Artists for Water

Artists for Water Artists for Water art auction is the most influential fundraiser for a Canadian water charity.

05/28/2026

The stage is set. 🥂 Tonight, we gather at The Design Exchange to celebrate Artists for Water.

🖼️ Live & Silent Auctions
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The Silent Auction is already live - visit the link in our bio to get your bids in before the gala begins!

Axis Mundi, 2018Chalk pastel, coloured pencil, cut paper collage47 x 34 inchesDonated by Courtesy of Winnie Truong is a ...
05/25/2026

Axis Mundi, 2018
Chalk pastel, coloured pencil, cut paper collage
47 x 34 inches

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Winnie Truong is a Toronto artist working with drawing and collage to explore ideas of identity, feminism, and fantasy along with a digital art and animation practice that includes public art and community engagement.

Untitled (flower, white rose), 2019Aluminum, paint, steel17 x 1.5 x 7.5 inchesDonated by Courtesy of Michael Dumontier’s...
05/24/2026

Untitled (flower, white rose), 2019
Aluminum, paint, steel
17 x 1.5 x 7.5 inches

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Michael Dumontier’s work is marked by a process of reduction, material experimentation and minimal intervention. A multidisciplinary artist, his practice encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture and collage. His use of simple gestures and subtle cues may occasionally offer a minimal narrative. Michael lives and works in Winnipeg, MB.

Mid-Winter Bouquet Black II, 2024Oil on canvas over panel20 x 16 inchesDonated by /Courtesy of Heather Goodchild (b. 197...
05/23/2026

Mid-Winter Bouquet Black II, 2024
Oil on canvas over panel
20 x 16 inches

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Heather Goodchild (b. 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist exhibiting internationally and throughout Canada since 2001. Recurring themes in her work include symbolism, rituals, morality, personal development, and the collapse of the hierarchy of artistic disciplines. She received the Chalmers Arts Fellowship in 2019 and was recently at the Varda Artists Residence program (California) and the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts (Greece). Goodchild exhibited at the Textile Museum of Canada in 2013, was the Artist in Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2012, and in 2020 showed at The Rooms, St John’s NL. She recently exhibited at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts (2021) and at IA&A at Hillyer, Washington DC (2022), Clint Roenisch Gallery (2023) and Clint Roenisch Gallery (2025).

Great Lakes Series Lake Erie/Toledo, 2025Limited edition photographEd 1/1030” x 40”Donated by Courtesy of Robert Burley ...
05/22/2026

Great Lakes Series Lake Erie/Toledo, 2025
Limited edition photograph
Ed 1/10
30” x 40”

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Robert Burley is a photographer who grew up in Prince Edward County, encircled by the waters of Lake Ontario,the Bay of Quinte, the North Channel, and Adolphus Reach. As an adult, he has lived along the urban shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto and Lake Michigan in Chicago. In his practice, Burley has sought to visualize, describe, and interpret the built environment in which he lives.

None of this would be possible without our Supporting Sponsors.We’re so grateful for your generosity and belief in Artis...
05/21/2026

None of this would be possible without our Supporting Sponsors.

We’re so grateful for your generosity and belief in Artists for Water. Your support helps bring this event to life and strengthens its impact in our community. 🌊🎨

Seascape Window, 2025Oil on Canvas28 x 22 inchesDonated by Courtesy of Anahita Akhavan is an Iranian-Canadian artist bas...
05/20/2026

Seascape Window, 2025
Oil on Canvas
28 x 22 inches

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Anahita Akhavan is an Iranian-Canadian artist based in Toronto whose interdisciplinary practice explores Islamic art, architecture, and cultural identity. Working primarily in painting, she creates geometric abstractions inspired by traditional forms, engaging themes of migration, heritage, and belonging.

Gloqowejuik, D, II and Gloqowejuik, E, III, 2025Wood beads, acrylic paint, epoxy on wood panelDiptych12 x 12 inches each...
05/18/2026

Gloqowejuik, D, II and Gloqowejuik, E, III, 2025
Wood beads, acrylic paint, epoxy on wood panel
Diptych
12 x 12 inches each

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Renée Condo is a Mi’gmaw visual artist from Gesgapegiag, based in Montréal. Her work explores beadwork as a means of expressing Mi’kmaw knowledge, focusing on interconnectedness, balance, and spirit. She holds a BFA and MFA from Concordia University and has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally.

The Last Sheets, 2026Oil on toned gessoed panel37Âľ x 54 inchesDonated by Courtesy of Andrew Rucklidge is a Toronto-based...
05/17/2026

The Last Sheets, 2026
Oil on toned gessoed panel
37Âľ x 54 inches

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Andrew Rucklidge is a Toronto-based artist and educator teaching in the Painting and Drawing Department at OCADU. He earned his MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, London, in 2003, and has since exhibited internationally at major galleries and art fairs across Europe and North America. A recipient of the K.M. Hunter Visual Artist Award and the Laura Ciruls Painting Award, his work is held in prominent public and private collections worldwide.

August 23, 2022 - Bottle Gentian, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2022Limited edition photograph47 x 34 inchesDonated by Courtesy of ...
05/16/2026

August 23, 2022 - Bottle Gentian, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2022
Limited edition photograph
47 x 34 inches

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Sara Angelucci works across photography, video, and audio, exploring environmental concerns—tracing the fragile relationships between birds, forests, and plant life. Her images invite a closer look at the natural world—and our place within it.

Sara has exhibited across Canada, the US, Europe, and China, with pieces held in public and private collections internationally. She is represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto.

Waterfall, 2022Oil on canvas48 x 76 inchesDonated by .tapCourtesy of Monica Tap uses landscape to consider questions of ...
05/15/2026

Waterfall, 2022
Oil on canvas
48 x 76 inches

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Monica Tap uses landscape to consider questions of time and history, technology and memory. Her paintings are arrangements assembled from fragments including outtakes from painting’s history, elements from her own snapshots, colour notes, and memory, with each work operating as both an invention and a response to place.

Tap earned a BFA and MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax. She has had solo exhibitions at MKG127, Toronto; Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; and Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Remai Modern, Saskatoon; the Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.; The Painting Center, New York; Oakville Galleries; and Gallery Roy, Germany, among others.

Her work is held in public and private collections including the McMichael Collection of Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the WĂĽrth Collection, Germany. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Guelph and lives and works in Toronto.

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