Companion Animals

March 26 - May 10, 2026

Opening reception: Sunday March 29, 2 - 5 pm

Artist Talk: Sunday April 19, 2 - 3:30 pm

The Arctic is a place of breathtaking beauty - and profound fragility. Shaped by time spent exploring the shorelines of Norway’s Svalbard islands, this exhibition brings together large-scale digital prints, painterly collages, and a sculptural installation that respond to a landscape where global pressures are impossible to ignore.

Created during an Arctic Circle Residency, the works began outdoors, facing glaciers, mountains, and sea. Weather, chance, and risk became collaborators - images were cut, torn, and reassembled, mirroring the forces of destruction and renewal shaping our environment. Birds, mammals, and sea life appear not as distant symbols, but as neighbours asking quiet, urgent questions.

This exhibition invites you to slow down, witness beauty, and reflect on our interconnectedness with the natural world. Through metaphor, material, and emotion, the work opens space to confront ecological realities - and imagine what might change if we truly listened.

Elora Centre for the Arts

75 Melville Street

Elora, Ontario

Canada N0B 1S0