as above | Janey Gallery

presenting Yvonne Weiss11.13-12.13.2025as above explores the cycles of death and rebirth within the mental, emotional, and physical body. Through the union of opposites, Yvonne Weiss seeks to dissolve tension and resistance both within herself and the viewer. as above holds space for contradiction, where yes and no are equally true. Guided by Weiss’s prayers and visions, personal studies in history, theosophy, and religion, and professional experience in the tattoo industry, as above blurs the boundaries between permanence and impermanence, the sacred and the profane.⁠Yvonne Weiss (b. 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Weiss’s work spans across mediums and materials and explores themes of spirituality, religion, morality, and the social roles of both the individual and collective. Weiss has exhibited at Janey (Cambridge, Canada) and Art Toronto (Toronto, Canada), with works featured at Outpost (Guelph, Canada), and Durand (Hamilton, Canada). Weiss’s work is heavily inspired by religious iconography and symbolism from the medieval and Gothic traditions where she works to reinterpret these visual languages through an esoteric and contemporary lens. Weiss is represented by Janey.

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