On Saturday, July 22, Sarindar Dhaliwal will launch her first solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Curated by Renée van der Avoird, Associate Curator of Canadian Art, When I grow up I want to be a namer of paint colours presents key works from Dhaliwal’s 40-year career, including drawings, photographs, installations and mixed media works. If there is a summit that all artists aspire to climb, Dhaliwal has reached it.
All are welcome to attend the exhibition’s public opening on July 22nd starting at 2:00 pm. Event details and directions are available at the link below.
About the artist
Sarindar Dhaliwal is a longtime member of the Lakeshore Village Artists’ Co-op and currently serves on its Board of Directors. She was born in Punjab, India and moved with her family to England at the age of four where she grew up in Southall, London. At age fifteen, she migrated again with her family to Canada. She received a BA in Fine Art at Falmouth University, Cornwall in England (1978), then moved back to Canada where she still lives. She gained an MA from York University in 2003 and a PhD in Fine Arts from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
Dhaliwal has exhibited across Canada at institutions including the Art Gallery of Alberta; the Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto; the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston; and A Space Gallery, Toronto. An exhibition of her work, Record Keeping, toured England in 2004. Her work is in collections including the Walter Philips Gallery, Canada Council Art Bank, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Dhaliwal was the 2012 recipient of the Canada Council International Residency at Artspace, Sydney, Australia.
