Paul Roorda would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council for its ongoing support of his creative projects this year.
Paul Roorda would like to thank the Waterloo Region Arts Fund for its support his ongoing project: Fake Meets Fiction: AI, Analogue, and Art
Paul Roorda’s art, Tally, is included in this Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery exhibition, curated by Darryn Doull
Opening reception: September 22, 2023, from 7 to 19 pm.
Paul Roorda’s mixed media collage, cyanotype prints, and Time Stop musical sculptures will be featured in this group exhibition at Hilbertraum in Berlin, Germany. Titled Hide in the Dark, this exhibition will also feature work by Chilean artist, Paula Anguita, and by German artist, Kuno Ebert.
Paul Roorda’s art will be included in this exhibition which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the City of Kitchener’s artist in residence program. Roorda was the artist in residence in 2007. This exhibition will include Weather and Wonder: Seeing the Sky.
Homer Watson House and Gallery: 1754 Old Mill Rd, Kitchener, ON N2P 1H7
Opening Date: August 18, 7-9 pm; official remarks at 7:30 pm
For information go to: https://www.homerwatson.on.ca/exhibitions/
Paul Roorda's cyanotype prints, recent mixed media works, and Time Stop musical sculptures will be on exhibit in this solo exhibition. Catalogue is available.
Opening reception: Sunday, July 24 from 11:30 - 4:00pm
For exhibition hours, gallery, and catalogue information go to: https://www.raum-fuer-kunst.de/
Paul Roorda will be participating in Crossings Toronto from March 2 – April 14, 2022 with his work, “Tally”.
This is part of an international series of exhibitions that began in 2016 with previous Crossings exhibits in Amsterdam and Washington, D.C. It will feature sixteen original works by Canadian artists engaging the Scriptural Stations of the Cross. It is an all-outdoor exhibit with locations on the University of Toronto campus and at five churches in midtown Toronto.
For more information go to www.crossingstoronto.com.
Read Kate Taylor’s review of Somewhere Anywhere Postcards in the Globe and Mail:
”Mail art makes a comeback as pandemic locks artists out of galleries”
Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail, February 15, 2021
Paul Roorda’s art is featured in Ruminate Magazine, a journal of stories, poetry and art. This issue, At Sea, features a selection of Roorda’s art under the title Falling Sky, Rising Sea. This collection of mixed media works makes reference to skies, icebergs and ocean horizons.
To see the feature go to Ruminate Magazine: Issue 60 At Sea - Falling Sky, Rising Sea.
Bonn Park podcast is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the City of Kitchener's Artist in Residence program with a special 10-episode series about some of the artists who brought it to life. In the series, Sara and Marshall chat with creative people who have held the year-long position, and find out what they are creating now.
In this first episode, Sara and Marshall speak with Paul Roorda.
Click here to listen to the Bonn Park Episode 117: Paul Roorda.
Read Anam Latif’s article titled “Fine art in your mailbox: local artist creates unique postcards.” Published January 25, 2021.
This solo exhibition will feature a series of cyanotype landscapes based on photos of weathered walls.
Gallery Information:
Tuesday - Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
10 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, ON.
Two person exhibition at 2gallery, Prince Edward County.
Paul Roorda's new paintings of aging weathered walls offer visions of distant horizons and timeless skies.
Opening reception: Sunday, November 17, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am - 4pm | Sat: Noon - 4pm
1585 Yonge Street (2 blocks north of St. Clair Avenue NE corner of Yonge and Heath)
200 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4G7
October and November, 2019
See works from the “Seeing Things in Clouds” series at Lift Gallery, WLU library, floor 5.
Opening reception: Wednesday, November 6th, 7 to 9 pm.
