FREE Portfolio Reviews for Photographers at the Art Gallery of Mississauga

Complementing the Art Gallery of Mississauga’s exhibition Sara Angelucci: Undergrowth, the gallery is offering a free portfolio review day for photographers.

This opportunity allows participants to meet one-on-one with three industry professionals—artist Sara Angelucci, photographer Alyssa Bistonath, and AGM TD Programming Curator Musha Neluheni—to show their work and receive valuable feedback and personal guidance on their careers.

If you would like feedback on work-in-progress or a completed body of work, advice on how to present work, or are looking to gain insight about exhibition opportunities, the AGM FREE Portfolio Review is an ideal opportunity for you.

Space is limited to 15 participants. If you have previously attended this event in the last two years, your registration will be wait-listed to ensure a fair opportunity for others.

HOW IT WORKS:

• Pre-register for Free through Eventbrite

• Limited Availability (only 15 time slots)

• Show your printed photographs, a bound portfolio or images on a laptop or tablet.

• Meet with all three reviewers during your pre-registered time slot.

• Each review will be one-on-one/20 minute each. Total 1 hour.

REVIEWERS:

Sara Angelucci (she/her) is a Toronto-based artist working in photography, video, and audio. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and internationally, and her videos have been screened across Canada, in the US, Europe, China and Australia. She completed her BA at the University of Guelph and her MFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Angelucci is an Adjunct Professor in Photography at the School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University. She is represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.

Alyssa Bistonath (she/her)is a filmmaker and photographer living in Toronto. In her commercial work and contemporary art practice, she focuses on themes of memory and belonging. Bistonath, the daughter of Guyanese immigrants, endeavours to examine modes of representation by investigating nostalgia, exploring evidence, and interrupting the archive. She has her Masters of Fine Arts and is an Assistant Professor in the Photography Media Art Program in the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Musha Neluheni (she/her) is an artist and curator from Johannesburg, South Africa. She held the position of Contemporary Curator and Acting Chief Curator at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. She was co-curator of the South African Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale. She served on the Standard Bank Art Committee and the Theme Panel for the South African Mint. Her exhibition, There is Only Light and Shadow, won the best-curated show at the 2016 Turbine Art Fair. She holds a BFA from Rhodes University. She has written for several publications, including the online forum The Archival Platform.

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Sara Angelucci's Undergrowth is a feature exhibition of the CONTACT Photography Festival, and it will be on view at the AGM from April 20 to July 7, 2024.

Undergrowth is co-presented by the Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Art Gallery of Sudbury, the Varley Art Gallery of Markham, and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.

The artist would like to thank the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for their support of work included in this exhibition.

Funding for the Art Gallery of Mississauga is provided by the City of Mississauga, the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, TD Bank Group, Rama Gaming House, and Charitable Gaming Community Good.

Host or Publisher Art Gallery of Mississauga