November 28 – December 6, 2022
Gallery 115 University of Ottawa

Participating Artists:
Keith Bayliss, Kimberley Eady, Sophie El-Assaad, Hamish Gane, Will Jones, Bella Kerr, Mez Kerr Jones, Heer Mandaliya, Steph Mastoris, nilofer rauha, Annika Walsh

Play Is a Roomy Subject was developed as part of the University of Ottawa’s Curating for Contemporary Art course, under the mentorship of Professor Celina Jeffery.

Connecting a diverse group of Welsh and Canada-based artists, this exhibition investigates how the simple yet elusive concept of play shapes affective experience. The student-curators further challenge the boundaries of play to explore how identity, memory, and care can be revealed through hidden realms and material gestures.

Play Is a Roomy Subject is rooted in a theoretical investigation of play as a journey of process, movement, and re-creation. Viewers are cast as active participants and invited to engage with the artworks as a form of aesthetic, emotional, and physical care.

Installation images courtesy of Julie Bica