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Writing Without Words: The Autoportraits of Hélène Amouzou

Metro Hall

Togolese-Belgian photographer Hélène Amouzou creates distinctive imagery through long exposures, generating photographic...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Jake Kimble Grow Up #1

460 King St W

Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maïmouna Guerresi Sebaätou Rijal & Villes Nouvelles and Ancient Shadows

Aga Khan, Aga Khan Park

The work of Italian-Senegalese multimedia artist Maïmouna Guerresi invites viewers to look...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Jake Kimble Grow Up #4

Artscape Youngplace Billboard

Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Nadya Kwandibens Shiibaashka’igan: Honouring the Sacred Jingle Dress

Artscape Youngplace Billboard

This outdoor component of the exhibition Materialized presents an image by newly-appointed...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Memory Work Collective Memory Work

The Bentway

Situated at the Strachan Gate entrance to the Bentway, Memory Work is...

  • Archives
  • 2022
  • public art

Genesis Báez Groundcover

The Bentway

Brooklyn-based artist Genesis Báez grew up between the northeastern United States and...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Night Swimming

Davisville Subway Station

Working between the United Arab Emirates and New York, Lebanese-American artist Farah...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maggie Groat DOUBLE PENDULUM: billboards

Dupont and Dovercourt Billboard

Presented across three sites in Toronto—at CONTACT Gallery, on billboards, and in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maggie Groat DOUBLE PENDULUM: Harbourfront

Harbourfront Centre parking pavilion

Presented across three sites in Toronto—at CONTACT Gallery, on billboards, and in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Sunday School Feels Like Home: billboards

Lansdowne & College Billboards

Founded by Josef Adamu in Toronto in 2017, Sunday School is a...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Robert Burley The Last Day of Work

Mount Dennis Library

Known for his inspiring colour vistas of urban architecture and landscape, Canadian...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker Greenwork

Port Lands

Since 2019, Toronto-based artists Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker have photographically documented...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Anique Jordan these times, 2019

The Power Plant façade

Presented as a billboard on The Power Plant’s south façade, these times,...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Nabil Azab Just How We Found It

Runnymede and Ryding Billboards

In tandem with his solo exhibition The Big Mess With Us Inside...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Seif Kousmate Waha (Oasis)

Strachan and King Billboards

Waha (“oasis” in Arabic) is Moroccan photographer Seif Kousmate’s three-year–long research-based project...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Sarah Palmer Wish You Were Here

Summerville Olympic Pools

In Wish You Were Here, Toronto-based photographer Sarah Palmer documents the world...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Esmaa Mohamoud The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By Us)

Westin Harbour Castle, Harbour Square Park

Focusing on the physical connection between Black male bodies by amplifying the...

  • Archives
  • 2022
  • public art
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Writing Without Words: The Autoportraits of Hélène Amouzou

Metro Hall

Togolese-Belgian photographer Hélène Amouzou creates distinctive imagery through long exposures, generating photographic...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Jake Kimble Grow Up #1

460 King St W

Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maïmouna Guerresi Sebaätou Rijal & Villes Nouvelles and Ancient Shadows

Aga Khan, Aga Khan Park

The work of Italian-Senegalese multimedia artist Maïmouna Guerresi invites viewers to look...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Jake Kimble Grow Up #4

Artscape Youngplace Billboard

Artist Jake Kimble, a Chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné) from Treaty 8 Territory in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Nadya Kwandibens Shiibaashka’igan: Honouring the Sacred Jingle Dress

Artscape Youngplace Billboard

This outdoor component of the exhibition Materialized presents an image by newly-appointed...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Memory Work Collective Memory Work

The Bentway

Situated at the Strachan Gate entrance to the Bentway, Memory Work is...

  • Archives
  • 2022
  • public art

Genesis Báez Groundcover

The Bentway

Brooklyn-based artist Genesis Báez grew up between the northeastern United States and...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Night Swimming

Davisville Subway Station

Working between the United Arab Emirates and New York, Lebanese-American artist Farah...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maggie Groat DOUBLE PENDULUM: billboards

Dupont and Dovercourt Billboard

Presented across three sites in Toronto—at CONTACT Gallery, on billboards, and in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Maggie Groat DOUBLE PENDULUM: Harbourfront

Harbourfront Centre parking pavilion

Presented across three sites in Toronto—at CONTACT Gallery, on billboards, and in...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Sunday School Feels Like Home: billboards

Lansdowne & College Billboards

Founded by Josef Adamu in Toronto in 2017, Sunday School is a...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Robert Burley The Last Day of Work

Mount Dennis Library

Known for his inspiring colour vistas of urban architecture and landscape, Canadian...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker Greenwork

Port Lands

Since 2019, Toronto-based artists Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker have photographically documented...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Anique Jordan these times, 2019

The Power Plant façade

Presented as a billboard on The Power Plant’s south façade, these times,...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Nabil Azab Just How We Found It

Runnymede and Ryding Billboards

In tandem with his solo exhibition The Big Mess With Us Inside...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Seif Kousmate Waha (Oasis)

Strachan and King Billboards

Waha (“oasis” in Arabic) is Moroccan photographer Seif Kousmate’s three-year–long research-based project...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Sarah Palmer Wish You Were Here

Summerville Olympic Pools

In Wish You Were Here, Toronto-based photographer Sarah Palmer documents the world...

  • Archives
  • 2023
  • public art

Esmaa Mohamoud The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By Us)

Westin Harbour Castle, Harbour Square Park

Focusing on the physical connection between Black male bodies by amplifying the...

  • Archives
  • 2022
  • public art

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CONTACT is a Toronto based charitable organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

Land Acknowledgement

CONTACT acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and that this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. CONTACT is committed to promoting Indigenous voices; to generating spaces for ongoing, meaningful, and creative Indigenous-settler dialogue; and to continuous learning about our place on this land.

Anti-Oppression

CONTACT is committed to the ongoing development of meaningful anti-oppressive practice on all levels. This includes our continuing goal of augmenting and maintaining diverse representation, foregrounding varied and under-represented voices and perspectives via our public platform (the Festival and all related programs), as well as continually examining the structures of power and decision-making within the organization itself. We aim to actively learn, grow, and embody the values of inclusivity, equity, and accessibility in all facets of the institution, as an ever-evolving process.