The Parallax Path | The Bata Shoe Museum X VIBEarts I was one of four artists chosen to be a part of a project for Nuit Blanche, for which I created “BATA VERSE”. A simple song inspired by footwear and the importance of it. The important subtleties of life. Continue reading Nuit Blanche 2022
In September, 2022, we culminated the LaunchPad project with a solo showcase gallery in a space in downtown Toronto. I took really wanted to get as much as I could from this experience so I doubled my personal showcase as a pop-up shop also. The showcase was a multi-media medley comprising of all that makes up RIDIC’S WORLD; fashion, traditional and digital art, sculptures, books … Continue reading RIDIC’S WORLD RECAP
I got blessed with the opportunity to be a part of a project between VIBEarts and the Bata Shoe Museum for a showcase during the Nuit Blanche city-wide art gallery. I can remember the first time I had attended a Nuit blanche event back in 2014. It was the first time I had been around so many people, I felt like a fish in a … Continue reading BATA VERSE ’22
We all out here struggling sometimes, some more than others. But there comes a point where you realize that wallowing in the hardship or sorrows that come from it, is not the resolution to it. So this is my contribution to the issues I felt most touched by, or atleast where my voice feels the strongest. I was hired by Partisans to be an experiential … Continue reading “FINDING HOME”
What is good ya’ll? We back again with another one! To usher in the finale of the LaunchPad project with VIBEarts, each participant is getting the opportunity to do an artist takeover of The Whippersnapper Gallery on Dundas St. W. for a few days. I will be doing my “Ridic’s World” takeover from September 22nd until September 26th, and it will encompass all my works … Continue reading Ridic’s World Pop-Up
Recently I got an opportunity from a friend to be apart of an art show she hosted. The first one was in June of 2022, and we decided to make it a monthly event. Hosted at a shop in the eastside of the city called “The D & Co.” on Kingston Road. I showed pieces from my various mediums and collections including; paintings, clothing, rugs … Continue reading The D After Hours Artshows
On May 17th, I got the opportunity to lead and facilitate my VIBEBloom workshop; “POP-ART+”! It was my personal process, and crash-course in basic pop-art creation. I tried to showcase the process starting from a blank canvas, to the final piece. A lot of the focus of discussion orbited around topics like creative expectations to execution, finding inspiration, color theory and mostly the basic elements … Continue reading VIBEarts: VIBEBloom// POP-ART +
As we like to do in the dimebag, we dropped 3 singles in lead-up to our latest independent album “OTHER WORLD”, which will be releasing this summer! http://www.dimebagcrew.ca “BRUH” by dimebagcrew “SUNDAZE” by dimebagcrew “ISSUES” by dimebagcrew Continue reading DBC: Pre Album Trilogy
Better belated than notta huh; I turned 31. I have never been good at self-celebration, and often my introvertedness rises to the top and I go inward in times of self celebration. I just always feel weird putting my own shit onto other people, good times & the bad. So I create, the best I can atleast. I have been working at a dispensary so … Continue reading 22.4.22
I got offered an opportunity for a project last fall to be a part of this years cohort for the LAUNCHpad program. As a part of LAUNCHpad by VIBEarts, I got some funding to explore and execute some projects and pieces I have had in my head but not the budget to make reality. Especially in regards to my sculpting and mold-making, on the road … Continue reading VIBEarts: LaunchPad
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