Under the Influence presents a new series of print works by Toronto-based artists, Kristiina Lahde and Adam David Brown. The works featured in this exhibition center around the notion of touch and are aligned by the principle of, ‘less is more’. Using their own fingerprints as a starting point, Lahde and Brown have produced a series of print works that highlight their collaborative experiences as 2023 Smokestack Analog Print Residency participants.

The works in Under the Influence introduce touch as the nucleus of Lahde and Brown’s formal and conceptual investigations. Using impressions of their own fingerprints as the foundation for their imagery, they produced a series of works that experiment with layering, scale, and patterning, in order to expand, merge and translate the notion of touch. The resulting lines and intersections create rhythmic networks and cross-hatched connections.

Kristiina Lahde’s works have been exhibited 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’s works have been exhibited 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.