FIELD TRIP > Bonny Poon / Conditions
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025Thursday, May 22, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Bonny Poon / Conditions
195 St Patrick Street, Suite 109
Toronto, Ontario / M5T 2Y8 / Canada
Critical Distance is pleased to present an exhibition tour and curatorial conversation in partnership with Bonny Poon / Conditions. Join us for an engaging afternoon that begins with a walkthrough of the current exhibition led by Bonny Poon, followed by a relaxed curatorial Q&A moderated by CDCC Curator Shani K Parsons. On view is Double Whammy, a dynamic two-person exhibition featuring Governor General’s Award-winner Bruce LaBruce—marking his first Toronto exhibition in over a decade, alongside LA/Stockholm-based, Toronto-born artist Zoe Barcza. Additional works by Mark Verabioff and Jacob Jiayi Zhang are also featured in the Potty.
Image: Bruce LaBruce / Zoe Barcza. Part of the Double Whammy Exhibition on view from April 17th to May 24th 2025.
Critical Distance acknowledges operating support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
About the Curator(s)
Bonny Poon
Bonny Poon is an ultra-contemporary artist. Bonny Poon is a canadian female artist born in 1987. Bonny Poon’s first verified exhibition was Double Double Land Land at TPW – Toronto Photographers Workshop in Toronto, ON in 2009, and the most recent exhibition was Art-O-Rama 2023 at La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille in 2023. Bonny Poon is most frequently exhibited in Germany, but also had exhibitions in France, Austria and elsewhere. Poon has at least one solo show and 9 group shows over the last 14 years (for more information, see exhibitions). Poon has also been in no less than one art fair and in one biennial. A notable show was Croissant – Absolventen der Städelschule 2016 at Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Frankfurt/Main in 2016. Other notable exhibitions were at castillo/corrales in Paris and Dallas Biennale in Dallas, TX. Bonny Poon has been exhibited with Phillip Zach and Buck Ellison.
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