September 18 – November 8
Magnus Hara: The Light of Day
September 18 – November 8, 2026
The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall. Ground Floor
Included with admission. Free for Gardiner Members.
This exhibition features the work of Magnus Hara, recipient of the 2024 Gardiner Museum Prize, awarded to a graduate of the Sheridan College Ceramics Program. Through alteration and combination of intimately known forms, this collection of vases is a reclamation of joy and autonomy after grief, loss, and injury. Intuitive assemblies of form, pattern, and configuration are used to question and confront the familiar in a dynamic visual language.
About the Artist
Magnus Hara
Magnus Hara is a non-binary multimedia craftsperson with a specialty in ceramics currently living and working in Hamilton, Ontario. With a background in production pottery, they use their skills on the wheel to create functional and sculptural pieces for the home with a focus on the idea of mundane intimacy. Hara studied Ceramics at Mohawk College before obtaining a Bachelor of Craft and Design from Sheridan College. Most recently, they completed an artist residency at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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