Meet the Artist
Toronto Based Artist | Abstract Paintings
Nik Torres is a Toronto based, Colombian and Canadian mixed media abstract artist. She explores her experiences of migration and self-discovery as she finds her way through harmonizing colors and textures. These abstract narratives allow her to reconcile with her feelings of displacement, and cultural identity, while she strives to resolve her own mental health path and find love within herself. Her work creates subtle voices of serenity, and harmony that can resonate with viewers who are aiming to reconcile with their own internal struggles.
Torres holds an MA in Education, where she focused on creative poetic inquiry to analyze immigrants’ struggles into the US and Canada, a BEd, and a BA in Visual Arts. She has worked with other creative mediums throughout her life; photography, poetry, and digital installations amongst others. In 2019 she took her art career full-time, after 9 years in the education field.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Kefi Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
March 2021 From Women’s Eye
Group Show, Kefi Art Gallery, Online
September-October 2020 ArtWalk in the Square
Art Fair, Artists’ Network, Toronto, Ontario
September-October 2020 ArtWalk in the Square Preview
Selected Works, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
September 2020 Alumni & Residents Group Show
Group Exhibition, Collision Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
July 2020 Emerald II
Group Exhibition, Envision Art Show, Online
June 2020 Riverdale ArtWalk
Art Fair, Artists’ Network, Toronto, Ontario
March 2020 Residents Group Show
Group Exhibition, Collision Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
February 2020 Finding Love
Group Exhibition, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
January 2020 Art Box V
Live Painting and Group Show, Abstract Gallery International, Mississauga, Ontario
November-December 2019 Beauty Reflections
Group Show, 1017 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
November 2019 Annual Member’s Group Show
Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
November 2019 Art Box IV
Live Painting and Group Show, Art Box Events, Toronto, Ontario
November 2019 Small Cures
Art Sale and Fundraiser, The Burroughes, Toronto, Ontario
RESIDENCIES
March-August 2020
Collision Gallery x Akin Project, Toronto, Ontario
WORKSHOPS
2020 Alcohol Ink Workshop
1017 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2020 Alcohol Ink Workshop
Old Town Toronto Art Festival, Toronto, Ontario
EDUCATION
M.A. in Second Language Education
McGill University, Quebec, Canada
2014 – 2017
4.0 GPA -Entry Scholarship -Thesis Program
Bachelor of Education
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2011 – 2012
Cum Laude
Honours Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts and Political Science
Western University, Ontario, Canada
2006-2010
Entry Scholarship -Academic Honours Degree
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Still waters run deep: Giving poetic voice to the silent struggles of academically successful immigrant students, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
M.A. Thesis - Still waters run deep: Giving poetic voice to the silent struggles of academically successful immigrant students
WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria July 2016
Paper on Transformative Pedagogy
UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, & York University Toronto, Canada April 2015 & November 2015
M.A. Thesis Proposal
UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. April 2015