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Exhibits

Name: 🚀 Riding West with Zafron in My Blood: Exhibit Launch
Start: 2026-06-06T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-06T23:30:00-04:00

June 2025
🖼️ Toronto, A Love/Hate Letter [extended]

June 4, 2025 – October 5, 2025

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where Art Unveils the Hidden by Inna Gherciu is a photographic series that invites viewers to look beyond the obvious.
August 2025
🖼️ Where Art Unveils The Hidden [cancelled]

August 5, 2025 – October 5, 2025

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where Art Unveils the Hidden by Inna Gherciu is a photographic series that invites viewers to look beyond the obvious.
October 2025
🖼️ Please Destroy And Rebuild With Care

October 8, 2025 – November 30, 2025

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brennan Bova is a multi-disciplinary animation professional with over 15 years of industry experience.
December 2025
🖼️ GLIMMERS

December 22, 2025 – January 29, 2026

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Glimmers is an intimate collection of pen-and-ink illustrations by award-winning artist Ramón Pérez, celebrating the quiet, luminous moments that make up a life.
🖼️ EVERYDAY

December 22, 2025 – January 29, 2026

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Using bright palettes and clean shapes, Cristy captures ordinary moments with a mix of playfulness and honesty.
January 2026
🖼️ RAINBOW CIRCLE

January 29 – March 6

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Glimmers is an intimate collection of pen-and-ink illustrations by award-winning artist Ramón Pérez, celebrating the quiet, luminous moments that make up a life.
March 2026
🖼️ EVERYDAY

March 15 – May 31

RAID Gallery & Cafe 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Using bright palettes and clean shapes, Cristy captures ordinary moments with a mix of playfulness and honesty.
June 2026
🚀 Riding West with Zafron in My Blood: Exhibit Launch

June 6 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Join us on June 6, 2026, at RAID Gallery for the opening of Riding West with Zafron in My Blood, a powerful new exhibition by Sarvi Ghadim.