Kristiina Lahde / Adam David Brown

Kristiina Lahde and Adam David Brown have fostered prolific, independent artistic practices rooted in Conceptual Art. Engaging a wide range of media inclusive of sculpture, video, installation, drawing, painting and printmaking, their parallel practices demonstrate a similar inclination for deep investigation and experimentation. Lahde and Brown’s collaborative participation as 2023 Smokestack Analog Print Residency participants became the first extensive professional project undertaken together.

Lahde and Brown’s exhibition at Smokestack Gallery, Under the Influence, presented the extensive body of silkscreen-based works created during their time in residence. With Smokestack’s Master Printmaker, Laine Groeneweg, Lahde and Brown pushed the limits of the silkscreen medium in their focused investigation of the fingerprint. Experimentation with patterning, layering, scale and density illustrate rhythmic networks, cross-hatched connections and an expanded translation of the notion of touch.

Kristiina Lahde has exhibited her works across Canada and the United States including presentation at MKG127, ON; Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON; University of Waterloo Art Gallery, ON; Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, NS; The Power Plant, ON; Open Studio, ON; and Harbourfront Centre, ON, to name but a few. Lahde has been the recipient of numerous grants from the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council. Her works are represented in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, BMO, TD Canada Trust, Scotiabank, Bell Canada and Microsoft among others and numerous private collections. Lahde is represented by MKG127.

Adam David Brown has exhibited his work across Canada and internationally in the United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates including presentation at MKG127, ON; University of Westminster, UK; The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, NL; Art Gallery of Ontario, ON; Powerplant, ON; Blackwood Gallery, UofT, ON; and The Koffler Gallery, ON to name but a few. Brown has been the recipient of numerous grants from the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council. His works are represented in the collections of The Art Gallery of Ontario, Ryerson University, TD, Scotiabank, and the Ivey School of Business among others and numerous private collections. Brown is represented by MKG127.