Art Gallery
Click on the images above to read artists’ statements.
Left: Free Your Mind
Warda Ahmed
Karachi, Pakistan
Warda was a co-presenter at the CATA-ACAT 2020 Virtual Conference in a presentation on comic arts. She shares: “Art has always been my way out from all the negative things, I use painting as a tool to express my feelings. I personally believe that art enables us to express our feelings. The most beautiful thing about art is that in creating art, people are able to focus on their own perceptions, imagination and feelings. By painting, I can easily overcome any kind of stress and anxiety.”
Middle: Splintered Nest
Suzanne McCleary (DTATI)
Ottawa, ON
Suzanne graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute in 2007. She currently works as a full-time artist.
Right: Pandemic Art
Shahin Jones (RCC, RCAT)
Victoria, BC
#dusk2021
Elisabeth Ioannides
Athens, Greece
Elisabeth is an art psychotherapist and education curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece.
In the wake of the New Year, I have started taking photographs every day from my balcony at dusk, noticing how the change in nature and the surrounding environment affects a change in me.
The energy
That emanates
Penetrates my inner being
Today,
I am reborn
Again…. And again
Phuong Nguyen (DVATI, RP-Qualifying)
Toronto, ON
Phuong is an artist and art therapist. She is primarily an oil painter and is currently exploring themes of self-rejection and alienation.