Agata Wisniewski

I am a life long artist and started my creative journey as a child. I was born in Poland and was enrolled in the arts as a four-year-old, winning a Polish national art award for a child artist at eight years old. At 14, I moved to Canada and attended Cawthra Park Secondary School for a specialized arts program. I studied at York University, receiving a Fine Arts degree with a double major in Psychology. After graduation, I also completed a program at Ryerson Polytechnic University for Graphic Communications.

While moving through various themes, the subject of flowers is very uplifting and inspirational for me. I take illuminated photographs to create compositions to be painted on canvas. I enjoy the large format because it makes me feel like I get lost inside the flower's beauty. I tend to choose dynamic compositions of peonies and tulips as they exhume a sense of movement and facets of the whole.

I am fascinated with illumination from within; to me, it exemplifies the soul shining through. Light is an omnipresent force that permeates through physical matter and gives it life.
I see peonies as symbols of humans. The dynamic shapes and variety of petals remind me of our facets/parts creating and completing a whole. Each petal is u...

- Ryerson Polytechnic Institute (Graphic Communications)
- York University (Honours Degree, Double Major in Fine Arts and Psychology)
- Cawthra Park Secondary School (Special Arts Program)

2021 - Donna Child Fine Art Gallery, representation ongoing
Alton Mill Arts Centre, studio gallery # 209, March 2019 - Solo, present ongoing Pixie Blue Studio, Mississauga, Jan. 2019 - ongoing representation
Noble Bistro, Oakville, Ontario, Apr. 5 - June 30, 2018, Solo Exhibit
University of Guelph, Toronto, Ontario, Jan. 23- Feb. 2, 2018, Solo Exhibit Juried Art Festival, Alton Mill, Ontario, Sept. 25, 2017, Group Exhibit
The Artist Project, Toronto, Ontario, Feb. 20-23, 2017, Group Exhibit Headwaters Arts, Alton Mill, Ontario, Feb.19 - Mar. 26, 2017, Group Exhibit Mississauga Arts Council, Mississauga, Ontario, Nov. 25, 2016, Group Exhibit Brilliant Minded Women Gala, Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 31, 2016, Solo Exhibit University of Guelph, Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 5-20, 2016, Solo Exhibit
Art Festival, Alton Mill, Ontario, Sept. 21 - Oct. 10, 2016, Group Exhibit
Polish Day - invited by Polish Consulate, Mississauga, June 26, 2016, Group Exhibit Art of a Horse, Ancaster, June 20, 2016, Solo Exhibit
Polish Arts and Culture Foundation Gala, Toronto, April 18, 2016, Solo Exhibit The Artist Project, Toronto, Feb. 2016, Group Exhibit
University of Guelph, Oct. 28 - Nov. 15, 2015, Solo Exhibit
The Artist Project, Toronto, Feb. 2015, Group Exhib...