The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.


Staff

Meet a few of the amazing people that make the Gladstone so unique.



Gladstone Hotel Executive Chef Marc Breton “Local Food Hero”


Hank the Gladstone Cowboy

Hank Young, the “Gladstone Cowboy” is the charismatic operator of the Gladstone’s meticulously restored Victorian elevator.


Catering and Events Manager



AV Manager and Music Programmer


President



Artists

The Gladstone become an essential hub for the best and brightest of Toronto’s vibrant arts scene. These are the artists who designed our “Artist Designed Hotel Rooms” and contributed to making The Gladstone Hotel a unique art and design destination.



Matthew Agostinis is a Toronto furniture designer/maker .


Rayne Baron is a Toronto based artist, performer, dancer, stylist and owner of vintage clothing company Guadalupe Rose.


Cecilia Berkovic is a Toronto-based visual and installation artist who uses strategies of collecting and displaying to explore aspects of romance, consumer culture, leisure and identity.



Known for his innovative and sophisticated yet playful design sensibility, Adam has designed and developed furniture and products for Umbra, The Ralph Lauren Home Collection, and Fish Design / Studio Gaetano Pesce.


The Big Stuff is a reupholstering business run by husband and wife duo Charlene and Grant Gilmour.


Bruno Billio is an Artist in Residence at the Gladstone Hotel.



Paul is an artist/designer/teacher and gallery director.


In her installations, videos, actions and public interventions, Millie explores the relationship between sight, social systems, geography and phenomena, seeking to probe the perceptual assumptions of the audience.


Susan Collett is a Toronto-based artist who works both as a printmaker and ceramic sculptor.



Stephen is a founding member of A Space Gallery, Toronto,1970-4 and has exhibited in over 30 one-man shows and over 50 group exhibitions both locally, nationally and internationally.


Heather Dubbeldam is Toronto-based architect and photographer who runs a multi-disciplinary design firm and architecture practice.


Heidi Earnshaw is a furniture maker and design consultant who directs a studio based practice in downtown Toronto producing furniture, spaces and related objects.



The FELT Studio is a laboratory that explores the material and culture of modern industrial felt through exhibitions, historical research, architectural commissions and a product line.


Julian is a self-taught printmaker and entrepreneur.


Jenny Francis has been engaged in numerous architecture, interiors, photography, and graphic design projects while living in New York City, Rome, Helsinki, Ottawa, Toronto and London, England



Tim is a furniture designer and product developer.


Bar. Gilmore is the owner/curator of Solo Exhibition, a former Senior Design Associate at Bruce Mau Design, and a former Studio Assistant to Canadian artist collective General Idea. Michel Arcand is the principle of Arcand Interior Design Consultants.


Joel Harrison-Off is a furniture designer and also a practicing certified arborist. He takes advantage of any unique tree parts he can get his hands on



Andrew’s artwork explores symbols and themes of masculinity, often with a “tongue in cheek” approach.


Andrew Jones is a Toronto-based designer who specializes in developing furniture and lighting products for manufacturers, architecture, and interiors.


Koma Designs is about evolution, innovation, and collaboration with local designers.



The design duo’s combined ingenuity with regard to materials, structure, mechanics, and beauty is integral to their practice


Deanne is a Sheridan grad and partner with her brother Danny in Lehtinen Studios.


Melissa is a multi disciplinary artist. She began as a textile printer and costume designer and has been making videos and films since 1997.



Patrick Lightheart is a graphic designer and photographic artist.


Corwyn Lund’s sculptural work constructively re-animates architectural space and designed objects as a critical examination of the built environment.


The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.



Suanne McGregor has a practice specializing in interiors, props and set design.


The husband and wife design team of Amy McLaughlin and Aleksandr Niestroj _sobule design, is in the business of critical, practical, and relevant design strategies executed with style, skill, and personality.


Day Milman is a Toronto artist and video-maker.



Allyson Mitchell is a maximalist artist working predominantly in sculpture, installation and film.


Simone Moir is a performance, video, and installation artist.


Kelly Palmer and Melanie Zanker are two artists whose passion for fine art has evolved into creative careers.



Daniel Riitano is an accomplished muralist and decorative painter.


The artists met at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and have been working together as Ruckus since 1998, producing printed textiles for home decor and fashion apparel.


Motivated by a passion for tectonics and craftsmanship, George has designed and fabricated architectural and industrial design projects that range from table wear to city blocks.



An Industrial Design graduate from the Ontario College of Art and Design, 2004, Rob has since been expanding his ideas, creating works of simple natural beauty that come together forming the objects of his imagination.


D’arcy currently has a line of men’s dress shirts for sale at various boutiques in Toronto, under the Maison St.Pierre label.


Michael Steele’s nterest in visual art, sculpture, mobile manufacture, interactivity, transformability and contextualism has fed into much of his work over the past nine years living in Toronto.



Penelope Stewart received a BFA from York University. She has shown her work both Nationally and Internationally (Toronto, Calgary, Montréal, Vancouver, San Antonio, Rotterdam and Prague).


Nicholas Stirling has been composing and performing original music for many award-winning feature films, documentaries and television series since 1993.


The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.



Tania Ursomarzo is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist and architect who engages in solo and collaborative art and design projects.


Lolli Ursomarzo has been playing with interior design ever since her mom let her move the living room sofa in 1986.


Joy Walker owns and operates WORK Textiles (since 1995), producing custom silkscreen printed fabrics.



Christina Zeidler is President of the Gladstone Hotel and an established film, video and performance artist.


Kate Zeidler’s work reflects a harmonious, soothing, classic environment using beautiful textures, chic antiques, gorgeous area carpets and contemporary art.



Jobs

The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.



The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.


The Gladstone is a values-led community of professionals and artists that have come together to create a new way of doing business: crafting an authentic, creative and sustainable experience that is unique to Toronto.