New Renewals
I'm excited to be exhibiting in this dynamic show along side Charlotte Mars, Ben Wannamaker, Colin Hill, Nicola Jekubik & Carl Brandford.
Opening reception March 6th from 7-10pm
DJ and an avant garde performance by hArt Dance
Youthful Vengeance - 1110 Dundas West
Let's Talk About Art!
I can't wait to get cozy and chat with Indigenous radio neechies Jenny Blackbird and Jennifer Sylvester!
Art, iconography, artifacts and storytelling ~ it's gonna be a fun show!
the red head gallery
Get Noticed 2024
18 unrepresented artists
currated by Na'ama Freeman & Erin Szikora
on view from December 4th to December 21st
opening reception December 5th, 5:30 to 8pm
All are welcome to attend!
redheadgallery.org
401 Richmond Street West, Toronto
The Dignam Gallery
Featuring:
Richard Bedwash, Doug Kakekagumick, Lloyd Kakepetum, John Luro, Michael R. Robinson, Amber Smith-Quail, and Randy Stiglitz
October 1st - 5th
23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto
Reception event on Saturday October 5th, 1-4pm
Indigenous Art 2024 - 49th Annual Juried Exhibition
Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk Street , Brantford, Ontario
I am truly honoured and grateful to be included in this tremendous exhibition that is a celebration of Indigenous culture, traditions and resilience through art.
Please feel welcome to attend the opening reception on August 3rd from 2 - 4pm. The show runs through to September 30th 2024
Solo Exhibition June 2024
The Colborne St Gallery, Fenlon Falls, Ontario
giiwenh / so the story goes...
I am honoured to have been invited to exhibit at the Colborne St Gallery from June 13th - July 21st...plus I will be at the gallery on June 27th from 5-7pm to share the creation stories behind the pieces.
Until then, I invite you to check out the gallery at https://colbornegallery.ca/
group exhibition Spring 2024
COURAGE at The Jackalope Gallery, 1558 Queen Street East, Toronto
I am happy to be showing my piece, To Bury the Truth, 24"x24" acrylic on birch - the largest of the series, at The Jackalope's inaugural show. The Jack is the newest gallery to join the Toronto Beaches arts and entertainment scene. Opening night is March 16th from 5pm - 9pm and the show runs until April 13th
Solo Exhibition:
Nawemaa / to be related
September 7 - 26, 2023
Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada
23 Prince Arthur Ave, Toronto
My Background
My name is Amber Quail and I’ve been a visual artist for as long as I can remember. My practice is based out of Toronto and South Algonquin, and I am a member of Alderville First Nation. My father is Indigenous, and my mother is a descendent of white settlers from Wilberforce Ontario. These ancestries have deeply influenced my worldview both personally and artistically. Through personal and professional experience I have come to believe that art is medicine.
My Medium
It is with gratitude that I acknowledge my good fortune to be raised in an environment where creativity was valued. Some of my relatives beaded, made moccasins, tanned hides, worked with textiles, wrote poetry or painted, and I was encouraged to construct art out of whatever was on hand. Not only do I take pleasure in working with conventional fine art materials but also enjoy the creativity of utilizing found objects such as paper bags, scraps of birch bark and pine needles.
Inspiration
When reflecting back on my lifelong artistic journey I can see how the body of my work has evolved organically. A common thread of relationship and identity connects the pieces together. My works are sometimes situational, often inspired by personal ruminations over familial stories or reclamation of traditional knowledge, but always rooted in the blood memory of my Indigenous culture.