Prolific and provocative, Graham Metson is internationally recognized as a master of colour and motion, joyousness and intellect. In 2009, Metson was honoured with a 50 year retrospective of his work at the Gibberd Gallery in Harlow, England. The Oeno Gallery, in partnership with the John M. Parrott Art Gallery, is pleased to bring this 50 year retrospective to Belleville.
 
Metson's works on canvas and paper have been described as "operatic" and "bursting with life and movement", where "forms move around like whirligigs". Observes critic John Grande in his essay, Fulcrum: "There is an uncanny sense that signs and symbols are extracted and re-placed in these painterly situations, a metaphor if you will for an era that manufactures its contexts, only to then deconstruct and recompose them endlessly".
 
Metson's distinctive photomontages explore applications of technology, mass media, and the information highway. "Metson has always had a finger firmly on the deep pulse of our times," comments curator James D. Campbell in his essay, Speculative Fictions: the Photomontages of Graham Metson, 1955-1995.
 
Graham Metson has been represented by prestigious galleries throughout Europe, the United States and Canada for five decades. He has been the visiting artist to over 28 American universities and has taught at five universities in Canada and the United States. Metson has been written about in numerous publicationsand is part of many public collections. He now lives and works in Prince Edward County and is represented by the Oeno Gallery.