An art gallery just across Steeles from North York
Dream Ocean, 2022. Acrylic on fibreboard, sealed with resin, 32 × 34 in. Shown at the Toronto Botanical Garden Holiday Market in November 2022. Available.
Sans Souci is a small gallery in German Mills, Markham, a short way north of Steeles Avenue, the line where North York ends. It shows original paintings by one artist, Sergei Troshin, and you see them by appointment.
473 Simonston Blvd, Markham, ON L3T 4M4
Open daily 9:00 to 18:00, viewings by appointment.
Call +1 (416) 919-8331How far north of North York is the gallery?
Just past the city line. North York is bounded by York Region to the north at Steeles Avenue, as the Wikipedia entry on North York puts it. Cross Steeles and you are in Markham. German Mills, the easternmost community of Markham's old Thornhill district, runs along the Don Mills Road corridor north of Steeles, and Simonston Boulevard is one of its streets.
German MillsMarkham, York Region
The gallery is here, at 473 Simonston Blvd. The neighbourhood borders Toronto along Steeles, on the Don Mills Road side.
North YorkToronto
The district runs south from Steeles, centred on Yonge Street, between the Humber River in the west and Victoria Park Avenue in the east.
Your map app will give you the time from your own street. Ring before you set out, so the works you want are ready to see.
Have these paintings been shown near North York?
Yes. Dream Ocean hung at the Toronto Botanical Garden Holiday Market in November 2022, and the Toronto Botanical Garden sits at 777 Lawrence Avenue East at Leslie Street. The works have gone out to more shows since. Each row below comes from the exhibition line on the work's own page; the whole record is on our exhibitions page.
Dream Ocean
Hamsin (2022)
Fluently Python
Hamsin (2025)Heintzman House Art Show and Sale
Western Wall
The Choice
Traces of the Forgotten
Treasure Behind the Wall IIVivid Passion, 105 Gibson Centre
Morning Forest in MeißenEvery work in these rows is marked available on its page today. Dream Ocean and Fluently Python are sealed under a clear coat, and our page on resin paintings explains what that coat does to the colour. Traces of the Forgotten is 30 × 48 in and Morning Forest in Meißen 52 × 28 in; walls of that size are the subject of large paintings for an office or lobby.
Where else can you see original art in North York?
At the Aga Khan Museum, a museum of Islamic art in the North York district. Its permanent collection holds about 1,200 objects, and it puts on several temporary exhibitions each year. A museum afternoon and a viewing here are two different trips.
A museum afternoon
- You walk through the permanent collection and the exhibitions of the season.
- The objects belong to the museum, and that is how you meet them.
- The museum has hung the rooms, and you follow its order.
A viewing at Sans Souci
- You see the paintings you named on the phone, all by Sergei Troshin.
- Available works can be bought, and the price is given on request.
- You come at the hour you agreed, any day between 9:00 and 18:00, and stay as long as you need with each piece.
How do you arrange a viewing from North York?
Start at home with the artworks catalogue: every work has its size, materials and status, and you can note two or three titles. Then call +1 (416) 919-8331, name them and agree a day. You can ask the price on the same call.
Measure the wall you have in mind before you drive up, and take a photo of it in daylight. What happens once you are in the room is on our page about visiting the gallery, and the painter's own story is on the artist's page.
Questions before you come up from North York
Is the gallery in North York?
No. It is at 473 Simonston Blvd in German Mills, Markham, a short way north of Steeles Avenue, which is the northern edge of North York.
Can I visit without an appointment?
Viewings are by appointment, any day between 9:00 and 18:00. One call to +1 (416) 919-8331 is enough to set a time.
Are the paintings on this page by one artist?
Yes. Every painting shown here is an original by Sergei Troshin, and each one exists once.
Which of these works can I still buy?
Every work named on this page is marked available on its own page today. Prices are on request: ask by phone or through the contact page.
More available paintings you can name on the phone
Call before you come up from North York
Phone +1 (416) 919-8331 any day between 9:00 and 18:00. Name the titles you want to see and ask the price on the same call.