Artist Directory

Kate Slater is an independent jeweller based in Toronto, Ontario. She loves to create distinctive pieces that showcase the beauty in precious metals and the magic created by the earth in natural gemstones.  For Kate, there there is no greater satisfaction than bringing her ideas to life in her work. 

AJ is a Toronto based artist who uses eggs as a canvas. For AJ, the shape of eggs are compelling in their grace and simplicity. As a canvas, each shell is an experiment. What can be done with an idea, palette, or medium, and the limited surface of the shell? He also enjoys playing against that calm surface of the shell, creating sharp square or jagged eggs. 

Ali Lamontagne is a long-time East Toronto resident and lover of this city. Her happy acrylic paintings capture the beauty of the simple things in life, prompting you to put a little happy on your wall.

Allie is an Indigenous artist of Mohawk and Algonquin descent whose beadwork has allowed them to not only create unique art but, also allowed them to reclaim their identity and heritage. Their work is mostly done with small seed beads but also incorporates different stones, and other materials, such as moose hide, metal, etc. 

Amy K. Fitzgerald is a Toronto-based mixed media artist whose work is inspired by the handmade traditions of the women in her family. Using painted paper, geometry, and the circle as a recurring form, she creates vibrant, joyful compositions that celebrate precision, care, and connection. 

Anthony loves to draw historical buildings while sitting in front of them, viewing his art as an educational process to bring awareness and inspire love for our historical buildings. He presents his images in pencil sketches to express his feelings and interpretation of the structures, and to demonstrate free hand pencil techniques. 

Apoorva is a self-taught artist who learnt art through workshops and courses from a variety of different teachers in India. These learning experiences in different styles influenced their experimentation approach. Apoorva uses watercolours to capture a sense of place and everyday moments — city parks, quiet trails, lived places — through bold washes and fine detail. Inspired by nature, travel, and the beauty of being present, their work celebrates atmosphere and familiarity. 

Asili Living Co. creates small-batch, plant-powered skincare inspired by a personal journey with fibroids and a need for gentler self-care. Focused on supporting healthy, radiant, maturing skin, the brand blends resilience and intention—inviting customers to embrace aging confidently while transforming everyday skincare into a meaningful, restorative ritual. 

Seline finds ceramics the perfect medium to express their voice. Starting off with classes at various studios around the city, they have been a member at Parkdale Pottery for the last few years while continuing to learn new techniques through classes and workshops. Their current subjects of focus are incorporating the natural and supernatural world into everyday functional objects, bringing a bit of magic into the mundane.  

With the mind of an engineer and the heart of an artist, Carmen creates wearable, functional, one-of-a-kind items. Their original profession was aeronautical design engineer and they have lived in 10 countries and have sewn since childhood. Using locally sourced nature fibres, they make original designs, each piece a unique, beautiful and useful work of art. 

Christine Walker is an artist and art teacher currently living in East Toronto. Her current paintings often combine watercolour and Acrylic painting, sometimes with the addition of mixed media to depict local birds and landscapes.

I create fine jewellery that captures the delicate beauty of nature. Using silver and bronze metal clays, I transform botanical elements—leaves, flowers, and shells—into permanent organic impressions. My work blends artisan craftsmanship with natural textures, offering unique, wearable pieces of the earth that bring joy and calm to the wearer.

I am an art and documentary photographer living in East York. I work with digital and film formats to capture street scenes where objects, symbols and human figures interact to create something new and visually engaging. I also love to celebrate people and their stories through my documentary photo practice.

Curious Bird Pottery by Pam McFadyen – creates handmade functional pottery, jewelry and clocks created with a focus on intriguing surface patterns and textures. Stoneware pottery that is made to be used every day.

Dave Rheaume is an award-winning artist of Metis descent.  His work features vintage urban scenes from the early 20th century.  He has paintings in private collections and public buildings in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Alyssa Devine, creator of Devinely Crafted, is a University of Toronto graduate with a visual arts background. She creates illustrated stickers, prints, jewelry, and crochet/knit accessories inspired by feminine pop-culture references. Her multidisciplinary practice embraces experimentation, aiming to connect with diverse audiences while staying true to her creative voice.

Erin works in a variety of media including digital photography hand-printed onto rock and wood, or laser printed onto journals, cork, and pleather. I also work with foil prints transferred onto cardstock and paper. Her business name comes from the dust that would accumulate as she walked through Paris and many of the photos taken on those works were turned into various forms of art and décor, all learned out of curiosity to try new methods. 

We make natural, plastic-free skincare from real ingredients, no synthetics, no greenwashing, no plastic packaging. Just honest products that actually work, for sensitive skin and conscious choices. 

For Eunice, jewelry-making is more than just the creation of beautiful objects. It’s a deeply personal process that involves transforming treasured childhood memories into wearable, lasting keepsakes.  Their pieces are a nod to healing the inner child—an invitation to remember innocence, joy, and the small magical moments that shaped us. The pieces are hand-fabricated sterling silver jewellery with nano ceramic e-coating adhered on through electricity, then cured, which brings a vibrancy and durability to the pieces while pushing boundaries of what is traditionally considered fine jewelry. 

Feldspar Ceramics is a community pottery studio in Toronto’s East End, founded by Zach and Jasmine. Rooted in functional ceramics, our work and functional pottery products explore form, surface, and process. Alongside our practice, we offer classes, memberships, and open studio space, fostering a welcoming, supportive and engaged ceramics community.

I make soothing care items for the body and spirit. Calendula salve and lip balm, soap, deodorant and herbals are handmade and home grown & harvested from my East York front yard garden.

Quin Singh is a natural henna artist with 20 years of experience providing henna body art services for events, in-studio appointments, bridal etc. in the GTA. The first time she tried henna she fell in love with it and continues to learn about and practice this beautiful art form.

My ceramic work uses sgraffito techniques (carving into leather-hard clay) to create original illustrations inspired by various sources: from comics to skate culture to storybook illustrations, floral pattern design, woodblock prints, medieval marginalia, and vintage science fiction and fantasy art.

JET. Designs' jewellery is about character, personality and uniqueness.   We experiment with different materials, texture, colour, symmetry, and techniques and create distinctive jewellery and accessories.  JET. Designs’ pieces are greatly inspired by nature, textiles, architecture and the city of Toronto.

José Unda is an abstract artist from Quito Ecuador, who lives in Toronto (Canada) and Quito (Ecuador). At age 13, his grandmother pushed him from the start to exhibiting at Quito’s version of the National Gallery of Ottawa FOUR times, and exhibiting over 60 times in 10 different countries.

These non-objective landscape paintings are intended to evoke an emotional response; intuitively familiar, often serene yet at times unsettling. I use oil mixed with cold wax medium on panel or special oil paper, and use tools such as knives, brayers, and scrapers but no brushes.

Terry, with his painterly photography, and Withey with her lush hand-made prints , share a thematic bond in observing landscapes and creating moments that vibrate with humans' place in the environment. Terry's streetscapes reveal the patina of wear and tear while Withey's Lino Prints reveal a passion for nature. 

My new series, ‘Cultivated’, is a seed-to-artwork project which draws on my experience as a biologist, gardener, and artist. Produce from my allotment garden is observed under a microscope and used as source material for various abstract artworks: paintings, drawings, and prints.

Kayley Liu is an artist and illustrator working in both traditional and digital media. She experiments with a wide variety of media, including watercolour, ink, acrylic, and colour pencil. Her works revolve around wistful and surreal imagery, offered through a selection of prints, stickers, upcycled clothing, and original pieces.

Laura studied at the Toronto School of Art and there developed her love of painting, which helps them make sense of the world and communicate emotions. Laura's work is very colorful and has an abundance of texture. She is particularly fond of oil paint, especially on wood, and the wooden canvases allow her the space and texture to scrape back until she gets an image that she is satisfied with. 

What began as a mask-making project has grown into a collection of personal and home comfort products made from repurposed fabrics. With a background in Graphic Design, I’ve combined my love of design and sewing to create mindful, functional items while helping keep fabric waste out of landfills.

Experimenting, learning and creating using oils, acrylics and mixed medium, my work expresses my joie de vivre wherever I am in the world.  Light and shadow, textures, colours, form and balance inspire me. Though photography and painting I seek to capture on canvas the beauty of life around me.

Lisa Young Design is focused on narrative storytelling through small-scale compositions, offering one-of-a-kind necklaces and accessories that blend traditional fine art with contemporary durability.

Our nature-inspired, minimalist designs blend Japanese aesthetics with environmental responsibility. Drawing from Asako's Japanese heritage and apparel industry experience, plus Bob's screen-printing expertise, we create thoughtful work using exclusively natural fibres like organic cotton and bamboo with water-based inks. We prioritize sustainability and craftsmanship over mass production.

Neha uses locally sourced material to carefully and lovingly create each of her macrame and macraweave decor and accessories for your home and garden using a minimalist palette to invite warm, cozy and peaceful vibes to your space.  

Toronto-based designer Sabrina Chin handcrafts delicate wearable art inspired by her Pacific West Coast roots. Through her jewelry brand, Love at First Blush, she transforms leather into whimsical flowers and feathers using traditional wet-forming and carving techniques. Each handmade piece captures organic textures, blending nature’s beauty with artisanal craftsmanship.

My work celebrates body diversity, inspired by the evolving acceptance of all shapes and sizes. Through colour and the curves of the female form, using intuitive brushstrokes and bold colours, I create art that empowers women with the message that every BODY is a work of art.

Studying pioneer weaving at OCAD, and how people reuse blankets and clothing by reweaving them into something new, stayed with Monqiue and inspires her art today, especially in comparison to the waste that is seen in the retail industry today. Monique speciallizes in repurposing used, deadstock, and other materials that would have been destined for the landfill to create new and usable household goods and artwork through the process of rag rug and other styles of weaving. 

In Nathan Nun's digital, acrylic, and ink artworks, history, fantasy, philosophy, and politics are brought together thematically though a world of anthropomorphic cats. The scope of his works range from historically influenced medieval portraits, representations of working class life, to avant-garde, pastiche political posters and ads. 

Oksana creates zero waste plantable greeting cards/gift tags made from 100% biodegradable, recycled paper embedded with wildflower seeds, in addition to one-of-a-kind hand-dyed scarves in a variety of fabrics (organic cotton mull, silk, or bamboo) and using several different techniques, including traditional Japanese shibori. Oksana is passionate about utlizingeco-friendly practices and environmental sustainability in almost everything that she creates. 

My art is reverence for nature; a way to share my delight. I aim to bring you into my mindset of wonder and joy. Rooted in nature, my work is an invitation to pause, offering moments of peace and quiet inspiration.

I am a local fine art photographer taking inspiration from the disappearing urban landscape around us. I started during the film era, adopted digital and now incorporate both in my art. I love the interaction of Art Shows, meeting people and hearing their feedback is both gratifying and invaluable.

RoRo Art creates whimsical, colourful fur & fabric puppets; adorable, unique sock toys; playful costumery, original art tee-shirts; cute & fanciful small sculptures and ornaments; art buttons; artwork; bookmarks; postcards and clever illustrated paper puppet & mask colouring kits to inspire the imagination!  Art that tells stories!

Link believes that sending and receiving greeting cards is a beautiful gesture that should be carried on. Link's Pop-Up cards are the perfect combination of ancient craftsmanship and modern technology, using Japanese Kirigami (paper cutting art) techniques and modern technology (Laser cut, 3D graphic design program). Each intricate card is designed as a unique work of art that is meant to be displayed and treasured, keeping analog alive in the digital age.  

Silvia Cocolo creates pen-and-ink drawings through an intuitive, layered process. Inspired by forms in nature and the body, the work remains abstract, balancing detailed mark-making with fluid gestures. Working across scales, the drawings explore growth, movement, and the complexity of natural forms.

I'm a mixed media encaustic artist, blending my original photography and other media with wax to capture nature's beauty, creating realistic paintings with depth, texture, and whimsy.

Stuart creates uplifting paintings that feature vibrant colour, rich textures and beautiful light, designed to make you feel as good as he did in creating them. He creates realistically, but always with an expressive touch, so each painting connects emotionally and looks great in your home!

Taryn Sirove paints simple subjects, mainly from life. Her practice is rooted in direct observation, expressed through small oil still lifes or landscapes painted en plein air (on location). Ultimately, Sirove aims to elevate the ordinary, granting familiar objects just enough significance to make them worthy of attending to.

The Crochic Shop is a collective of crochet and knit artisans within the GTA that work collectively to hand-make a diverse range of handmade crochet and knit products. They offer a wide range of amigurumi items, from little character keychains to custom dolls to flowers and jewelries, all made with the utmost care and attention to detail. 

I am a painter and multimedia artist whose work combines fantasy, natural science, and the city, informed by my love of storytelling, humour, and sense of wonder. I highlight the magic in our everyday life; my artwork is full of little worlds that beg the viewer to tell their stories.

I taught myself to crochet as a way to limit my screen time, but it became much more than that. It turned into my favourite hobby. I love to crochet because I can connect with so many new people and share my passion.

Every piece of wood has a story behind it. My role is to tease that story out and hopefully bring new life, function and purpose to material that would otherwise end up discarded and wasted.

My jewellery allows my customers to smile, to sparkle, and to express themselves with confidence!

At Wholesome DeeLights, we craft artisan nutty treats that are healthy enough for every day—but don’t taste “healthy.” Each batch is freshly made with natural, minimally processed ingredients, with no fillers or preservatives—just pure, wholesome goodness. Our treats are made for people who want to eat well without overthinking it. Our products are vegan, gluten-free, and many are made with no added sugar—so you can feel good about indulging. 

Beautiful vintage windows are repurposed by hand-painting the glass and can be hung indoors in a window or on a wall as a unique piece of art. A window with ‘a view’🙂