The Poetry of the Ordinary
Art Exhibition: The Poetry of the Ordinary
The Poetry of the Ordinary is the inaugural exhibition of Curio Atelier - an art advisory built around a simple idea: great art should feel meaningful, welcoming, and possible to live with. This show brings together contemporary works by Curio Atelier artists and vintage treasures from Curio Party Gallery, letting pieces from different eras share the same room, and the same conversation.
Here, the “big moments” aren’t grand gestures. They’re the small ones: hands held, animals watching, tables set, skies glanced at, memories half-kept. In paint, textile, paper, and found materials, everyday life becomes quietly luminous. The longer you look, the more the works give back: little symbols, private jokes, soft mysteries, and the kind of feeling you can’t quite name, but you recognize.
By mixing contemporary and vintage, The Poetry of the Ordinary celebrates what Curio Atelier believes most: resonance doesn’t belong to one time, one style, or one kind of collector. Art that lasts doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it simply stays with you—warm, strange, tender, and very real. This inaugural show sets the tone for Curio Atelier’s approach: curated with care, grounded in story, and meant for real homes and real lives.
Artists & Galleries
Contemporary artworks brought by Curio Atelier
Jackie Bradshaw | Stephanie Baron | Brent Hardisty | Bradley Reinhardt | Riesbri | Charlotte Sigurdson | Laura Thippawong | Amy Thomson
Vintage artworks brought by Curio Party Gallery
Artworks
Jackie Bradshaw (Kitchener, ON)
Taming the Cosmos
Riesbri (Montreal)
Tren Lechro (Milk Train), 2022
Stepanie Baron (American)
Don’t Stop Believin
Bradley Reinhardt (Toronto)
The Snake in the Moose Again, 2025
Laura Thippawong (Toronto)
Cake and Fish #2, 2025
Brent Hardisty (Toronto)
Artist Paints His Spirit Helper, 2022
Amy Thomson (Toronto)
Holding Hands, 2023
Charlotte Sigurdson (Winnipeg)
Andromeda Waiting for the Sea Monster, Art doll
Charlotte Sigurdson (Winnipeg)
Spring Time, Art doll
Jackie Bradshaw (Kitchener, ON)
What is Real?
Jackie Bradshaw (Kitchener, ON)
Asters and Goldenrod
Riesbri (Montreal)
Pájaro Campana en tierra (Bell Bird on Land), 2023
Stephanie Baron (American)
Art is Life
Unsigned (Japanese)
Untitled (Folky City Scene)
Unsigned (Canadian)
Fiesta, Mexico, 1972
Ivor Monk (Canadian)
Reminiscence
Signed Emir A.
Untitled, 2004
Indistinctly Signed
Daughters of Creation