About Us
Studio Rat is an emerging creative practice pursuing experimental installation art and design between the cities of Montréal and Toronto. Studio Rat was founded in 2018 as a site for investigations on plastics, inflatables, and community building between artists Dom Di Libero and Emily Allan. The duo create inflatable dreamscapes from discarded materials that present a commentary on the irreversible binding of plastic in our environments and everyday experience. Play, softness, and sustainability inform Studio Rat’s approach to space-making and DIY fabrication methods, which they engage through a continuous cycle of rework and reuse.
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CVSolo Exhibitions2024
(upcoming) Plastiscapes, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montréal, QC (curated by Erika Del Vecchio)
2024
A Room is a Home, is a Playground. Presented by Ace Hotel for DesignTO, Toronto, ON (curated by Michael Nyarkoh) 2022
L.D.P.E. (Lovely, Dreamy Plastic Experience) Quilt, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
Group Exhibitions2024
(upcoming) Group Exhibition and Auction, Printemps du MAC, Fondation du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC (curated by Erika Del Vecchio)
2023
Invitational Exhibition, Neighbourhood Nuit, Nuit Blanche, The Bentway, Toronto, ON (curated by Renee Castonguay)
2023
Selected Group Exhibition, Mur Mitoyen, ArtPOP, Espace Transmission, POP Montréal, Montréal, QC (curated by Alexis and Clara Cousineau)
2023
Selected Group Exhibition, Art Nest, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, ON (curated by Fatma Hendawy Yehia)
Collaborative Projects
2022
Pony Tale, Compersion, SADE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (in collaboration with Maya Fuhr)
commissions
2025
(upcoming) Public Art Commission, Refresh, Global Centre for Climate Action at Ontario College for Art and Design, Toronto, ON
2022
Corporate Art Commission, Garden of Inflated Delights, JEMS, Ace Hotel, Toronto, ON2019
Public Art Commission, Plastic Ornaments, DesignTO, St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, ON
Residencies
2023
(in progress) Artist in Residence, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montréal, QC
2022
Winter Island Artist in Residence, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
Awards and Distinctions
2022
Explore and Create: Research & Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2018
YP Award, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON
Set Design
2021
Desert Bubble, Train Wreck, Jon Waltz, Joshua Tree, CA
2019
Assembly, four part video series in collaboration with MONEYPHONE, Toronto, ON
Workshops and Presentations
2024
(upcoming) Inflatables 101, SheeepSchool, BAAA!, Toronto, ON
2024
A Room is a Home, is a Playground: Dialogue, DesignTO and Ace Hotel, Toronto, ON
2023
Inflatables 101, Beyond Concrete, The Bentway, Toronto, ON
2022
Inflatables 101, Summer Studio, Design Fabrication Zone, Toronto, ON
2022
Community Microplastic Survey, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
2022
Plastics 101 Micro-Residency, Design Fabrication Zone, Toronto Metropolitan University, Virtual
2021
Making-with Plastic, Virtual