
Faltered States, features highly distressed backdrops layered with geometric linework and bold, iconic foreground elements. The pieces are defined by vibrant, often deliberately contrasting color palettes. The themes incorporate ideas of collective consciousness, arcing global politics, societal coping mechanisms, toxic masculinity and pride/hubris.
Davide is a born-and-raised Torontonian. His work is deeply influenced by urban culture, iconoclasm, juxtaposition, graphic/pop art, and punk aesthetics. A self-taught artist, Davide works primarily in acrylic on canvas. The entire body of his work can be found on Instagram.
Celebrating Pride Month Exhibition
Opening - Thursday, June 18, 2026.
at Bar Bacan - 369 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
Monday to Friday - 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Saturday & Sunday - 11:00am to 9:00pm

Colectivo Toronto is dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary art.
We work in collaboration with other collectives, artist-run centres, galleries, art organizations and festivals.
We are diverse in content, culture and activities.
Collective Member
Hugo Ares and Guillermina Buzio
Collaborators and Programming Consultant
Carolina Konstantinovsky, Kathleen Mullen, Ken Moffatt
Since 2014 we have collaborated with the following organizations:
CineCycle, Club Cultural Matienzo (CCM), National Film Board of Canada (NFB),
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center (CFMDC), aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival,
VTape (The Source of Video and New Media), imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival,
Pix Film (Production-Studio-Gallery), Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS), Images Festival,
Latin American Dossier of Arts, Pio! Centre for Drawing, Curatorial Collective SUM°,
Jack Layton Chair (Ryerson University), Art Garage (London, ON), Gallery 1313,
the8fest Small-Gauge Film Festival Toronto.
Colectivo Toronto Contemporary Art is an incorporated non-for-profit organization
by the Ministry of Government Services of Ontario. OC# 1929106
Our organization pays artists' fees in accordance with the guidelines of
Canadian Artists Representation / Le Front des Artistes Canadiens (CARFAC)
www.carfacontario.ca
We acknowledge the support of Ontario Arts Council & Canada Council for the Arts
Land Acknowledgement
Colectivo Toronto acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations including the
Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples
and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Colectivo Toronto
also acknowledges that Toronto / tkaronto a Mohawk word, which means
“where there are trees standing in the water” is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the
Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
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