Our Newest Artist Partners – Spring 2023
We're excited to share our newest cohort of talented Artist Partners, adding some beautiful artworks to our internal library and into our clients' upcoming art collections and programs! Read through to get to learn more about them.
Zoë Pawlak
(she/her)
b. White Rock, B.C, January 17, 1982
Lives and works in Vancouver, B.C, Canada
Zoë Pawlak is an artist and industrial designer born and based in Vancouver. Rooted in painting, the through-line in her work is her unique capacity to maintain a strong personal aesthetic while maintaining a commitment to telling the truest version of her stories. Zoë's work expresses the individual narrative with an honest vulnerability that allows the viewer to step into a shared narrative they can then claim as their collective truth. Zoë’s work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Interior Design, and Martha Stewart Living. She’s presented select works at ICFF, WestEdge, AD Design Show, and IDS West. Pawlak’s paintings are in the private collections of the Government of Canada, Cristina and Trevor Linden, Cobie Smulders, and Club Monaco.
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Tessa Heck
(she/her)
b. Sacramento, California, 1990
Lives and works in Kalispell, MT USA
Tessa Heck is a painter inspired by bright and bold colors; her practice is based around figurative painting and landscape painting. In her figurative works, she focuses on the mundane moments of motherhood, that are somehow never-ending but fleeting. Her landscape work is based heavily on the NW region of Montana. Having grown up in the area, Heck enjoyed the abundance of outdoor activities. These landscapes are painted with a matte vinyl paint, allowing Heck to depict bold shapes in the landscapes and abstract her subject matter.
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Janice Wu
(she/her)
b. Burnaby, British Columbia, 1988
Lives and works in New Westminster, BC Canada
Janice Wu is a visual artist and freelance illustrator who lives and works in New Westminster otherwise known as the unceded territories of the Qayqayt First Nations. As a second generation Chinese Canadian and a child of immigrants, a large majority of her work addresses cultural belonging, family history, and the diasporic experience. Wu has exhibited her work in solo and group shows nationally. Selected illustration clients include The Walrus, Canada Post, New York Times, Globe and Mail, Urban Outfitters, Saje Wellness, Lancome, and more.
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janicewu.bigcartel.com
@janicewuartist
Sabrina Stea
(she/her)
b. Rome, Italy, 1966
Lives and works in Rome, Italy
Sabrina Stea's practice is divided between street photography and still life photography. She oscillates between dynamic and static photography, constantly alternating between the two genres. Stea aims to depict a clear separation between the two styles: her street photography is solely in black and white, while in her still life work, Stea searches to portray the slightest, most detailed nuances in the shades of color through her patient search for lights as a narrative tool.
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Call for submissions
We’re currently accepting artist applications for our Artist Partners Program whose practices fall under one or more of the following categories:
Editorial photography
Collage
Printmaking
Illustration
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