Chris Glabb

My exhibition ‘Spotted With Pansies’ has officially opened with the @niagaraartistscentre in St. Catharines, ON. Spotted with Pansies explores how landscape can be weaponized to enact harm against marginalized communities. A pansy is both a flower and a derogatory term for a feminine gay man, making it simultaneously beautiful and inflammatory. These works pervert ornamental tradition, embracing fashion and Internet culture as Queer muses. Overwhelming the architectural surface with spots underscores how Queerness is often rendered decorative and claustrophobic. This project was supported by the @ontarioartscouncil an agency of the Government of Ontario. Select works on loan from @demontignycontemporary . Photos by @margueritemorinart

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I am excited and honoured to display my work on the façade of @axeneosept for their 40th anniversary group exhibition XL. Triptych for AXENÉO7’s XL (2023), assemblage from fragments of projects. Untitled I (2023), Sonic X Tiffany's (2022) and Untitled II (2023). Exhibition runs from June 7th to July 29th. It’s a really great show! Thank you to AXENÉO7 for this opportunity.

Let’s take a moment to reintroduce the incredible Chris Glabb (@chrisglabb ) Chris Glabb(b. 2000) is an emerging artist of mixed Métis and European descent working between Canada and the United States. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Ottawa in 2024. His work has been presented in exhibitions across Canada and the United States, including XL at AXENÉO7 in 2023 and At a Glance at the Ottawa Art Gallery in 2025. He has presented solo exhibitions at the Shenkman Arts Centre in 2025 and the Niagara Artists Centre in 2026. Glabb recently completed a residency at Residency Unlimited in New York City, which culminated in a group exhibition in Brooklyn. In May 2026, he will participate in a residency at SAW Gallery’s Nordic Lab, where he works as a silkscreen technician and facilitates screen printing workshops with Indigenous youth. Chris has been a recipient of the Arts Abroad Project Grant (2025) from the Canada Council for the Arts, an Exhibition Assistance Grant (2026) from the Ontario Arts Council, and an Equity and Inclusion in the Arts Seed Award (2025) from the City of Ottawa. His work centres issues of hierarchy, intersectional Queerness, and Indigenous identity through referentiality, humour, and the appropriation of existing images. With a Post-Pop sensibility, his practice draws from visual culture to question social belonging, using references as points of entry and recognition. Big Pansy I, Acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 inches, 2026 Spotted with Pansies VI, Acrylic and Flashe on panel, 16 x 20 inches, 2026 Spotted with Pansies VII, Acrylic and Flashe on panel. 16 x 20 inches, 2026 Spotted with Pansies VIII, Acrylic and Flashe on panel, 16 x 20 inches, 2026

Featuring RU artist-in-residence Chris Glabb (@chrisglabb ) in the RU voices interview series 🎤 Chris Glabb is a Canadian painter and print maker that aims to make the themes of Fine Art accessible through lowbrow referentiality, irony, a dry sense of humour, and the explicit appropriation of existing images. His practice is grounded in the philosophy that images and references function as social currency – tools that provide access to spaces, experiences, and opportunities that would otherwise be inaccessible. Engaging with questions of hierarchy, intersectional Queerness, and Indigenous identities, Glabb employs a Post-Pop Art sensibility to redefine relationships between moments in culture through processes of image manipulation and printmaking. Video games, fashion, and non-objective painting provide recurring points of reference in his practice, shaping his ongoing examination of how popular imagery functions as a site of connection, critique, and cultural negotiation. Chris’ work was most recently part of the group exhibition “The Edges of Layers”, at Residency Unlimited from March 24-26, 2026. ✨A special thank you to @efa.rbpmw for providing Chris’ studio and for allowing us to shoot in their incredible space! #residencyunlimited #artistinresidence #ruresidency #chrisglabb

‘Pansy I’ and ‘Pansy II’ 🌼🌼 An image where the pansy cannot be separated from its own spotting. Thank you to @datachme for curating these works into The Edges of Layers at @residencyunlimited in NYC. Thank you to everyone at RU: Nathalie, Lulu, Giulia, and the whole team.

‘Artificial Tears’ work in progress. Acrylic on panel. 16 x 20 inch 4-colour screenprint🗽

My new work ‘Tomato Still Life with New Rococo Frame’ will be available at the Ottawa Art Gallery Give to Get Art Auction on May 29th 🍅🍅🍅 Online bidding opens May 27th💻💻💻 This work references traditional Indigenous knowledge and rising food costs. I couldn’t be more excited to share this work with Ottawa’s art community and to see who goes home with it! @demontignycontemporary @ottawaartgallery

My works, Spotted with Pansies I and II are on display at @demontignycontemporary until March 30th as part of their exhibition North Star, alongside works by @myers.mm @amooboo @dkaarse @postcinema . Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening!

I am excited to have my series That’s Where I Was When It Happened - My Face 4 Times featured in the @ottdesignclub Zine 0007 Building Bridges and the accompanying exhibition, curated by @mlmjt at @axeneosept . Thank you to ALL involved in set-up, those who visited the exhibition and those who purchased the Zine.

Thank you to everybody who visited Artist Turns to Cigarette. Big thanks to all those who came to the vernissage, I had so much fun. Thank you @blfineart and @margueritemorinart for organizing this exhibition with me. Thank you @gallery115galerie for having us!

Thank you to @nosymag and @wallspacegallery for the opportunity to show my work Untitled (Teeth in Pattern) at their exhibition Spoiled Lemons 🍋💀💫 I want to thank the Nosy Mag team for allowing me to share my work, which encompasses what I believe is a very important Contemporary Canadian issue. The show is open January 13-27. There are very exciting works!