Bang is a group of artists collaborating on individual themes and unique styles, featuring works of sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, photography and design. The events provide an opportunity for the community to explore their interests in arts and culture.
Explore our website to learn more about the artists involved, activities planned and our community support.
Bang! Arts Collective is made up of a group of contemporary artists from the Greater Toronto Area. Bang! Arts Collective was conceived in 2009 by a group of professional visual artists looking to put independent visual arts on the map in the GTA.
We pride ourselves on being a creative outlet for visual artists of all ages, who practice in all mediums. We plan to grow in size and scope, in hopes of inspiring artists in the GTA to create and show art. Stay tuned!
*The artists of Bang Arts Collective want to give a special thanks to Liliana Ragnelli, Amanda Gabriele and Diana Iakossavas for supporting us and helping us plan our coming events.
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Joanna Katchutas
Joanna was born in Toronto, Canada. She is an alumnus of the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography (2010). Over the years of her studies at OCAD, she experimented with different mediums within the realms of two-dimensional arts with her photographs but she has also enjoyed working with metal, wood, and mould making techniques.
Joanna has shown her work in-group shows in Toronto and the GTA since 2006. She enjoys adding sculptural elements to photographic works, and building props for photographs. Joanna's current photographic works include experimental self-portraiture. She has also been playing with the ideas of multiples using digital photography to create very elaborate narrations and photographic works in sequences.
"I create because nothing in life feels better then turning a vision into reality."- Joanna Katchutas
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Katie Hawrysh
Born, raised, and still living in Woodbridge, Ontario, Katie Hawrysh enjoys spending her days attempting to make pretty things. She has always been drawn to the arts, and has worked with a range of media, including: painting, pen and ink, animation, and photography. Katie received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007, after spending four years studying at Ryerson University's School of Image Arts, where she specialized in Stop-Motion Animation. While attending Ryerson, Katie worked on a number of collaborative projects, most notably of which include her directorial debut Even with the Thunder Gone...
After graduation, Katie has started exploring the art of still photography; traversing the globe while documenting some of the amazing things she has been fortunate enough to see. While at home, Katie has participated in a number of collaborative art shows, including F@#*ING ANIMALS at Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto, as well as last Summer's Bang!Vaughan group show in Thornhill.
Lately, Katie has been working a number of pieces using one of her most trusted tools: the paintbrush. In her usual fashion, she has not been limiting herself to one medium, and has also been working on several illustrations. She is also planning an extensive trip out to the Himalaya region for her next photo project.
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Melissa Ciardullo
It all began when I was nine and my teacher told me to draw an angel. My coveted Yikes eraser immediately faded my first few tries. I disregarded all my studies that day and continued drawing, searching for perfection. A few kids in my class liked it and a few told me I was wasting my time. I finally drew a good enough sketch to add colour. But which colour? In what style? These were the questions I had to ask myself before I continued. I almost used all of my black pencil crayon- a very hot commodity in those days. I spent all day on it and when I finished, it was a perfect mess.
I'm 25 years old and I grew up in Vaughan. I have a Bachelor of Design Degree from Ontario College of Art and Design. After working at DesignWorks, the design-based collective focusing on education, strategy and business design, I began a full-time graphics position at IKEA Vaughan. I am currently developing my own visual communications company called PineappleGrenade.
I never wanted to give up my Fine Art knowledge and skill, so I proposed this idea of an art collective to my beautiful, artistically inclined friends. Because of their push, drive and success I am reunited with a true passion of mine.
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Melissa Di Nardo
Melissa DiNardo, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Achieved her bachelor’s degree in fine arts at Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) majoring in photography. Once completing her degree, Melissa moved to Europe to further her voyeuristic infatuation. With ancient buildings as her background, she documented her steps throughout Italy, France and Spain. Currently Melissa Di Nardo is enrolled at Loyalist College for a two year program in Photo Journalism. This is a completely new way of seeing the world, and through this form of education, Melissa is looking into taking her direction towards a more humanistic approach while still using her artist background. Please feel free to contact her at meldinardo@yahoo.ca or visit her website at www.melissadinardo.tumblr.com
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Nicole Di Nardo
I am a recent graduate of OCAD where I was trained in the formal techniques of painting. I enjoy exploring techniques such as impasto, where I am able to express form and detail using the least amount of brush strokes. After participating in the OCAD Florence exchange program, I recently become interested in my own Italian culture and inspired by famous Italian artists from the past, such as Caravaggio. I find inspiration by observing people on subway trains, in the overwhelming feeling of propaganda while walking through Dundas Square, or in the simple burst of colour found on a gum display rack.
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Christina Spina
Christina Spina focuses in the medium of sculpture. She enjoys building things that make her giggle through an obsessive and tedious process of mold making. She also enjoys collecting things such as long forgotten and previously loved antique objects, animal decorated anything, floral colours, and eating burgers and slushies. Christina Spina is from the city of Vaughan, a graduate of fine arts from OCAD, and most recently, beauty school, where she studied the versatility of makeup artistry, and is brewing big ideas to incorporate both disciplines. She now lives with her best friend and muse, Katinka.
Thursday September 1, 2011
6pm-10pm
Opening ReceptionTuesday-Saturday
Regular Gallery Hours
11am-6pm
Bang! Arts Collective invites you to come in and see the astounding art. Free Admission
Artscape Triangle Gallery is an 1100 sq ft. multi-purpose space, located on the ground floor of the Artscape Triangle Lofts at 38 Abell Street, just south of Queen St. W. and east of Dufferin St.
Artscape Triangle Gallery
38 Abell St
Toronto, Ontario
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Visit the Artscape Triangle Gallery Website
Bang! Vaughan is made possible by the generous donations of our sponsors:
Special thanks to Dan Szabolcs for developing and maintaining our website.
