Opening of Shake-n-Make and Kristiina Lahde exhibitions

Shake-n-Make specializes in the mash-up of art and craft. Their work revisits home hobby crafts from the 1970s to address issues such as feminism, environmentalism, and self-sufficiency shared in common with our contemporary moment in which farm-to-table and craft brewing have become a part of the cultural zeitgeist. Linked by the use of modular design and labour-intensive production Once More, With Feeling brings together several large sculptural installations, including that use scale, repetition, and a willful sense of playfulness to challenge our assumptions around handicrafts while questioning what is appropriate as an art material.

 

Shake-n-Make (Claudia B. Manley and Liss Platt) is a queer art collective based in Hamilton. They have exhibited their work at MKG127, Art Gallery of York University, Rodman Hall Art Gallery, The Artists Newsstand, A Handmade Assembly, Hamilton Artists Inc., and been awarded grants from the Ontario Arts Council. Shake-n-Make is represented by MKG127, Toronto.

 

Kristiina Lahde is a Toronto-based artist. Recent solo exhibitions include In and Out of Order at OBORO, Out of Line at MKG127, and Unfolding at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. She has also exhibited at the Koffler Gallery, The Power Plant, La Biennale de Montréal, and was long listed for the 2013 Sobey Art Award. Kristiina Lahde is represented by MKG127, Toronto.