RAID

🖼️ GLIMMERS
2025-12-22 00:00 - 2026-01-29 23:59 (America/Toronto) | RAID Gallery & Cafe, 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M68 1B3, Canada
About the Exhibition
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. Through a series of elegantly rendered feminine vignettes — reading on a sun-splashed beach, enjoying a cup of up of tea on a winter day, or simply enjoying a glass of wine — Pérez distills the beauty found in pause, presence, and personal ritual.
Executed with his signature line work and a sensitivity to gesture and mood, these drawings capture not grand narratives but the subtle sparks of everyday existence — the fleeting, tender instants that reveal who we are when the world falls away. Glimmers invites viewers to slow down, look closer, and find resonance in the small, soft, universal rhythms of being.
About the Artist
Ramón K Peréz is an award winning cartoonist and illustrator whose career spans nearly three decades. Known for his dynamic storytelling and expressive cartooning, his work ranges from independent passion projects to major Marvel and DC Comics titles.
His Eisner and Harvey Award-winning adaptation of Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand cemented his reputation as a master of visual narrative.
ADMISSION
Access to the RAID Gallery & Cafe is FREE. The space is open from 9am to 4pm weekly, and 10am to 5pm on weekends.

🖼️ RAINBOW CIRCLE
2026-01-29 00:00 - 2026-03-06 23:59 | RAID Gallery & Cafe, 1720 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M68 1B3, Canada
About the Exhibition
RAINBOW CIRCLE is an augmented reality art experience blending illustration, animation, and technology to bring excerpts from the forthcoming comic into physical space. Set in a not-so-distant future overrun by technology, the story follows Rayna, a 13-year-old misfit who loves music and exploration but struggles within a rigid, point-based social system. After falling through a mysterious portal, Rayna journeys across multiple dimensions in a quest for self-discovery and reconnection with nature. Through interactive engagement, Rainbow Circle explores themes of earth stewardship, indigenous wisdom, and empowerment, inviting viewers to consider how imagination and connection can challenge systems of control..
About the Artist
CYNTHIA UNDYANTARA is a Toronto-based artist, storyteller, somatic healing practitioner, and creative guide devoted to reconnecting people with their inner power. She began her career in Toronto’s animation industry before leaving traditional production environments to pursue a more expansive creative practice. Since then, she has founded a community art space, traveled extensively, and studied diverse healing modalities across cultures. She is also the founder of Electric Sunshine Co., an art and wellness company offering workshops that support personal and collective transformation through creativity.
ADMISSION
Access to the RAID Gallery & Cafe is FREE. The space is open from 9am to 4pm weekly, and 10am to 5pm on weekends.

🎪 FAN EXPO VANCOUVER 2026
2026-02-14 00:00 - 2026-02-16 23:59 | Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C0C3, Canada
RAID is heading out west for FAN EXPO VANCOUVER, which runs from Saturday, February 14th – Monday the 16th at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Our crew will be located at P33-34, and P14 in Artist Alley.
Creators present are: Dax Gordine, Ramón K Pérez, and Becka Kinzie.
SCHEDULED PANELS & EVENTS:
SAT, FEB 14, 11:45 am | THEATRE 5 • BLITZ MAGAZINE AND THE NEW INDIE FRONTIER
Independent comics are booming like they haven’t since the halcyon days of the 1980s underground—welcome back to the Wild West. BLITZ sits at the heart of this resurgence, spotlighting fearless creators, international voices, and boundary-pushing work. Join BLITZ founder and award-winning artist Ramón Pérez, alongside creators Emilia Strilchuk, Dax Gordine, and Shawn Daley, as they carve their own paths and dig into the modern indie publishing landscape — what’s fuelling this creative explosion, and how a new generation is keeping the DIY spirit loud, vital, and thriving.

Emilia Strilchuk

Dax Gordine

Ramón Pérez

Shawn Daley

Hosted by Stephanie Gerk
MON, FEB 16, 12:45 pm | THEATRE 5 • SKETCH DUEL: MAX DUNBAR VS RAMÓN PÉREZ
Friendly, high-energy art battles where professional comic artists draw head-to-head, often with audience themes, showcasing speed and creativity, creating unique art for fans. Lucky audience members have a chance to win the art created on stage so make sure to arrive early!

Max Dunbar

Ramón Pérez

Hosted by Anthony Ruttgaizer
