Art

Capturing the essence of places you love

My work is an intimate dialogue between lived experiences, perceptions, and the environments we occupy. 

portals of possibility (ongoing) 

emotionscapes (ongoing)

intuitive line drawings (ongoing)

pattern maps (ongoing) 

the becoming (2022)  

semblance scapes (2021)

in the space between solitude (2020) 

Impressions of Place (2020) 

poetry – grey pages (ongoing)

Exhibitions

SOLO

2022 The Becoming: Meditations on Existence, 8 – 12 September 2022, The Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

JURIED AND GROUP

2021 University of Toronto Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition, 19 May – 31 July, 2021, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2021 Revealing the Unseen, 10-18 July, Necessary Arts Gallery, Guelph Ontario. 

2021 In the Moment, 16 April – 17 July 2021, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2021 ACM Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2021, 11 March – 29 April 2021, University of Toronto Scarborough, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2021 FEMPOCALYPSE: Coping and Hoping, 11 March 2021, Nightwood Theatre Young Innovators, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2021 RBC Desire Lines II, February 2021, Main Street Station, Toronto, Ontario. 

2020Telepathy: On Repeat, 30 November 2020 – 25 February 2021, Gallery 1265, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2020 SolidARiTy, 8 December 2020 – 3 January 2021, University of Toronto Scarborough, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2020 Beloved Community, Ongoing, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Toronto, Ontario. 

2020 #MoveTheNeedle, Ongoing, Youth Climate Lab, Virtual Gallery, Online. 

2020 Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2020, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. 

2020 Hybridity, 24 – 27 February 2020, Gallery 1265, Toronto, Ontario.

2019 ARTSIDEOUT: IN BETWEEN, 3 October 2019, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario.

2018 Scarborough Transformations, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, 20 – 31 May 2018, Toronto, Ontario.

2018 Select Artists from the Birkdale Arts Festival, Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 The Green Show, 31 October – 12 November 2016, Gallery 1265, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 ARTSIDEOUT: Transformations, 6 October 2016, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 StArt Youth Presenting Art Exhibition 2016, 9 -13 August 2016, Scarborough Village Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 The Broke Gallery, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 Spring Forward, 21 April – 30 May 2016, The Bluffs Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 Mural Arts Showcase, McGregor Park Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 Edge: Youth Art Show, 2 – 8 March 2016, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Ontario.

2016 En Route. Papermill Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2015 Poetry Came In Search of Me, 14 September – 11 October 2015, The Bluffs Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.

2015 StArt Youth Presenting Art Festival 2015, 15 August 2015, Scarborough Village Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

2015 Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Harbourfront Arts Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

Full CV available upon request.

Follow my journey @sylvietheartist.

Interested in custom work? 

I take on 2-3 artwork commissions each month. Here are a few types of custom work that I can work closely with you to create:

  • Mixed Media works or Digital Pattern Maps inspired by places of significance to you for your home or business
  • Personalized Items (Hand painted shoes, tote bags, jackets, mugs or just about anything you can think of!) I ❤️ upcycling items with funky nature-inspired patterns.
  • Tattoo illustrations
  • Logos and/or designs for your small eco-conscious business

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