Brenda Joy Lem: Homage to the Heart - Tapa blanda

The art of Brenda Joy Lem embraces narrative and storytelling to convey a host of issues from racism and memory to ancient ritual and spirituality. For this exhibition she has been able to take advantage of the Gallery’s Thomas Bouckley Collection, a unique photographic and archival resource centred on Oshawa’s history and development. Being a third-generation Chinese Canadian whose family owned the first hand laundry business in the City, Lem’s expressive narratives have personal meaning. However she expands their significance forcefully within work that varies from silkscreen prints to video.