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.
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"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
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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
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Awards
2009
Awarded a fully sponsored art exhibition at the Art Works Art Gallery
2007
Award of Art Achievement at Art Works Art School
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Exhibitions​
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May 2014
Envol, Graduating Class Show - Central Technical School
March 2014
Sculpture Show - Central Technical School
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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