Archives: Projects
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Kenneth Vincent
Artist’s Statement I make art about the human condition. I choose to work in a natural realist style, depicting the subjects as they appear while mediated by my perception. This is emphatically not photo-realism or hyper-realism. It is the veracity of the image as perceived by the human eye and felt by the human soul…
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Olivia Sementsova
My practice encompasses three distinct forms of art: professional illustrations for Film/TV and Publishing industries, figurative fine art paintings, and pattern-based explorations. In my figurative work, I explore our relationship to day-to-day life and how our deepest feelings and memories are experienced in mundane places. I want to show the incredible ability of our mind…
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Ellen Wright
My artwork has taken a number of directions in various two- and three-dimensional media, in a range of sizes and techniques, with a recurring preoccupation with drawing, both as marks and observation, with subjects that reference the figure, objects and place being most prevalent. I have completed a year as a selected artist participant in…
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Harriet Liu
Harriet Liu is an Oakville-based artist. She has developed a distinctive visual language that blends vibrant color palettes, striking contrasts between light and shadow, and dynamic compositions. Her work draws deeply from personal narratives—most notably her time in Cusco, Peru, where she volunteered in early childhood education in 2015. While living with a local family,…
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VC Glennie
My work explores the bond that develops between people & place and the significance of landmarks while paying close attention to the crossroads of the natural and constructed world. Currently I live in a rural area, on the outskirts of my hometown London, Ontario. The countryside creates a peaceful backdrop for my painting; however, I…
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Michelle Montague
Website: Social media: As a city-dweller seeking solace, having a place to connect, to reflect and feel grounded becomes not just a desire, but a necessity. For me, that place is within Toronto’s wooded trails, forests and parks. Inspired by the myriad of sunsets, dappled light, and forest shadows within these city sanctuaries, the oil…
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David Holt
David Holt I am interested in the history of art, architecture, archeology, and natural history, as well as in their visual documentation in museum displays, illustrated atlases, and archival photographs. These inspire my choices for visual motifs and compositional strategies, which I try to explore through a playful and fresh painterly handling. I have a…
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Brad McDermott
As a queer artist based in Toronto, my focus throughout my artistic careerhas been recontenxtualizing historical masculine images and criticallyreimagining them through a modern queer lens. As Toronto is an incredibly diverse city with people from all backgroundsand body types, I am inspired to portray that diversity in my work,especially my large oil paintings. I…
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Leah Oates
The Transitory Space Serieshttp://leahoates.com Artist Bio: Leah Oates has a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and a M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a Fulbright Fellow for graduate study at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. Oates has been part of group shows in Toronto at…
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Mark Sterling
I am trained as an architect and consider myself to be a draughtsman rather than a painter. I work primarily in a mixture of graphite and watercolour or graphite alone. I am primarily interested in the topography of the human face as a subject for scrutiny. I generally explore this through portraits of people I…
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Emily Pike
I am a Parkdale-based Toronto artist. I embed layers of collage like maps, sewing patterns, and text with acrylic and oil paint to give “voice” to a piece. I am also influenced by the strong female role models in my life who didn’t always have the privilege to use their voices and creativity. Additionally, I…
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Pooja Kumar
I draw in stolen moments. I usually paint in what I’ve drawn years later, when I’vemanaged to leave some job I’ve gotten stuck doing, and then found some breathing room that’s allowed me to remember all the other things that I’m about. Some of the things that I draw and paint are entirely abstract. Others…
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Gregg Thurlbeck
Gregg Thurlbeck’s photography captures his design-centric style and fascination with digital editing processes. Running the gamut from street photography to abstracts drawn from nature, the goal is always to tease something more from the original image. More texture, more line, more tension. Gregg’s work is best viewed within the context of the phrase, never leave the world unedited.
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Michele Cross
I currently work primarily in graphite pencil drawing, sometimes with a pop of color to highlight or distract. I love creating surreal combinations of differing imagery that do not relate precisely but still hold a relationship, often with a contrast between modernity and historical themes. Such as, an old photograph of an unknown person or…
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Viz Saraby
Bio: As a design professor, photographer and artist, I enjoy experimenting with spaces and images and observing how they inform us about how they are commonly used and viewed. I explore ideas, concepts and problems from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Art and design engage with aspects of everyday life, often pointing to and questioning…
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Bridget Puhacz
www.bridgetpuhacz.com My art practice is grounded in painting and printmaking. I am interested in the ideas surrounding colour, the everyday, and the female gaze. I use both of these mediums to explore these subjects in different ways. My paintings are rooted in my meditations on colour, and the pure emotions that can be drawn out…
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Sanghoon KANG
Website : kasahcanada.creatorlink.netInstagram : @kasahcanadaBioI am a Korean artist based in Canada since 2021. A former university professor in art and architecture in Korea and a former director of an art gallery in Paris, France, I started my career as an artist since 2020 in France.Growing up in an artistic family, I enjoyed playing and…
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José María Mancía
José María Mancía is a contemporary lens-based artist working in Toronto, Canada. His practice is primarily focused on investigating the underlying structures that comprise photography and exploring the nature of photographs both before and behind the camera. A second-generation immigrant, Jose’s practice strives to implement decolonial and queering ideologies in his practice with respect to…
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Vytik Collective
VYTIK ART COLLECTIVE is a group of young, talented and creative visual artists and independent curators who are exploring contemporary art in Toronto Co-founded by Iryna Kolotylo (art manager), Marta Kolotylo (art teacher and designer) & Violetta Skrypnyk (art historian and curator), Vytik Art Collective was established in 2023 as a platform for Ukrainian newcomer…
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Shaylin McEwen
My artwork is a vibrant exploration of Abstract Expressionism, a movement that resonates deeply with my passion for free, spontaneous, and profoundly personal emotional expression. I am very inspired by Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. I predominantly work with acrylic paints on canvas, often incorporating mixed media elements such as glitter and charcoal to add…
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Ann Hollingworth
Art and design has been my lifelong passion. From the time I was winning purple ribbons for my first drawings at the County Fair in Nebraska to studying fine art at the University of Nebraska, then further study of advertising art at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. My career path began…
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Benjamin Rondel
Benjamin Rondel is a photographer based in Toronto. He has been a stock / travel photographer for many years, submitting to some of the top agencies in the world. He now focuses on personal long term projects and is interested in the relationship between humans and nature and what we leave behind on the land.…
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Bill Ward
My work represents various states of mind or poetic notions that are translated into visual form. The process begins with concepts, and the pieces develop as shapes, line, colour and forms are manifest in response to the concepts. Tensions in the works allude to the active process of feeling and reacting to the world. My…
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Roy Wong
My art aims to share my wonderment and passion of the beauty in the world. Through different mediums I expressed my emotions through my paintings of landscapes, still life, and abstract. My goal is that the viewer appreciates different expressions of beauty and finds a moment of repose.
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Oman Niazi
Oman Niazi I am an artist from Afghanistan, currently residing in Canada, and I have been creating beautiful Wheat Straw Art for over 25 years. every piece is crafted by hand without any help of chemical colorings.
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Rick Palidwor
After studying sociology I was a member of the comedy troupe Trouser Park, appearing frequently on CBC Radio from the late 1980’s to mid 1990’s. I next created two award winning sketch comedy collections for community TV. Next I fell in love with the super 8 film format and made dozens of short films which…
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Kirk Sutherland
I feel my creative process bridges, and somewhat amalgamates both intuitive, and conscience realities. My paintings do not imitate life, but perhaps harness the energy and the essence of life. In life we are conscience of present realities, yet travel forward with no actual conception of what to expect. My art making process seems to…
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Caleb Sandblom
At the core of Caleb’s work is an exploration of the mutually constitutive functions of persons, technologies, and socies. This is premised on an understanding of all persons as cyborgs: a person’s capacities are her tools: her tools must be given credit for her being. The mediums and interfaces with which a person interacts shape…
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Joachim Oepkes
My work is divided into two styles. – Black and white photographs, usually 20×16 inch archival prints. These are evocative cityscape images, poetic in nature. – Narrative portraiture, which are created images of heads appropriated from public statues, monuments, and posted pictures. These narratives are shown as installations, on large flat screen monitors or large…
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Lillian Chow
Residing in Toronto, Ontario, Lillian Chow continues to take part in group exhibitions and publications. As an artist, her work is gradually gaining recognition for being unique, energetic, and difficult to miss. Canadian artist Lillian Chow’s work reveals the complexities of acrylic paints on canvas, enabling the infusion of imagery with a vibrancy and liveliness…
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Christos Damianos
Artist Statement My work explores the theme of identity and perception. Drawing on memory, observation and media sourced from various platforms I distill from them a human presence often ignored. My studio practice is intuitive, experimental and rooted in a stream of consciousness. I often reference evolving contemporary social issues while focusing on the physicality…
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Marcia Bianchi
My work explores the space between movement and stillness, often expressed through the lively curves of the female form juxtaposed against a solid ground. Through the use of oil paints and a neutral palette, my paintings are a translated state of mind — I intend to capture the essence of whatever is behind a blank…
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Tai Kim
Reflection on Tai Kim’s Arts. 06.06.2022 Tai Kim’s art works are the results of long fermentation of her Soul and deep firing of her Being through Life’s alchemy. In her work, we meet ancient grandmother goddesses of Korean Shamanism, Buddha, Jesus, “Jah” who is inherent God within each and everyone of us in Rastafarianism,…
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Margaret Kittel Canale
Margaret Kittel Canale is a fine art photographer who frames her subjects in captivating ways. She draws inspiration from the beauty, landscapes, architecture and spiritual essence of the places she visits. She uses bold colour, dramatic angles, high contrast and light to showcase the real world from a different point of view. Margaret’s photography mantra:…
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Grace Dam
Art has been a lifelong passion; it is my voice and expression. My paintings are mostly in oil and acrylic but also other media, in genres that include figurative, landscape, abstract, still life, and collages. I am also a photographer. My current focus is on humanity and the complexity of life, from challenges in relationships…
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Mary Pal
I am a Toronto-based textile artist who works primarily with cheesecloth. For me, it represents the very essence of textiles – the most minimal configuration of warp and weft. Its fluidity permits me to control opacity, to depict light and transparency, to play with chiaroscuro. I am thus able to sculpt a two-dimensional representation that…
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Courtney Fairweather
Courtney Fairweather is a visual artist who works in a wide variety of media. She has a B.A. in English, a B.F.A. in Visual Art, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics. She has taught in universities in the Netherlands, Finland, and Canada.
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Avery Shoemaker
I am a multidisciplinary artist and writer from Minneapolis, USA currently based in Toronto. My work is concerned with symbiosis, ecology, ecological grief, sensing, growth, and decay. I work with words, found and foraged materials, and traditional media including watercolor, acrylics, and ink. Website: www.averyshoemaker.com …
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Eric Garsonnin
My work follows two streams: making images for hanging and exhibition which show the ways we create spaces for living and working, large and small, inside and outside: and I make photo-zines that focus on the powers exerted upon by what we build, towers, signs, roads and others. I also shoot mannequins, motorcycles, the odd…
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Stephanie McLean
A former jazz vocalist and stage performer, this experience is a source of inspiration for my abstract portraiture paintings. The energy and emotions many performers exude on stage or in rehearsals can be electric. I’m drawn to capturing that essence on canvas through bold use of colour and abstract realism/expressionism to help celebrate, “see”…
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Chris Siems
I am a Toronto based artist working with acrylic on canvas. I am moved by colour and it has a tremendous impact on my sense of wellbeing. While I have only been painting since 2017, I have a long history with art and design having previously taken foundational studies through OCAD, as well as focused…
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Joan Haberman
Garden Paintings My landscapes explore the relationship between light and shadow, and the ambiguity between positive and negative space. I paint from my own photos. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joan.haberman.art/ Website: habermanart.ca Cottage Series
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Mirren Hinchley
I am a Toronto, abstract, non-objective, acrylic painter who has been painting for the last 4 years. My works have not only been displayed in Toronto gallery shows but also online galleries in Milan and the UK with enquiries from Spain and Crete. Over the past several years there has been an organic evolution in…
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Jose Cifuentes
Let my work be known for manifesting varied visual representations of freedom, these unexpected paintings are a mixture of thick knife strokes with free-hand illustrations on canvas and recycled surfaces. I collect and portray moods that are in vivid, visceral paint strokes, loose lines, deliberate drips and passionate splatters using a combination of media including…
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T.L. Davison
I have had a love of painting ever since I could remember, and having always received water-colour and paint book sets as a child certainly steered me in the direction of eventually being an artist, in a family of teachers and nurses; at the time the two most popular professions open to women. It…
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Angela Zheng
Angela Zheng is a photographer currently based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is interested in capturing urban landscapes in addition to abstract photography. Her work has been published in Existere, Carte Blanche, Pace, and Blank Spaces magazine. Her current project documents the boarded up and neglected residences and store fronts in Hamilton. This series of photos…
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Joanna Black
Website: https://joannablackart.ca/ Joanna Black has exhibited her new media, videos, digital photographs, blogspaces, paintings, computerized art, and performance artworks in Canada and the United States in solo and group shows. Her focus is on the political: art for social change including human rights, environmental, and gender issues. Black’s artworks, research, curating and teaching have centered…
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Cindy Y. Lam
I am an emerging Toronto based artist working predominantly in acrylics on canvas for my paintings. Sky, sea and fur. These three elements always seem to make their way into my paintings. Sometimes together, sometimes just by themselves. These elements bring calm and joy to my life but most importantly inspire me to reflect upon…
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Joanne Shenfeld
I have painted and created all my life, drawn to and inspired by the layering and interplay of color, shape, texture and images in both artistic creations and real-life scenes. Much of my work takes the form of an abstracted landscape, evoking a colourful and whimsical imagined vista. My art is about adding richness and depth…
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Jacqueline Treloar
I am a magician. My work springs from ancient histories and legends, stunning light and colour. Its origins were formed from years living in England, Italy and now Canada. I ask questions. What holds meaning for me? What is my purpose? My answers celebrate a personal vision; ideas, images and memories are sorted, researched, and…
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Mona Bayati
Mona Bayati is a Toronto based Artist and Art Educator. She has been teaching in several schools of Art in GTA. Mona Bayati has a B.A. in fine Art from Azad University in Tehran- Iran. She has a strong connection with nature and its value in human’s life. Her daily walks in nature are her…
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Alison Kruse
My mind is attracted to finding narratives where ever I can find them. Storytelling is about unveiling the truth. Its how we communicate and seek out the emotion that brings us together. My work has always been dependent on folklore but wasn’t completely sure why until I did my research. The more I look into…
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Stanislav Plavcic
website: https://www.stanislavplavcic.art/ email: stanislavplavcic@gmail.com instagram: @stanislavplavcicart I currently run several series of paintings, digital and photography based works: 1. As Seen from Earth reflects on the current socio-cultural and political situation on the planet and deals with issues such as war/conflict/violence/fear/power, climate change, discrimination, etc… 2. As Seen from Jupiter is a series of abstract…
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Elizabeth Greisman
Elizabeth works internationally and nationally as a Visual artist, Curator, Administrator and Visual Arts Educator. Elizabeth has participated in Visual Arts international residencies where she has developed collaborations with artists of dance, poetry, music, theatre, creative writing, scientists and cuisine. She has exhibited her work internationally and within Canada, highlighted by a show at the…
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Hugh Alcock
My primary focus has been on landscape, not in the traditional sense of depicting bucolic scenes or grand vistas, but rather the world outside of the human sphere. It is a world populated by trees. As I understand it, trees move by their growing, albeit at a glacial pace. A tree’s shape, therefore, is an…
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Sandra Nicole Franke
These mental landscapes see consciousness as a vehicle of growth. The very act of painting creates consciousness, filtering and developing elements from the unconscious. It is constantly moving and connecting thoughts, like the eye searching the canvas of a finished painting until it finds rest. This is the enjoyment of art. Www.sandrafranke.com
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Artifacts
Links: Website: http://artifactsperformanceart.ca/ Centre for Canadian Contemporary Art ARTIFACTS site. ARTIFACTS, formed in 1983 by Pam Patterson and Leena Raudvee, produces feminist collaborative works which combine the concerns of art and theatre; they have fused these traditions into a unique hybridity. Ever cognizant of gender politics and cultural normalization, ARTIFACTS engages in deconstructing various contemporary…
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Julie Vetro
www.julievetro.com Instagram/Twitter: @soundavet Julie Vetro is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Hamilton, Ontario. She works in a variety of media: photography, film, painting, sculpture and installation. Sound and audio are key components in her artistic practice. Her work explores the impact of musical cognition, perception, and appreciation on neurological function. She is especially…
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Janne Reuss
Janne Reuss is a multidisciplinary and conceptually driven artist. She studied History of Art in Mexico City, where she was born and raised, and studied Fine Arts in the Academy of Art & Design in Stuttgart, Germany. Her work is held in private, as well as public collections: The Donovan Art Collection at St. Michael’s…
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Catharine Mary Somerville-Wilson