Sandra Brewster, By Way Of Communion (2022) Shona Illingworth, Topologies of Air (2022) Sasha Huber, YOU NAME IT (2022) Miriam Cahn, ME AS HAPPENING (2021) Nathan E. Carson, Cut from the same cloth (2020) Manuel Mathieu, World Discovered Under Other Skies (2020) Howie Tsui, From swelling shadows, we draw our bows (2020) Dawit L. Petros, Spazio Disponibile (2020) Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Asymmetries (2020) Commissioning Program In 2006, the Power Plant launched an annual Commissioning Program, which is an ongoing program to develop and premier major new works by Canadian and international artists. In 2014, the gallery introduced the Fleck Clerestory Commissioning Program in a gallery space dedicated solely to one site-specific installation each year, inaugurated by Toronto-based artist Shelagh Keeley. The commissions reflect international, national and local dialogues, with content that references the specificity of Toronto's historical past and a global cultural present, all the while involving the local arts community and the general public. Commissioned works have since been acquired by national collecting institutions, toured to other galleries of significance outside Canada, and contributed to the cultural life of the region. Past commissions include: Sasha Huber: YOU NAME IT (2022) Shona Illingworth: Topologies of Air (2022) Manuel Mathieu: World Discovered Under Other Skies (2020) Howie Tsui: From swelling shadows, we draw our bows (2020) Naeem Mohaiemen: What we found after you left (2020) Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Asymmetries (2020) Dawit L. Petros: Spazio Disponibile (2020) Rashid Johnson: Anxious Audience (2019) Rashid Johnson: Anxious Audience (2019) Hajra Waheed: Hold Everything Dear (2019) Vincent Meessen: Blues Klair (2019) Thomas J Price: Ordinary Men (2019) Omar Ba: Same Dream (2019) Karla Black (2018) Beth Stuart: Length, Breadth, Thickness and—Duration (2018) Abbas Akhavan: variations on a landscape (2018) Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion (2018) Michael Landy: DEMONSTRATION (2017) Amalia Pica: ears to speak of (2017) Maria Hupfield: The One Who Keeps On Giving (2017) Kapwani Kiwanga: A wall is just a wall (2017) Latifa Echakhch: Cross Fade (2016) Maria Loboda: Some weep, some blow flutes (2016) Carlos Amorales: Black Cloud (2015) Tercerunquinto: Mine (2015) Public programs and outreach In an effort to further the dialogue around access to contemporary art practices, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery engages with wider public by offering a range of free public programs, such as lectures, symposia, film screenings, gallery tours, conversations with artists (Sunday Scene, In Conversation), workshops for children and youth (Power Kids, Power Youth Writing Workshops),