After building my reputation as an art consultant by placing artwork in the public sphere, I am now offering my background in art, architecture and administration to individuals looking to create or to refresh their personal art collections.
In selecting artwork, I consider each room a distinct experience and every artwork a surprise — of subject matter, of placement or of materials — with the goal of placing the artworks in dialogue as though they always belonged together.
Works have been sourced primarily from galleries across Canada and I have worked with artists directly to commisison art for specific spaces.
Framing, transportation and installation can also be arranged and supervised.
Roula Partheniou, 2018
© Toni Hafkenscheid
Holly Coulis, 2022
Jade Rude, 2022
© Toni Hafkenscheid
Ben Reeves, 2019
© Toni Hafkenscheid
Adam David Brown, 2025
BACKGROUND
Originally my specialty and focus was commissioning art for public places, primarily for commercial and residential developers and for transportation clients. Concurrently, as the Director of the Toronto Sculpture Garden (TSG) for its first 35 years, I organized over 100 exhibitions and developed a sound working relationship with Canadian and international artists.
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Brookfield Place Calgary:
The Forest and The Trees; The Trees
Bay Adelaide Centre:
Two Circles (east tower)
Mappemondo (north tower)
BMO Workplace, Eaton Centre: Ring True; Smooth Landing; Four Five Six Seven
BMO Bank and Event Space, Eaton Centre:
West Harbour City Phases I, II and III, Fleet Street:
Ripley’s Acquarium:
St. Regis Hotel (formerly Trump Hotel and Tower) : Lightline; A Small Part of Something Larger
85 East Liberty Street:
125 Western Battery Road:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (3 commissions)
1100 Sheppard Avenue West
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Downsview Memorial Parkette
St. Clair West Transit Improvements Project (24 artworks on LRT shelters)
Sheppard Subway Line (artwork for 6 stations)
Spadina LRT (22 artworks from Bloor Street to Front Street)
Spadina Subway Line (artworks at 8 stations from Spadina to Wilson)
Metro Place Condominiums, North York
The Republic of Yonge & Eglinton (3 artworks)
Berczy Park Flatiron Building Mural
ARTISTS PLACED IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Richard Aaron, Adam David Brown, Robert Burley, Marc Center, Holly Coulis, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, Joe Fleming, John Eisler, Graham Gillmore, Lynn Goldsmith, Will Gorlitz, Surabhi Ghosh, Bob Gruen, Colleen Heslin, Kara Hamilton, Katherine Harvey, Peter Johnston, Ginette Legaré, Micah Lexier, Arnaud Maggs, Van Maltese, Kevin Mazur, Richard McCaffrey, Paul Natkin, James Nizam, Michael Ochs Archive, Roula Partheniou, Neil Preson, Ben Reeves, Mitch Robertson, Jade Rude, Lynn Saville, Jessica Thalmann, Renée Van Halm, Charlyn Zlotnik