September 11 – 21, 2025
Cry Baby Gallery
1468 Dundas St. W
Toronto, ON

Art gallery display with three abstract sculptures on white pedestals and a framed artwork on a white brick wall, next to a large window.

First Impression Vol.3:
EMC Contemporary

For our inaugural exhibition, First Impression vol. 3: EMC Contemporary features work by our current roster of collaborators – artists working across mediums whose practices reflect culturally diverse and socially engaged dialogues through their unique methods of storytelling.

Delali Cofie and William Ukoh’s photographic practices are deeply rooted in personal explorations of self and processes of becoming, carefully woven with diasporic thread; while Zoe Osborne’s digitally rendered landscapes conjure fleeting moments of longing and home. Her work transports us to vibrant, tropical spaces where dream, memory, and reality intersect.
Ojo Agi centers Black women’s perspectives through her drawings on brown paper, in which each figure emerges from negative spaces as a way to subvert dominant art historical traditions of subjecthood. Here, care, introspection and cultural memory exist at the fore. Similarly, Pooja Pawaskar’s wood sculptures explore visibility and presence, encouraging viewers to consider the environment in which her work lives. Through organic forms, Pawaskar’s experimentation with materiality bridges cultural roots with contemporary expression.

Leila Fatemi and Tahsine Al Hassane’s interdisciplinary practices materialize across various mediums, including collage, textile, pattern, and repetitive gesture. Both offer alternative perspectives on collective experiences and ways of seeing, stitching together elements of the past with the present.

Together, their artistic practices serve as a reminder that Eve(r)ything (can) Beg(i)n Right Now.

In addition to the artwork in the main gallery, we’re excited to be highlighting self-published artist books, with publications by Ernesto Cabral de Luna, Jorian Charlton, Chris Ferreiras, Tommy Keith, and Anthony Nusca.

Available Works
Art gallery display with three abstract sculptures on white pedestals next to a large window and a framed collage hanging on a white brick wall.
Gallery window featuring white and black sculptural vases, with text indicating an art exhibition titled "First Impression Vol 3" at 1468 Dundas Street West, highlighting contemporary work by several artists.
An art gallery with white walls showcasing four framed pictures. On the left, two dark-colored photographs, one of which depicts a person with braided hair, and the other appears to be a window or arch. To the right, a black-and-white photograph with
A framed black-and-white photograph hangs on a plain white wall, depicting two children playing on around a trampoline.
Art gallery with two framed artworks on white walls, one black and white and the other colorful, both displayed alone.
Two framed artworks hung on a white gallery wall, one depicting a detail of the Alhambra and the other a profile of a woman with braided hair.
Photography of an ornate architectural interior featuring archways with intricate detail, framed in a black border on a white wall.
Three framed photographs hanging on a white gallery wall, featuring different black and white images and a drawing of a woman with braided hair.
Interior of an art gallery with white brick walls displaying framed art, a textile art piece, and sculptures near a large window showing street view with cars and storefronts.
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Art gallery wall with a framed painting of two black women, and a textile art piece with the words "Everything begins right now" embroidered on it, hung on a white brick wall.
A framed collage of a group of women, all wearing holding vases on their heads, hangs on a white brick wall.
A video projection of a bed with a wooden headboard and matching side tables are set in a garden scene with lush greenery and flowers. Two pink lamps sit on the side tables, and a white patterned curtain or wall hanging is in the background.
A video projection of a bed with a wooden headboard and matching side tables are set in a garden scene with lush greenery and flowers. Two pink lamps sit on the side tables, and a white patterned curtain or wall hanging is in the background.
Multiple artist books displayed on a white wall using black hooks. The books vary in color and design, including blue, yellow, and patterned covers, some with text and others with images.
Books with colorful covers hanging on a white wall. One notebook has a sunset over trees with the text "DON'T FORGET TO WAVE," another has a yellow cover with the text "Soley," and another has a blue cover with the text "By the Lake."