Timothy Manalo

Featuring a series of hand-woven, naturally dyed textiles alongside cast sculptures, the exhibition invites viewers to experience a blurring and traversal between the two mediums as they unfold within the gallery space. Drawing on the aesthetics of interiors and domestic environments, particularly export art such as fan wall hangings, exotic boxes, and memento mori objects, architecture serves as the primary inspiration for this new body of work. Manalo foregrounds often overlooked background details, including colour and materiality, to extend his ongoing exploration of time and place. In this solo exhibition, visitors are invited to consider the evocative potential of objects; their forms, familiarity, mystery, and personal significance, and how these qualities conspire to move them and experience the space.

Timothy Manalo is a Toronto-based sculpture, textile, and installation artist. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Installation from OCAD University in 2010. Following his undergraduate studies, he worked as a studio assistant and in-house sculptor for several companies specializing in custom art and design fabrication. In 2019, Manalo completed a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, where he also earned a Certificate in Museum Studies. His work has been featured in exhibitions across Canada and the United States, including at the Canadian Sculpture Centre in Toronto and The Sculpture Center in Cleveland. He has also participated in artist residencies at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minnesota, and the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York. Manalo's artistic practice has also been supported by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.