CV
Art Education
Central Technical School
Sept. 2011 – June 2014
Adult Art Program
Art Works Art School
Sept. 2007- June 2010
Painting, Life Drawing
Art Gallery of Ontario
Sept. 2006 – June 2007
Painting night class
Bishop's University, Quebec
Sept. 1983 – May 1987
Honours Humanities
Including courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics
Awards
2009
Awarded a fully sponsored art exhibition at the Art Works Art Gallery
2007
Award of Art Achievement at Art Works Art School
Exhibitions
June 2014
Year End Show - Central Technical School
May 2014
Envol, Graduating Class Show - Central Technical School
March 2014
Sculpture Show - Central Technical School
June 2013
Year End Show - Central Technical School
June 2012
Year End Show - Central Technical School
Oct. 2010
Portraits and Portrayal, Where East meets West face to face – Art Works Art Gallery
Feb. 2010
Linked by Landscape – Art Works Art Gallery
Tessa Griffin
Born in Toronto, Canada
Lives & works in Toronto
BIO
My art is influenced by years of travel, philosophy and events in everyday life. I look for the essence in a subject or subject matter. Context often provides the necessary inspiration which, in turn, dictates the medium. However, in the process of creating any work, medium becomes subject, and therefore, a medium is sometimes the source for inspiration.
Throughout life, as student, as educator and as parent, I have always valued creativity and emphasised the importance of process. As I engage in this new career, “artist”, the process of discovering my own essence has begun. I trust the process!
"The openness to the process of becoming is the bridge between the thing in itself and the thing as it appears". - Philosopher Martin Hiedegar
