Katrina Canedo is a Filipino-Canadian artist and live painter currently based in Toronto. Her passion for the visual arts led her to eventually attend Seneca College for the Independent Illustration program where she honed her skills in both the digital and traditional disciplines.
Since graduating from the program in 2015, she’s exhibited her works in multiple galleries across Toronto and has had her art chosen for both the 2017 & 2018 StreetARToronto “Out Of the Box” program. Her most notable live painting performances include: the 2018 “Urbani_T” Festival in Nathan Phillips, live streaming a painting for iHeart Radio’s Newstalk 1010 with Mike Towhey, St. Lawrence Market “Summer Series” Festivals, as well as competing in the Art Battle National Finals in 2017.
She’s also had her works featured in NOW! Toronto “Seven Artists to Follow on Instagram”, Create! Magazine May 2017 issue, and Emboss Magazine “Women Artists Issue”. Katrina’s work often utilize a vibrant/colourful palette to reflect the complex stories all of us possess from a visually contemporary lense. Through her art, she hopes to inspire others to also share their own colourful stories.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Drawing my inspiration from past firsthand experiences, and capitalizing on painful moments, I have come to use the medium of painting as an outlet to make sense of my environment and the world around me. Through the course of my practice, I have grown to realize that connecting with nature has not only provided me with a better understanding of myself, but also with the impact of my relationship to my surroundings. This has resulted in a spark of fascination in exploring the correlation between human nature versus mother nature. Through a combining of the themes of nature and the human figure, my work often capture a contemporary intimate view of patterns and behaviours found in nature, while merging them with how an individual will carry themselves throughout their life. They are a reflection of the age old alchemical saying: “As above, so below, as within, so without.”
Through the juxtaposition of seemingly contrasting prolific imagery such as skulls; associated with death, and adorning them with life, such as vines and leaves; an association with life, is a way for the viewer to bridge these ambiguous concepts and create conversation on the interchangeability of the ideas and their symbolism. In my perception, the energy that I implement through the process of creating colorful and vibrant paintings are an allegory of my artistic goal of approaching somber topics of life and death and directing it towards a more playful and positive lens. Through this, I hope to spread awareness of the capability of shaping our own realities that we all possess, with an emphasis on the importance of the ability to understand our inner selves through our connection with the outer natural universe. Which in turn will allow us to gain a better understanding of how to shape and heal our lives for the better.
ARTIST CV
Education
May 2015 – Seneca College, North York / Diploma for Independent Illustration Program
Professional Affiliations
July 2017 – Present | Face Painter | Picasso Painters| Toronto
Sept. 2016 – Present | Artist Member | The Patch Project | Toronto
Aug. 3, 2016 | Illustration Workshop Instructor/Guest Speaker | McGregor Community Centre | Toronto
Mar. 2016 | Painter | Amiro Design Inc. | Toronto
Mar. 2014 – Aug. 2016 | Tactile Set/Props Maker | Campfire Studios | Toronto
Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2014 | House of Moments Gallery | In House Painter | Toronto
Group Exhibitions
Nov. 2018 – IG Private Wealth “Blank Canvas” | Only One Gallery, Toronto
July 2018 – “Annual Summerfest 2018” | Artusiasm Art Gallery, Toronto
May 2018 – “D’Arcy Symposium Exhibition” | Maison D’Art, Toronto
Jan. 2018 – “Paintings From The Art Battle Library” | Artusiasm Art Gallery, Toronto
Dec. 2017 – “A Festivus For The Rest of Us ” | Northern Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
Sept. 2017 – “Atoms of Fashion” | Japanese Canadian Culture Centre, Toronto
July. 2017 – “Dirty Talk Art Show 008” | Round Venue, Toronto
Mar. 2017 – “Progressing Human (In)Security” | The 519 Community Centre, Toronto
Dec. 2016 – “Salon of Inclusiveness III” | Black Cat – Artspace, Toronto
Sept. 2016 – “Scarborough Arts: Art in the Park” | Harrison Properties, Toronto
June 2016 – “The Underground” | Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
Oct. 2015 – “Art Side Out” | University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, Toronto
Oct. 2015 – “Pancakes & Booze Art Show” | Opera House, Toronto
Oct. 2013 – “BSC Halloween Lean” | Creatures Creating Gallery , Toronto
Dec. 2013 – “Evolving Women” | House of Moments Gallery, Toronto
Live Painting/Murals
Dec. 2018 – Live Painting | Art Battle Private Event| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Nov. 2018 – Live Painting | Stop Gap Foundation “Ramp Up 2018”, Daniels Spectrum Centre, Toronto
Nov. 2018 – Live Painting | IG Private Wealth “Blank Canvas”| Only One Gallery, Toronto
Aug. 2018 – Live Painting | “Embrace: Body Positivity Fashion Show”| Ryerson University Student Learning Centre, Toronto
Aug. 2018 – Live Painting | “Enchanted Forest VII”| Spice Route Asian Bistro+Bar, Toronto
Aug. 2018 – Live Painting | “The Art Smash Painting Competition”| Urban Arts Centre, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting |“Art Battle: Woodbine Racetrack Edition”| Woodbine Racetrack, Mississauga
July 2018 – Live Painting |“2018 St. Lawrence Market Summer Series”, Toronto
July 2018 – Live Painting | “Enchanted Forest IV”| Spice Route Asian Bistro+Bar, Toronto
July 2018 – Mural | StreetARToronto “Out of the Box 2018”| Traffic Light Box, Toronto
July 2018 – Live Painting | “Mark Towhey Show – 1010 Newstalk Radio/iHeart Radio”| Bell Media, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting | “Enchanted Forest II”| Spice Route Asian Bistro+Bar, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting |“Art Battle: Sarau Brazil World Cup Edition”| Revival Bar, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting | SOPREMA.CA Private Event| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting | “Art Battle 500” | The Great Hall, Toronto
June 2018 – Live Painting | Grand Touring Launch Event| Grand Touring Automobiles, Toronto
May 2018 – Live Painting | “Urbani_T Festival”, Nathan Phillips, Toronto
May 2018 – Live Painting |“Art Battle 682”| The Great Hall, Toronto
Mar. 2018 – Live Painting | “The Tyler Effect”, The Love Child Social House, Toronto
Feb. 2018 – Live Painting | Art in the Atrium, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
Dec. 2017 – Live Painting | “Holiday All-Stars” Art Battle, The Great Hall, Toronto
Nov. 2017 – Live Painting | Stop Gap Foundation “Ramp Up 2017”, Daniels Spectrum Centre, Toronto
Aug. 2017 – Live Painting |“2017 St. Lawrence Market Summer Series II”, Toronto
Aug. 2017 – Mural | StreetARToronto “Out of the Box 2017”| Traffic Light Box, Toronto
July 2017 – Live Painting |“2017 St. Lawrence Market Summer Series I”, Toronto
Mar. 2017 – Live Painting | “Art Battle 500”| The Great Hall, Toronto
Nov. 2016 – Live Painting | “Royal Winter Agricultural Fair” | Enercare Centre, Toronto
Aug. 2016 – Live Painting |“2016 St. Lawrence Market Summer Series”, Toronto
Mar. 2016 – Mural | Private Residence, North York
Aug. 2014 – Mural | “Bell Box Murals” | Malvern Electrical Bell Box, Toronto
June 2014 – Live Painting | “Unplugged Moments” | House of Moments Gallery, Toronto
Awards
May 2018 – 1st place – Art Battle / Art Battle at the Great Hall , Toronto
May 2017 – 1st place – Art Battle / Teal Power Heart to HeART Fundraiser at Free Space , Toronto
Nov. 2016 – 1st place – Art Battle / Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at Enercare Centre , Toronto
Oct. 2016 – Behance Appreciation Award/ Portfolio Review & Critique at TWG Headquarters , Toronto
Oct. 2016 – 1st place – Art Battle / Reel World Film Festival at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Sept. 2016 – 1st place – Art Battle / Hullmark Developments Private Event , Toronto
Aug. 2016 – 1st place – Art Battle / Tumult Art Festival at Ryerson University, Toronto
Mar. 2016 – 1st place – Art Battle / Art Battle #376 at the Great Hall , Toronto
Dec. 2015 – 1st place – Sketch Jam “Jammy Challenge” at Wallace Gastro Pub, Toronto
Publications/Features
Dec. 2017| Yonge-Dundas Square | Digital Exhibit
Aug. 2017| Emboss Magazine | Women Artists Issue – Volume 2, p40 & 41 | Print
Aug. 2017| NOW | “Seven Toronto Artists to Follow on Instagram” | Online
May 2017 | Create! Magazine | Issue 4, p128-131 | Print
