Sarindar Dhaliwal

June 9 to July 17, 2011

Playful pairings of colour and words characterize the works of Toronto artist Sarindar Dhaliwal.

On loan from the Galerie D’Este, these jewel-toned works explore issues of cultural identity using painting, collage and video stills. The experience of moving between cultures and creating identity is expressed through colours, symbols and words to create a vibrant, lush and poetic exhibit.

Sarindar Dhaliwal is a Toronto-based multi-media artist, writer and teacher. Born in the Punjab, she grew up in Southall, London. She received a BA in Fine Art at University College Falmouth, Cornwall (1978) and a MA from York University, Toronto in 2003. She teaches drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art & Design.

Dhaliwal has shown extensively in Canada over the past twenty years and also served on the boards of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Toronto Arts Council and Fuse Magazine. She has exhibited her work at many major Canadian public galleries, including The Edmonton Art Gallery (Alberta) and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Ontario). Her work is in collections including Canada Council Art Bank and the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre for the Arts.