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Peter Dušek Exhibition ‘Shibumi’ at the Paul Paletti Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Peter is looking forward to being at the opening reception to his exhibition, “Shibumi”, at the Paul Paletti Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky, this Thursday, April 12, from 5 to 8pm. The exhibition is on from April 6 to June 29, 2018.
Elegant Canadian Art at the Waterloo Region Courthouse in Kitchener
I just had the honour of installing an art exhibition of twelve of my award-winning small to large prints at the Waterloo Region Court House in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. The work is located in the judges/lawyers lounge as well as in the law library and adds a meditative and elegant mood to the setting — just what the visitors will need to recharge their energies. Thanks to Sylvia Galbraith and Norman Busse for making it happen. All prints are for sale and the show will be up until early January 2018.
Society of Canadian Artists 49th Open International Exhibition
I am proud to have two pieces — Cattail Party and Dunedin Crest — accepted into the Society of Canadian Artists 49th Open International Exhibition, which will run from September 7 to 17, at the Papermill Gallery at the historic Todmorden Mills heritage site in Rosedale, Toronto. Todmorden Mills is located at 67 Pottery Road, Toronto. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, September 7, from 7 to 9pm.
Art Exhibition in Louisville Photo Biennial in Kentucky, USA
I am very honoured to be representing Canadian art and photography at the Louisville Photo Biennial in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, this fall, with Shibumi, a two artist exhibition. It will be a great pleasure to show my work with Louisville artist Matt Gatton’s iconic photographic sculptures at the West Street Art Center in Madison, Indiana, halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati. The exhibition will open the last week of September and run till around the end of November or early December. The exact dates of the exhibition will be announced soon. The opening reception with the artists will be on Saturday, September 30, 2017.
“Serenity” Art Exhibition – Abbozzo Gallery – Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
My exhibition, “Serenity”, at Abbozzo Gallery has ended. I would like to thank everyone who attended for an amazing month. It was a pleasure to meet so many great people, some from as far away as Oregon, California, and New Mexico. I hope that everyone enjoyed the art and was inspired. A special thanks to Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and Abbozzo Gallery for making the exhibition possible, and also to Global Furniture Group, the Art Dealers Association of Canada, and the Rotary Club of Etobicoke for organizing special events at the exhibition.
Serenity – Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
Peter’s upcoming exhibition, “Serenity”, part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival opens next week, on April 29, with an opening reception from 1 to 4pm. The exhibition information is now online on the CONTACT Festival website.
Upcoming Solo Exhibition: Serenity
International award-winning Canadian artist Peter Dusek (www.peterdusek.com) presents Serenity: Inspired by the philosophies of Japanese Zen and Chinese Tao, Serenity is an exhibition of contemplative minimalist photographs distilling the elements of Ontario’s Muskoka and Georgian Bay region into their purest form. Like slowly sinking into a warm bath, the exhibition will remove the viewer from the chaos of modern life and instill a feeling of Serenity in the heart and mind. Serenity is part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and will take place at Abbozzo Gallery at 401 Richmond St. West, Suite 128, Toronto from April 29 to May 27 with the opening reception with the artist on Saturday, April 29th, from 1 to 4pm.
Tranquility Art Exhibition in Caledon
Peter’s award-winning, Zen-inspired art exhibition, “Tranquility”, is now installed and open at the Headwaters Arts Gallery at the Alton Mill Arts Centre in Alton, Caledon, Ontario. Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception, which will take place on Saturday, October 15, from 1 to 4pm. The works were first exhibited at Abbozzo Gallery, where Peter is represented, in Toronto in 2015, and sold over two and a quarter times over at the initial showing with Saks Fifth Avenue from New York City purchasing two complete sets to represent Canadian Art at the two stores they opened in Toronto this year. Works from the exhibition have received international awards including “Best Work By An Emerging Artist” by the Ontario Society of Artists and “Best of 2015″ by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). All 19 pieces are available for purchase in limited editions in three sizes: framed to 21 x 17″, 29 x 29″, and 42 x 42”.
The photographs in the exhibition can be seen in detail in their gallery on this website.
“In today’s world, the eyes and the soul are assaulted by a myriad of things, causing us to lose our focus, become scattered, and even blinded to the simple beauty hidden around us. Peter Dusek is an international award-winning Canadian photographer whose toned black and white photographs give us a glimpse of this hidden beauty, a beauty hidden like a special shell amongst the pebbles on a beach. Inspired by the simplicity of Zen, Peter places a strong emphasis on balance and negative space and his artistic design goal is “as little as possible, as much as necessary”, giving an almost abstract quality to his intimate landscapes. His style embodies the Japanese design aesthetic of shibumi, which means “a quiet elegance”. In this simplicity can be found the tranquility and perhaps even the happiness that often eludes us.”
Ontario Society of Artists Award
It was a very exciting evening last night: Peter received Honourable Mention at the Ontario Society of Artists Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works. The exhibition is open until October 16 at the Papermill Gallery in Todmorden Mills, Toronto.
