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Studio Sixty Six is now de Montigny Contemporary. To kick off this new era we have two back-to-back exhibitions in our newly renovated space.
“Now seems like the perfect time to change the name of the gallery as we are growing our program and operations within Ottawa and beyond.The gallery will continue to build the legacy of artistic careers and the collections of our patrons. Thank you for your continued support.”
– Brendan A. de Montigny
About the Exhibition – All in good time
After spending many years addressing the issues of being Japanese Canadian through the fusion of Japanese images and abstract shapes, Norman Takeuchi decided the time had come to once again take on the challenge of making images that had not existed before.
In this series, Takeuchi returns to his experimental sketches and uses them as a starting point to deepen his sense of abstraction. Through this process, he embarks on producing original compositions built of new shapes and colours that evolved from his previous work to invent original images. He maintains connections with some recurring shapes but plays with them to find new ways of picture-making. Leaning into this new direction, he has pared down his colour palette to black, emphasizing form over meaning, and incorporating red to add a spark and sense of light to the compositions.
Takeuchi’s exploration of abstraction is a challenge that drives his practice and satisfies his need to invent and evolve. Takeuchi affirms his evolution: "At the core of my work is the exploration of abstraction. The paintings in All in Good Time are the latest stage in my ongoing experimentation for invention and discovery.”
Left: Norman Takeuchi, CAVE NO. 2, 2022, Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas board, 28 x 22 in., Custom maple frame
About Norman Takeuchi
B. 1937, Vancouver, British Colombia
Originally from Vancouver, some of his earliest memories are of the interior of BC where his parents were forced to relocate during World War II. Ultimately graduating from the Vancouver School of Art in 1962, he went to London, England, to concentrate on painting, and again in 1967 with a Canada Council grant. In 1996, he left a design career to focus on art. He has since participated in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is placed in permanent collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Art Gallery, Canada Council Art Bank, City of Ottawa, Carleton University Art Gallery, and in private collections in Canada and abroad. In 2023, Takeuchi was inducted into the Order of Canada and had a major retrospective at the Ottawa Art Gallery, Shapes In Between, curated by Catherine Sinclair, Sachiko Okuda, and Bryce Kanbara.
Right: Norman Takeuchi, LOGO NO.5. 2024, Acrylic on wood panel, in., 36 x 24 in., Unframed
About Sarah Tompkins
b.1990, Ottawa, Ontario
Sarah Tompkins’ paintings emerge from the tensions of uncertainty and ambivalence which are made manifest in the abstracted image. Her works prioritize process over outcome as they submit to creative and destructive forces.
Tompkins holds an MFA from the University of Ottawa, where she was awarded the Michel Goulet Prize for Outstanding Thesis Exhibition (2023), and a BFA in painting and printmaking from Queen’s University. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Now the air is so filled with ghosts / that no one knows how to escape them at the University of Ottawa, Rotting Fig, Empty Stomach at Lalani-Jennings Contemporary Art in Guelph, ON (2023), and Sarah Tompkins & Katie McDonald at Galerie Z Art Space in Montreal, QC (2022). She has exhibited at Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto), SAW Gallery (Ottawa), Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston), Union Gallery (Kingston), AXENÉO7 (Gatineau), and numerous group shows in London (UK), Barcelona (ES), and New York City (NY). Her work has been placed in several major collections including Google Canada and the Global Affairs Visual Arts Collection.
