Sam Mogelonsky is an emerging Toronto-based artist. She holds a BFAH from Queen’s University and an MFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art, London, UK. She has participated in international residencies, including the Florence Trust Studio Residency Program, London, UK, the Château de la Napoule Art Foundation Residency in Mandelieu de la Napuole, France and A.I.R. Casa Marles in Llorenc de Penedes, Spain. She has exhibited in Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Portugal, with exhibitions in artist-run, commercial and publicly funded galleries. Her work is held in Canadian and international collections. She is a member of the artist-run Red Head Gallery in Toronto.

Artist’s Statement

By developing her own form of naïve sculptural language, Mogelonsky constructs environments and humorous sculptural forms that investigate storytelling and repetition, with the viewer becoming both participant and observer of an invented narrative. Presenting utopian situations, the works create a unique dialogue, residing in the space between the abandoned, the real and the imaginary.

Her works retain the so-called child-like qualities of construction, but reflect the intricate details of her practice. By using found objects, narrative and repetitive process, Mogelonsky creates and plays with the vernacular of travel, expressing a space caught between desire, imagination and reality and invites the viewer to experience her unique worlds and nostalgic visions.

Photo credit: Enrique Guadite, 2011