Exhibitions: Jordan Craig | First Light & Patti Normand | New Works Feature

Exhibitions: Jordan Craig | First Light & Patti Normand | New Works Feature


Exhibition Dates: Nov 6–22
Vernissage: Thursday, Nov 6, from 5–7 pm

WALL SPACE GALLERY is excited to present the latest solo exhibition First Light by Jordan Craig, and a curated selection of new works by Patti Normand.

Jordan Craig | First Light

Wall Space Gallery is proud to announce the opening of First Light, an evocative new exhibition by photographer and oil painter Jordan Craig. Craig's journey into painting, shaped by his family’s rich artistic legacy, reflects a deep, personal exploration of landscape and natural forces. In this series, Craig channels the ancient tradition of oil painting to capture the mesmerizing beauty of nature, blending the precision of photography with the raw expression of painting.

Jordan Craig grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in a family of artists and painters, surrounded by the rugged beauty of Canada’s far eastern coast. Moving to Ottawa as a young adult, he first pursued his passion for visual arts through photographic film development, experimenting in his own darkroom, and learning from the results. This passion grew into a long career in photography, with his work becoming widely collected.
As the son of a celebrated oil painter, Craig was drawn back to the medium that shaped his childhood. Painting alongside his father and immersing himself in the traditions of oil painting became a journey of determination and passion. His work, created with traditional oils, evokes an old world, almost scientific curiosity. Creating long building clouds of rain, rising heat, and capturing the invisible threads that bind the natural world together. For Craig, oil painting is both a way to explore his fascination with nature’s forces and to carry forward a deeply rooted family legacy.
Jordan Craig has also designed visual art for numerous projects, including One Woman Guitar with Grammy-nominated musician Sue Foley for the National Arts Centre.

Featured Artist | Patti Normand - Wall Space Gallery is thrilled to showcase Patti Normand’s latest collection, featuring surreal, anthropomorphic figures and her iconic dioramas. From polar bears and wolves with human bodies to dreamlike creatures, Normand blends reality with the absurd, creating strange yet familiar worlds filled with humor and fantasy. Her works, inspired by the Canadian wilderness, societal events, and pop culture, invite us to step into intimate, mysterious scenes.

Patti Normand is an artist based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a multidisciplinary artist with works ranging from miniature dioramas, to larger scale sculptures, photography and painting. She embraces the belief that an artistic practice is about developing a visual language that is unique to the maker and can be expressed through any medium. Her work often examines our relationship to nature. Patti has had a diverse career, pursuing both her personal work, as well as working professionally in museums doing exhibit work. She has created many dioramas and other visual props for some of Canada's National Museums, notably the Children's Museum at the Canadian Museum of History.
Normand is a graduate of OCAD University and she has recently received a City of Ottawa project grant for her 2017 body of work. In 2016, Normand’s photograph Siesta Motel won an Award of Merit during the SNAP! Contemporary Photo Competition and Auction for the Aids Committee of Toronto. Her work has been purchased by the City of Ottawa Public Collection.