“Searing Pain” solo exhibition by Akin Career Launcher Award Winner Haley Meyer at Remote Gallery
Searing Pain, Haley Meyers’ first solo show, explores the relationship between transitional places and memory loss, using fleeting images taken while in transit to reflect how memories slip, fade, and blur over time.
“Pain describes emotional and physical discomfort caused by an illness. Searing refers to the intensity of this pain; how sharply it can cut through your life, burning and impossible to ignore. In this case, Searing Pain represents the experience of living with memory loss caused by a long-term illness. It is not a singular moment, but a continuous ailment that replaces life's experiences with half-rendered, half-imposed versions of reality.
The interior of a moving car, the windshield catching fractured lights, and the blurred landscapes of a passing world. These fleeting moments mimic the experience of living with memory loss; indistinct and unreachable memories that vanish as quickly as they appeared. Through painting, I confront this Searing Pain. Working from digital photographs taken from the passenger seat of a moving car, I preserve fading experiences, extending their lives through slow and deliberate reconstruction. Each painting houses a different memory; they are mnemonic tools used to hold what my memory cannot. Painting becomes an active resistance to memory loss, a means of holding onto what is on the verge of disappearing.”
- Haley Meyer
'Searing Pain'
Haley Meyer
October 2-5
Remote Gallery
568 Richmond St W
Opening Reception:
October 2nd, 6-9pm
Gallery Hours:
Friday October 3rd: 12-6 PM
Saturday October 4th: 12-6 PM
Sunday October 5th: 1-5 PM
Haley Meyer is an oil painter & printmaker based in Toronto. Her first solo show, Searing Pain, will be held at Remote Gallery from October 2nd to 5th, 2025. Haley has received three Career Launcher opportunities in association with OCAD University and was awarded the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Ina Gilbert Visual Arts Award. She is a recent graduate from OCAD University’s Drawing & Painting program with a minor in Printmaking & Publications.
Haley is a recipient of the Akin Career Launcher Award. The Akin Career Launcher Award is a career-support opportunity for graduating students in Drawing & Painting, Integrated Media, Indigenous Visual Studies, Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies, and Sculpture & Installation at OCAD University. Offered in partnership with Akin, the award is facilitated by OCAD U’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers.
