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mixed media artist
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View fullsize It seems like the stars are literally aligning πŸ€”πŸ€­… my exhibition EXPOSED, will be on view in the Piano Nobile Gallery, at the same time that famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is presenting The Search for Life in the Universe, at the C
View fullsize In my new exhibition titled EXPOSED, I will be sharing  a few of what I have termed Marginalia - small reflections or notes on a specific piece, process or material. Here’s one of them along with a detail of the piece:

One day in the studio, I
View fullsize Books that still want to be read are ….

EXPOSED
solo exhibition /  Deborah Danelley 
30+ Book Collage/Assemblage/Foundpaper

November 30- March 3, 2026

Piano Nobile Gallery
Centennial Concert Hall (mezzanine)

Available for viewing if attend
View fullsize This tender book assemblage titled 
The Calling, has found it’s new home. This piece is one of 30+ pieces created using books acquired from the private family library of renown Canadian dancer Margie Gillis. Based on text found within in the co
View fullsize This 9x12 analog collage titled Make, has found a new home here in Winnipeg! 
Papers used were found in a lively entertainment district in Hackney Wick, London this past May. All of the pieces made during and after that residency with these found pap
View fullsize And ….. exhaleeeee! Finally a brief 
pause from the admin side of art life! 
I’m back in the studio after a busy stretch. 
Sometimes you just need to make before you think, and this is the result today- titled: Wink Wink, this 9x12&rdquo
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View fullsize And that’s a wrap! Really felt so compelled to finish this one! 
Autonomy of Being
30x30”
Analog Collage on canvas (found papers/Toronto)
Haven’t done a larger paper collage in a while so this was fun. The soundtrack playing was par
View fullsize Fresh from my Toronto visit … excited about finding some larger papers to work with. Here’s my latest work in progress! Nice to change up the scale with this type of work (30x30”) although that does bring its challenges. 

#collage
View fullsize Just back from Toronto for Thanksgiving and as I unpack what should have been some new fall fashions from my favourite shops,πŸ˜…… ended instead with this pile of fresh studio material harvested from the streets of Toronto! Oh how a little trip
View fullsize Where Words Fade
16x12” 
Book collage and found(London)papers on canvas 
#collage #vintagebook #foundpaper #london #bookcollage #wherewordsfade #history #passageoftime #wabisabistyle #pink #contemporarycollagemagazine #canadiancollagecollective
View fullsize Reverence
Analog Collage w found papers(London)
12x9 mixed media paper 184lb substrate 

#collage #foundpapers #purplestripes #contemporarycollagemagazine #kolajmagazine #canadiancollagecollective #torontocollagecollective #winnipegartist #contempora
View fullsize View from the studio … Sunday vibe on a beautiful sunny day in Manitoba! I’ve been nursing a bit of golfer/tennis elbow that has slowed me down this past week, but I am back! And the good side of that is the works for the December exhibi
View fullsize What fun it’s been rediscovering works that have been tucked away in a corner of the studio…. Wired and ready! 
Immortality 
Book assemblage on canvas
20x16”

#collage #assemblageart #assemblagemagazine #contemporarycollagemagazine
View fullsize Take a walk through the gritty streets of Old Havana and London and you might come up with something like this! Coincidentally I also just realized 2.0.4 is a Manitoba area code. 
Heart and Soul 
Analog Collage 
12x9” on 184lb m/m strathmore pa
View fullsize Going into the start of week 2 of prepping canvases for a large solo exhibition later this year. Just finished wiring up this award winning piece from this year’s Society of Canadian Artists Open International Juried Exhibition… it will
View fullsize Preparing for an exhibition later this year, gave me the chance to meet this piece once again. It’s amazing how time changes the way you see your own work — what once felt finished now feels new again, carrying me back to the moment it wa
View fullsize Okay, still screwing around these past couple of days, 10 pieces wired but probably 20 to go! 😜 However, all work and no play is not fun, so managed to get this small piece completed! This piece has a little bit of Margie Gillis energy mixed with so
View fullsize Spent the last couple of years creating book assemblages with an incredible collection of vintage books from the family library of Canada’s very own Margie Gillis. This large group of pieces will be shown this December through February in &ldqu
View fullsize Shadows Dressed in Dawn
9x12” analog collage with found papers (London)
#collage #risingup #contemporarycollagemagazine #canadiancollagecollective #torontocollagecollective #womenartistsofinstagram #pinkpower #urbanremains #artonpaper #remnants
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