Juried Art Exhibition
Close to 80 artists have entered their work in the 2009 Edition of the Juried Art Exhibit. The exhibit awards will be determined by our expert panellists and announced at the Opening night party at 9pm. All works are open for sale by the artists.
The Juried Art committee is made up of Robert Hilts, Aaron Mitchell, Carmen Victor, and Colleen Johnston. The Juried Art Judges are Rhonda Nolan, Rhonda Nolan Designs; Fernando Freitas, Academy of Realist Art; Felix Russo, Publisher, Editor PhotoEd Magazine. The first prize is a one-year scholarship to the Academy of Realist Art; a $7,500.00 value. The awarded prizes have been donated by the Academy of Realist Art, Picture it Framed and other Junction Businesses.
- Gallery Hours*
- Wednesday 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. opening night party, everyone's invited!
- Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Friday 12:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Venues
- The Academy of Realist Art 2968 Dundas Street West - www.academyofrealistart.com
2009 Juried Artists by Last Name
- The Academy of Realist Art - 2968 Dundas Street West / www.academyofrealistart.com
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- Abbate, Raffaele
- Anderson, Judy
- Azhari, Imam
- Asrahimi, Anahita
- Baczynski, Chris
- Bank, Dawn
- Brett, Renata
- Campbell, Jerry
- Campbell, Shawna Lee
- Carter, Alice
- Cioppa, Bernardo
- Clarke, Jordan
- Cooper, Stephen
- Coyle, Kathleen
- Cuevas, Christienne
- deLang, Shirley
- Demczur, Anne
- Dick, Derek
- Doda, Rob
- Donohue, Sheila
- Dravetz, Jacqueline
- Filip, Vlad
- Gambin, Cecile
- Garant, Scott
- Garnega, Maria
- Goodman, Ava
- Hatanaka, Alexa
- Hong, Ji
- Hopkins, Michael
- Ivanov-Gooderham, Eva
- Jabenko, Daria
- Jacobson, Daiman
- Judd, Andrew
- Karmakar, Supria
- Kashyap, Gayatri
- Kelly, Kaye
- Kubian, Brad
- Kumazawa, Shinya
- Lynch, John
- MacKenzie, Sandra
- Mahon, Mitchell R.
- Malekzadeh, Sarah
- Marinic, Katarina
- Mason, Sarah
- McGrath, Diane
- Medley, Adam
- Miller, Elizabeth
- Molony, Jayne Couch
- Monache, Stephanie Delle
- Moon, Sharon M.
- Naylor, Kathryn
- Ng, Lisa
- Nice, Teresa
- Oxley, David
- Pinto, Corin
- Prociw, Elizabeth Petite
- Rakowski, Elaine
- Ridaz-Lepsi, Rita
- Romano, Sam
- Sepandram, Nazanin
- Sieniewicz, Mateusz
- Simpson, Aisha
- Smythe, Anne
- Talwar, Vicky
- Taylor, Kate
- Thomson, Tracy
- Vailankani, Victoria
- Vovk, Liliya
- Wilmshurst, Rachel
- Ykema, Janice
- Zamic, Rene
- Zuber, Marlena
- Abbate, Raffaele
Biography
I was born in Ragusa Italy, graduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Catania. I immigrated into Canada in 1996, have been living in Brampton Ontario since. I am a self taught artist but have also received some training at the Academy of Realist Art, formerly Michael John Angel Studios.
Artist Statement
I would like to enter three drawing. 1) "Power of youth". Carbone on cream colored paper, 18x24, framed. 2) "Return to innocence". Sanguine and white chalk on cream colored paper, 18x24, framed. 3) "Young artist". Carbone on paper, 18x24, framed.
- Anderson, Judy
Biography
Judy Anderson is a resident of Hamilton where she combines studio and home. She graduated from Sheridan College with a Diploma in Technical Illustration. She worked in the art departments of the printing and publishing industry for many years. A series of watercolours done on a stay in the Northwest Territories in the early 1990s renewed an interest in painting. Judy currently shows with galleries in southern Ontario. Her work has exhibited in over 50 juried, group and solo shows in Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and the Czech Republic. Judy was a winner in the Hillebrand Wine label competition in 2005.
Artist Statement
I am a mixed media painter planning on exhibiting new works of my current series inspired by board games. Overlapping themes, images, patterns and colour work to create interesting visual images.
- Azhari, Imam
Biography
Born in Indonesia, Imam has lived in Toronto since 2004. He grew up in an artistic family who encouraged his visual art. Imam has been developing interest in Trompe L'oeil art. It s part of his interest to use the detailed information of the object and realist art techniques to create an illusion, that reveals a deeper and strong truth in my painting and drawing. Also Imam has been combined between modern elements with traditional art technique to create modern traditional art
Artist Statement
Since coming to Canada in 2004, I have been intent on establishing my business career. But I came to realize that I was missing something very important, something that would truly be the expression of my heart and soul. In 2006 I had the good fortune to find the Academy of Realist Art. I introduced myself and was accepted as a student there. Since stepping up in that school, I feel I have found what was missing in my life. Every day, seven days a week. I have been studying and working with the help of the instructors. I have researched many different aspects of modern and classic art. I have also built connections with some artists outside the school. This time of discovery has had an amazing affect on my life. I have proved to myself that it is not too late for me to become the unique creative artist that I have always known I could be. Even within the strict rules of the assignments for my studies, I feel a passion and excitement when creating the work. I am always seeing the objects in a different way. My portfolio for this application shows my original thinking in several ways. This creative opportunity has changed my view of my future. I am confident now in my potential to create art based on classical structure, but viewed through my own unique approach. In 2008 I had begun to see what kind artist I want to be, especially after last moment in Academy of Realist Art.It was great time to see and feel the moment being trompe L'oeil artist also I started to learn how to creating effect of the painting.
- Azrahimi, Anahita
Biography
Anahita started painting as a hobby when she was a teenager, copying Walt Disney cartoon characters that eventually evolved into reproducing works of Monet and Turner. She studied drawing and oil painting techniques independently with some of Iran's leading visual artists. Her major in Visual and Studio Arts from the Arts Management program at the University of Toronto at Scarborough has given her a more structured study of the fundamentals of Visual Arts.
Artist Statement
In her recent body of work, she is playing with the energies of the collage pieces, chosen from the one and only fashion magazine Vogue, in relation to each other and the texture-based painting. The pieces are chosen based on their texture, colour, light and individual energy.
Vogue, fashion's bible is among the most controlled and controlling magazines on the newsstands. But control seems to be Anahita Azrahimi's strong suit- Her work translates into an intuitively controlled balance.
-Peter Goddard, Toronto StarAzrahimi creates an absorbing flow of colour and feeling in a small space of paint-swiped canvas. coherent and evocative
-Torontoist- Baczynski, Chris
Biography
Chris holds a Bachelor's degree from University of Toronto and a Master's degree from Ryerson University. He has been practicing photography, including traditional darkroom work and alternative techniques for over ten years, most recently showing his work at the 2008 Huronia Arts and Craft Festival in Barrie and the Artisans at the Distillery show in Toronto. His most recent work focuses on the seemingly timeless, but in actuality, potentially quite fragile, geological features of our Mother Earth.
Artist Statement
In my work I try to show the natural beauty and fragility of Earth's crust, as shaped into whimsical forms by wind and water. Many geological formations similar to those presented in the photographic series no longer exist, having been destroyed by human hand. In the spirit of medium being the message, the photographs are all made on film (a traditional media), the final prints being hand-made by the artist using the traditional darkroom processes. This precludes the use of digital manipulation to
fix
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nature – an act that would contravene the spirit and purpose of the series.- Bank, Dawn
Biography
For Dawn, Artists are people who she respects highly in the world of painting art. They are signs, reassurances that she is not alone in her passion to hold a brush. With a mere brush, artists can bring to life a scene thats quite similar though from a different place in the universe. Allowing the audience a glimpse of the world inside the painters artistic mind. Dawn began her fascination with painting from the moment that she was able to hold a pencil. She wove through with independence, refusing to stray away from her own ideas. Her paintings are the expressions of her independent spirit.
- Brett, Renata
Biography
I have loved painting and drawing from a young age. I learned skills and techniques from numerous visual artists over the years. I did my undergraduate degree in arts and science; however, it wasn't until my third year of university that I came across the idea of combining my passion for science with my gift for painting. More specifically I find the study of cells, Cytology, fascinating. Over the years I have collaborated with two professors at the University of Toronto. My goal is to represent elements of their research through the lense of artistic expression.
Artist Statement
display of paintings
- Campbell, Jerry
Biography
Jerry Campbell is a Toronto-based plein air painter with an interest in the decay, renewal, and growth inherent in urban and suburban areas. All works are executed on-site.
Artist Statement
I am proposing a display of oil-on-panel plein air paintings.
- Campbell, Shawna Lee
Biography
Canadian artist ShawnaLee Campbell, born in Toronto, Ontario where she lives and works as an artist, writer and educator. As a professional visual artist, ShawnaLee pursues illustration in the forms of drawing, painting, and photography. A natural born story-teller, ShawnaLee is pursuing her childhood dream as a children's writer and illustrator. After studying for one year at The Toronto School of Art, ShawnaLee work with a youth organization while earning a travel grant to backpack Canada. She returned to study at The Art Centre at Central Tech where she would go on to receive a diploma in Visual Arts.
Artist Statement
My proposed exhibit is a continuation of the work you see here in my application; my first Arctic series. I continue to paint nature images from the Arctic and will include both the first and second series in my exhibit. There will be more paintings of polar bears in the second series, as well as several other Arctic animals. There will be more landscapes and also portraits of the Inuit people and their life in the Arctic. The work will be done on canvas in both acrylic and oil. My style of painting remains true as in the first Arctic series with vivid experimental colour.
- Carter, Alice
Biography
Alice rides her bike up and down the hills of wonderland in search of magical adventure. She enjoys tea and conversation with wise old cats and dances in the kitchen with eccentric, imaginary friends. Her sink is covered in paint and her mind overflowing with storytelling. She is inspired by people-watching and music and all the earth's magnificent creatures. She sits in an invisible row boat and floats down a stream of expressive watercolour, she sings and laughs, dreaming up all the fantastical ways she will turn her curious imagination inside out.
Artist Statement
Life is a topsy turvy roller coaster of a ride, with twists and turns and overly dramatic ups and downs. So many of us are so busy, caught up, overwhelmed. We are walking around with weights on our shoulders, missing the unadorned beauty in some of life's seemingly mundane moments. My latest creations are inspired by simple everyday instances and emotions. They are snapshots of tiny moments of joy or whimsy. The quirky characters strive to elicit a quick flash of childish awe, a grin or giggle. They exist to provide a small and subtle break from all the "heavy". They are quiet investigations of the uncomplicated wonder between the topsy and the turvy of the ride.... AT THE JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 I plan on sharing the curious characters submitted with this application along with a few more who are still dancing around in my imagination, waiting their turn....
- Cioppa, Bernardo
Biography
Born and raised in Toronto, Bernardo Cioppa, for now, has to keep his mundane day job, instead of earning a living from taking photos all day. Educated in Journalism, his work is often from the perspective of documentary or
street
photography. The urban streets are the usual subject matter because the cityscape provides the human drama and emotions that people understand.- Clarke, Jordan
Biography
My art is both a reflection of and a reaction to my society. Through the act of painting, I aim to create striking pieces of art that provoke debate, thought, and emotion. Painting has always been the most natural way for me to express myself. Not only do I enjoy the act of painting, but I take pleasure in creating an object of beauty or debate and in narrating stories from life. I've been working professionally as an artist for approximately five years. A graduate of OCAD, I currently am studying at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto.
Artist Statement
Working in oils, I use portraiture as a site of emotion and a source of inspiration. My upbringing has had a significant influence on my art practice. My culturally diverse heritage is certainly evident in this current series titled,
nothing is just black or white
. My mixed-race background has given me a distinctive and sensitive perspective on issues of identity and agency, such as the role colour plays in shaping one's identity, society's classification of cultural/racial groups, and the limitations of stereotypes and/or pre-determined gender or racial roles.- Cooper, Stephen
Biography
Stephen Cooper has lived most of his life in the nearby Village of Swansea. He received his initial training in photography, along with film at Humber College. Steve's images have appeared in many Canadian newspapers, magazines, scientific journals and books. He was the principal author of
Watermills of Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Canada
. His photographs have been displayed at Toronto Art Expo; Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition; Roncesvalles Studio Tour; The Arts and Letters Club; The Distillery District; Muskoka Arts and Crafts Show; Scaramouche and Bloom Restaurants; and at the Paula White-Diamond Gallery in St. Jacobs.- Coyle, Kathleen
Biography
I have study and work in art for most of my life. I now work in mosaic's using stained glass. I create one of a kind work of art from image I see in everyday life and sometimes am inspried by artist old and new. By using the movement found in painting and with the bold colour found in the glass I have found my own style that is always evolving. emeralddragonstudio.com
- Cuevas, Christienne
Biography
Christienne Cuevas was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1981. Her earliest artistic influence came from her father, a civil engineer by training, who encouraged her from her youth, demonstrating to his three-year-old daughter such techniques as chasing drops of watercolor around a page by blowing through a straw. But it wasn't until many years later, after beholding works by the old masters in Florence, Venice, Rome and Paris that Christienne's desire to pursue art as a career fully cemented. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and currently attends the Academy of Realist Art.
Artist Statement
A series of portraits in mixed media
- deLang, Shirley
Biography
Shirley deLang is a resident of Toronto were she combines home and studio. Shirley's career began as a self-taught artist in the 60's and later studied with the late Geoffrey Sykes of Toronto and Deece Doran of Scarborough. She is proficient in several media including castpaper sculpture, oil, pastel and watercolour and has shared her talent and knowledge with students. Shirley has exhibited in many solo and group shows in Ontario extending back to the mid 70's . Her paintings hang in corporate and private collections throughout North and South America.
- Demczur, Anne
Biography
I attended the Ontario College of Art, have developed my photographic and design skills through the years. I have worked in black and white photography film photography, darkroom processing, printing and colour photograpy. I am currently using digital photography and recently have ben exploring adding additional colour to the images through a handpainting process.
- Dick, Derek
Biography
Local hobbyist photographer looking to capture the Junction.
Artist Statement
A collection of mostly local photos. (i.e. taken in around Junction/High Park). Some will be of USA trip. Most will be smaller prints (postcard or gift-card prints) with some displayed as framed. Display "coffee table" books of photos will also be available to view.
- Doda, Rob
Biography
I have been shooting for 25 years
Artist Statement
This is a group of images shot in and around Baffin Island.
- Donohue, Sheila
Biography
Born and raised near Montreal, I have also lived in Alberta and Ontario, studied at the University of Toronto, currently living and working in Toronto for several years; successfully raised two offspring who are productive citizens; dream of having more time in my studio.
- Dravetz, Jacqueline
Biography
Jacqueline was born in Toronto Ontario, Canada, Jacqueline continues to be inspired by master painters such as John Singer Sargent, Sir Henry Raeburn and Paul Peel. Her love for the dog and horse inspire her work . As an adult Jacqueline studies the discipline of dressage. She finds there is an interesting relationship between the desire to paint in a masterly way and ride dressage.. It is the challenge of these two passions that continue to motivate her to reach new potentials.
Artist Statement
To consistently use the tools of self analysis and awareness of my work in order to explore my own unique creative power, and to present these visions of my art to the world. As I thirst for more understanding into the challenges and complexities of how to capture more of what is hidden, what is obscure in the given subject of the painting, I evolve through this labor to get one step closer to reaching my potential, never being satisfied that this last painting was my best.
- Filip, Vlad
Biography
I was born and raised in a neighbourhood that borders the Junction to the east. My rush hour career is in enterprise database systems. My off-hour career is in copper sculpting. The physical elements of the two may be different -offices and boardrooms versus garages and basements - process diagrams, mouse clicks, and keystrokes versus copper layouts, metal shears, and a solder torch, but the intellectual and spiritual focus is the same - seeing, listening, understanding, and interpreting. Both are enjoyable, satisfying, and stressful.
- Gambin, Cecile
Biography
I was born in France and came to Toronto when I was three. It's a big urban city where I have learned to play, study and work while enjoying the city's open spaces, and speckled life. My city life and love for the outdoors contribute to my photographic vision and style of creating powerful and energetic images. I love looking at our world and seeing the wonders Mother Nature has to offer and how people interact with and within her. I prefer natural lighting, and am attracted to the boundless textures and colours around us. I am a self-taught Photographer, a French and Physical Education teacher, a mother, and a two-wheeled enthusiast.
Artist Statement
The images were taken over a 4 month period from October 2008 to January 2009. They display the colours and textures found within our city (Toronto). Typically regarded by many as the bleak months - seemingly lifeless, neither colourful or snowy white - beauty and life can be found within this darkness. These images represent what Toronto as a city means to me: calm, mysterious, vivacious and colourful.
- Garant, Scott
Biography
Scott Garant grew up in Windsor, ON and has lived in Toronto for almost a decade. He has studied photography at various colleges in Ontario. Having always been inspired by painting, and influenced by abstract expressionism and impression, he wanted to
paint
with his camera lens. He shares his creative energy with his partner, Richard Manilla. In 2006, they created Garilla Photography and Visual Art. Galleries and shows across Ontario and from Toronto to New York City have featured his photography. His work can be found in various private collections in Canada and the United States of America and as far away as New Zealand.- Gernega, Maria
Biography
I have been passionate about art my whole life, excelling in drawing and acrylic painting. After graduating from Unionville High School's Arts York Visual program, I took a degree in philosophy at the University of Western Ontario so as to approach art from a different perspective, and participated in a collaborative exhibit in 2007 entitled
Void
at the London Arts Project. I am currently involved in designing t-shirts for an up-and-coming company, Fighter Shirts, amongst other freelance projects.Artist Statement
To me, visual art is something that goes far beyond technicality and, indeed, ideally transcends beyond the mere image that is seen. My goal is to engage the emotions and experiences of the viewer by representing my own on a visual level, but also on a metaphorical one. I want to present a variety of drawings as well as acrylic paintings of various sizes that illuminate different perspectives on subjects such as transcendental experiences, the body, and the tension between the individual, others, and the world.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70052895940- Goodman, Ava
Biography
I started taking courses in art at Concordia University with my B.A. in Art History. In London Ontario I enjoyed creating pottery pieces and worked towards my Art Certificate. When I completed my final course in watercolours in 2005 at George Brown College, I fell in love with the medium. Over the years I have been a Visual Art Instructor for children in the areas of cartooning, clay creations and drawing and painting. Also, I have instructed adults in basic watercolour techniques.
- Hatanaka, Alexa
Biography
My name is Alexa Hatanaka. I was born in Toronto and have lived here, in the High Park/Junction area, ever since. My first art love is painting which I initially studied at Sheridan College and subsequently at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD). However, I am presently working towards a degree in Printmaking with a minor in Material Arts and Design at OCAD. I also create commissioned murals around the city, and have a growing passion for clothing design. My favourite non-art pastimes are making soup, billiards, and biking.
Artist Statement
I will be displaying only one of the pieces I have included in my submission of images. That piece is titled,
www.alexahatanaka.comAki
. The piece is a linocut on hand-woven cloth, 30”x42.” The complementary works that I will be creating for the show will be mixed media, predominantly working with relief printmaking and acrylic/oil painting. This will be a series of portraits. In addition to canvas, I will be working on wood, handmade paper, and a limited selection of hand-woven material. This series is meant to offer something fresh, by utilizing ancient craft and salvaged materials, as a relief from the disposable society we live in.- Hong, Ji
Biography
I was born and raised in ShangHai China. I studied sculpture department in Shanghai University. After School I worked as a teacher in a vocational school, an editor in a publishing house, a graphic designer in an advertising agency. 2004 I moved to Toronto. 2008 I started to paint, I really like it.
- Hopkins, Michael
- Ivanov-Gooderham, Eva
Biography
A self-taught watercolourist and member of Toronto's Franklin Carmichael Art Group she has participated in four Juried Exhibitions, and member shows. Her works (over 30) have sold at locally, privately, and are hanging corporately since 2006. A musician and dancer since childhood, she gravitated to theatre; where art forms like scenic painting, composition, light, colour, have merged well into her transition as a watercolour artist. She enjoyed the calmness and peace of initially painting Chinese Landscapes, but inspired by educators Ken MacFarlane, David McEown and others, she works in the traditional purist form of watercolour.
Artist Statement
The inspiration for her paintings were from her love at spending summers at lakeside. As a sailor also, she enjoys painting the elements of water, atmospheric conditions,reflections in water, and extraordinary sunsets. She enjoys the transparency of the white paper reflecting through mountains, lakes and rivers, mist, and fog are expressed through this medium. Currently developing a website which will indicate all pieces sold, and available and contact details.
- Jabenko, Daria
Biography
Born in Moscow, Russia, I inherited a mysterious and artistic Russian soul. It is constantly seeking to inspire people's lives and touch their souls. For my entire life, I’ve studied art. In an effort to greatly improve and sharpen my skills and talent I began attending classes at an extrememly early age and continue to do so today with courses at the Academy of Realist Art.
Artist Statement
Paintings that will be displayed during the exhibit will feature the same technique and style however they will be united by one theme: heaven. Paintings will show different heavenly settings using an abundance of flowers, fruits and light.
- Jacobson, Daiman
Biography
Born in Toronto, Daiman Jacobson had his first solo photography show in May, 2009, at Lou’s Coffee Bar in the Junction. At 19 years of age, Daiman has been a student of art and photography at Art Works Art School, Etobicoke School of the Arts, and Toronto School of Art. Daiman entered a student photography show at Gallery 44 in Toronto where over the course of five years, he became known for his distinctive art style, intuitive perspective, poetic nature and personal maturity. A resident of the Junction for 14 years, Daiman enjoys photographing the flavours of this area.
Artist Statement
Daiman Jacobson will be presenting a selection of 25-35archival black and white photographs, fully framed and matted. Sizes will range from 8x10 to 16x20. Subject matter will include Daiman’s intuitive perspective and poetic style of High Park and the historic Junction.
- Judd, Andrew
Biography
An award winning graduate from the Ontario College of Art, Andrew has exhibited in Vienna, Prague, London, Santa Fe, Montreal and Toronto. Painting outdoors, in cafes, or working in the comfort of a studio Andrew believes a simple, orderly, and knowledgeable working process contribute to the success of good art. Andrew's illustrations are represented by Masterfile, and his original paintings and drawings are available through Westmount Gallery in Toronto.
Artist Statement
I would like to show paintings that I have been doing in the past few months. I will show local scenes including High Park, Bloor West, and a few from little Italy. I will also show drawings and paintings from travels to India and Austria including some portrait studies too.
- Karmakar, Supria
Biography
Raised in South East England of East Indian heritage, Supria Karmakar has displayed an inclination to artistic creation from her childhood to her adult years. Inspired by her diverse life experiences born of Eastern and Western cultures coming together, Supria uses drawing, painting and more recently, the encaustic collage medium as avenues to work out her pondering of relationships and the meaning of life. Moving to Canada in 1981, her subsequent travels, her love of nature, her daughter and life partner are her greatest teachers; these connections deepen her process of art making.
- Kashyap, Gayatri
Biography
I was born in Toronto to parents of East Indian origin and consider myself Canadian Indian! I have always been artistically inclined for as long as I can remember and would often do drawings and sketches for fun as a child. In 2005, at the age of 25 I began formally painting and have never stopped since! My art reflects my thoughts, and the subtle part of myself that is physicalized on canvas! I always learn from every piece that I create, about spirituality, life lessons and about deeper facets of myself!
Artist Statement
Currently I am working on an exhibit of 9 pieces (all oil medium, on canvas and panel) that is titled "Bridal Dreams". It will be paintings showing the fantasies of a bride and will be of an East Indian Bride (in Canada!) The paintings will show the bride, groom, and intimacy, music, and dance, all part of an East Indian wedding.
- Kelly, Kaye
Biography
Kaye Kelly was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She has been living in Canada since 1980. Kaye discovered she had a natural ability to draw and paint at a very young age. Kaye Kelly, who has her studio in Ajax, Ontario, graduated in 2001 with an Associate Diploma as a mature student in Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art and Design. Kaye is a creative mixed media artist who paints primarily in acrylic, creating the impression of depth and texture by adding thin layers of acrylic paint to sand and other mediums through special application techniques.
Artist Statement
I began painting abstracts and have made a natural progression into flowers, landscape and movement. My paintings are very textured and alive with color, which is a reflection of my bright outlook on life. I work exclusively with acrylic paint on canvas and alternative surfaces. The texture in my mixed media paintings is achieved by adding heavy gels, sand and other mediums to acrylic paint. This creates an interesting 3D appearance which brings energy and life to my work.
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- Kubian, Brad
Biography
Brad Kubian was born and raised in Saskatchewan, and exposure to that environment and culture has had a significant and enduring impact. He studied printmaking and painting at the University of Regina, and also attended the Alberta and Ontario Colleges of Art. Important early influences included David Thauberger, Joe Fafard, and Victor Cicansky, prairie artists who's work reflect a regional, pop/folk sensibility. Those factors in concert with exposure to far too much television and other junk culture have resulted in a highly personal artistic perspective. Brad has been living in Toronto since 1984
- Kumazawa, Shinya
Biography
Born and raised in an artistic environment, Shinya Kumazawa left his native Japan to study astronomy, philosophy and art at the University of Arizona. Kumazawa’s passion for and interest in art have brought him to New York, India, Spain and Italy. In 2000, he moved to Toronto, Canada and has been painting professionally ever since. The source of Shinya Kumazawa’s paintings all stem from his fascination of nature. The colours, the temperament and unpredictability of the natural and cultivated environment inspire the artist to put brush to canvas and capture an experience. Kumazawa has exhibited in Canada, the US, Japan and Europe.
- Lynch, John
Biography
Since childhood, I have always felt the need to express the beauty around me through drawing and painting. My studies under M. John Angel and the Academy of Realist Art awakened in me a great love for the Old Masters, and particularly the work of 19th and early 20th Century painters. I love to paint portraits, still-life and figures, but my great passion is landscape. In my landscape work I seek to transport the viewer to another place and time. To excite the imagination; to evoke memories and associations, and a love of fantasy and beauty. John Y Lynch was born and raised in Toronto.
www.arttour.info- MacKenzie, Sandra
Biography
Goguen is a classically trained artist in both drawing and oil painting. Her passion is still life and portraits. She is influenced by Rembrant because of his dark mystery and warm colours.It shows in all her works. An oil painter since the age of nine, she has taken courses at the Realist School of Art in Toronto and the Peterborough School of Art.
Artist Statement
The works of Goguen will be on display at the Kawartha Gallery in Peterborough on June 27 - July 3, at the Cobourg Art Festival on July 1-5, Doors Open Oshawa on Sept. 19 - 20, and the Scugog fine Art Show and Sale on Nov.7-8. Her work is represented at the KOHL Gallery in Toronto, and the Painted Tree Gallery in Cobourg.
- Mahon, Mitchell R.
Biography
I go for lengthly walks around the city and often I take out my cell phone and snap photos and later e-mail myself and now having the technology I make prints of them.
- Malakzadeh, Sarah
Biography
Sarah Malekzadeh is a Toronto student of English who gets art education wherever she can, whether it is through studio workshops, Ryerson art history classes or interesting tidbits she overhears while working as a security guard at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Sarah works with paint, photography, sculpture and even henna. Growing up in a half-Persian household has influenced Sarahs work by giving her a strong desire to learn about other cultures. Iranian, Egyptian and Indian inspiration can be found in her art. Her hilarious and supportive family and friends have also been positive influences in her art and life.
Artist Statement
My greatest loves include literature and film, and I try to incorporate these passions into my art in innovative ways. I enjoy portraiture, so I have been able to express my hobbies and interests by doing miniature portraits of favourite authors like Kurt Vonnegut, and of directors like Alfred Hitchcock. I find that faces are always an intriguing subject because in art, ugly, complicated, unconventional faces are almost always more engaging than the smooth, beautiful faces we usually prefer to look at. I am forever open to painting people from all backgrounds, including Barack Obama, Dr. Seuss and my mom.
- Marinic, Katarina
Biography
Katarina Marinic is an emerging photographer who has been working in Toronto since graduating from Sheridan College. Katarina enjoys creating images that mix photography and creative digital retouching. The creativity and imagination added to each photograph allow her to draw out and enhance what the mere camera lens is unable to. Some images are planned well ahead of any shooting, and others are created after in Photoshop. But the main process and magic begin after the photograph has been taken.
- Mason, Sarah
Biography
I attended Etobicoke School of the Arts as a visual art major. After, I attended U of T and took a double major in political science and environmental studies. I continued to paint and also completed a minor in visual art. 4 years after university I have been living as a residence don at Pickering College and supply teaching. Highlights of my experience have been teaching art classes from k-12 and travelling internationally with 12 students to Honduras through Habitat for Humanity. Now as a certified teacher I am in the process of gaining full-time employment as an art teacher.
Artist Statement
I am attempting to infuse my love of jazz into my paintings. I gain inspiration from Romare Bearden but also from listening to the music of jazz giants. My latest series of acrylic paintings began as photographing instruments. I am experimenting with using acrylic paint like watercolour, where I dilute it to a watery consistency, wash the canvas with vibrant colours then take parts away with salt or rags. I am working on a second series using the same techniques called Jazz Artists. I hope in the future to show the artist side by side with his/her instrument.
- Mcgrath, Diane
Biography
Diane McGrath was born and brought up in the Maritimes surrounded by nature. Graduated from Sheridan College with a certificate in illustration and is an OCA Graduate specializing in New media. Diane traveled to Florence Italy to complete her independent thesis in painting. Then moved on to painting murals for many years. Diane also spent 8 years as an aerialist performing and doing choreography. She is now running her own artist run Studio Gallery at1688 Queen West. With drop in Life drawing class once a week where the models are circus performers modeling in the air.
Artist Statement
Diane’s passion is a love for light, colour and movement. Her subject matter is influenced by her passion for the force of movement inherent in nature, extreme weather and her experience with gravity, action and flow of being a circus performer and aerialist. In between one position and the next. The place that moves so fast you miss it, catching that moment. My subject matter is the energy within that. Influenced by the force of nature. I have a strong interest in moving structures and how things work and what makes them weak: whether it is the human anatomy, architecture, bridges or the planet itself. I see geometry and perspective in the forms and shapes created by a certain kind of movement.
- Medley, Adam
Biography
Adam Medley was born and raised in Oshawa, but the story doesn’t end there. Sensing the coming crisis in the city’s auto industry, Adam left his hometown and enrolled at the University of Guelph to learn the in-demand and recession-proof art of printmaking. Upon graduating in 2007 he moved to Toronto and has since lived the dream of being over-educated and under-employed in Canada’s largest city. Having moved to the Junction neighbourhood just last fall, Adam hopes to steal top honours in this year’s Juried Exhibition before setting fire to Toronto’s art scene in 2010.
- Miller, Elizabeth
Biography
A 20-something year old Freelance artist living in the west-side of Toronto
- Molony, Jayne Couch
Biography
Jayne Couch began with life drawing classes in 1976. After which she received scholarships from The Banff Centre of Fine Art, the Paris American Academy in France and Parson’s School of Design in New York City. For the 18 years proceeding school Jayne worked as a Production Designer and Art Director for the Film industry across Canada and in New York. Finally with the maturity of a life well lived Jayne has returned to her vocation as a painter where she shares her insights through paintings.
- Monache, Stephanie Delle
Biography
Stephanie is a self-taught artist with over three years experience as an art gallery assistant, which has aided her development as an artist. Her pieces mainly are constructed using mixed media. She often uses paint, brushes, palette knives, screens and anything else she can grab in order to form luscious tactile surfaces in her pieces. She is thrilled by the exploration of using various textures and bold palette colours that mix together to evolve her paintings and growth as an artist! She has had two solo exhibits in downtown shops and continues to sell and exhibit her work at various retail locations.
Artist Statement
To exhibit various mixed Media Paintings ranging from 10x10 to 30x40.
- Moon, Sharon M.
Biography
I am largely a self-taught artist who exhibits regularly here in Toronto and have shown in the States. Juried shows only. I have most recently been accepted into the group show at Lakeshore Arts; Assembly Hall. A regular venue for myself. I continue with regular figure drawing sessions usually home where I do portraits. All work submitted is done from life/nature, then refined within the comfort of my studio./p>
Artist Statement
Art making, it seems to me, is a never ending process of self-discovery and evolution. Portraiture figure work, watercolour/gouch, and other types of work not included in this exhibit, have become an expected favorite of mine. It appears that everything that I create reflects a part of myself, a sometimes arduous endeavour. Occasionally, I have won an award for my work.
- Naylor, Kathryn
Biography
Kathryn Naylor became interested in art sometime before kindergarten. She studied drawing and printmaking media; painting skills were largely self-taught. Her work has been exhibited in private and group shows in various cities. In the early 90’s she illustrated children’s books, but also enjoyed teaching. Into the year 2000 she worked at Art Works Art School as an instructor in watercolours, colour pencil techniques, introductory acrylics, drawing, and colour theory. Wild places and man-made objects both inspire her work. Her interests have taken her snorkeling with sea turtles, hiking mountains, and prowling Toronto dollar stores.
- Ng, Lisa
Biography
Lisa Ng lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. After graduating from the Ontario College Of Art And Design, she studied alongside Spanish artist Pablo Jueves at ArtMichael Gallery until it went bankrupt. Since then she spends her time trying to get a daily dose of human interaction, figuring out how to make a living, and making and showing her art. When not hustling her work around the Toronto area, it can be found at the Sleeping Giant Gallery. She also manages her own website complete with an ongoing Blog at www.lisangart.com
- Nice, Teresa
Biography
Teresa Nice was born in Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada. In 1975 moved to Toronto, Canada to study photography and film. Always deeply attracted to fine art went on to study her love of oil painting. It was at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto, Canada, which teaches the methods of the 19th -century French Academy she was able to explore Classical Realism. After raising a family she has been able to focus more on her painting and is living and working in Toronto, Canada.
- Oxley, David
Biography
David Oxley is a multi-faceted, Toronto-based artist who has turned his focus onto painting and the challenges it brings. He is a graduate of Concordia University’s Studio Arts program and continues to take occasional classes at the Toronto School of Art. Although he is anxious to dig beyond just the
head and shoulders
of figurative painting, David still finds himself entranced by the complexities that can lie in a seemingly simple portrait.- Pinto, Corin
Biography
Corin Pinto is an encaustic artist based in Toronto, Ontario. Corin is trained in visual arts in various mediums including encaustic, ceramic, watercolour, and acrylic. Corin has been active in various studios in Canada including Hag Atelier, Hill Potters Guild, West End Ceramic Studio and Roundhouse Ceramic Studio. In 2008 Corin ventured to Australia where she spent a year collecting creative experiences and experimenting with different art forms. Corin is back in Toronto and is immersing herself into Toronto's lively art scene. Corin's work can be found in private collections within Canada, USA, South America and Australia.
Artist Statement
Encaustic on panel. Work will be similar to the ones I am submitting with this application and those on my website.
- Prciw, Elizabeth Petite
Biography
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Artist Statement
- Rakowski, Elaine
Biography
I have had a lifelong passion for portrait and landscapes. I love to use the opportunity which travel affords me of always finding new landscape material for my work. I gave up the practice of dentistry in order to develop my new career in art and am currently studying at the Academy of Realist Art.
Artist Statement
Chocolate Pearishables 15 x 18 oil, Figure Study - Gina 17 x 24, oil Portrait of Lauren 15 x 17, oil Plein air study - Big Island, Hawaii 6x8, oil Plein air study - Big Island, Hawaii 8 x 10, oil
- Ridaz-Lepsi, Rita
Biography
When I closed the dance studio in downtown Toronto that I ran for the last 25 years drawing and painting became an alternative to express myself. I have taken classes from Tom Campbell and Thomas Hendry at the Toronto School of Art (TSA) to get the basic guidelines but, otherwise, I am self-taught. During the month of January 2008 I have had my “Moods and Movement” exhibition at AXIS Gallery and Grill. 2008 I exhibited my work in several juried exhibitions around town Beginning 2009 one of my work was included by Moses Znaimer Curated exhibition in Propeller Gallery .( Im/AGE: From
Bust
to Boom’ to Zoom’)Artist Statement
Paintings and Drawings covering 2 themes: 1)"So you think you can dance...?" (scenes from different dance styles ) 2.)
Moods and movements
capturing diverse range of people's emotions and expressions in various situations.- Romano, Sam
Biography
My name is Sam Romano and I am an Artist and Freelance Graphic Designer. I was the creative director and Graphic Designer behind the 2008 Queen West Art Crawl. I am classically and self taught artist. I have a passion for colour and trying to capture the essecnce of what I am painting.
Artist Statement
Oil painting on canvas. Using colour and lines capturing the essence and sensuallity of Michelangelo. The series is call the "Ecstasy of Michelangelo." Also using lines and colours to capture the strength of nature and this series iis called the "Electric Forest."
- Sepandram, Nazanin
Biography
1996-1999 Art High School (diploma) 1999-2001 Tehran Azad University (Extra diploma ) 2001-2004 Bachelor of Art, all in Graphic Design. From 1999 until now I have been working in this field in 4 companies. Now I'm Adverting Manager of WWW.ITECCO.CO.JP in Iran.
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- Sieniewicz, Mateusz
Biography
I am a full time art student at Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (Poland), two faculties: Painting and Media Art, and I'm also study jazz guitar at Jazz School and Contemporary Music.
- Simpson, Aisha
Biography
I am a recent graduate from both a Fashion Art, and Art and Design program. My post secondary studies began as a fashion student at Seneca College.The years I spent studying at Seneca exposed me to a vast array of designers and other creative art fields. It was during this time that a passion to communicate through art was born and a calling to do just that reaffirmed.
Artist Statement
The world around me drives me to create. I'm always thinking, feeling, analyzing, and wanting answers. Through making art, I'm able to arrive at those answers while expressing visually things I often struggle to verbally express. Art has enormous power as a communication venue for both the producer and beholder.
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- Smythe, Anne
Biography
Anne Smythe was born and raised in Toronto where she received a Commercial Art Diploma from Central Technical School. She has worked as a portrait artist and illustrator establishing herself as a skilled technician in many mediums including pencil, watercolour and oils. Her paintings hang in many collections. Anne lives in the High Park area of Toronto with her family.
Artist Statement
Toronto artist Anne Smythe draws upon historic and personal sources to create and execute her unique viewpoint. This recent collection of realistic and surrealistic figurative oil paintings examines the relationship between memory and reality, fact and fiction, intimately engaging the viewer.
- Talwar, Vicky
Biography
Vicky Talwar is an emerging visual fine artist based in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design with her BFA, majoring in painting and drawing. She is also a certified teacher in Ontario and received her Bachelors of Education degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. Vicky specializes in painting and drawing as well as photography. Her work often highlights the deep textures and varied colours of subject matter such as, tropical sweet fruits from India, exotic flowers and Indian textile designs. Vicky Talwar has participated in the Junction Arts Festival for the last 3 years.
- Taylor, Kate
Biography
Kate Taylor was born in Cambridge, England in 1964, grew up in Oakville, Ontario and now works out of her home studio in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Western Ontario. Working in the marketing field for over 20 years, Kate recently turned her attention to painting again after a hiatus of many years. Her goal is to eventually become a full time artist, showing her work in Canada, the US and UK. Her work incorporates strong colour, abstracting landscapes and seascapes; she looks to capture the energy and form of nature.
Artist Statement
To show acrylic paintings.
- Thomson, Tracy
Biography
Tracy's latest painting series explores individual and collective relationships to time and place. Recent exhibitions include: Eleven: Hangman Gallery 09 Urban Landscapes: Riverdale Art Walk 09 Paris Paintings: TSA 08/09 Landscapes: ArtFest on Main 07 Landscapes, Plein Air: Station Gallery 07 Tracy co-produced/edited The Show, a feature documentary, (BRAVO) and co-produced/directed/edited In Search of Joy, a critically acclaimed documentary, (CBC, VisionTV, SCN, Knowledge Networks). Memberships: OSEA, CODE, VAO, ANR and the Arts Leadership Council for TDSB. Tracy hosts art shows and creates workshops for teachers.
Artist Statement
Proposal Junction: The series I am developing concerns the connection between the individual and collective responses to time and space in urban settings. I am exploring ideas of public and personal history in relation to place. Currently, there are 16 works in the series. They are oil on canvas ranging from 12x12 to 30x36 (Aug 08 to present). I do, however, intend to continue to further develop the concept over the next three months. The samples of the work I am submitting are indicative of the work that I would want to show at the festival.
- Vailankani, Victoria
Biography
Victoria is a versatile artist,her art ranges from Classical Realism to Abstract Art, from Line drawing to 3D Relief ! Victoria is very passionate about her work. She spends hours on drawing and painting. Spending time with her sketch book, spending time with the Star-breather is her passion. Life is God's gift to you, what you do with it, is your gift to God ! This one liner thrives her to Shine for the Ginormous God she worships. Have a Blessed Day. :)
Artist Statement
Style :- Blend of Realism and abstracts, Subjecte :- Equine Art, Landscapes Portraits Media :- graphite, oil colors.
- Vovk, Liliya
Biography
Liliya Vovk was born in Ukraine and currently resides in Toronto. She started her art education at the age of six in a traditional fundamental curriculum that followed art theory of the Northern German Renaissance School, (Albrecht Durer). From an early age she was instilled with high values of true craftsmanship and art making that follows in the footsteps of classical tradition. Unable to complete her studies during the University years Liliya continued her passion for fine art later in life at The Academy of Realist Art of Toronto where she has been a student since 2007.
Artist Statement
I have dedicated and focused my studies at ARA to be a self-exploration of the Old Masters. After several years of constant copying in preparation of my own original works, I have been able to refine my techniques in a vibrant and exciting way. For me the brilliant experience and refinement of my craft at ARA has been a long and challenging road but it is an experience well worth the effort and after so many years of learning, it is ARA that has not only taught me skill and expertise but also that true craft is not born from some outstanding gift or ability, rather it is preserved, studied and carried on through hard work dedication and pains-taking effort from teacher to student, generation to generation. At ARA we are taught to stand on the Shoulders of Giants and carry on their traditions in order to enrich our own.
- Wilmshurst, Rachel
Biography
Rachel Wilmshurst has studied sociology, graphic design, fine art, business and photography across Canada and in New Zealand. She holds an honors BD in visual communications from Ryerson, where she received awards for professional writing and graphic design. Rachel also studied painting, drawing and printmaking full time for two years post graduation. Her work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions in Toronto and Auckland and she has recently completed projects in design, illustration, mural painting and independent public art installation as well as the mixed media pieces showcased in her latest bodies of work.
- Ykema, Janice
Biography
Janice Ykema was raised on the outskirts of the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Her interest in art was firmly established by the age of thirteen. Janice never lost sight of her initial goal. Life, family, travel and maturity continued to foster within her a growing understanding that would finally burst forth in a full time art career. She obtained her BA.DES at OCAD in 2005 and since has had her work shown in various juried shows and exhibitions. She has had a solo exhibition and has recently initiated a juried artshow for grades 7 and 8 in the Haldimand District.
- Zamic, Rene
Biography
Rene G. Zamic was born in Thunder Bay (Port Arthur), Ontario. He studied communication and design at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, from 1969 to 1972. From 1972 to 1975 worked as book designer for McClelland and Stuart Publishing. Two year travelling through Europe to India and Sri Lanka from 1976 to 1977. Started working as an illustrator and graphic design full-time from 1979 onwards. During the past 30 years as a professional artist, Rene's medium of choice has spanned airbrush, scratchboard, pen and ink, sculpture in plaster and computer-based electronic arts.
- Zuber, Marlena
Biography
Creative Works Studio is a comprehensive community art outreach program facilitated by the Inner City Health Program of St. Michael's Hospital, in partnership with the Good Shepherd. We have a beautiful art studio and gallery located outside of the hospital in the South Riverdale, Little China Town neighbourhood. Creative Works Studio provides a haven from the daily rigors and challenges of life for people living with a mental illness. Our members are eager to come to a place where they can focus solely on the pleasures and healing attributes of art making while letting go of the stresses that are part of their everyday existence.