Colophon

ON VIEW: May 30 - September 13, 2026
RECEPTION: Friday, September 11 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Colophon foregrounds the resurgence of print culture and a renewed commitment to the artist-multiple, self distribution, and grassroots circulation.

Bringing together photobooks and zines by artists who use print as a primary means of dissemination, this showcase highlights inventive, tactile, and alternative approaches to publishing. Across diverse cultural and geographic contexts, these works expand the possibilities of the book form, demonstrating the breadth and vitality of contemporary bookmaking practices.

This exhibition was produced in partnership with the Contact Photobook Lab and was co-curated by Brian St. Denis.

  • 12 - 5pm, Wednesday to Sunday

 

PHOTO BOOKS + ZINES

CURATORS

 
 

Katie Lydiatt

Katie Lydiatt is an arts administrator, writer, curator and researcher living and working on the unceded territory of the Algonquin, Anishinabek people (Ottawa.) She holds an MA in Art History from Carleton University, and a Curatorial Studies diploma from the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture. She is currently the Gallery Programming Manager and Residency Coordinator at SPAO.

She has held positions at SAW Gallery, The Carleton University Art Gallery, The National Gallery of Canada, and served as Editor for the RENDER Graduate Journal of Arts and Culture in 2019.

 

Brian St. Denis

Brian St. Denis is a photographer and arts administrator based in Toronto. He is the Manager of the CONTACT Photography Festival and the CONTACT Photobook Lab, the festival's bookshop, reading room, and community meeting place for photobook makers, collectors, and enthusiasts. Through the Photobook Lab, he organizes year-round programming related to the photobook including exhibitions, fairs, book launches, and workshops. In his personal practice, St. Denis self-publishes small books that use humour and playfulness as a guiding principle for sequencing images. From 2019-2023 he was a board member at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.