Elsha Leventis

A Dutch-born Canadian artist, Elsha Leventis is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design. She works in her fabulous studio in the vibrant Historic Distillery District in Toronto.

Using oil on Mylar, Elsha paints complex responses to the intricate landscape of the iris and the effects of light as seen through the eye, as well as abstract landscapes. She explores process using watercolour techniques and works playfully wet into wet, dropping oils into oil washes on Mylar.

Her work, informed by Ken Noland, Jasper John and Ross Bleckner, as well as other contemporary artists, has appeared in magazines (House and Home, Style at Home) and HGTV (Income Property), and is in private collections around the world (Park Hyatt Hotel). She is represented by Canvas Gallery, In2Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton, and PI FIne Art in the Toronto area, Viva Vida Gallery in Montreal and Deljou Art Group in the US.

Ontario College of Art and Design
Toronto Art Therapy Institute
University of Toronto
Ryerson University

Random Thoughts, Art Square Gallery, Toronto
Solo show, Akasha Art Projects, Toronto
The Artist Project Toronto, February 2016