SHAPE-SHIFT

SHAPE-SHIFT
May 25- Jun 11,2022
The Red Head Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday june 4 2-5 PM

Shape-Shift is Ian Mackay’s fifth exhibition at The Red Head Gallery and the first since the pandemic. During the last two years Mackay focused on the formal aspects of painting as a kind of refuge, A Canadian artist working in Toronto where he maintains his studio, he completed his AOCA at Ontario College of Art in 1980 with studies in Photo-Electric Arts. At OCA Ian co-founded the punk rock band The Diodes and the musical performance space "The Crash n Burn" at the Centre for Experimental Art and Communications. In 2009 he completed a BFA at OCAD in Curatorial Studies and Integrated Media. Since 2009 Ian has concentrated exclusively on his painting practice and his work can be found in numerous private collections.