Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
In the Drawing & Painting program, students learn to become a creative and engaged artist. Students concentrate on their painting studio skills and study art theory, history and contemporary social issues.
Drawing and Painting
Jordan Monck
“In my thesis work, Citrine Daydream, I explore the tender joy of what it means to be woman discovering the excitement of the erotic. In my work I recognize the erotic as a deeply feminine force that empowers women through acts of self-love and... More”
Drawing and Painting
Emily Grybas
“Rabbit Fever is a collection of work focusing on the power of femininity through vulnerability and general softness, depicting it as the prey animal rabbit while transforming it into something vicious. ”
Drawing and Painting
Francisco Lethbridge
“My work sprouts from a whimsical pursuit of unmaking. I am constantly looking for patterns, formulas, rules... these are the quintessential building blocks of creativity. They are what I love about art: to look at something and identify the signs... More”
Drawing and Painting
Paige Dawdy
“You can never really prepare yourself for anything really. You can try to prepare your body, mind, and essence, but it never truly prepares you for reality or truth. As much as you know something is coming, your body knows what's truly going on and... More”
Drawing and Painting
Kaile Ward
“My textile-based work involves a close exploration of nature in my hometown, Hamilton Township, Ontario, through a microscope, the production of natural dyes, and eco printing. I explore themes of comfort, healing, meditation and the implications... More”
Drawing and Painting
Jim Russell
“My work channels the photographic authority, nostalgia and the graphic power of black and white images in order to ask critical questions about media, relationships, power and Canadian identity. I have expressed some of these through my various... More”
Drawing and Painting
Chelsea Smith
“My bones remind me that I have been a part of this land before and that they have laid in this ground many times over, my knowledge and inner understanding of land feels far too great to have come from this life time alone. I have come to believe... More”
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Nicole Ji Soo Kim
“Sometimes through exaggerated performances of day to day activities, sometimes through interventions in familiar spaces, I investigate what is bland and dull; what is boring; ennui; what is nothing; and emptiness. I carry an interdisciplinary... More”
Drawing and Painting
Zachary Warne
“It begins with the inspiration I find in a word or phrase. I use my handwriting and the edge of the line as the foundation for each painting. From there I add colours and pattern that I or you, might associate with the chosen word or phrase. ”
Drawing and Painting
Clara Lynas
“Clara Lynas is a Toronto based multidisciplinary artist specializing in painting, printmaking, and book media. Her work combines the languages of text and figuration and is frequently anchored in her own queer feminized experience. She holds a BFA... More”
Drawing and Painting
Tania Costa
“My work records moments of shame and guilt, driven by traditional Catholic and patriarchal thought processes, capturing the female figures in moments of vulnerability and solitude. With a slight emphasis on pattern repetition and strong colour use,... More”
Drawing and Painting
Maximillian Perris
“Maximillian's work centres around the idea of how spaces can hold memory, and he strives to redefine these spaces and create uncanny, subtle changes to suggest the evolution of the memory process over time. Using prints and cyanotypes on textile,... More”
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Kayla Ferreira
“In my pursuit to find what is sacred to me as an artist, I struggle with the uncertainty of never finding it. ”
Drawing and Painting
Leah Probst
“My work explores creative expression by combining figurative painting with texture, movement and experimentation of different mediums. Working mainly in acrylic and oil paint, I convey the meaning, story, and visual inspiration behind each... More”
Drawing and Painting
Behrad Motekallem
“Behrad Motekallem is an Iranian-Canadian artist based in Montréal, Quebec. His allegoric, semi-abstract paintings are visually informed in equal parts by classical painting traditions and contemporary urban environments. The juxtaposition of... More”
Drawing and Painting
Blair Immink
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Maya Skarzenski
“Maya Skarzenski is an interdisciplinary artist fusing together painting, textiles, and photography. The bulk of her portfolio includes mixed media paintings and soft sculpture installations. Material exploration allows Skarzenski to create bodily... More”
Drawing and Painting
Madelyn Rotella
“Within my painting practice, I work in flux with states of intention & intuition. Working with sculptural, shaped plywood panels, I create paintings that exist as ethereal bodies with complex narratives of their own. ”
Drawing and Painting
Alysha Rocca
“Materials have become my main artery for the body of work created in 2019-2020. Working with the themes of: body, brain, generational history, feminism and creativity. I have found comfort in knitting materials that will be used in the creation of... More”
Drawing and Painting
Bethany Davis
“The pain happens not in the hard but in the soft. Where the moss and mold ate the old and started the new. A balance was lost but everything in dirt and earth fought to seek the stability it once held so softly. It murmurs a plea for the old. ”
Drawing and Painting
Sarah McCrorie Fairbank
“This body of work is a combination of a handful of the pieces I created during my time at OCAD, and an exploration of how my practice has evolved throughout that duration of time. ”
Drawing and Painting
Kathleen Rumney
“Climate crisis is a serious problem. We are continually building and adding to the mountain of garbage based on our consumer world. I feel compelled to challenge my process of creating without adding to the waste. With recycling fabrics into... More”
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Samantha Serrano
“Serrano’s focus is primarily on psychological restorative and destructive elements of painting through abstract and surreal concepts in nature-inspired work. In addition to painting, she plays with ideas of mental health in figurative work inspired... More”
Drawing and Painting
EMILY ZOU
“In my thesis work, I record personal narratives and human interactions, most of which are seen through the lenses of mental illness and trauma. ”
Drawing and Painting
Heejae Jo aka. Heejae Jo
“The shape of lives is not always perfect. It is stained, marked, crushed and scattered. So is art. ”
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Callie DeWees
“Simplified illustrations and feminist illuminations that can be read as parody of religious art history. Adding dimension to the character of Mary while flattening the visual and undoing the canon of realism. I aim to re-appropriate the icon of... More”
Drawing and Painting
Raquel Da Silva
“Raquels work is an exploration of how 2 and 3-dimensional forms and shapes can work together to create an environment. Her work explores different methods of storytelling in order to develop an understanding of how both material and sociocultural... More”
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Madison Rudin
“Since I can remember I have been entranced by grocery stores and the overwhelming amount visual stimulation they provide. In my work, I bring my love affair with the grocery store into paint. More”
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Aynsley Grealis
“To better understand the body and the self, my work focuses on the emotional and affective qualities of personal experiences that are intra-connected with relationships, sex and love. In conversation with affect theory, my work revisits and... More”
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Claudia Menecola
“I create intuitive, material-based paintings as my way of making sense of the world around me and as a reaction to the uncertainty of life. I utilize the unpredictable nature of paint, while still maintaining a degree of control over it, and this... More”
Drawing and Painting
Ani Armani Yaghubian
“I take regular and non-regular painting materials and intend to use them in a different way. I use multiple materials and textures with intention to trigger the viewers sense, and possibly bring life into my sculptural paintings. I pay attention to... More”
Drawing and Painting
Elena Dokoska
“My current practice explores reflections of self identity through my connection to trees and nature, mixed with memories and themes of nostalgia. These ideas delve further into topics of 'owning your own shadow,' an aspect of Jungian Psychology... More”
Drawing and Painting
Sarah Zoccano
“Displacement and isolation are themes that are reflected in my practice which aims to create installations as a means of escapism. My practice also explores ideas of the uncanny in relation to manufactured realities such as installation art and... More”
Drawing and Painting
Sarah Jefferies
“Sarah Jefferies is a visual artist from Orangeville, Ontario. She completed her undergrad in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University in April 2020. While at OCAD U she developed a deep passion for printmaking and was able to use it to uncover the... More”