Art Battle Canada works with some of the best painters from across the country. The 2014 National Championship featured 20 artists from 9 provinces and territories. We are proud to represent and offer for sale these exceptional studio works from these top Art Battle painters, all of the pieces showcased here are available for purchase. For more information or to purchase, please contact hello@artbattle.ca or … Read More
Lavinia Ungureanu, Toronto
Lavinia Ungureanu is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Toronto, with a strong focus on fine art and graphic design. Lavinia’s work is often inspired by fashion illustration, the emotional spectrum, dreams and memories. She likes to experiment with different styles and techniques and combine stylish figures with a touch of surrealism and symbolism. Her work is often colourful and … Read More
National Championship WILDCARD
IT COULD BE YOU!! We have reserved one final spot for a Wildcard artist to step up to the easel. Just place your name in the hat on July 26th at the event, cross your fingers, and YOU could be painting alongside 19 of Canada’s finest for a shot at the 2014 Art Battle National Championship!
Lazarus Ioannou, Collingwood
Lazarus Ioannou is a Collingwood based artist with a passion for creating unique, dream-like paintings of Canada’s landscape. Lazarus’s works have been described as “organized chaos”, wherein colours, shapes and lines intertwine and build on each other to reveal stylized textural visions of the fields, flora, fauna and folks of the Great Lakes regions, creating scenes that seem familiar … Read More
Katrina Manigbas, Toronto
Katrina Manigbas is a Toronto based artist from the Philippines who first discovered her love of painting in 2011, the same year that she moved to Canada. Katrina’s work focuses on creating a dynamic balance of emotion, free flowing representation, and impressionism. Armed with a bold palette, she always attacks the canvas with creative zeal. Katrina first competed in … Read More
Olga Pankova, Markham
Olga Pankova is an artist based in Markham who’s colour-rich works radiate with vitality. Known for her joyful depictions of an array of subject matter, Olga’s current focus is on portrait painting, and representations of the natural world. Eclectic, yet harmonious, her works seem to exist in a domain of dreams. Olga competed in our first ever Markham event, where … Read More
Allan André, Ottawa
Allan André is a Canadian born Haitan artist based in Ottawa. He is known for his graphic realist works infused with a deep narrative of colour and emotion. Inspired by his travels as well as the personal connections he has made along the way, Allan believes that art is the fuel that drives us in all facets of life. … Read More
2014 National Championship Portrait Contest
Have you ever wanted to have your portrait painted live by an awesome artist? Now is your chance! Participate in our ‘Paint My Portrait’ contest for a chance to win your own portrait by one of our amazingly talented painters! One winner will sit and have their personal portrait painted by an Art Battle champion painter on either Tuesday July 22nd … Read More
Corey Hardeman, British Columbia
Corey Hardeman is an artist based in Prince George who will be representing British Columbia in the 2014 Art Battle National Championship. Inspired by her home in the Boreal forest, and exploring themes of longing and impermanence, Corey’s work focuses on creating a sense of identity through place. Painting representationally, but with an infusion of abstraction and colour, her … Read More
Tia Gillespie, Kingston
Tia Gillespie is a Kingston based artist known for her ability to create portraits that seem to exist within a moment. Inspired by the ephemerality and the concept of time, Tia’s subjects are often caught suspended in a naturally understated and wistful state. It’s this casualness that creates a beautiful sense of familiarity between the portrait’s subject and viewer. … Read More