Raised in South Africa during apartheid, Aadila Munshi creates from a deep sense of repressed voice. Her work is known for its distressed surfaces, juxtaposing gritty textures with soft, elegant marks and calligraphic forms. Through this contrast, Munshi presents her perception of the push and pull between struggle, hope and the ability to rise ...MORE

Painting in a contemporary style focusing on gesture & colour my work is inspired by nature's landscapes. Using a minimalist style I bring balance in an attempt to decipher the everyday chaos towards calm. My intention is to create a mood or evoke a dream-like memory that one can escape into while enjoying the playfulness of the peaceful vista.

My recent series is a reflection of today’s world, where women have become increasingly more empowered and dominant in the media, my art aims to showcase these women in power. My work is inspired by the constant media headlines that bombard us daily, and I incorporate these headlines to create my own narrative and inspire the titles of my ...MORE

Aggie Armstrong is known for her multimedia work that explores various states of female consciousness. By combining clever compositions, hand-stitched embroidery, and vivid colours, her audience is attracted to the punchy canvases immediately, and encouraged to think beyond their initial impressions to a deeper meaning of the work.

Aimee looks for small sublime moments within everyday life, focusing on what is fleeting and ethereal as a reminder of the temporality of life. This process of taking time to seek and translate what she sees into painting has become both an act of devotion and a quiet subversion of the pressing speed that defines our cultural moment.

Alanna Peters is know for her paintings of figures submerged in water. With a focus on light and movement, she explores the interaction between the abstraction of water and the detailed realism of the figure. Alanna uses oil paint on panels to capture her emotions and experiences, inviting the viewer to contemplate the changing nature of life.

Alex Marks is a contemporary painter who explores metaphysical themes of identity and being, with images that often evoke a mystical or haunting quality. Naturalistic elements are combined with abstract forms and an expressive palette to create a scene that is both strange and familiar to the viewer. Alex is currently based in the city of Toronto.

Alexander is a carpenter at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington. He is completely self taught and has only been painting since 2020. He works exclusively in oil paint and has a strong passion for portraiture. This is Alexander's first show, and the first time any of his paintings will be viewed by the public.

Alexander is an IT Analyst working in a hospital. Art helps me view the world in a different light. It is my therapy, my escape, and helps me cope every day.

Alexandrya Eaton is a contemporary Canadian painter. Eaton has had over forty-five solo exhibitions of her work and her paintings hang in numerous private and public collections. Eaton works in a very physical way, painting quickly and on the floor. Her inclusion of tools such as rollers, tape and handmade stencils facilitates her fascination with ...MORE

Allison Rietta’s work combines spirituality, nature and architecture in bold artistic pieces. Her work explores sacred—or mystic geometry—tapping into the magic of imagination and the suconscious mind as she creates pieces that sometimes energize and other times soothe. Working mainly with watercolours and acrylics on paper or wood panels, ...MORE

Alyson Borycki uses joyful colour palettes, acrylic layers, and the interaction between shapes and lines to communicate a sense of raw emotion and momentum, as well as a feeling of contentment and grounding. She draws deeply and vulnerably from her inner world and emotions, focusing on themes of empowerment, growth, and self-discovery.

Alyssa King is a multi-disciplinary, spray paint artist who has always been drawn to and inspired by street art and graffiti. She creates bright, spray-painted artworks meant to inspire you on a daily. With an education in graphic design, typography and design philosophies are at the forefront of her works. Alyssa works with reclaimed ...MORE

Amelia is a self-taught Toronto based painter living and working in the city’s west end. While her preferred mediums and materials have changed over the years, her work continues to explore the aesthetic world that lies at the intersection of the accidental and the intentional. Her work has been featured at Cry Baby Gallery in Toronto.

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Shackleton’s work depicts an uncertain future where cities blend with nature. Inspired by the urgency of climate change, she questions what’s to come. Shackleton uses squeeze bottles and gravity as her primary tools for creation. Liquid paint is dripped, poured and layered as the canvas is rotated to navigate.

Andrew Cheddie Sookrah is a Canadian artist painting and exploring the interconnectivity of everything in Toronto. Member of Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Society of Canadian Artists (Lifetime, Mentor), Ontario Society of Artists, Portrait Society Of Canada. Recent participant in Landscape Artist Of The Year Canada Competition.

Toronto based figurative painter. I paint in oils. My work is about colour, the figure and an attempt to capture something of the psychological state of my subject. To see more, please visit my website and my instagram pages!

Using bold and conflicting colours, shapes and textures, I explore an obsession with finding “the calm within chaos”. I will often use strong colours to assault and yet calm the senses at the same time. I will also combine the opposing effects of texture with smooth luminosity — within the same space — until they find a shared and ...MORE

Andrew unearths great journeys through origami assemblage, influenced by his experience as a second generation Canadian. Always striving for perfection, taking joy in the completion of each small task, the culmination of thousands of motions to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

Nature Inspires Joy and if I listen carefully, I can hear it sing. Working in encaustics (beeswax), I creates joyful impressions of my ‘happy places’ in luminous, colourful art that reflect how I see nature. I often incorporate simplified forms using Indian ink and foraged treasures like sea glass and stone.

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Anna Medvedeva works in minimalistic and hard edge style. She transforms her vision into lyrical abstractions treated simple geometric forms and vivid patches of solid colors. Main theme is her works is extreme simplicity of the shapes and variations of colors ratios. Anna have been using natural palette of colors, and exploring the boundaries ...MORE

Anne-Marie’s Olczak paintings explore the urban landscape through abstraction by distilling spaces and structures through the form of the grid. The parameters of the grid — the lines, the squares —become freeing in their limitations, allowing for explorations of the colour, surface, and application of paint by placing it all within the ...MORE

Arwynn is a fine art painter using rich, layered colours, and fine details. Her work is a collection of joyful, detailed paintings of simple motifs such as dandelion wishes, nature scenes and wildlife. These works strive to capture the feelings of optimism, hope, whimsy and pure joy.

I am a Canadian contemporary figurative painter. I’ve always been an artist, usually finding a way to manifest it in the messiest, most expressive way possible. In fact, that energy, the visceral nature of my brushstrokes and unapologetic mark making are the elements that characterize my work. I coax chaos, believing that both construction and ...MORE