
Biennial Juried Exhibition (2025)
September 6 — November 7, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Glenhyrst’s Biennial Juried Exhibition showcases the creativity and innovation of talented artists from across Ontario. This highly anticipated exhibition provides an important platform for emerging and established artists alike, offering the opportunity to present their original artwork to new audiences. For many participants, it marks their first experience exhibiting in a public art gallery, while for others, the Biennial has served as a stepping stone toward fulfilling careers as professional artists, curators, and arts educators.
This year, the gallery received over 325 submissions from nearly 200 artists, reflecting the depth and diversity of artistic practice across the province. Jurors Bill Clarke and Megan Ellen MacDonald carefully reviewed the submissions and selected 60 artworks for display. The result is an exhibition that is at once thoughtful, dynamic, and deeply engaging, reflecting a wide range of perspectives, media, and approaches.
Visitors are invited to experience the breadth of contemporary art being made in Ontario today, celebrate the artists whose work has been selected, and join in one of Glenhyrst’s most beloved traditions of supporting and amplifying the voices of artists in our communities.
Prizes
Juror’s Choice: $1000, Award of Merit: $500, People’s Choice: $250.00 Prizes will be awarded at the opening reception on Thursday, September 11th at 7:00pm. Admission is FREE and everyone is welcome.
Artists
Aashna Pujara | Lindsay Liboiron | Ken Walton | Brittany Kuba | Laura Brandreth | Anita Granger | Bernadine Van Renne | Patty Lynes | Jacqui Oakley | Jacquie Herron | Rhonda Franks | Holly Atkinson | Nikola Wojewoda | Kim DiFrancesco | Gordon Leverton | David Wierzbicki | Kate Wyatt | Brenda Mitchell | Brenda McCafferty | Jerry Campbell | Kale Vandenbroek | Corine van Hoeve | William Peltier | Paul Smith | Anne King | Janice Kovar | Kim Clark | John Richer | Michaela Lucio | Vanessa Pejovic | Lenny Jones | Tom Ridout | Bernard Duah | Che Ree Kwon | Barbara-Helen Hill | Sarah Lawson | Jeanette Obbink | AnnaMaria Vasco | Nancy Johnson | Patti Randazzo Beckett | Ravinder Ruprai | Benny VanLandschoot | Matthew Varey | John Storey | Michael Dawson | Alexander Notarangelo | Maureen Young | Aaron Lawless | Elias Healey | Jim Blomfield | Natalie Hunter
Jurors
Bill Clarke was born in London, Ontario and is a curator, editor, writer, and collector. Since 2005, his writing has appeared in numerous national and international publications, including Canadian Art, C Magazine, Border Crossings, ARTnews, Modern Painters, and ArtReview. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Editor-in-Chief of Magenta Magazine Online, and in 2016, he co-founded the Edition Art Book Fair. Clarke was Associate Director of Angell Gallery in Toronto from 2017 to 2019. He is currently pursuing a certificate in American Sign Language (ASL) at Seneca College.
Megan Ellen Macdonald was born in Belleville, Ontario, and earned a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University in 2013. Her work challenges traditional aesthetic hierarchies by developing a visual language from elements often regarded as diminutive or feminine. Using 3D software to construct still-life arrangements, which she then translates into paintings, Macdonald explores the intimate and sometimes destructive relationships between objects. Her practice examines the complexities of embracing both femininity and power. Macdonald has exhibited her work in Canada, Europe, and the United States. In 2021, her debut U.S. solo exhibition, Modern Love, was showcased at Hashimoto Gallery in Los Angeles. The following year, her exhibition Unnatural Order was featured at Glenhyrst Art Gallery.