About

A sometimes Fine Artist, sometimes Illustrator, and self-taught Screen Printer, Catherine Harasymiw currently works out of her studio in Newmarket, Ontario. Spiriting a BFA in Drawing and Painting away from the clutches of OCAD U, Catherine’s gone on to participate in a number of local, and distant art shows, including “Kinesis” a show curated by Twist Gallery in Toronto, and “Portal to Enigma”, a group show in New York City. Many of her slow-fading event posters can be found adorning the lofty telephone poles of York Region and the Greater Toronto Area.

Artist Statement

Tempering the raw conceptual power of the abstract and surreal with meticulous geometry and detailed, decorative line work, Catherine fuses the innate, underlying forces at work in our recollection of events and objects with the visible and reasoned forces of cognition. Whether through illustration or painting, she believes it’s important to bring emotion and trauma to the forefront of otherwise static experiences; calling on the nature of the unconscious, as much as the conscious, when studying human perception. Her favourite art movements include Surrealism, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Expressionism, while she counts Alphonse Mucha, Alex Grey, Jess Hrycyk, Aaron Horkey, and of course, Dali as her most admired artists for their singular efforts.