Presented alongside Connie Oreamuno's exhibition Embed_v2, on view in Gallery 44's Vitrines from July 17–September 5, this public program expands the exhibition into a participatory portrait experience. The exhibition and program are presented in partnership with Gallery 44 and Whippersnapper Gallery.
For one day only, Whippersnapper Gallery will be transformed into an otherworldly and intimate portrait studio. Step inside to have your photo taken using Connie Oreamuno’s signature, ethereal projection textures. Sign up here for a 20 minute slot: http://bit.ly/4gv82Pb. First come, first served, PWYC (cash or e-transfer to general@whippersnapper.ca). All funds will contribute directly to programming costs, as part of Whippersnapper Gallery’s 2026 funding drive.
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Connie Oreamuno is a queer, Chilean Toronto-based new media artist. She is drawn to dream states, ethereality, colour, surrealism, and how different worlds and practices can intersect. Influenced by her dance background, she is interested in how movement and digital mediums can merge. Her work has been featured in Festival of Recorded Movement, The Textile Museum of Canada, Geary Art Crawl, IC Contemporary’s Noxte, Lore Magazine and she is currently a board member at Charles Street Video. She has primarily worked with projection design and mapping for installations, theatre, film, concerts and event production.
Whippersnapper Gallery provides emerging artists and cultural workers with a platform to expand the parameters of their practice and develop ethical, rigorous relationships with communities, particularly racialized, queer, disabled and working class people. Located at the edge of Kensington Market and Chinatown, Whippersnapper offers space to experiment and confront displacement in the ever-gentrifying urban core in which the gallery, viewable from the street 24/7, is situated. A non-profit artist-run centre, Whip is structured to encourage peer-to-peer mentorship and create innovative programming that catalyzes social transformation.
