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“Step into my world; passive and explosive; Vivid and hidden. A single movement can trigger something unexpected - how do you react when you’ve just missed something important or witnessed something you shouldn’t have? Venture in, take your time ”

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“Beyond the fundamental understanding of painting as a two-dimensional visual language for expressing ideas, emotions, and aesthetic aims, the compelling question for me is the enduring motivation to create. I find this drive deeply rooted in an... More”

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“In an age of overindulgence, It is hard to find stillness. More”

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“My work exists at the intersection of admiration and resistance, engaging in an ongoing dialogue with the history of portraiture and the way women have been framed-both literally and conceptually-through the male gaze. This series of 25 to 30... More”

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“As a person who believes in decolonization, has been touched heavily by erasure, and who grew up in the institution of Catholicism, I invite viewers to confront their fear of death and the methods used by the institution to deflect this... More”

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“My work lives in the tension between precision and abandon, between the delicate control of fine detail and the raw immediacy of gesture. It’s a layered exploration of identity, diaspora, and duality, with two versions of myself speaking in one... More”

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“Afterimage explores the relationship between memory loss and transitional spaces, using fleeting images taken in transit to reflect how memories slip, fade, and blur over time. Situated within the interior of the car peering outwards, the passing... More”

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“Artificial Intimacy explores the impact of technology on communication within my close relationships, examining contemporary dependencies on technology to forge bonds and maintain connections. These acrylic paintings, which represent digital... More”

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“My work is a vessel exploring the sediment of grief, memory, and the strange beauty of becoming. ”

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“My work is about desire. The strange and murky landscape of desire. The loose threads of historical, cultural, social, political and emotional experiences that become entangled with the white, dominant gaze. From these entanglements, I develop a... More”

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“As a Canadian-Armenian artist exploring themes of identity, womanhood, and mysticism through my work, I employ symbolic and cultural elements to convey disjointed narratives. With an unclear narrative, the viewer is left with their own subjective... More”

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“I’m curious about the places where reality blurs and imagination fills in the gaps — where what is meets what could be, and still leaves room for something more ”

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“ I use photo-encaustic (beeswax) layers to explore how the autonomic nervous system and Earth’s climate systems mirror each other under stress, both carrying the potential for rupture, resilience, and renewal. ”

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“"My pieces explore themes of nostalgia and happiness through vintage subject matter and bright colour use. I have always been interested in vintage and retro themes and aesthetics, and I show my appreciation for them through my artwork. All of my... More”

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“Using lived experiences of anticipatory grief, loss and mourning, I use oil painting as an expression of art as therapy and connection to faith. Painting myself, my friends, my father, and the devices which cared for him in his cancer diagnosis, I... More”

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“This body of work relates to an ongoing exploration into the relationships or narratives that emerge from my engagement with repurposed materials. Acting as both medium and collaborator, found objects initiate a process of inquiry that shift... More”

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“After a 25-year-career as a Communications Consultant, I am furthering my proclivity for expression by creating large, colourful, abstracted paintings of Canadian and Guyanese landscapes to manifest my Indo-Guyanese and Canadian heritages. More”

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“Providing a space for the creativity and childhood innocence from my five siblings allows me to focus on observations within blended families to understand the dynamics of sibling relationships.Through a collaborative process, taking into... More”

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“Sydney Papachristou is a Toronto born and based multidisciplinary artist focusing on the clash of womanhood and queerness with religion. Her current practice is drawing-based, focused on re-appropriating motifs of Greek Orthodox Iconography. She... More”

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“General Revelation is the Christian belief that God reveals Himself through the created world we see around us. My work aims to explore my personal experience within this theology, capturing a narrative picture of divine relationship. Gratitude and... More”

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“I utilize mixed media to create works that explore the relationship between past, present, and future. By combining abstract and representational forms, I create visual narratives that encourage viewers to reflect on the intersections of personal... More”

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“The sun has always been a source of joy for me. As I grew older, I realized how essential it is to my happiness. My paintings recreate my emotional connection to the sun, with distortions reflecting how memories evolve over time. Thin layers of... More”

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“Warm tones mask an underlying melancholy, like the last golden hour before the night falls. ”

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“I am a second-generation Chinese Canadian mother of 3. My practice is very materials and process oriented, and I use techniques like sewing, quilting, embroidery and beading to create work that intersects textiles, painting, and sculpture. My use... More”

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“I paint surrealist landscapes with fantastical subject matter, portraying wondrous settings of 'make believe' that have excited me from a young age. ”

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“Much of my work explores the theme of being mestiza and the experience of being caught in an "in-between" space. I was born in Peru, a country where the mixing of cultures is pervasive, yet the remnants of racial caste systems still shape the... More”

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“I am interested in making work that addresses the Anthropocene, the futility of existence and the nuance that confronts human beings in their daily circumstances. ”

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“Diving into the underbelly of internet and incel culture my work filters reality through the lens of rapidly evolving online environments. Growing up alongside the popularization of the internet I witnessed firsthand how these online spaces can... More”

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“My body of work "Decay Dance" explores the intricate dynamics between decay and rebirth in both biological and spiritual senses. Nearly all substrates in Decay Dance are up cycled materials. My oil paint and drawings act as mold growing on corpses.... More”

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“My work lives in the fertile tension between spontaneity and control, structure and dissolution. Using oil and china-marker, I create enigmatic "chromatic organisms," which appear between the abstract and representational forms. These organisms... More”

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“Before colonialism rewrote history, Indian women were warriors, rulers, and revolutionaries. My thesis body of work is titled: She is real. This is her story. She fought against colonial powers, centers around three South Indian queens who were... More”

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“My current body of work emerges as a visual dialogue between my lived experiences and my and my Indigenous Sudanese Nubian heritage. To me, it is a reflection on ancestral memory, resilience, and survival. Through painting and sculpting, I aim to... More”

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“As an Iranian artist based in Toronto, my work navigates the space between photography and painting, between memory and material, between displacement and belonging. Rooted in personal experience and shaped by broader socio-political realities, my... More”

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“This series is a representation of the mind's internal universe. More”

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“Utilizing a strong interplay of light and shadow, my contemporary representations of still-life and portraiture carefully investigate the intersection between concepts of lived experience, familial relations, ancestral heritage, spirituality, and... More”

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“My work is an attempt to process grief and the loss of my father not through direct confrontation, but using organic matter such as fossils and bones as a stand-in for the human body and emotional affliction. Fossils, bones, and shells are finite,... More”

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“I am not someone who finds it easy to express myself through words. Verbal communication has always felt limiting. I choke, I stutter, I can never find the right words. For as long as I can remember, my way of making sense of the world has been... More”

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“"My work begins where certainty ends. Often created in moments of mental and spiritual dissonance, my process resists clarity and instead embraces disruption, hesitation, and subconscious gesture. I rarely create without intention—but when forced... More”

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“I am an academically minded diligent worker who learns fast. I have experience in many mediums of paint and drawing, with and expanding skillset within textiles and wool works ranging from embroidery to crochet. My work changes with me, and for... More”

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“I explore themes of memory, migration, and motherhood—connecting ancestral heritage with the intimate, present-day experience of raising children between worlds. It’s a visual narrative where ancient songs, lost landscapes, and maternal strength... More”

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“ The beginnings of this project started two years ago, in the ecologically catastrophic summer of 2023. That was the summer full of inescapable smoke and smog that blocked out the sun and clouded our minds. There was one day in particular that... More”

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“My thesis, Start Dust, is rooted in the Overview Effect; an overwhelming cognitive shift astronauts feel when they look back at the Earth from space. they see the Earth as one, beyond the range of politics and borders. Many feel gratitude for the... More”

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“You just can't miss it. The passing glance, the unconscious check while waiting for a friend. Our relationship to technology, specifically, through the screen is something we never even think about, yet it's so important in our day-to-day lives.... More”

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“Many aspects of our visual culture as Indigenous people of North America are often subjugated to souvenirs; whether created by actual Indigenous peoples or a target for mass production. ”

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“I love making art! Nothing will stop me! More”

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“Every turn I take in Toronto reveals a city brimming with history, beautifully contrasted by modern innovations. Towering skyscrapers sit alongside 19th-century Victorian buildings and 1970s brutalist apartment complexes, coexisting on the same... More”

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“Śakti reimagines the feminine power inherent in the cultural practices of Gujarat, India through miniature painting, embroidery, and punch-needle tufting. By blending traditional attire, folk dance, goddess imagery, and geometric patterns with... More”

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“In this body of work, ridged, fossilized and ingrained archaeological and geological forms are explored in their relation to the water element to integrate their changing fluid nature into the representations of them. Following abstracted ideas,... More”

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“My artistic practice explores the complexities of living as a woman in contemporary society, focusing on personal experiences and evolving understandings of femininity. Central to my work is the act of connection—sharing stories, emotions, and... More”

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“Everyday is a collection of abstract works that responds to my daily life as an artist and individual through the method of collage. Everyday is a work that explores my personal feelings about the works that I make, the thought process, ideas,... More”

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“Blending the concepts of surrealism and personal reflection, the creation of imaginative designs explores themes of personality, mental health and emotional escapes. Through acrylic painting, mixed media and illustration, an immersive safe space... More”

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“My work explores the intricate relationship between movement, energy, and the human body. I've always been captivated by the body's aesthetics—its anatomy, its physiognomy—but it’s the way it physically expresses emotion through dance that truly... More”

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“My work navigates the intersection of gender, sexuality, objectification, and personal trauma, often manifesting through surreal hyper-sexualized and sometimes distorted imagery of the female form. My body of work is a visual exploration of... More”

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“Responding to the issue of cultural conquest, my work explores the effect that the post-colonial condition has on the personal experience of culture. I unite the experiences of diaspora and homeland in paintings to represent the common ground of... More”

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“The word antiquated means “outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted” (Definition of ANTIQUATED, Merriam Webster) and I think that is the perfect word to use in junction with my work and I. More”

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“Inspired by a family of storytellers, artists, and collectors, I draw on autobiographical mental and material histories, personal archives, and objects—all situated within the context of childhood—to explore the emotional landscapes of memory. In... More”

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“I would like to be considered for the forth year drawing and painting award because my work is a reflection of personal growth and how my artwork has evolved up to this point. I would be honored to have my piece displayed alongside other graduates ... More”

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“With Barbie as a vessel for my consciousness, I escape into the imaginary world of play to inconsequentially explore, re-imagine, and validate the deviant impulses of my psyche as a means of confronting the conditions of my current reality. I aim... More”

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“I am in love with a world that feels still and full, when energy seems to hum quietly at the edges of our awareness. These are the moments that linger, soft and blurred, in the spaces between. In these quiet observations, I see not only my own... More”

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“My work aspires to be a message of hope, of resilience, a visualization of an interior battle in the hopes of resolving it through catharsis. It places the artist at the center of the work, calling onto the humanity of the viewer as they view and... More”

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“In her work, Luiza Marinescu explores philosophical ideas and how they manifest in nature, as well as themes of grief, regeneration, reincarnation, and visions. Her large installation pieces, sometimes painted on the ground, are interactive and... More”

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“I explore ideas of connection, distance, and the everyday moments that shape how we understand home. Visually interpreting memories that feel both close and far, familiar and new. Inspired by memory, distance and the feeling of being caught between... More”

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“The passing of my aunt marked a profound moment of personal loss in my life. It’s been almost seven years, and I still struggle to come to terms with fully processing my grief. In the months after her passing, I found myself disconnected from... More”

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“This is my tester for GradEx presentation :) ”

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“My work confronts internalized sexism and societal beauty standards by reclaiming the female body through playful yet provocative paintings and sculptures. I focus on body hair and breasts—often seen as taboo or imperfect—to challenge conventional... More”

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“Art is my emotional outlet, a way to process the world around me. As an international student, I've gained a unique dual perspective, seeing my community from both within and without. I believe art has no boundaries, and I'm eager to explore its... More”

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“How much can you take away until someone isn't human anymore? What makes someone human? Is it flesh, lungs, or organs? A heart? An engine? What if you opened your chest - prying at the space between your breasts - and found a motherboard instead of... More”

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“Silence is a gift; a mark of affection, an impression on a surface. It is in its stillness, in its mist, where we find ourselves. Open your hands and hold it in your mind. More”

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