Dubious Cosmology - MFA Thesis Exhibition

If you are in Toronto this month, please come check out my thesis exhibition at Gallery 1313! It is the culmination of my time at York University as an MFA student in Visual Art.

Ella Morton: Dubious Cosmology – York University MFA Thesis Exhibition

Gallery 1313
Opening reception: Thursday, April 16th, 2015. 6:30-10:00pm
Exhibition runs April 15-26, 2015

1313 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6K 1L6
Gallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 1:00pm – 6:00pm

Dubious Cosmology is a proposition that the world is overflowing with mystery. It is a series of photographs and sculptures that celebrate the uncanny and the sublime. It is a collection of bizarre renditions of other universes. It is an exploration of fringe beliefs and why they are important. It is an inquiry into photography, the land and sky, UFOs and science fiction. It is a quest to show that there is a relationship between landscape and mystery, and why that relationship is of value to us. If we look at our surroundings – our landscapes – closely, it becomes undeniable that everything is extraordinary, inexplicable, wonderful, and that there is so much more to be uncovered.

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Ella Morton
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as (it) is

Come check out as (it) is, our MFA beginning-of-year exhibition!



Visual Arts MFA/PhD Exhibition
September 3 - 12, 2014

Closing Reception: Wednesday September 10, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
with performance by Anna Sarchami at 5 pm in the Gales Gallery.

Gales Gallery, 105 Accolade West Building, and Special Projects Gallery,
Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University.

Gallery Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10:30 am - 4:00 pm

More info here:
http://www.akimbo.ca/73287

Sightings in Contact Photography Festival

My Sightings project will be exhibited in Contact Photography Festival for the month of May as part of the Junction BIA's programming at The Beet Organic Cafe. The show runs May 1-31st with the opening on May 3rd. Come check it out if you're in Toronto!

Sightings at The Artist Project Toronto

My project Sightings will be exhibited at The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair this weekend in Toronto, in the Untapped Emerging Artists section of the show!

Opening night:
Thursday Feb 20th, 7-11pm
Show hours:
Friday Feb 21st, 12-8pm
Saturday Feb 22nd, 11am-8pm
Sunday Feb 23rd, 11am-6pm

The Artist Project

I'm going to be exhibiting my work at The Artist Project in Toronto from February 20-23rd, in the Untapped emerging artist category! See details here.

Modern Supernatural

Colour Images from my last shoot at High Park. Working title for this project is "Modern Supernatural." I am thinking about ways to pair these images with some version of my collage works.

A Strange Occurrence in the Forest

More Sightings 2 images. Experimenting with the idea of surveillance of a certain place, which has different people visiting it for some mysterious reason, all staring menacingly at the sky.

Proem Image

Just loaded this off my camera. People watching my video installation in the Proem show last September at Special Projects Gallery at York University.

The Ominous City Hall

Latest addition to my Urban Mirages series, the Big Brother-esque city hall building in Toronto. I thought puke yellow was a good colour for the sky?

Proem Exhibition

MFA and PhD student show at York University:

Proem

Visual Arts MFA/PHD Exhibition
September 4 - 13, 2013
Closing Reception: Wednesday September 11, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Proem: preamble, preface, introduction, prelude, forward. This exhibition ushers in the new school year by showcasing artwork from returning and incoming MFA and PhD students, in York University’s Graduate Program in Visual Arts. Featuring drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, print and time-based media, Proem celebrates the unique accomplishments of York graduate student artists, and introduces their work to the York community and beyond.

Participating artists: Gord Bond, Katie Bruce, Teresa Carlesimo, Amanda Clyne, Ashley Culver, Mary Grisey, Scott Harber, Zoë Heyn-Jones, Mike Hoolboom, Rebecca Houston, Amélie Jérôme, Christie Kirchner, Michelle MacKinnon, Ella Morton, Milena Roglic, Christos Pantieras, Anna Sarchami, Alejandro Tamayo, Frances Thomas, Amy Wong.

Gales and Special Projects Galleries,
Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts,
York University

www.yorku.ca/finearts

The Dark Room 2.0

For anyone who's in Toronto this week, I have work in this show coming up at 918 Bathurst.

Grad School

I forgot to post this on here earlier, but I have to announce that I'm moving to Toronto in the fall to start my MFA in Visual Art at York University! I am looking forward to it so much!

Commute

An in-progress sound art piece I have made to accompany my Urban Mirages photos. It is a compilation of sounds from transit systems in different cities. Click here to hear it.