Tessa Griffin lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
My art is influenced by years of travel, philosophy and events in everyday life. I look for the essence in a subject or subject matter. Context often provides the necessary inspiration which, in turn, dictates the medium. However, in the process of creating any work, medium becomes subject, and therefore, a medium is sometimes the source for inspiration.
Throughout life, as student, as educator and as parent, I have always valued creativity and emphasized the importance of process. Trusting the process is an art in itself but one that brings us closer to discovering our own essence.
"The openness to the process of becoming is the bridge between the thing in itself and the thing as it appears."
- Martin Heidegger
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Art Education
Art2Life Creative Visionary Program
Feb. – May 2023
12 week intensive painting course
Central Technical School
Sept. 2011 – June 2014
Adult Art Program
Art Works Art School
Sept. 2007 – June 2010
Painting, Life Drawing
Art Gallery of Ontario
Sept. 2006 – June 2007
Painting night class
Bishop's University, Quebec
Sept. 1983 – May 1987
Honours Humanities, includes Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Ceramics
Awards
2009
Awarded a fully sponsored art exhibition at the Art Works Art Gallery
2007
Award of Art Achievement at Art Works Art School
Exhibitions
May 2014
Envol, Graduating Class Show - Central Technical School
March 2014
Sculpture Show - Central Technical School
June 2014 / 2013 / 2012
Year End Show - Central Technical School
Oct. 2010
Portraits and Portrayal - Art Works Art Gallery
Feb. 2010
Linked by Landscape – Art Works Art Gallery