Portfolio is an annual juried exhibition of works by graduating Grade 12 students and is an opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of these aspiring artists—drawing attention to the strong visual arts programs in Simcoe County high schools. Join us and view their artistic achievements in the Carnegie Room until May 31!
For Grade 12 Art Teachers:
Meet Our Jurors
Peyton Keeler-Cox is a Barrie-based photographer and artist. Captivated by documenting the human condition and experience through uncovering themes of memory, grief, space, and relationships. Peyton has completed her BFA in Image Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her practice stems from investigating and activating the archive and seeking truth and understanding in the world and people around her. She is driven in being a vessel for others and exposing the deeper complexities in the feelings and relationships we each have.
Peyton Keeler-Cox is a Portfolio alumnus. Her exhibition Questions Nobody Asked Me will be on view at the MacLaren Art Centre this summer.
Philip Leonard Ocampo is a queer Filipino curator-artist based in Toronto, Canada. He is currently the Associate Curator at the MacLaren until April 2027.
He holds a BFA in Integrated Media (DPXA) from OCAD University (2018) and is one of the four founding co-directors of Hearth, an artist-run collective and DIY art space based in the city. Ocampo has curated projects for art spaces such as The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Xpace Cultural Centre, InterAccess, Trinity Square Video, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Hearth, and the plumb, etc. Ocampo currently serves on the Board of Directors at Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, in Toronto, Canada. In addition to his curatorial work, Ocampo works across painting, photography, sculpture, graphic design, and writing across his concurrent studio practice.
