The Next Contemporary

Mallory Lowe Mpoka | Architecture of the Self:
What Lives Within Us
Book Launch at
Thursday, November 28
7PM-9PM

Please join us this Thursday, November 28th to celebrate the Toronto launch of artist ’s inaugural photo book “Architecture of the Self: What Lives Within Us”, published by

In this book, Lowe Mpoka skilfully assembles the fruits of this rich period of introspection: self-portraits, archival photographs, poems and personal narratives. Through an auto-ethnographic approach, she weaves her own narrative with the collective stories of her family archive, exploring themes such as memory, representation and subversion. At the heart of the book lies a profound reflection on the role of territory as a place of trauma and possibility, and its influence on the construction of identity, despite the weight of the colonial legacy.

Join us to raise a glass and hear Mallory Lowe Mpoka in conversation with to discuss the process of building this richly multi-layered publication.

Recent Acquisition:

𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐚𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞 is now part of the 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮, shown at the 2023.

𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢 2

Mixed media, Weaving with Handmade Khadi Paper on Block Printed Industrially Produced Cotton

Huge congratulations to our amazing 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐚 for her major solo exhibition 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙈𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 opening at DCA
Galleries

Sukaina Kubba is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores traveling objects, textiles and vehicles as carriers of cross-cultural histories.

For this exhibition, Kubba will present existing works alongside new works created during a month-long residency in DCA Print Studio.

𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙈𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 opens on 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, and admission is free.