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Mashayla Ritchie

Artist member since 2019

Mashayla Ritchie is an abstract artist living and working in Toronto, ON. She has graduated from OCAD University with a BFA from the Drawing and Painting program. Mashayla’s artwork embodies her environment and emotions within temporality. With an interest in philosophy and literature Mashayla searches for the inevitable questions of impermanence and human understanding.

Work

How am I to make sense of this empty body?
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 48" x 48"
  • TRY: $32 BUY: $710
#acrylic #blue #abstract #emerging artist
"Leave the radio on, so the cat won't be lonely"
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 48" x 60"
  • TRY: $39 BUY: $780
#drawing #abstract expressionism #abstract #gestures #acrylic
An Existential Flaw
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 36" x 48"
  • TRY: $27 BUY: $530
#abstract #abstract expressionism #acrylic #gestures #drawing
"Of Splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower"
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 72" x 60"
  • TRY: $46 BUY: $915
#abstract expressionism #acrylic #abstract
Coalesce
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 36" x 60"
  • TRY: $30 BUY: $600
#acrylic #abstract expressionism #abstract #lines
Ah, Spasm
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 60" x 36"
  • TRY: $30 BUY: $600
#acrylic #abstract #pink #abstract expressionism
Mouth Full of Gum
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 48" x 48"
  • TRY: $36 BUY: $710
#abstract expressionism #blue #abstract #gestural
The Heaviest Seed
Mashayla Ritchie
  • 24" x 30"
  • TRY: $25 BUY: $360
#abstract #acrylic

Inside the Studio

Q+A

I'm really good at making (a) ...

Stretchers and Ukrainian beet buns!

Favourite book

Always the last book I've read.

What do you listen to when you work?

When I work I listen to either the radio or classic rock. It varies depending on my mood. Usually if I'm working on a piece I'll listen to an entire album on repeat.

Why is art important to you?

It can be anything and everything. There are no boundaries but the ones you choose for yourself.

Favourite musical artist / band right now

Led Zeppelin

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Coalesce
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Select Past Exhibitions
2019

Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto
WAAC & OCADU: Exuberant

2019

Liberty Market Lofts Gallery, Toronto
Colour: New Voices in Painting

2019

Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
Emerging Now - Selected Works From The OCAD Drawing & Painting Class of 2019

2019

OCAD University, Toronto
Inspirations Studio Fundraiser

2019

D'Arcy Symposium, Toronto
Dreamscapes

2019

OCAD University, Toronto
OCAD University 104th Graduate Exhibition

2018

Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
Awenda Inspired: Group Exhibition,

2017

OCAD University Learning Zone Gallery, Toronto
Danielle Coleman & Mashayla Ritchie Abstract Works

Accolades
2019


Project 31 Drawing & Painting Scholarship

Press
2019

Catalogue
OCAD U DRPT GradEX 104 Catalogue

Residencies
2019

Florence, Italy
Creator in Residence

Education
2019

OCAD University
Bachelors of Fine arts in Drawing and Painting

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