Sian Woodward

Sian Piper Woodward is a Visual artist who works out of her studio/business The Graffiti Co. Art Studio (c2002) which is located on the scenic shore of North Vancouver, BC Canada.

Sian has always loved drawing and working with her hands and has been creative since early childhood. Formally Sian pursued Visual Art as a career in 1984 at the University of Regina. Art was always around her and she received much encouragement from her father Gary Woodward, a well know Saskatchewan landscape painter and a local art educator. Sian went on to study Fine Arts at the University of Regina. It is here she studied a strong foundation in Classical Drawing and experimented with Mixed Media, Painting and Clay Sculpture.
As Sian’s artistic pursuits advanced, she further continued her studies in Mixed Media at the University of Calgary. In 1991 she received a Masters of Fine Arts in Mixed Media. After graduation, time was taken to travel through France, Italy, England and Asia, There Sian experienced some of the art and architecture she had learned so much about in Art History. She felt it to be a truly unique experience, viewing first hand, the art history of these regions.
Sian then moved to British Columbia, after settling, she decided to ope...

Bachelor of Fine Art. Drawing. University of Regina. Saskatchewan, Canada.1989
Masters of Fine Art. Mixed Media. University of Calgary. Alberta, Canada. 1991
Special Effects Makeup. Vancouver Film School. BC, Canada.
Professional Makeup Artist. Blanche Macdonald Vancouver, BC. 1999

EXHIBITIONS
Venus Rising. Italian Cultural Centre. Vancouver, BC. Selected group exhibition. 2018
Whimsy. West Vancouver Memorial Library. West Vancouver, BC. Juried group exhibition. 2004
North Shore Art Crawl. Graffiti Co. Art Studio Gallery. Open house. Participated 2013 – 2016.
Natural Mystique. Art in Public Places. North Vancouver District Hall Gallery. Juried solo exhibition.2002
Five Square Miles. Cityscape Community Art Space. Juried group exhibition. North Vancouver, BC. February 2002
Anima, the female soul. Centennial Lodge Gallery. Juried solo exhibition. New Westminster, BC. April 2001
Harmony Arts Festival. Open Studio Exhibition. North Shore Arts Commission, North Vancouver, BC. Participated each August 1998 - 2002
Alchemy. 329 Railway St. A group exhibition. Vancouver, BC. 1998
Mutart Public Art Gallery. Solo juried exhibition. Calgary, AB. 1993
The Night Gallery. A group exhibition. Calgary, AB. 1992
The Prima Materia. PETRO-CANADA GALLERY. Juried group exhibition. 1992
“The Waiting Room”. Installation. MFA Graduating exhibition. Solo Show. Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary Alberta.1991