SPAO created APEX (formerly A+) in 2007 as a way to celebrate the work of its diverse part-time photographic studies community.

APEX is a critical opportunity for emerging and seasoned artists to showcase their work in a respected and accessible gallery setting, enhance their visual arts resumés, receive honours and awards for their work, and have their work seen and considered by important visual arts community leaders. 

The SPAO Centre Gallery produces multiple exhibitions every year celebrating the work of regional, national and international artists working in lens-based media. SPAO ensures that artists are paid CARFAC artist fees for all professional, curated exhibitions in the gallery, as well as guaranteeing that critical exhibition space is made available for non-professional educational exhibition opportunities.

Seelings
by John McDonald

One Square Block
by Jane Spencer

Petrie: The Ice Fishermen of Petrie Island
by Nicolas St. Pierre

without subject: a photographic renku
by Richard Robesco, with Raymond Aubin and Richard Perron

Dad: The Third Act
by Brian Whitestone

What is to be done?
by Melanie Buteau-Delatolla

Outside: Portraits of Or Haneshamah
by Gary Stein, with contributions by S. Maria Brandt and Deborah Margo

The APEX slideshow contains APEX submissions that were long-listed. Although these submissions are not part of the juried finalists, the slideshow can be viewed at the APEX Exhibition at the SPAO Centre Gallery.

This year's APEX prizes include generous contributions from the National Arts Centre, Patrick Gordon Framing Studio, Wallack's Art Supplies, PhotoED Magazine, Stephen Bulger Gallery, and Photo Service [Créer L'histoire]. Prizes include gift certificates, photo equipment, and more!

EUIJUNG MCGILLIS

Euijung McGillis is a curator, educator, and art historian. She is currently Assistant Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada. Her curatorial works and research focus include studio photography, contemporary Asian Photography within a broader context of Asian diaspora, and contemporary Asian art. As a curator and educator, she has worked with Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa Art Gallery, Korean Cultural Centre, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Kamloops Art Gallery, and Vancouver Art Gallery. As a committee member of Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis (CTCA) at Carleton University, she has co-organized numerous conferences facilitating dialogues on the issues of settler-colonial, diasporic, transnational, and transcultural histories in the arts and culture.