Artist Project Toronto

Ama Liyanage’s artwork reimagines traditions of leisure, celebrating identity and introspection through vibrant, multifaceted paintings. Inspired by childhood memories and everyday joys, her evolving style challenges conventional depictions of women of color, offering a fresh perspective on representation.

Haley Meyer, a Toronto-based oil painter, explores the connection between memory loss and transitional spaces. Using fleeting images captured in transit, her work reflects how memories slip, fade, and blur over time. Through painting, she preserves and reshapes these fading experiences, offering a poignant reflection on impermanence and distortion.

Spotlight on Melika Saeeda, an Iranian-Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. Her vibrant, layered compositions explore themes of memory, migration, and identity, seamlessly blending storytelling with contemporary art. Whether through murals in public spaces or intimate narrative paintings, her art leaves a lasting impression.

Today, we celebrate mothers like Lise Gravel, whose work is informed by her lived experience as a woman and a mother. Through her art, Lise explores transformation, strength, and the layered experiences of women, inspiring quiet reflection and growth.