In her dream, 2014, 60 x 60 inches, Mix media on canvas, $4000 Aleks Bartosik during live performance. 2005. In Her Dream, 2014, 13 x 18 inches, Oil stick, acrylic, conte, pencil on paper, $450 Aleks Bartosik, Heavy Head, (2014), 8 x12 inches, Pencil, Acrylic, and Conte on Paper, $300. SOLD. Did she hold you too tight, 2014, 12.5 x 19 inches, pencil, acrylic, charcoal on paper, $400 Aleks Bartosik, Shape Shifters, 8.5 x 12 inches, Pencil and Acrylic on Mylar. $300. Winged or Chained, 2014, 15.75 x 16 inches, Oil stick, pencil on paper, $450. SOLD. Dreading Awake, 2014, 19 x 13.5 inches, oil stick, pencil on paper, $450 Fallen Teeth, 2014, 15.5 x 11.5 inches, pencil and oil stick on paper, $400 She cannot find the way out of here, 2014, 11 x 11.5 inches, pencil, conte, and oil stick on paper, $400 Necessary Madness, 2014, 17 x 11 inches, pencil, conte, and oil stick on paper, SOLD. Aleks Bartosik, A Deer Hug, 11.5 x 17.5 inches, Pencil, Acrylic and Conte on Paper. Pre-Sold. Aleks Bartosik, Pillow Hog, 12 x 18 inches, Pencil and Charcoal on Paper. Pre-Sold. Preparation for the Hunt (2005) Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 24 x 36 inches, $350 Hunt IV (2005), Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 22 x 15 inches, $350 Hunting (2005), Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 29 x 25 inches, $350 Hunt III (2005) Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 24 x 23 inches, $350 Hunt II (2005) Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 21.75 x 25 inches, $350 Hunt I (2005) Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 28 x 23 inches, $350 Caught (2005), Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 22 x 28 inches, $350 Eating (2005), Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 27 x 24 inches, $350 (Left Side Detail) Speaking (2013), Charcoal on Paper, 21 x 30 inches, $500. Speaking (2013), Charcoal on Paper, 21 x 30 inches, $400 (Right Side Detail) Speaking (2013), Charcoal on Paper, 21 x 30 inches, $500. Red Light: Nurnberg (2003), Pencil + Acrylic on Paper, 16 x 12.5 inches $300 Licker (2005), Charcoal and Pencil on Paper, 24.5 x 35.5 inches, $350 Before the Hunt (Nick & Sheila Pye) (2005), Charcoal and Pencil on Paper, 28 x 40 inches, $350 Pleasure (2005), pencil on gessoed paper, 22 x 18 inches, $300 The Burden March (2013), Pencil + Acrylic on Paper, 12 x 26 inches, $200 Beaten Pixie (2001), Charcoal, Acrylic, Conte + Pencil on Paper, 29.5 x 38 inches, $550 Dirty Hands (2003), Oil Stick and Charcoal on Paper, 42 x 28 inches, $600 (Detail), Dirty Hands (2003), Oil Stick and Charcoal on Paper, 42 x 28 inches, $600 Hands (2003), Oil Stick on Mylar, 16 x 16 inches, $350 Dirty Hands II (2003), Oil Stick + Graphite on Paper, 20 x 19 inches, $450 Boxer (2003), Oil Stick and Charcoal on Paper, 42 x 27 inches, $600 He (2014), Oil Stick, Acrylic + Pencil on Paper, 43 x 27 inches, $600 She (2014), Oil stick + Pencil on Paper, 43 x 27 inches, $600 Hanger (2005), Oil Stick & Charcoal on Paper, 43 x 30 inches, $650 Marsupial Traces (2005), Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 29.5 x 39 inches, $650 Dirty Hands (2003), Pencil + Oil Stick on Paper, 7 x 10.5 inches, $50 Breasts in Nurnberg (2003), Oil Stick + Pencil on Paper, 23 x 28 inches, $350 Untitled (2014), Black Ink on Paper, 6 x 17 inches, $150 She Wolf (2005), Oil Stick on Paper, 21 x 28 inches, $375 She Wolf II (2005) / Oil Stick and Pencil on Paper, 21 x 29 inches, $375 Borrowing Artichoke Hearts (2007), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 19.5 x 19 inches, $350 (Detail) Borrowing Artichoke Hearts (2007), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 19.5 x 19 inches, $350 The Hug (2007), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 9.75 x 10.5 inches, $200 Six Girls with Bricks (2006), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 24 x 20 inches, $350 (Detail), Six Girls with Bricks (2006), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 24 x 20 inches, $350 Girl in Dress (2007), Pencil, Acrylic on Drafting Papers, 30 x 18 inches, $250 Her (2005), Pencil + Acrylic on Drafting Paper, 11 x 9.75 inches, $200 Lady Fish (2003), Pencil and Coloured Pencils on Paper, 14 x 10 inches, $200 Pleasure Pain 2/3 (1999), Silkscreen Print on Mylar, 22 x 13 inches, $450 Pleasure Pain, Edition 1/3 (1999), Silkscreen Print on Rice Paper, 24.5 x 28 inches, $450 The Marsupial (2005) Original Drawings from Animation, Charcoal + Pencil on Paper, 25 x 33 inches, $350 Bubble Bath, 3/3 v.e. (1999), Lithograph Print, 12 x 16 inches, $300 Bubble Bath, 2/3 v.e., (1999), Lithograph Print, 12 x 16 inches, $300 Case II, 1/1 v.e. (1999), Lithograph, 29.5 x 42.5 inches, $750 Case II, 1/4 v.e. (1999), Lithograph, 41 x 26 inches, $600 Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014. Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014. Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014. Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014. Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014. Exhibit by Aleks Bartosik @ La Petite Mort Gallery. September 2014.

September 2014

La Petite Mort Gallery presents

ALEKS BARTOSIK

fallen teeth

New & Vintage Drawings

September 5 – 28, 2014 / Vernissage Friday Sept 5 / 7 – 10pm

LIVE Tunes by DJ Chris Jabbour.

 

 Fallen Teeth is an exhibition made up of small drawings on paper and other surfaces that celebrate and embrace the attitude of incompleteness. John Berger once proposed that drawing could be categorized in three ways: as studies of the visible world, as re-envisioned memories, or as constructs of the imagination. Closely considered, the three appear interconnected. While exploring themes of dreams and dreaming, my drawings are born of experience and indulge in impulse that take us away into my imagination, and in turn, into yours. My drawings are sensations, notes, words, letters, perhaps not drawings at all, but means of communication. These little members gather themselves to take on a body. Individually they show snapshots of unstable conditions and imaginary beings; together; they speak, they scream.

I celebrate mark-making, and through my mark-making I desire to evidence a journey. We dream on average seven times each night, even if we do not remember them at all, there are some dreams that we collectively have over and over. Like these reoccurring dreams, my drawings explore and revisit, over and over again, my experiences, memories, and sensations creating a narrative that aims to invite the viewer to wander into a world of beautiful uncertainty, transition, and transformation.

 

Biography:

 Aleks Bartosik presently works from her studio in Toronto.  She obtained her MFA degree from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec in 2005.  Bartosik is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2004 and 2007) for her figurative painting and drawing, and is generously supported for her work by the Ontario Arts Council.  As part of Bartosik’s research and artistic development, she is an active participant in artist residencies and project collaborations all over the world. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Canada (British Columbia, Québec, Ontario, and Alberta), USA, Germany, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.  Bartosik’s work is represented by La Petite Mort Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario) and is collected by Headbones Gallery (Vernon, British Columbia).  Recently a catalogue of her work has been published and featured at Toronto Women’s Bookstore.  Presently, Bartosik is employed at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Living Arts Centre (Mississauga) as a painting and drawing instructor.

 

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