Neubacher Shor Contemporary Gallery is presenting a new show by Toronto-based artist Jen Mann. Entitled Strange Beauties and inspired by the circus, illusions, dreams and the innocence of childhood, the exhibit captures the world through 'rose-colored glasses.'

Over the past year, Juxtapoz and Converse have teamed on a unique project, Wall to Wall, where we invite an artist in a city in North America to create a semi-permanent mural based around the artist's interpretation of the iconic Converse star. Today, we look back on the mural created in Toronto, Canada by artist Troy Lovegates. Lovegates, who you may know as OTHER, went with his signature multi-colored figurative style, adding a dreamlike, colorful addition to the Wall to Wall project.

We have been looking through a selection of paintings from Toronto's OCAD University student Ivan Alifan, and especially love his newest 2013 work (seen in the first two images here.) The Russian born artist is studying Drawing & Painting, and as we see here, he is getting better each and every year.

Sean Lewis is a Toronto, Canada based artist and illustrator, using a variety of mediums to create his richly fluid, intricate works. He completed a Bachelor of Design from OCADU and received the grad shows Gold Medal for his thesis work. He has continued to put out expressive commercial and personal work on a regular basis since then.

Coinciding with his exhibition at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto, the gallery has just released a new Geoff McFetridge print, "Chopping Stripes." We have made no secret that we love the new works from the LA-based McFetridge, and were impressed with his show at Ivory & Black in London this past Fall, and the works at Cooper Cole this month are again quite stunning. This print could make a wonderful holiday gift, hint, hint...

A reminder, Los Angeles-based, Calgary-born Geoff McFetridge is set to open Floating at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto tonight, November 9, 2012. The exhibition will mark McFetridge's first solo exhibition in his native Canada, and will include a limited edition silk screen released in conjunction with the show.

An artist we cover on the site often, and one who has become a painter with an increasingly signature style and approach to the age old idiom, 'less is more,' Los Angeles-based, Calgary-born Geoff McFetridge is set to open Floating at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto on November 9, 2012. The exhibition will mark McFetridge's first solo exhibition in his native Canada, and will include a limited edition silk screen released in conjunction with the show.

Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist, Jesse Harris, who was recently included in a group show entitled “Permanent Demand” at Cooper Cole gallery, has completed a new mural in the West Queen Street Neighborhood of Toronto.  “You’ve Changed” is meant to comment on local gentrification of West Queen Street and to support a positive message to patients visiting the adjacent Centre from Addiction and Mental Health.

Jeannie Phan is an internationally published illustrator based in the lovely city of Toronto, Canada. She works in acrylic gouache and ink to create surreal-like images with an urban twist. When I'm she's drawing, she stays busy creating zines, doodling comics or delving into the pits of web coding and video games.

Maya Hayuk has always been one of our favorite artists, and we loved the last time we saw her work in the magazine was our very special Barnstormers issue in December 2009. She is now opening a new set of works at Toronto's Cooper Cole Gallery, opening on September 6, 2012.