Kelly Borgers

My work is in many ways a call to action to save our environment, it focuses on man’s impact, specifically on the Boreal Forest. My drawings reveal the exquisite beauty of the pristine forest, but also expose the unsightly scars that man leaves behind when pillaging this important environmental resource without thought or care. My work validates the importance of forests and brings to the forefront the need for good forest stewardship for the benefit of future generations.

My 20 year creative journey photographing and drawing the Boreal has taken me from Alaska, across all corners of Canada and as far as Finland. This is my life’s passion. In recent years we are recognizing the scars of Global Warming and how it has caused more forest fires, drought, pollution, excessive heat, and mega storms.

My hope is that others will see the environmental impact that is practically in their own backyard, and this will raise awareness of how we need to work together to protect and conserve this important forest.

I am an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) and the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA). I would like to think that if the Group of Seven were around today we would all go out into the woods to create art together s...

Royal Drawing School of London Intensive program
BAA Design

Orquevaux, France, Open Studio June 2023

Spain, Altiba9 Interview, 2022 + Published in New Artists Book 2023

Great Britain, London, Boomer Gallery, The New Artist Exhibition Feb. 2022

Iceland, Artist in Residence, NES, Skagastrond, May 2022

OSA Northern Hub Exhibition, Tamiskaming, ON, March 2020

SCA Elected Members Juried Show, Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary Alberta, July 2018

National Gallery of Canada Archives Boreal Forest artwork 2017

Newfoundland, Canada, Layton Gallery, September 2016

Government of Ontario Archives, Boreal Image 2014

Finland, Artist in Residence, Kemijarvi Cultural Foundation, Finland, July 2013

Society of Canadian Artists, Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto, July 2013

Finland, Kemijarvi Cultural Centre, Boreal Portraits Exhibition 2013

Toronto, Canada, John B. Aird Gallery, OSA Annual Open Juried Show, Feb. 2012, 2013

Society of Canadian Artists, Halifax Club, Nova Scotia 2012

Owen Sound, Canada, Tom Thomson Gallery, Convergence, Annual Juried Show Feb. 2012

Governor General of Canada commissioned Boreal Forest artwork 2011

Yukon, Canada, Yukon Arts Centre, Solo Exhibition Nov. 2011

Strattford, Canada, Stratford Gallery, April/May 2010

John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, April 2010

Owen Soun...