UNRULY FORMS
Jordi Alfaro, Margaret Glew & Rina Gottesman
June 11 – July 18, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 11 | 7–9 PM
Meet the Artists
Earls Court Gallery is pleased to present UNRULY FORMS, a group exhibition featuring works by Jordi Alfaro, Margaret Glew, and Rina Gottesman.
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Through sculpture, painting and mixed media, Unruly Forms exhibition artists explore intuitive abstraction shaped by gesture, layering, revision, and material investigation. Rather than working from fixed imagery, each artist allows forms to emerge through process — pushing surfaces until something is felt, remembered, or instinctive begins to appear in the media.
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Sculptor Alfaro’s instinct-driven compositions draw from subconscious structures and the energy of nature to influence his ceramic forms. Glew’s expressive paintings embrace transformation through bold colour, gesture, and continual reworking. Gottesman’s layered surfaces combine acrylic and collage, allowing fragments to surface and recede over time.
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Unruly Forms presents abstraction across two- and three-dimensional media, demonstrating how image and form evolve through artistic process in relation with the media. Material, intuition, and experimentation become guiding forces behind the result of the artworks that emerge though sometimes hard to tame.
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Unruly Forms will be on view in the main gallery at 215 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton, from June 11 through July 18, 2026. Earls Court Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm, and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. All artworks will also be available to view online upon installation.
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Please join us for the opening reception Thursday, June11, 2026, from 7–9 pm, where all artists will be in attendance.
Entry is free | Family Friendly | Fully Accessible | Groups Welcomed
About the Artists
JORDI ALFARO
Originally from Barcelona, Spain, Jordi Alfaro has been a practicing artist in North America since 2001. His work is concerned with instinct, the energy of nature and the subconscious processes that affect his practice. He builds large scale architectural forms that are abstracted vignettes of the sublime. He is intrigued by the instinct that precedes our need to explain and communicate through language, music, science, mathematics, and so on. Jordi's work manifests from this instinct – a place in the mind where words do not exist.
MARGARET GLEW
Margaret Glew is a Toronto-based Canadian painter recognized for her expressive abstract paintings exploring themes of transformation, growth, decay, and renewal. Glew has 35 years of artistic practice. Her emotionally charged canvases have been featured in solo and group exhibitions across North America, and are held in numerous public and corporate collections.
RINA GOTTESMAN
Rina Gottesman is a Toronto-based abstract artist. Working in acrylics and mixed media, Rina’s bold and expressive paintings, with their dynamic energy and intricate layers, draw you in for deeper contemplation. Exhibiting since 1999, Rina has participated in numerous juried and non-juried shows. Notable milestones in her artistic journey are a solo show at Vaughan City Hall in 2016 and a featured artist showcase at Petroff Gallery in 2022. Rina’s work has been featured in various publications, interviews and on sets of television shows. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections in the United States and Canada. In Toronto, Rina is represented by Canvas Gallery, Petroff Gallery, Summer and Grace Gallery and Art Loop Gallery. An award-winning artist, Rina continues to push boundaries in her work maintaining a distinct visual language that is uniquely her own, creating works that captivate and inspire.