Beyond the Frame

Works by Janessa Lyzette Ardon, Aissatou Nesta Badio, Bai Zhesi, Marissa Brodie, Tiffany Chan, Coco Chen Shuyu, Shelly Chen, Chen Yifei, Jonathan De Vries, Leo Dong Yiliang, Eric Feng, Alexia Forovich, Sophie Jin Suheng, Athavan Krisnagopal, Jeea Lee, Zaid Lee, Petrina Leung, Li Zhuo Hui, Jennifer Lin Xinyi, Liu Shaoyu, Sydney Ly, Edward Ma Xiao Xuan, Rajsree Mandal, Marinus Màu, Markle Ning, Shirin Nozari, Gina Pang, Roxy Ren Yunxi, Chubi Sharon Shaibu, Tiffany Tang, Valen Trofimova, Owen Wang Long, Molly Wang Yimiao, Wong Chi Lok, Joanna Zhang Xin Yuan, Zhao Kemin, Judy Zhou Yuye 

Opening reception: Saturday, April 12, 2 – 5 pm
10-minute moderated artist conversations will take place at 2:45 pm, 3:30 pm, and 4:15 pm

The Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough is pleased to present Beyond the Frame an exhibition and publication featuring works by graduating students in the Studio Art program. We find ourselves in world beleaguered by conflict and unrest, in a political moment marked by division, restriction, and the raising of borders. The realm of art can offer a sanctuary from this chaos, but it is also a domain where the boundary is anathema. Beyond the Frame offers a counter-narrative to the current moment, reaffirming a conviction in the value of fluidity, heterogeneity, and otherness. Spanning painting, collage, photography, video, digital art, sculpture, and installation, the thirty-seven works in the exhibition probe the limits and potential of our senses, explore the interplay between self and society, and reckon with a myriad of internal and external conflicts, emotional, psychological, technological, ecological, and geopolitical in nature. Beyond the Frame is the panoply over the panopticon, the panorama as opposed to the snapshot.   

Faculty mentors: Will Kwan and Sanaz Mazinani