Homing
Nadia Belerique and Tony Romano, Homing, 2026, Lassonde Art Trail. Photo Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker.
Homing, 2026
Nadia Belerique and Tony Romano
Aluminum, steel
Homing centres the dining room table as a site of “chaos and joy, balancing, support, creation, offloading, pausing, communing, eating, private life and domestic work”. Assembled from found everyday objects, each element was cast in metal, giving the final work a timeless, otherworldly presence.
The title Homing refers to the ability of animals and birds to return to a specific location such as a nesting place or migratory destination. For humans, it conveys the safe space of ‘home’ and a sense of belonging that we yearn for.
Compositionally the sculpture is inspired by the park environment—the river, bridges, wildlife, picnic areas, and things lost or found. The stacked structure is also a play on tiered fountains, a common feature in urban parks, which, like a dining table, draw people together around a shared experience.
From a distance, the sum of Homing’s many parts suggests the shape of a mythical creature, reflecting the artists’ collaborative process and the unexpected ways that ideas, memories and encounters come together in
public space.
Nadia Belerique
Canadian
Nadia Belerique is an artist whose sculptural and photographic installations explore perception, intimacy, play and the shifting boundaries between images and objects. She received her MFA from the University of Guelph and has exhibited at the Toronto Biennial of Art, Ontario; La Biennale de Montréal, Québec; the New Museum Triennial, NYC, New York; and currently the Walk&Talk biennial in the Azores. Recent solo exhibitions have been presented at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; Fogo Island Arts, Newfoundland and Labrador; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria; and Oakville Galleries, Ontario. Her work has also been exhibited at venues such as Margot Samel, NYC, New York; Pangée, Montréal, Québec; Frac île-de-france, Paris; Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany; Lyles & King, NYC, New York; Arsenal Contemporary, NYC, New York; Vie d’ange, Montréal, Québec; Tensta Konsthall, Spånga, Sweden; The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario; and Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna, Austria. In 2017, she was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award and has completed residencies at Walk & Talk and Fogo Island Arts among others.
Portrait of Nadia Belerique. Courtesy the artist.
Tony Romano
Canadian
Tony Romano is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice transforms everyday materials into assemblages that explore memory, labor, and the intersections of craft and contemporary life. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver. Over the past two decades, he has exhibited widely across Canada and internationally, with solo and collaborative exhibitions at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario; the Toronto Sculpture Garden, Ontario; Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; and Beers Contemporary,London, England. His work has also been included in major group exhibitions at institutions such as the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; Oakville Galleries, Ontario; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto,Ontario; where he participated in GTA21 (2021).
Portrait of Tony Romano. Courtesy the artist.
