THE NEXT GENERATION: SIX TALENTED ARTISTS TO WATCH

We decided to spread the love this volume and instead of featuring one interesting personality, we found six! Coming up in PBS V3, we sit down with these up and comers and chat with them about their lives, their work, their dreams and their nightmares as they attempt to take the world by storm. Take a sneak peak at the artists and their work below. Keep them on your radar!


Yana Stepchenko, Graphic Designer

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Adrian Forrow, Illustrator/Installation Artist

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Alyssa Bistonath, Photographer

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Alan Wood, Illustrator

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Jahmila Hall, Art Director
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Matteo Sgaramella, Fashion Designer

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Photo by Michael Mavian.

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PBS V2 ARTIST LINDA CHALMERS WINS THE SCION SESSION ART GRANT

Congratulations to fine artist Linda Chalmers who recently won the Scion Session Art Grant! Her grant proceeds will go towards her upcoming exhibition this month titled Strip(e)s. Check out the deets below:

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Strip(e)s

Solo exhibition

Gallery 1313 - Cell Gallery
1313 Queen Street West, Toronto

Opening reception: Thursday September 9 / 7-10 pm
Exhibition runs from September 8 - 19, 2010

Inspired by the concept of artist detritus, Linda Chalmers explores the discarded materials she uses in her art practice as artwork in and of themselves. Known predominantly as a painter, Linda utilizes rolls and rolls of tape of varying sizes in order to create the hard-edge lines that are prevalent in her paintings. The used and discarded strips of tape are coloured by paint that has bled over the exposed surface, resulting in striped lengths of tape of varying hues. Scrunched up in balls of tape out of convenience, Linda discovered the delicate beauty inherent in these hollowed orbs of coloured, imperfect stripes. The strips of stripes, once simply part of the artist’s detritus, become independent of its role in painting; the process of painting becomes the product, documented through digital photography.

Linda Chalmers is a recipient of the Scion Session Art Grant, and she sincerely thanks Scion and The Cheaper Show for their support. Scion is the sponsor of this exhibition.

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MORE TO COME…

So far, it’s been a long hot summer and we just had to take a time out to enjoy it! Not to worry we’re busy working on Volume III and lining up a plethora of talented peeps for your viewing pleasure.

In the meantime and between time, we’ve got a little eye candy for your Friday afternoon. These days, more and more visual artists are being asked to put their inspiration to film. So, in the spirit of all things new, here’s the latest video from New Zealander Kimbra for her song Settle Down. Love the song, love the visuals and btw producers, this has remix written all over it…

Click the image below to enjoy.

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A MESSAGE FROM PBS: VOL 3 VIDEO ARTIST ALISON KOBAYASHI

Dan Carter Character Tests from ASMKOBAYASHI on Vimeo.

Alison S. M. Kobayashi is a visual artist working in video, performance, installation and drawing. She was born and raised in Mississauga and is currently working between Toronto and Brooklyn.

Her interest in found narratives resulted in two video works, From Alex To Alex and Dan Carter. Finding a lost letter in the first case, and a discarded answering machine tape in the second, Kobayashi imagines identities for each person mentioned in the narrative and then performs all the roles herself. In 2006 she won the TSV Artistic Vision Award for Best Local Short Film at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival and in 2007 was awarded the Mississauga Arts Award for Best Emerging Artist. Her films have been shown in Canada, the U.S., Spain, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
www.asmk.ca

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VIRTUAL INSTALLATION ARTIST ALEX MCLEOD TAKES PART IN PBS:VOL 3!

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Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Alex McLeod attended George Brown College and is a graduate from OCAD.  Upon graduating in Drawing and Painting, McLeod began to explore 3D rendering software has been exhibiting virtual installations since the fall of 2008.  In 2009 he successfully invaded the blog world and caught the attention of hip hop artists Kanye West.  McLeod is now exhibiting worldwide including: Toronto, Ontario; Barcelona, Spain; San Jose, California and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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