VANESSA MALTESE

2012-01-30T15:41:00.001-05:00

2012-01-01T22:03:00.001-05:00

Framework, No. 1 - wood and red brace

M/I/S/C - Winter 2011

2011-11-11T12:46:00.003-05:00

M/I/S/C is a quarterly magazine about business innovation and design thinking. They have featured me in the gallery section of their Winter 2011 issue. The magazines are available for purchase at Chapters and Indigo stores in Canada and Barnes and Noble and Borders Books & Music in the United States.

Triangle table top

2011-10-12T08:07:00.001-04:00

oil on gessoed paper

Daily Serving on Art Spin @ 99 Sudbury

2011-09-14T08:30:00.003-04:00

Current Art Spin group exhibition at 99 Sudbury written

up on Daily Serving by Sara Knelman

Wall Grid No. 2 (Studio Sculptures), vinyl, wood and acrylic paint

Familiar features

2011-09-03T10:41:00.001-04:00

oil on panel, 23 x 18"

Framework, No. 4 - dowel lean

2011-09-03T02:24:00.000-04:00

Second Annual Art Spin Exhibition

2011-08-25T09:02:00.000-04:00

Vanessa Maltese: sum forms @ ESP

2011-07-29T12:02:00.005-04:00

Last week to check out my show, sum forms at ESP.

Transfer play

2011-07-27T12:12:00.001-04:00

ESP on blogTO

2011-07-15T18:40:00.004-04:00

Elena Potter on ESP for blogTO!

sum forms

2011-07-06T10:59:00.004-04:00

more info here: ESP

facebook invite here: Vanessa Maltese, sum forms

2011-06-19T22:21:00.001-04:00

trick cube

best stood

2011-05-28T00:37:00.002-04:00

stoodmess

bestmess

currently en route to finishing work for my upcoming/yet to be titled/very first ever/solo exhibition, this July at ESP.

I have been busy, please excuse the lack of blog stimulation.

until July........

ruby mag

2011-04-21T01:28:00.004-04:00

I am one of the eight artists featured in current issue of Ruby Mag, #53.

Check it out!

2011-04-02T13:15:00.000-04:00

2011-03-28T16:58:00.001-04:00

I am getting a bandsaw today.

today, sunshine, studio, all things good

2011-03-15T12:13:00.000-04:00

studio shot

Rutherford Market Place

2011-03-13T18:27:00.008-04:00

These past few months I've been working on a commission for First Capital. Here is installation documentation of one of the 5 works I completed for an atrium space located at Bathurst and Rutherford Road. Forty hand-made wooden objects, measuring 9 X 13.5 ft.

out-and-about

2011-03-13T17:27:00.003-04:00

New news.

Some of my necklace work has set up camp at Comrags (located at 654 Queen Street West) as part of their new Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

Check out their blog post about the work here.

Thanks J and J!

2011-02-18T11:20:00.001-05:00

this tuesday. installation shots soon!

as well

2011-02-15T10:09:00.002-05:00

as well, currently on display at general hardware contemporary.

sneak peek

2011-02-13T12:22:00.000-05:00

studio work

2011-02-07T09:59:00.001-05:00

tiny cube. approx 1 x 1 x 1 inch.

inlaid with various woods.

Amalgam

2011-02-07T09:56:00.000-05:00

documentation of Amalgam.

recent window installation at gallery 1313.

General Hardware Contemporary

2011-02-04T10:48:00.002-05:00

I will be exhibiting some recent work at General Hardware Contemporary over the next month.

The opening is tomorrow from 2-6pm.

http://generalhardware.ca/

See you there!

in the works

2011-01-25T09:12:00.001-05:00

this is what my new studio looks like.

me + 4 fantastic creatures and a woodshop.

newmarket kitchen studio forever

2011-01-11T11:15:00.002-05:00

making paintings that are taller than me in my parent's suburban kitchen.

they do not fit in the car.

see you soon Toronto.

please be patient

2011-01-09T22:51:00.005-05:00

FEBRUARY:

new studio = dream studio. paintings that are bigger than me. round two of new jewels. large blinding stripes. small secret ones. ad infinitum. everything i haven't yet divulged.

long lost

2011-01-05T23:31:00.004-05:00

studio shot

I have a piece in the Window Box Gallery at Gallery 1313 over the next month.

the opening is tomorrow from 6pm-9pm. short notice!

2010-11-24T22:00:00.000-05:00

2010-11-22T13:23:00.001-05:00

UPDATED MY WEBSITE.

CHECK.IT.OUT.

tricks

2010-11-20T18:17:00.001-05:00

WHODUNIT

2010-11-15T20:05:00.002-05:00

I have a piece in the WHODUNIT live auction amongst a bunch of really great artists.

i'm still here

2010-11-15T20:01:00.001-05:00

play

2010-10-22T00:02:00.000-04:00

2010-10-15T02:37:00.004-04:00

2010-09-28T14:52:00.002-04:00

my good friend Matt Fong runs a zine called Spontaneous Combustion.

it talks about local Toronto music.

he featured some of my drawings in the current issue.

cool, check it out.

reckon

2010-09-27T19:31:00.003-04:00

2010-09-22T23:33:00.001-04:00

I have some work in this.

COME OUT AND SEE IT.

mkay.

made possible by these guys.

2010-09-19T22:13:00.000-04:00

striped object

2010-09-16T14:10:00.002-04:00

little shelter.

in the mud

2010-09-15T14:24:00.000-04:00

stick

grid

2010-09-14T14:35:00.004-04:00

grid, 25 X 40 inches, various woods, acrylic paint, aniline dyes

documentation from somewhere.
up at the OCAD Student Gallery until October 2nd

in grain

2010-09-11T10:03:00.002-04:00

I am having a miniature solo show in a miniature portable model of Olga Korper. This weekend at the Junction Arts Festival through to December 12th. Check out the Portable Gallery website, and click "Exhibition Schedule" to locate the Portable Gallery throughout the weekend. More locations where you can find the gallery over the next few months are still being determined so check back soon!

Portable Gallery Project

2010-08-31T17:00:00.000-04:00

come to this. all new work.

2010-08-30T12:00:00.000-04:00

2010-08-29T13:32:00.003-04:00

Brief documentation from Conduits group show at the Sennate Gallery.

item, 10 X 10 inches

wallwork by Abby McGuane next to facet (by me) installed in the top right corner

works by Amanda Triggs, Abby McGuane, Georgia Dickie and Vanessa Maltese.

2010-08-19T11:42:00.003-04:00

DEEP SUMMER - a group show

- Drabinsky Gallery -

July 10th - August 31

CLOSING RECEPTION: August 19, 6 - 9pm

WORK BY: Walter Bachinski, David Bierk, Peter Byrne, Paul Campbell, Anda Kubis, Jiri LaDocha, Vanessa Maltese, Celia Neubauer, Jacques Payette, Harold Town, John Armstrong + Paul Collins Project

114 Yorkville Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5R 1B9

Tues-Sat 10-5

http://www.drabinskygallery.com/

SEE YOU TONIGHT?

makeover

2010-08-18T16:42:00.001-04:00

babe bike

2010-08-10T21:30:00.003-04:00

installation shot from the Conduits show - more to come.

wall work in background by Amanda Triggs

2010-08-09T11:08:00.002-04:00

Facet - wood, house paint

Installation shot from CONDUITS show, on until Friday at The Sennate Gallery.

388 Queen Street E, Unit 3 off Treffan,

Toronto, ON

2010-08-06T01:32:00.000-04:00

lie down, dead.

conducting experimentations

2010-08-04T20:51:00.001-04:00

studio shot.

two crafted wooden frames.

TOAE happenings

2010-07-28T12:20:00.000-04:00

being heros

sab in various poses

one wall

2010-07-26T15:58:00.001-04:00

ceiling magic.

2010-07-21T12:04:00.001-04:00

come to this

2010-07-20T12:33:00.002-04:00

Syracuse. Omanii's famous lemonade.

Long walks to get anywhere.

Cop central. And everything fantastic by Dylin North.

Opening Thursday July 22, 6-9pm

Spark Contemporary

1005 Fayette Street

Syracuse, NY

2010-07-17T09:21:00.001-04:00

walled.

10 X 10 inches.

oil on panel.

Leaving for Syracuse tomorrow.

2010-07-15T11:13:00.003-04:00

photo taken by Karri North

2010-07-14T10:41:00.000-04:00

non-stop.

I want a studio outside my home.

2010-07-13T15:31:00.000-04:00

artonawall

2010-07-11T20:04:00.000-04:00

Familiar.

2010-07-10T20:32:00.001-04:00

chute.

shoot.

2010-07-04T16:35:00.000-04:00

2010-07-02T23:22:00.000-04:00

Next weekend.

Booth # 702 PURPLE.

Lots of new things.

See you there pals.

GOLDEN FEELINGS

2010-06-21T23:42:00.000-04:00

tiny.

mouth full of rotting cavities

2010-06-16T11:17:00.001-04:00

another drawing from the trip.

same size as the other one.

GEE BEE

2010-06-15T11:13:00.002-04:00

photos from the trip courtesy of Kyle Clements.

rain gear and sit-upons and favourite place in the world.

2010-06-06T11:42:00.000-04:00

new studio

2010-06-03T17:36:00.001-04:00

tight space.

good vibes flowing again.

utter shock

2010-05-15T17:23:00.000-04:00

2010-05-06T12:37:00.000-04:00

OCAD GRAD SHOW TONIGHT!!!

SEE YOU THERE?

cliff sit

2010-04-27T14:45:00.002-04:00

drawing #2 from spit series.

it's called resurrect.

website is almost done.

i will post with the link soon.

spit

2010-04-18T12:07:00.002-04:00

causally working on a series of drawings based on trips to the Leslie Street Spit.

this is one of two so far.

approx. 30 X 46 inches.

yes, okay!

2010-04-16T00:03:00.001-04:00

really excited about this one.

that doesn't happen very often.

noon

2010-04-13T11:55:00.001-04:00

extrusion.

7 X 7 X 36 inches.

i suck at getting up these days.

2010-04-12T19:19:00.001-04:00

cool, thanks!

good news

2010-04-09T13:27:00.002-04:00

intrusion.

7 X 7 X 36 inches.

shooting at the Falls with the Barrel Cam tomorrow.

Thesis is complete.

website is being made.

woah nelly.

get(ting) it together

2010-04-03T01:06:00.001-04:00

good dialogue.

thesis presentation preview set up.

together

2010-03-29T17:15:00.001-04:00

thesis paper due this thursday.

busy as shit.

serious conversation

2010-03-20T20:59:00.001-04:00

the end is near.

playground

2010-03-12T15:42:00.003-05:00

fillet 'o' fish

2010-03-12T13:13:00.002-05:00

new.

3 feet by 4 feet.

oil on birch ply.

not yet named.

2010-03-11T17:45:00.003-05:00

studio

2010-02-25T11:48:00.000-05:00

second home.

oh boy

2010-02-24T15:02:00.000-05:00

very exciting wooden pattern.

okay, okay

2010-02-23T21:02:00.001-05:00

chipped.

2010-02-23T09:39:00.001-05:00

sum rock

2010-02-20T15:56:00.000-05:00

acrylic and oil on birch ply.

10 X 10 inches.

knot, not

2010-02-19T14:24:00.000-05:00

5 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches.

oil on birch ply.

working it out.

tubular (ha. ha.)

2010-02-18T17:06:00.001-05:00

walk around with a broken leg and a hundred dollar bill

2010-02-18T16:28:00.001-05:00

5 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches.

oil on birch panel.

resting less, more

2010-02-12T17:00:00.001-05:00

in bed with stomach flu.

working on my form.

2010-02-02T12:31:00.003-05:00

progress

2010-02-02T12:31:00.001-05:00

3 x 3 feet.

oil on birch ply.

.

2010-01-30T12:00:00.000-05:00

working on my form.

2010-01-11T23:22:00.002-05:00

new

2010-01-09T14:21:00.000-05:00

12 X 12 X 3 inches.

oil on birch plywood panel.

the suite life

2010-01-09T14:08:00.001-05:00