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JAMES HEWITT
James Hewitt is the Founder and Director of The Run Gallery, a vanity showroom in Toronto’s West End, and is one of the city’s newest art dealers.
The gallery has featured art and objects by mostly local artists and makers since its inception in August 2020. The RUN began as an acronym: Radically Underestimated Narratives, exemplary of the underdog status of a black-owned business in a very competitive field; as well as exhibiting avant-garde artists and makers presenting a fringe and often marginal perspective.
The Run Gallery was a recent participant in Art Toronto, tabling at 6/Editions in October 2021. James Hewitt is also a practicing artist, disciplined in drafting with charcoal and Conte on paper.
KYLE MATUZEWISKI
Kyle Matuzewiski is the Co-Director of Bau-Xi Gallery and manages both the 340 and 350 Dundas Street West locations in Toronto.
Before becoming Co-Director in November 2021, Kyle was Bau-Xi Gallery’s Associate Director and responsible for coordination of exhibitions, developing artist relations and assisting with day-to-day operations. He also played an important part in the creation of “Art Cares”; a gallery operated online auction to benefit Food Banks Canada via sales of artist donations.
Prior to that position, Kyle was the Lead Preparator at Bau-Xi and was responsible for handling and installing artwork, as well as conducting on-site client consultations. He coordinated logistics for the company, and integrated framing and shipping practices that are observed company wide.
More recently, Kyle has become involved with Arts Effect, an annual auction that benefits Vibe Arts, and continues to perform duties as committee member and gallery partner liaison. He has also overseen the creation of an annual OCADU Graduate Exhibition hosted by Bau-Xi Gallery, which will be entering its’ fourth edition in 2023. Kyle has also been a guest juror for the Toronto Camera Club and recurring guest lecturer for Thesis students at OCADU.
Kyle earned his BFA from OCAD in 2007, where he majored in Drawing and Painting. He also attended the prestigious Florence Off-Campus Study Program from 2006-2007.
