Nicola Hawkins is many things – traveller, visual artist, choreographer, environmentalist, and dancer. To create this exhibition, Hawkins has drawn on her varied experiences, her fertile imagination and her adroit ability to repurpose the castoffs of our consumer society. Junkosphere features collaged paintings and sculpture, and powerfully communicates Hawkins’ deep personal dismay at humanity's devastating impact on the environment. Born in England, Hawkins moved from Boston to Newfoundland in 2006. She lives and works in the quiet of a renovated church in Admiral's Cove, on the Avalon Peninsula’s southern shore.

Two centuries ago, romantic art reacted to the sweeping changes brought on by science, new technologies and industrialization, questioning our ability to harness and control our environment. Showcasing recent work by Canadian artists Philippa Jones, Anthony Redpath and Kelly Richardson, New Romantics presents photography, immersive video and interactive digital installations that again explore our ever-changing relationship between our natural and man-made worlds.

Image: Trailer Park Party (2009), Anthony Redpath, 64.5 x 96 inches, Lightjet chromogenic print