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10/15/2026

🎞️ Fall 2026 Artists Spotlight: Owner of a Lonely Heart ✨

The Power Plant and The Vega Foundation present Owner of a Lonely Heart, a program of recent moving image works by contemporary artists Haig Aivazian, Stephanie Comilang, Alia Farid, Hope Pearl Strickland, and Yuyan Wang.

Haig Aivazian is an artist based in Beirut. He explores the relationships between artificial light, computation, and law, examining how systems of power shape our environments and the ways humans and other beings move through them.

Stephanie Comilang is an artist working between Toronto and Berlin. Her documentary-based works explore how mobility, capital, and labour are shaped by global cultural and social forces. She is the recipient of the 2019 Sobey Art Award.

Alia Farid is an artist based in Kuwait and Puerto Rico. Working primarily in sculpture and film, she explores how modernity transforms collective life, cultural practices, and rituals.

Hope Pearl Strickland is a Manchester-born artist-filmmaker whose experimental and documentary-based works connect Jamaica and northern England through themes of labour migration, diasporic longing, and resource extraction.

Yuyan Wang is a Paris-based filmmaker and video artist who reworks images and materials from digital and industrial media, transforming them through editing into immersive, sensory experiences.

Together, these artists trace the movement of raw materials and examine how extraction and global circulation connect labour, ecosystems, and economies, shaping social identities and our place in an interconnected world.

Join us for the Opening Reception on October 23 for a first look at our Fall 2026 exhibitions!

🔗 Learn more about the artists and the program at the link below:
https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/exhibitions/owner-of-a-lonely-heart.

Images: 1. Haig Aivazian. Photo by Daniele Molajoli. 2. Stephanie Comilang. Photo by Trevor Good. 3. Alia Farid. Photo by Myriam Boulos. 4. Hope Pearl Strickland. Photo by Martha Treves. 5. Yuyan Wang. Photo by Aiqing.

10/10/2026

🪁 Fall 2026 Artist Spotlight: Sharon Lockhart ✨

Sharon Lockhart is a Los Angeles-based artist whose practice spans photography, film, installation, painting and sculpture. Her work explores landscapes and the people who inhabit them, examining layered histories and the complexities of the present through carefully composed images and moving images. Often working on long-term, research-intensive projects, Lockhart builds meaningful relationships with her collaborators and subjects, developing interconnected bodies of work across multiple media.

Sharon’s work has been presented internationally at institutions including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as major exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, Shanghai Biennale and Whitney Biennial.

Her upcoming solo exhibition at The Power Plant, Fogo, features a series of photographs collectively entitled Fogo Island Portrait Studio, depicting the island’s young residents, alongside WINDWARD, a film installation featuring the same protagonists. Together, these works bring to life the island’s striking geological formations, unique climate and austere beauty, reflecting core themes of her practice: an exploration of place, sustained attention and a long-term commitment to the people who appear before her lens.

Don’t miss the chance to be among the first to experience Sharon’s work at the Opening Reception on October 23!

🔗 Learn more at the link:
https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/exhibitions/fogo.

Images: 1. Portrait of Sharon Lockhart. Photo: James Benning. / 2. Sharon Lockhart, still from WINDWARD, © Sharon Lockhart, 2025. Co-commissioned and co-produced by Shorefast/Fogo Island Arts, The Vega Foundation, and the National Gallery of Canada, with the support of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

10/07/2026

You’re Invited! 💌

Join Zita Cobb, Co-founder of Shorefast and Founder of Fogo Island Arts, for a public talk presented in connection with Sharon Lockhart’s upcoming exhibition Fogo. Cobb will share perspectives on place, community, and culture, drawing from her work with Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts.

Connectors: International Speakers Series with Zita Cobb
🗓️ Wednesday, October 21 | 7 PM–8 PM
📍 Harbourfront Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay West
🎟️ $15 for Non-Members, Free for Members
https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/calendar/connectors-international-speakers-series-zita-cobb

Don’t miss the chance to learn more about Fogo before the exhibition opens on October 24!

Image: Portrait of Zita Cobb. Photo by David Howells.

10/06/2026

🐚 Fall 2026 Artist Spotlight: Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo ✨

Zadie Xa explores diasporic identities, global histories, familial legacies, and interspecies communication through masquerade, play, costuming, and storytelling. Her highly collaborative practice includes ongoing exchanges with dancers and musicians, and she has worked with Benito Mayor Vallejo since 2006. Alongside his own practice, Mayor Vallejo explores painting, installation, performance, and sculpture.

Xa’s work has been presented at Whitechapel Gallery, The Box, Leeds Art Gallery, Remai Modern, Tramway, and Yarat Contemporary Art Space. She has also participated in the Jeju Biennale (2022), the 13th Shanghai Biennale, and Sharjah Biennial 16.

For her first major exhibition in Toronto, Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything, Xa presents an expansive installation combining paintings, murals, sound, and a mobile sculpture.

Join us for the Opening Reception on October 23 and be among the first to experience Zadie’s multi-sensory environment, connecting storytelling, Korean mythology, folklore, diasporic identity, and marine ecology to the shores of Lake Ontario. 🌊

🔗 Learn more at the link:
https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/exhibitions/moonlit-confessions-across-deep-sea-echoes-your-ancestors-are-whales-and-earth-remembers-everything.

Images: 1. Portrait of Zadie Xa, 2024. Photo: Charles Duprat. / 2. Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo, detail of Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything, 2025. Courtesy the artists and Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo: Eva Herzog.

10/01/2026

✴︎ Mark your calendars for October 23! ✴︎

Join us for the opening reception to celebrate The Power Plant’s fall 2026 season!

🗓️ Friday, October 23
🕠 Members’ Preview: 5:30 PM–7 PM
🕠 Public Opening Celebration: 7 PM–9 PM
📍 The Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay West
🎟️ Free admission — RSVP via the link!
https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/calendar/fall-2026-opening-celebration

Don’t miss the chance to be among the first to experience our new exhibitions. Looking forward to welcoming you back to The Power Plant!

𐃯 Drinks by Solly's Craft Soda and Town Brewery

09/29/2026

Save the date: Fall 2026 season opens on October 24! ✨

This fall, The Power Plant brings together artists exploring place, identity, ecology, and the worlds that connect us.

The season features the first major Toronto exhibition by Vancouver-born, UK-based artist Zadie Xa, created with longtime collaborator Benito Mayor Vallejo, alongside Fogo, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sharon Lockhart featuring her latest film, WINDWARD, and a suite of new photographs.

Also on view is Owner of a Lonely Heart, an 80-minute film program featuring Haig Aivazian, Stephanie Comilang, Alia Farid, Hope Pearl Strickland, and Yuyan Wang; two new commissions by Ella Gonzales and Sami Tsang; and a new South Facade Billboard by Morgan Sears-Williams.

Curated by The Vega Foundation in dialogue with The Power Plant, Fogo and Owner of a Lonely Heart continue our ongoing partnership.

🔗 Stay tuned for details about the opening evening on October 23. Learn more about the upcoming exhibitions via the link: https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/exhibitions.

09/14/2026

Power Ball is back this Thursday!

Get your ticket before they sell out and join us for an unforgettable art party. This is the comeback you won't want to miss.

https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on/calendar/power-ball-2026

09/04/2026

⏳ LAST WEEKEND to see 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴!

The exhibition features participatory and interactive works by leading artists from Canada and abroad, transforming the gallery into a space where things can be made, moved, played with, tried out, and tested. By inviting visitors of all ages to play, experiment, and get involved, the exhibition offers new ways to experience the gallery and imagine what’s possible.

Join us to experience 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 before the exhibition closes this Monday, September 7!

The Power Plant is open all weekend long, from 11 AM to 6 PM, with extended hours today until 8 PM. As always, admission is FREE.

08/28/2026

Have you explored Colourful Parachutes yet? 🪂

There’s still time to experience and interact with works by Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Sassa Linklater, Tobias Linklater, Ana Mendieta, Rivane Neuenschwander, Harold Offeh, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, and Robin Rhode.

Plan your visit before the exhibition closes on September 7!

📸 Installation view: Colourful Parachutes: Imagining Alternative Futures Through the Power of Play, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2026. Photos: LF Documentation.

08/26/2026

📣 WE’RE HIRING: Installation Technician 🛠️⁠
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The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery is looking for a skilled and experienced Installation Technician to join our team. If you’re passionate about contemporary art and comfortable with the technical aspects of installing multidisciplinary exhibitions and audio-visual equipment, we’d love to hear from you.

This role will support all stages of exhibition production—from construction and installation to deinstallation—and take the lead on audio-visual installation tasks. Strong communication skills and hands-on problem-solving are key.

💼 Casual Position (availability and hours vary based on exhibition needs)
📍 Toronto | On-site work
📩 Application Deadline: September 1, 2026
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Ready to bring your skills to inspiring exhibitions and make an impact in contemporary art? Check out the full job description and apply today via the link! 🔗

https://www.thepowerplant.org/about/opportunities/installation-technician-2

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