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Artist Statement:
In many of my paintings I
depict entranced individuals
who are seduced into a musical
and psychic celebration. A
song lives within the space of
my canvas enrapturing
participants to sway to its
vibrations and experience its
sensual essence. In one
painting a frenzied conga
compels hips to gyrate and ...
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Artist Reviews:
"Peña produces luminous
paintings that explore a state
of spiritual ecstacy and
female empowerment...her
exquisitely semi-realist
pieces seduce with radiant
coloration, maintaining a
sense of extreme intensity and
emotion."
-Natalie-Roze Fischer
NOW Magazine
"Her bold images of black
people caught up in rapture
and ecstacy evoke...
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Collections:
Masterworks Gallery, Hamiton,
Bermuda
Sir John Swan Premiere of
Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda
Robert Davis MP, Toronto,
Canada...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Nicole Peña:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 MASTERWORKS GALLERY ARTISTS UP FRONT HAMILTON, BERMUDA
2000 ASPECTS AND PERSPECTIVE GALLERY FUNKY TOWN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
1998 GALLERY 1 2 3 4 COMING HOME TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
1998 THE ART GALLERY REJOICE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
1998 WOMEN’S ART RESOURCE CENTRE 365 DAYS TORONTO, ONTARIO
1997 KILO RESTAURANT AFRO PLAY TORONTO, ONTARIO
1997 SOUL FOOD BISTRO MOONLIGHT GROOVE TORONTO, ONTARIO
1996 SOUTHERN ACCENT MELODIES TORONTO, ONTARIO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUEM FROM THE SOUL TORONTO, ONTARIO
2010 MISSISSAUGA HERITAGE CENTRE BEYOND THE RHYTHM MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
2010 FAIRMONT CHATEAU LAURIER HOTEL FAITH OTTAWA, ONTARIO
2009 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM BEYOND THE RHYTHM TORONTO, ONTARIO
2009 MASTERWORK MUSEUM OF BERMUDA ART 32N/64W A REVELATION: BERMUDA'S BLACK ARTISTIC LEGACY HAMILTON, BERMUDA
2008 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM FROM ROOTS TO RHYTHM TORONTO, ONTARIO
2007 BLUE DOT GALLERY MASK TORONTO, ONTARIO
2007 SPIN GALLERY COLOURBLIND 2 TORONTO, ONTARIO
2006 SPIN GALLERY COLOURBLIND 1 TORONTO, ONTARIO
2003 MARILYN BREWER SPACE-HARBOURFRONT CENTER THE AMERICAS TORONTO, ONTARIO
2003 TORONO CITY HALL THE IRIE MUSIC FESTIVAL TORONTO, ONTARIO
2003 MARILYN BREWER SPACE- HARBOURFRONT THE AMERICAS TORONTO, ONTARIO
2003 CAPITAL THEATRE THE POWER OF EXPRESSION ART AUCTION TORONTO, ONTARIO
2002 LIBERTY STREET STUDIO OPEN STUDIO TORONTO, ONTARIO
2001 KAFU GALLERY ISLAND TOUR TORONTO, ONTARIO
2001 401 RICHMOND ART IN THE HALLS TORONTO, ONTARIO
2001 HARBOURFRONT CENTRE BOB MARLEY VISUAL ART EXHIBITION TORONTO, ONTARIO
2000 HARBOURFRONT CENTRE CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS TORONTO, ONTARIO
2000 HARBOURFRONT CENTRE BOB MARLEY VISUAL ART EXHIBITION TORONTO, ONTARIO
1999 ART GALLERY OF PEEL VISIBLE’99: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TORONTO, ONTARIO
1999 TORONTO CITY HALL CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS TORONTO, ONTARIO
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