Both abstract and representational, my work draws upon the constantly shifting face of urban landscapes. In my old Toronto neighbourhood, the past may be read in creeping rust, blooming slivers of paint, and darkening windows. The fabrication of my mixed media work expresses these ideas with wire, pins, screws, rusted hasps, links of chain, metallic leaf, staples, glaziers’ points and endless found materials.

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@leslienorgate

leslie@leslienorgate.com

Solo Exhibitions


2024

Refuge
Abbozzo Gallery
Toronto, CA

2022

the beginning of something long underway
Lyceum Gallery
Toronto ON

2018

Nothing Really Mattress
Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre
Gabriola Island BC

2016

Shoe Repair
Keep Calm & Carry On Gallery
Gabriola Island BC

2013

Layered City
Rebecca Gallery
Toronto ON

2012

Recent Work
Cowbell Restaurant
Toronto ON

Studio Shows

2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

 

Group Exhibitions


2025

Take It With You 
Abbozzo Gallery
Toronto, CA
13 – 28 Jun 2025

2024

Holiday Group Exhibition 
Abbozzo Gallery
Toronto, CA

Perfect Days
Abbozzo Gallery
Toronto ON

2022

HERsay
Gabriola Public Library
Gabriola Island BC

2019

Prud’homme Library Project (travelling exhibition)
Halifax, Toronto, Saskatoon, Vancouver

Fork Off II
Waterfront Gallery
Ladysmith BC

2018

Fork Off
Gabriola Arts & Heritage Centre
Gabriola Island BC

2016

In the Round
Graven Feather Gallery
Toronto ON

2014

Edge
Keep Calm & Carry On Gallery
Gabriola Island BC

Love Squared
Keep Calm & Carry On Gallery
Gabriola Island BC

2009

Summer Group Show
Fran Hill Gallery
Toronto ON

2000

Arts 2000
Art Gallery of Stratford
Stratford ON

1999

Behind the Seams
Offstage Collective
Toronto ON

 

Theatrical Millinery

Wildly imaginative headdresses and period hats for the world’s top costume designers on Broadway, opera, dance and theatre stages.

Bee Festival Hats & Bonnets >

 

Education

1982 Diploma in Art, Central Technical School, Toronto ON

 

Awards

1995 Pauline McGibbon Award, Ontario Arts Council prize for an emerging theatre professional