Is this a reception or opening?

This is a regular exhibit day during normal operating hours. The gallery is open at no charge from 12 to 5:30pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays.

Is the gallery free to visit?

There is no admission fee to visit the exhibits. The Foundation for the Study of Objective Art supports the gallery and ensures it is open to the public. As a charitable foundation no profit is made from the sale of books or cards, which may be available at reception. Donations are welcome.

Is the gallery accessible for those with mobility needs?

Our heritage building requires stairs to access all galleries; ten steps to access the main level and more to reach the upper floors as well as the basement studio and washroom.

How often do you change shows?

The nine galleries over four floors are changing at different intervals. The Collage Gallery on the second floor has new work as often as every month while the Genesis Gallery on the main level can evolve as often as every two months. Curator deborah harris may update or add work on any given day.

Do you offer guided tours?

Tours available at most times in English, French and Spanish.

Continuing retrospective of work by Floyd Kuptana

Name: Continuing retrospective of work by Floyd Kuptana
Start: 2025-12-09T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-09T17:30:00-05:00
Location: Gallery Arcturus

By Gallery Arcturus

Multiple dates

Overview

See sculptures by the innovative carver throughout many rooms of this multi-floor gallery. Look also for pastels and paintings by Kuptana.

This is an ongoing exhibit of carvings large and small, integrated with changing installations all through the gallery. A special thanks to Jean Paul Albert for his generous loan of work that makes possible this retrospective of Floyd Kuptana's prolific career.

NB: The gallery will be closed Sunday, Dec. 21 and reopening on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

This ongoing display of stone carvings throughout the gallery began as a memorial to master sculptor Floyd Kuptana after he passed away in May 2021.

In 2022 the gallery staged a major exhibition of Kuptana's paintings, pastels and sculptures with the contribution of many pieces belonging to the artist's longtime collaborator and friend, Jean-Paul Albert. At the time curator deborah harris wrote: "It is still hard to imagine that [Floyd] is not here with us, working, laughing, growling. We miss him."

Since then many of the sculptures have remained on display in multiple rooms throughout the four-floor gallery building, becoming part of the changing installations devised by harris. See below for a list of our individual spaces as well as our Eventbrite profile for current shows.

Floyd Kuptana was born on February 14, 1964 at Cape Parry, Northwest Territories. The arctic landscape ran through him as did the concrete shoreline of Lake Ontario, and the city streets he walked on. He made his home where he was. He left behind an extraordinary wealth of creatures some of which you can see displayed at Gallery Arcturus, a regular destination of the artist during the latter part of his career.

Here Kuptana engaged with other artists which often resulted in unusual collaborations or mutual challenges to work in new media including paint, pastel and collage. Much of this work is recorded in books published by the gallery and available for sale or free viewing on our websites.

We invite you to spend time with the sculptures [as well as the books available in our libraries] and to meet Floyd through his work.

Curious about Kuptana's work in various media? Download these books by Gallery Arcturus curator deborah harris: https://www.dailyartblog.ca/arcturus-books/

Voyage through nine exhibit spaces from Tuesday to Saturday, 12 noon to 5:30pm.

Supported by the Foundation for the Study of Objective Art

The Genesis Gallery: https://arcturus.ca/genesis/

Up North Gallery: https://arcturus.ca/north/

Ascending Gallery: https://arcturus.ca/ascending/ mobiles, paintings, pastels

Collage Gallery: https://arcturus.ca/collage/ rotating works

The Library: https://arcturus.ca/library/ Kuptana sculptures from the permanent collection + an indoor garden

The Drawing Room: https://arcturus.ca/drawing-room

The Dark Room: https://arcturus.ca/darkroom/

The Photographic Gallery: https://arcturus.ca/photographic-gallery

The Studio: https://arcturus.ca/studio/ come to the lower level working space

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