Portfolio Review for Emerging Artists

The Art Gallery of Mississauga is offering portfolio reviews for Emerging Artists. Complementing the Art Gallery of Mississauga’s Sixth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, the AGM is pleased to present a Portfolio Review Day for Emerging Artists working in any medium. This in-person opportunity invites participants to meet with one of three arts professionals to share their work and receive personalized feedback and career guidance. Whether you are developing new work, refining a completed series, or seeking advice on exhibition opportunities, this event offers a supportive space to discuss your artistic practice and next steps. How It Works • Register through Eventbrite (Registration required, no walk-ins. Sorry.) • Limited availability (only 30 total slots available) • Meet with ONE of the reviewers during your scheduled time slot. • Reviews will be one-on-one for 20 minutes. • Each registrant may only register for ONE ticket/timeslot. Duplicates will be deleted. • A $10 nominal fee will be collected as a donation to confirm your registration. This contribution both encourages attendance and supports the work we do. WHAT TO BRING Artists are encouraged to bring whatever best represents their practice, such as: • Bring your portfolio, sketchbook, digital images, video work, or documentation of installations or sculptures — printed, on a laptop, or on a tablet. • Sketchbooks or process work • Artist statement or CV (optional, but helpful) • Be ready! You'll have 20 minutes with the reviewer. • PLEASE NOTE: Your ticket selection includes your presentation time. We ask you to arrive 10 minutes before check-in and get ready. THE REVIEWERS Cathie Jamieson is an Anishinaabe artist from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with Haudenosaunee family ties to Six Nation. She is a graduate of the Art and Art History program at University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan, and her multidisciplinary practice is based on storytelling from her Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee identity. In 2026, Jamieson’s work was featured in the Art Gallery of Mississauga exhibition I’ve Been Here Before, alongside the work of Jill Price. She has also participated in exhibitions at the Woodland Cultural Centre and Museum in Brantford, and her work is regularly featured in solo exhibitions at the Mississaugas of the Credit Annual Powwow. She currently lives on Manitoulin Island in Wikwemikong Unceded Territory where her work is informed by her land-based living practice. Julius Poncelet Manapul was born in Manila, Philippines in 1980 and immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1990. They attained their BFA at OCAD University, their Master of Visual Studies at University of Toronto, along with their Sexual Diversity Studies Research from University of Toronto. Their work had been presented at Koffler Gallery, University of Waterloo Gallery, Art Museum at the U of T, John B. Aird Gallery, A Space Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario. Also had exhibited for Toronto Nuit Blanche, Toronto World Pride, Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Toronto Queer Film Festival, Outsider Fest Austin Texas, had been featured several times on CBC Television Network, had been written in several academic articles, Journal of Asian American Studies, Vol.19 #3, Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas Vol.1 & Vol.7, Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries" to name a few, had hosted workshops and panel talks on queer Filipinx Futurities Diaspora & Decolonial Research, and had also shown works in London, Paris, Berlin, and US. Valentyna Onisko is a Toronto-based Ukrainian-Canadian curator whose practice explores the intersections of memory, identities, and shared histories. In her current role at Sheridan College, she leads the Creative Campus Galleries in Mississauga, developing exhibitions and educational initiatives across the institution’s galleries and public exhibition spaces while overseeing Sheridan’s art collections. Prior to joining Sheridan, she held positions at the Indigenous Visual Culture Research Centre at OCAD University and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. She has also served on the boards of Eyelevel Gallery and Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Onisko holds a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Art from NSCAD University. _________________________________________________________________________________ The Sixth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts celebrates a diverse range of emerging and established artists working across Ontario, on view at the Art Gallery of Mississauga from November 7, 2026 to January 10, 2027. Funding is generously provided by the City of Mississauga, TD Bank Group, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, Rama Gaming House and Charitable Gaming, Community Good. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 💬 Important Note on Feedback Feedback provided during the portfolio review is intended solely for professional development purposes. The goal of this session is to help artists strengthen their practice, refine presentation skills, and gain constructive insight into their work. Please note that the reviewers are not curators from the Art Gallery of Mississauga, and participation in this review does not constitute or guarantee exhibition opportunities. Instead, this is an opportunity to receive valuable feedback from experienced art professionals to support your ongoing artistic growth.