Jessica Herzig is an art advisor based in Toronto. She runs a full-service consultancy that works with corporate and private clients, helping them build meaningful art collections that reflect their unique lifestyle and tastes.
Jessica has a BA from Emory University in Atlanta, and a MA in Art Business from the Sotheby's Institute. Before returning to Toronto, she spent seven years in New York City, where she worked as the assistant director of a contemporary art gallery; at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; and at Sotheby's auction house headquarters.
Jordan Nahmias is a photographer living and working in Toronto, Canada. Usually capturing images of places and things which he comes across in travel and daily life, Jordan’s evolving practice uses photography to investigate history, memory and nostalgia. He has participated in numerous curated group shows, including at Gallery 44, Red Head Gallery and Coldstream Gallery, and has shown on a solo basis as well, most recently as a part of Contact 2017.
Samara Marlee Shuter (b. 1986) is a contemporary Canadian artist known for her strikingly bold paintings of men’s suits. Born in Montreal, Shuter is an untrained artist who began her career in the film industry. Since 2012, Shuter has staged multiple solo exhibitions of her work, participated in numerous group exhibitions and donated her work to major public institutions and charities. Her work has been showcased throughout Canada and the United States at such esteemed sites as the Rockefeller Center in NYC and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. She has been sought out by established brands such as Facebook, Timberland Shoes, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Microsoft, Schott, CHANEL, Saks Fifth Avenue and Saturday Night Live for special projects featuring her art.
Shuter allows her past experiences to inform her artwork: the bold colors and graphic patterns for which Shuter is renowned, are largely inspired by the artist’s family’s roots in the textile industry. Her work is motivated by her explorations of fashion, symmetry and composition, with an ongoing analysis of ego, character, connection and a constant desire for self-expression.
Shuter currently lives and works in Toronto.
Lisa Diamond Katz and Shira Wood founded Art Interiors in 1993. Since then, they've developed a solid reputation among designers and art collectors as an excellent source for artwork by young and established artists. Appearances on over 40 television shows, and features in countless magazines, have showcased their keen eye for raw talent.
Lisa Diamond Katz and Shira Wood met at the University of Western Ontario. While in university, they envisioned a place where people could buy original pieces of art at affordable prices. They partnered up and started Art Interiors in the Forest Hill Village. Trailblazers in the industry, they established an innovative art gallery dedicated to making original art accessible and affordable, while providing a forum for artists to show their work.
For over twenty years, Shira and Lisa have successfully collaborated to introduce up-and-coming artists to the public through a groundbreaking non-traditional gallery environment. They continue to seek out the very best artistic talent while expanding their business internationally with a successful website and online store.
Dani Cooperman is a mixed media artist who constructs imagined spaces to create a dialogue between a place and its supposed inhabitants.
Cooperman was drawn to the world of graffiti through her own incessant urge to create. Many street artists experience this same compulsion and utilize public spaces for their artwork despite the inherent risk. In cities around the world, the role of graffiti has become a cultural medium to connect communities and ideas through art.
Harnessing the energy of the space, Cooperman manually adds graffiti and street art elements to her own original photographs. These visual constructions add dialogue to her personal experience in that place and time. The viewer is drawn into the scene and given the opportunity to produce their own emotive connection to the fabricated environment.
Cooperman’s mixed media pieces are a blend of photography, digitally-created graffiti, acrylic paint, and LED light behind plexiglass. Utilizing the interplay of light through the plexi, as well as various layering and scraping techniques, she creates a multi-dimensional effect that changes as the light levels are altered.
Cooperman was born in South Africa and grew up in Toronto. She received her Bachelor of Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2003. Cooperman has exhibited in Toronto and USA. Her works are held in commercial and private collections in Toronto, New York, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Panama City and Miami.
