes into consideration the skills, application, tools, manner of paints, while simultaneously forming an image: Imagined? Experienced? Feared? Together, self-reportage and/or ideas, materials and/or mirrors, accumulate and/or erase, process and/or time, becomes their silent forms within the making of a painting that generates what is felt into what is seen.
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DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines phobia “as a marked, persistent fear of a specific object or situation that is irrational, causes significant impairment in daily functioning, and triggers immediate anxiety, leading to active avoidance.” On his 1974 music album, Fear, John Cale sings|screams, “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend”.
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To become a creative apparatus to making a painting about the subject of a personal phobia, these two seemingly opposing quotes draw attention to the intensity of the endeavour proposed. How do you mine a phobia as young art students developing their first exhibition? Balance internal terror and the love of making? Triggering emergency avoidance, all parts of their painting process, painting image, can be seen as a personal, almost heroic, positive gesture.
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The realis index reels from real to reel to bear witness, caught in the headlights, a spider’s web, above the mould, at dawn’s daylight. Deep are the dark waters on thin ice. Spherical fires burn paranoid holes with giants, clowns abound. Flying high ceiling of the sky falling down. Possessed with skeletons with organs with bodies with family-blood-birth-death with disconnect insanity dreams. Paint out, throw out, individual, cultural, timed-out female images. Dog|god growled ...got a perspective now? Images are not for everyone; an image of the unseen, perhaps even more.
This painting exhibition, a pictorial PHOBIA index, may or may not activate or expose undesirable feelings to/in an empathetic viewer. It may or may not, either, cure the artist of their PHOBIA. It seems a context of self that holds the PHOBIA, the fear, is far from the triggering object or situation.
The psychology of the person is where the phobia resides – somewhere between the perception and signifier; a zone of unseen. A place to hide? A place to open? A place to mobilize spirits? A place where artists reside?
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Liliana Gomez : A Breath of Life
LAB 203
February 24 - March 21, 2026
Opening reception Saturday February 28, 1PM - 3PM​
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Liliana Gomez is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores harmony, balance, color, and perspective. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction, she blends classical foundations with experimental techniques, incorporating collage and mixed media to create richly textured surfaces.
Her compositions reveal a dialogue between structure and spontaneity. Whether portraying the human form, equine subjects, or abstract themes, Gomez builds layered works marked by expressive gesture and dynamic color relationships that invite contemplation.
Exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Colombia, her work reflects a broad cultural experience while maintaining a distinctive and personal artistic voice. This exhibition presents a selection of works that highlight her ongoing exploration of material, movement, and visual storytelling.
For more about the artist visit their website or follow on Instagram and Facebook.
Featured image: detail Septuno, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 36x36 inches​​
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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.