TWAC/CNE 2015
Second Prize – Critics Choice
AISHA CHIGUICHON
Aisha Chiguichon has loved and had a passion for the world of art all her life and has always had the desire to create it. She is a self-taught artist whose style and techniques have evolved over many years. Aisha has earned a certificate in Art and Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design University to further hone her skills.
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Biography
Although born in Canada, she spent her childhood growing up in the Caribbean islands before returning to Canada as a teen. She uses her Caribbean and Canadian upbringing as inspiration for some of the subject matter for her work. The bright, colourful and vibrant culture of the Caribbean is where she finds the inspiration for the colour schemes for all of her work. The island culture is about diversity of life, food and people and she reflects this in the diversity of her subject matter.
She is a realist style artist, but loves playing with breaking down images into individual blocks of colour which sometimes creates a watery abstract quality. In all her works she focuses on vivid colour and symmetry to create eye catching composition. Her artwork has been exhibited in several Juried and group art shows as well as galleries in the Durham Region and Toronto.
EDUCATION
2013 Certificate of Art and Design Studio Skills – Ontario College of Art and Design
AWARDS
2015 Critics’ Choice Award – 2015 TWAC / CNE Juried Art Show
EXHIBITIONS / SHOWS
2015 Toronto West Art Collaborative/ CNE 2015 Juried Art Show
2012 – 2015 Lion’s Club Art in the Park – Uxbridge, ON
2014 Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Juried Art Exhibition – Uxbridge, ON
2014 Pine Ridge Arts Council Juried Art Exhibition – Pickering, ON
2014 Urban Gallery “Art ofFood” Group Exhibition – – Toronto, ON
2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Oshawa Art Association Juried Art Show – Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery – Oshawa, ON
2013-2015 Annual Black and White Art Exhibit – Cultural Expressions Art Gallery – Ajax, ON
2012 – 2015 Lion’s Club Art in the Park – Uxbridge, ON2012, 2014 Solo Exhibition – Frankie’s Ristorante – Uxbridge, ON
2012 Pickering ArtFest on the Esplanade – Pickering, ON
