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Greetings!
Ingram Gallery is honoured to announce that ceramic artist Kathy Kranias, along with the estate of the distinguished Canadian painter John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959), have joined our roster. This dual arrival deepens our longstanding commitment to the full continuum of Canadian art, from the historical to the contemporary, and reflects the knowledge and affection for that history that has always guided us. Kranias brings not only her sculptural practice but also her scholarly insight as an art historian, enriching the conversations we foster every day. With the same spirit that animates our exhibitions, conversations, and the quiet discoveries that unfold at the gallery, we invite you to stop by and experience these exceptional new horizons.
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KATHY KRANIAS
Gestation - porcelaineous stoneware clay, 18 x 6 x 7 inches
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KATHY KRANIAS
Now Representing
The ceramic sculptures of Kathy Kranias are rooted in the tactile process of hand-building with clay, including paperclay, stoneware, and porcelaineous bodies left unglazed. Both medium and metaphor, the material’s malleability is amplified through her textile-inspired surfaces. Drawing on her dance background, Kranias works spontaneously yet meditatively, allowing asymmetrical, gestural sculptures to emerge.
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KATHY KRANIAS
Hippodameia - paperclay, glazes, 23 x 16 x 15 inches
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The works of Kranias explore the paradox of the vessel as a site of simultaneous fullness and emptiness, the form that can contain and release another life yet remain complete, channeling Greek mythological figures such as the Danaïds, Nike, Daphne, and Persephone into allegories of resilience, protection, and agency. In her newest series Danse de la Terre, this inquiry expands to the resonance between the human body and the natural world.
In clay, Kranias seeks the form that is perpetually full even when empty, the open surface that holds more precisely because it is open. This is the enigma at the heart of both the work and human experience: that capacity expands through openness, that strength resides in vulnerability, and that presence and absence can occupy the same space at once.
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KATHY KRANIAS
Danse de la Terre, trois - red earthenware clay, slip, stain, glazes, 3 x 9 x 9 inches
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Kranias holds a B.F.A. from Concordia University, a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. in Art History from York University. Her ceramics have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in public collections such as Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery; she has also taught visual arts and ceramics for more than 25 years while contributing as a writer and lecturer on Canadian art. Kranias is the 2021 recipient of Craft Ontario’s Lily Yung Memorial Award and is currently included in the 2026 Korea-Canada Invitational Ceramic Exhibition.
The collection of masterful works by Kathy Kranias now available at the gallery flow in harmony across several of the artist’s successful series. Viewing the sculptures in person for their glorious surfaces and remarkable detail is a must. Digital preview catalogues are available.
Representing the Estate
JOHN WENTWORTH RUSSELL, R.C.A. (1879-1959)
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JOHN WENTWORTH RUSSELL, R.C.A. (1879-1959)
Untitled - Woman Reading (1900) - ink & wash on card, 20.5 x 13.75 inches
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John Wentworth Russell’s practice spanned portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and the occasionally controversial nude. Rendered in a soft Impressionistic style shaped by studies at the Hamilton Art School, the Art Students League in New York, and extended periods in Paris, he worked primarily in oil and was a mighty draughtsman. Russell pursued an independent path outside major Canadian groups, favouring intimate interiors, urban scenes, and figurative subjects that often challenged contemporary sensibilities, as seen in the sensation caused by his large reclining nude A Modern Fantasy at the 1927 Canadian National Exhibition.
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JOHN WENTWORTH RUSSELL, R.C.A. (1879-1959)
Untitled - Sunlit Forest - oil on canvas board, 16 x 20 inches
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1927 C.N.E. Catalogue
A Modern Fantasy - Canadian Paintings, #175
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Russell’s portraits of public figures, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and his European and Canadian landscapes reflect a lifelong engagement with light, atmosphere, and the human presence. Represented in the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the House of Commons, and other major collections, Russell’s work stands as a distinctive voice in early twentieth-century Canadian art, bridging academic tradition with personal observation and a cosmopolitan outlook.
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JOHN WENTWORTH RUSSELL, R.C.A. (1879-1959)
Riverdale Park (1948) - graphite, 11 x 15 inches
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John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959) established an international reputation early in his career through regular exhibitions at the Paris Salon between 1906 and 1910 and with the Royal Canadian Academy from 1905 to 1919.
Stay tuned for exhibition and programming ahead highlighting Russell and his singular artist spirit. We are smitten with his on site sketches, most notably the drawings he created in Toronto at the Riverdale Zoo.
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TRAVIS SHILLING
Prehistoric Grizzly - oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
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A new collection of extraordinary paintings have just arrived at the gallery from the studio of Travis Shilling. Please visit the gallery to learn and see more. A digital preview catalogue can be requested here. Opening in September, Cartographies of Longing curated by Sandy Saad-Smith at the Doris McCarthy Gallery at University of Toronto Scarborough includes the works of Travis Shilling and his father, Arthur Shilling.
A fresh installation in the Collectors’ Den at the gallery features newly available historical works of Canadian art and can be previewed here. With this much new goodness on offer, we invite you to enjoy it all this summer at Ingram Gallery.
Inquiries, kindly email ingramgallery@on.aibn.com
With our good wishes,
Tarah & Jeff
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