I have always been interested in the wide range of people’s emotions and diversities. Six years ago, I retired from my life-long career in the Performing Arts and closed the dance studio in downtown Toronto that I ran for the last 25 years. That allowed me to return fully to my other love, the Visual Arts. Over the last six years, 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 and attend Life Drawing classes without an instructor at both the TSA and the Vita Brevis Studio. 2010 I accomplished the first year of 3 years Adult Visual Arts Program in Central Technical School in Toronto, where I had a chance to learn some sculpture, print making and ceramics.
During the month of January 2008 I have had my “Moods and Movement” solo exhibition at AXIS Gallery and Grill.
2007 and 2008 , I had a solo exhibition in Dance to Live studio In June 2008 some of my works was chosen for the Group show in Creative Spirit Center in Toronto
In 2008 I also started experimenting with photography and digital work in combination with my drawings and paintings, and one of my submitted works was accepted for May 2008 CONTACT photography Festival -juried exhibition at the Toronto School of Art from May 1st – May 31st , 2008.
I exhibited my work yearly in several juried exhibitions around town. To name some of them, Junction Art Festival, Emerging Artist within Art walk, Scarborough Art Council exhibition, etc).Recently I became a patrrt of Big Art Book (launched in 2012 on line,) and Square Foot Show in Neilson Park Art Center in Etobicoke. .
One of my work was included by Moses Znaimer Curated exhibition in Propeller Gallery.( Im/AGE: From “Bust” to Boom” to Zoom”)
Because of my dance background, movement was always the main tool I used to express myself. Following my departure from the Performing Arts, drawing and painting became an excellent alternative tool to depict my fascination with people and their lives in another way. That is why “Moods and Movements” has become the primary theme in my works.
Everything that surrounds us in our everyday life has a certain rhythm, mood and movement, whether visible or hidden. In my observation, every situation represents or causes a certain mood in the participant or the spectator. And, as movements themselves are the most obvious signs of life, they can often portray the different moods, and what have inspired them, no matter their size or kind…This is what I ultimately aim to capture in my drawings and paintings.
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