Sally Ayre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sally is a photo-based artist who lives in Toronto and works with historical photographic processes and print mediums. Sally graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art in 1990. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. It has been featured in publications including PhotoEd magazine (Canada) and Don't Take Pictures magazine (USA). Sally is a Gallery 44 member emeritus and a member of Open Studio. These artist run-centres have provided her with opportunities for community involvement and collaboration. She has served on various committees and the board of directors of both organizations and participated in several collaborative projects. As a specialist in the historical photographic process Cyanotype she has been teaching workshops in Toronto since 1993.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2020 Natural Patterns, Woven Series, Open Studio - Feature Wall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018 Shift, Open Studio - Print Sales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 Laughter in the Breeze, Gallery 44 - Member's Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013 Traces, Open Studio - Main Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2011 Nature's Shadows, INDEXG, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2011 Whimsical Garden, Living with Washi, Coriander Girl, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 Sally Ayre, Cyanotypes, INDEXG, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 Sea Shadows, "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2003 Floating Shadows, Contact 2003, Fluid Living, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2001 Shadow Gardens, Gallery 44 - Vitrines, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998 Denial, Gallery 44 - Member's Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1996 A Private Space, Gallery 44 - Member's Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 alternative horizons, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2022 Longevity, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020 Open Studio x StreetARToronto Partnership, Open Studio, Offsite and On line: 2020 - 2025
2020 SALONSDALE, Rebel Lens, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019 Grow Op 2019, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018 Print Matters, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018 Red Light, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario , Canada
2018 New Works:Work in Alternative Processes, Gallery 44 - Presentation Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 Within, Without, Capital One, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 50.2016, Gallery 50, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 12th Annual Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2014 11th Annual Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2014 50.2014, Gallery 50, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2014 Boundless and Borderless, Touring Exhibition through 2015, Taiwan
2013 Boundless and Borderless, AGO - Print and Drawing Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013 Boundless and Borderless, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
2013 Boundless and Borderless, Sydney Printmakers, Sydney, Australia
2013 Jumelage, Engramme, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
2013 The Sketchbook Project, The Brooklyn Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2012 9th Annual Print Show, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Jumelage, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Photo Op, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Unfamiliar Territories, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Illusion and Chemistry The Alternative Process, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia, USA
2011 Art Brownie, INDEXG, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010 Revealing the Matrix: Print + Plate, Proof Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010 40 Years, 40 prints, 40 printmakers, Open Studio - Main Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010 Natural Order, Open Studio - Print Sales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 6th Annual Print Show, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 White, "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 Looking Forward, Looking Back, Contact 2009, Gallery 44 - Main Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008 Drift: Sally Ayre & Gaye Jackson, "new" gallery Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008 What's New in Washi. "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007 Summer Group Show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007 Editions, "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2006 G Hunting, INDEXG Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 What's New, What's Blue, "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 Illuminations Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2005 Willow Beach, "new" gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2004 44 Comes to Clarinton, Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
2000 journey...past...present, Renaissance Women, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2000 Tracing Shadows, Contact 2000, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1999 Insight, Contact 1999, Tenth Muse Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998 Quintet, Contact 1998, Tenth Muse Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998 Newfoundlandia, Eastern Edge Gallery St John's Newfoundland, Canada
1997 Spin Cycle, Contact 1997, Arts and Events Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1996 "true, true..." The Legacy of Verne Richards, Gallery 44 - Main Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2012 Nick Novak 2012/13 Fellow, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010 Jumelage Project, Engramme, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
2010 Jumelage Project, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1990 Verant Richards Residence 1990/91, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
Photo Ed Magazine, Bontanicals Special Edition, Winter 2022/23 edition, Canada, image of Natural Patterns,
Photo Ed Magazine, Spring/Summer 2019, Canada Sally Ayre, Cyanotypes feature
Don't Take Pictures, issue 5, Fall 2015, USA, Installation Photography and The Transformation of the Viewer
Jumelage Catalogue, 2013, Canada
Illusion and Chemistry Exhibition Catalogue, The Kieran Gallery, 2012, USA
Light Readings, xpia.com 2003 Floating Shadows, Sally Ayre
SELECTED GRANT, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND EDUCTION
2012 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2012 Japanese Paper Place Award for Innovation, 9th Annual Print Show, John B Aird Gallery,Toronto, Ontario
2012 Nick Novak 2012/13 Fellow, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2001 Member Emeritus, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1999 Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career Visual Artist Grant
1990 Verne Richards Scholarship, OCA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1990 Photo Vision Graduate with Honours, OCA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ARTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Open Studio Artist Member, 2008 - current, served on the Board of Directors, various committees and currently as an office/gallery assistant in the work exchange program
Gallery 44 Member 1990 - current, served on the Board of Directors, Exhibition Selection Committee and other various committees.
Gallery 44 workshop and one on one instructor 1995 - current
"new" gallery and collective member 2005 -2009
Tenth Muse Studio member, 1998 - 2005
Juror, 2018 Photography Medal and 4th Year Graduating Awards, OCADU, Toronto
Juror 1998 Proof5, Gallery 44
Juror 1996 Medals Jury, OCAD