Mercer Union

1286 Bloor St W
Toronto ON
M6H 1N9

Tues – Sat | 11am – 6pm
Sun–Mon | Closed

About Mercer Union

Outdoor view of Mercer Union building

Mercer Union is a non-profit, artist-centred space in Toronto. It was founded in 1979 when twelve visionary artists each contributed $1,500 to buy the lease on a 1,800-square-foot space on Mercer Street in downtown Toronto. Its mandate was to exhibit new work in the most advanced forms of painting and sculpture that was not receiving exposure in the commercial and public galleries.

Mercer Union moved from its original location at 29 Mercer Street to 333 Adelaide Street West in 1981, 439 King Street West in 1994, and 37 Lisgar Street in 1999. It moved to its current space at 1286 Bloor Street West—a renovated early twentieth-century cinema space—in 2008 and is now at the centre of a growing and dynamic arts district in downtown Toronto.

The 3,300 square-foot facility includes a large white cube gallery, a work-shop, administrative offices, and gated outdoor patio, as well as a billboard space at the corner of Bloor West and St. Clarens Avenue.

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