Audrey Jolly MA

 

She is a member of Muskoka Arts and Crafts and the Manitoulin Fine Arts Association and works primarily in landscape and abstract painting.

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Previously from Saskatchewan, she arrived in Toronto to complete her Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at York University, where she taught movement and theatre. She also studied sculpture during her time at York, and continued her art studies at The Toronto School of Art following graduation. She studied privately with many talented artists, including Sharon Epstein (mixed media/textiles) and Pat Fairhead (painting).


 

Her paintings have been purchased by corporations including Edgecombe Properties, Peat-Marwick-Thorne, A.E. Lepage, Z.M. Zysko Professional Corporation, Mikko Bruun Associates, Helsinki, Finland, and by private collectors across Canada, Europe, and Beijing.


 

She has exhibited her work in Muskoka at the Muskoka Place Gallery, Port Carling, both in solo exhibitions and group shows shared with Pat Fairhead, Gayle Dempsey and others.  The Muskokan is quoted as saying she is “a mature, captivating emotional painter.” The bold form, vibrant colour, and unique layering of her paintings contain a deep contemplative and emotional complexity.

 

As an interdisciplinary artist working in art and theatre, she has performed at Lula Lounge in Toronto as a live painter with storytellers and jazz musicians. She has been part of Nuit Blanche, the Outdoor Art Exhibition, and the Cabbagetown Art & Craft Show, and past member of the Women’s Art Association, Toronto.


 

Her teaching background includes full-time faculty positions with the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Keyano College, AB & The Banff Centre, as well as part-time positions with York University, Ryerson and the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.  

 

She wrote and published, On the Back of the Wildebeest, a book exploring creativity & healing from the perspective of an interdisciplinary artist/teacher/psychotherapist.

 

She offers in-person, creativity retreats at Bird Tree Studio, on Manitoulin Island, in summer & fall. Throughout the year, she works as an online consultant on creativity and relationships while pursuing her career as an interdisciplinary artist.