Duncan Foy

A wide array of both synthetically & naturally occurring environments, and character types are explored in the works of Toronto-based Duncan Foy. The Canadian-born (1991) artist who studied Commercial Photography at Sheridan College of Art & Design is best known for his highly stylized & vividly rendered Fashion, Portrait, and Still Life photographs that both please the eye and subvert expectations. Extraordinary in their tonal range, colourful clarity and artistic vision, Foy’s thoughtfully choreographed scenes and character studies are enhanced by his precision use of other-worldly lighting techniques as well as his signature fluorescent manipulation of color inspired initially by his time spent wandering the neon soaked streets of Tokyo as an exchange student learning Japanese.

While the sculptural/photographic work of Japanese Flower Punk Azuma Makoto, the hyper realities of Benoit Paillé, as well as the beautifully nostalgic portraiture of William Eggleston (and his modern day counterpart Mark Peckmezian) offer evident aesthetic direction, Foy remains passionately dedicated to the endless possibilities of both digital and analog formats as effective mediums of self expression offered by the Visual Arts ecosystem in its ent...

Sheridan College (2014-2018)
Bachelor of Arts - Commercial Photography, High Honours

University of Calgary (2009-2013)
Bachelor's Degree - East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Waseda University (2011-2012)
Intensive Japanese Language Studies

2018, Sheridan Grad Show / 99 Sudbury Gallery (Toronto)
*Winner of the Canon Best in Show Award*
2018, Public Installation / Sheridan HMC Campus (Toronto)
2015, Group Show / Black Cat Gallery (Toronto)
2012, Group Show / Art Space Bar Buena (Tokyo)