ART TORONTO 2026: Karin Jones

ART TORONTO
Karin Jones

BOOTH S4

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building
October 29 – November 1, 2026

For inquiries please contact Wil Aballe, wil@waapart.com

Wil Aballe presents a solo exhibition of sculptural work by Canadian artist Karin Jones at Art Toronto 2026, from October 29 – November 1. Bringing together a body of recent works by Jones, the presentation examines the politics of adornment and beauty within contemporary material culture. Jones’ interdisciplinary practice emerges from a background in jewellery and metalsmithing, where she consistently mobilizes craft traditions as conceptual tools for societal critique and an exploration of Black histories within Canada. For example, she highlights how materials such as human hair, operate as carriers of cultural value, racialized histories, and social expectation. Her work occupies a productive tension between ornament and excess, seduction and unease, troubling colonial conventions of material language.

KARIN JONES is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in jewellery. She received a Diploma in Jewellery Art & Design from Vancouver Community College in 1993, before embarking on a 20-plus year career as a goldsmith and independent artisan. Since 2007, her work has moved away from traditional jewellery and into sculpture and contemporary art. She received an MFA in Craft from NSCAD University (2018), where she began her current work dealing with the ways historical narratives shape our sense of identity. She is an instructor and former Department Head of Jewellery Art & Design at Vancouver Community College. She was longlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award and her work is held in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Metal Museum (Memphis).