Bio
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Hermann & Audrey state the Broadbent Sisters are "Strongly connected, their multidisciplinary and meditative approach to art creates a fresh and unique experience for the community. Delving in everything from painting to performance and sculpture, the Broadbent sisters transform everyday spaces into magical and nurturing realms where sparkles are swept and energy flows."
BROADBENT SISTERS
Studio 835
835 Bloor St W
Toronto ON
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E: broadbentsisters@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
CURRENT
'DOE: Divine Omni Era' | MCA Gallery | Toronto ON | Jul - Aug 2024
PAST
'Current Sea' | MCA Gallery, PEC ON | Jan 2024
'The Awakening: Mirrors of The Mind' | Art Comp 100 Kellogg, London ON | May 2023
'The Levitation' | Museum London, London ON | Oct - Dec, 2022
'OH! WELL!' | stackt Market, Toronto ON | May - July, 2022
'Glimmers Of The Radiant Real' | The Reach Gallery Museum, BC | January – May, 2020
'Miracles' | KONTORT, Toronto, ON | Jan, 2020
'Blue Garden' | stackt Market, Toronto ON | Dec 4 - 14, 2019
'A Telepathic Film - World Premiere' | Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal | Oct 11, 2019
'Venus Rising' | Funhouse Toronto, Toronto ON | June - Nov, 2019
'Now Here Home' | stackt Market, Toronto ON | Sept 9 - Nov 1, 2019
'Glimmers Of The Radiant Real' | McIntosh Gallery, London, ON | January 17 – March 16, 2019
'Glimmers Of The Radiant Real' | Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON | October 13, 2018 – January 6, 2019
'(W)Omen' | Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto | Nov 17, 2018
'Glimmers Of The Radiant Real' | The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa | May 12 - Sept 9, 2018
'A Telepathic Book' Show | Black Cat Gallery, Toronto | May 5 - 15, 2018
'A Telepathic Book' Launch | Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto | May 1, 2018
'Into The Fire' | Make Good Gallery, Toronto | Aug 4 - 18, 2017
'All Day Breakfast' | FCP Gallery, Toronto | Jun 12 - 21, 2017
'Gilded Pleasures' | Drake Commissary, Toronto | Jun 7 - 8, 2017
'Nowhere, Now Here' | Katzman Contemporary, Toronto | Feb 3 - Mar 11, 2017
'The Image You Seek Is Nowhere' | The Drake General Store, Toronto | July 5, 2016
'Midnight Massive' | Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto | Apr 21, 2016
'Living Room' | HUNTCLUB, Toronto | Oct 22, 2015
'Clearing Spaces V - World Premiere' | Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal | Oct 10, 2015
'The One That Got Away' | Artscape Youngplace, Toronto | June 15, 2015
'HOTBED' Massive Party | Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto | Apr 23, 2015
'Clearing Spaces VI' for Shelf Life, Presented by Carbon Paper | Ryerson Artspace, Toronto | Mar, 27, 2015
'Clearing Spaces IV' | STUDIO 835, Toronto | Oct 4, 2014
'Clearing Spaces III' | SUNDAY DRIVE, Warkworth ON | August 23 - September 7, 2014
'Clearing Spaces II' | HUNTCLUB, Toronto | May 1 2014
'Clearing Spaces I' | HUNTCLUB, Toronto | Feb 6 2014
'Still Moving' | HUNTCLUB, Toronto | Dec 12 2013
'Creative Type' | COOPER COLE, Toronto | May 2013
'ASL' | HUNTCLUB, Toronto | April 2013
AWOL GALLERY Toronto | March 2013
'Boom By Boom' | STUDIO 835, Toronto | July 2012
AWARDS
Winner | 'Burtynsky Grant' | 2017 Burtynsky Grant awarded to The Broadbent Sisters for A Telepathic Book | Jun, 2017
Best Originality / Creativity | Worldwide Women’s Film Festival | “Clearing Spaces X” | Arizona 2022.
Best Mobile Phone Film (Short) | Cannes World Film Festival | “Clearing Spaces X”| Cannes 2021
Best Mobile Phone Film (Short) | Paris Cinema Awards | “Clearing Spaces X” | Paris 2021
Official Selection | Festival du Nouveau Cinema | “A Telepathic Film” | Montreal, 2019
Official Selection | Grrrrl Haus Cinema | “A Telepathic Film” | Berlin, 2019
Official Selection | Festival du Nouveau Cinema | “Clearing Spaces V” | Montreal, 2015
PRESS
Blog TO, “AGO Massive Party, A Weird & Wonderful Spectacle” | March 31, 2016 | MORE AT: blogto.com“The sisters were mesmerizing to watch and the themes mentioned in the exhibit's description (domestic life, meditation, femininity, religious ritual and pop spirituality) were effortlessly conveyed without the use of words or even overt actions.”The Drake Blog | “Inside The Studio” | March 31, 2016 | MORE AT: thedrake.ca“(The Broadbent Sisters’) work is playful yet substantial…their bond as sisters and artists is one that is truly sacred and divine.”
Hermann & Audrey | "Toronto The Brave" | April 6, 2014 | MORE AT: hermannaudrey.com
"Strongly connected, their multidisciplinary and meditative approach to art creates a fresh and unique experience for the community. Delving in everything from painting to performance and sculpture, the Broadbent sisters transform everyday spaces into magical and nurturing realms where sparkles are swept and energy flows."
The National Post | "Five things to do: June 30-July 6" | Jun 29, 2012 | MORE AT: news.nationalpost.ca
"Just in time for fireworks season, these bear some kinship to the work of line artist Sol LeWitt, belied by a visceral pleasure in organized chaos that’s not unlike one gets while starting deeply into piece of abstract expressionism."
Torontoist | "Urban Planner" | Jun 28, 2012 | MORE AT: torontoist.com
"Boom by Boom is a multimedia exhibition that features fireworks in all their glory. The show takes Youtube screen grabs of fireworks shows and re-imagines them through blue ink (and a style that doesn’t look that dissimilar to Vincent van Gogh’s)."