Cissy Shi
Cissy Shi is a Toronto-based contemporary artist specializing indrawing and acrylic painting. Her art usually conveys strong emotions and ideologies, and often includes elements like texture or even 3D objects in her practice. Sex, personal experiences, dreams, memories, and mental health are the common themes of her works.
Education:
- OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine arts,2020-2023
- DawsonCollege, Visual Arts program, 2018-2020
Commission:
- “Pet for Pets” pet portrait commissions, Canada & China. Color pencil post cards.
Exhibitions:
- 2024 Chosen Family by Shoes Off Collective,Bevy Space, Toronto.
- 2024 Side by Side, Union Gallery, Kingston.
- 2023 Next Steps by New Vistas, EtobicokeCivic Centre, Toronto.
- 2023 The Dream Museum online exhibitionby Feature Creep.
- 2023 Emerging Now group Exhibition,Bau-XI Gallery.
- 2023 Silent Shout group exhibition, AdaSlaight Gallery OCAD University, Toronto
- 2023 OCAD U GradEx108 group exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto
- 2023 A Worthy Contemplation: Exhibition ofSketches, Ada Slaight Gallery OCAD University, Toronto
- 2023 Archiving Nostalgia groupexhibition, great hall OCAD University, Toronto
- 2023 Spring Proofs group exhibition &print sale, great hall OCAD University, Toronto
- 2023 AwendaInspired! group exhibition, Ada Slaight Gallery OCAD University
- 2023 OCAD U annual silent auction exhibition,great hall OCAD University, Toronto
- 2022 OCAD U student Abstract Exhibition, studenthub OCAD University, Toronto
- 2022 A Step Back to Yesterday, Ada SlaightGallery OCAD University, Toronto
- 2022 Dawson GradEx Eudaimonia, Warren G. Flowers ArtGallery Dawson College, Montreal
Artist Talk:
- 2022 Shi, Cissy. "Artist Talk" YouTube video, Mar.15.