Description
“Shalak Attack” is an award winning Canadian-Chilean visual artist dedicated to painting, multi-media studio arts and is well known for her large scale spray paint murals. Since 2005, she has manifested her artistic expression on walls across the world. Shalak has participated in numerous artistic projects, festivals and exhibitions in Canada, Chile, Brazil, UK, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Senegal, Palestine, Jordan, Belgium, Spain, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, USA, Paraguay, and the Dominican Republic. She is a co-founder and co-director of the international art collectives “Clandestinos Art” and the “Essencia Art Collective”.
In Shalak’s artistic practice, she fuses the spirit of South American muralism with contemporary street art culture. Wether on the street or in her studio, Shalak’s distinctive multi-layered and signature use of colour are emblematic of her unique style that inhabits the realm of psychedelic magical realism. Specializing on her acclaimed series of evocative animal and human portraits, she creates visual narratives that strive to honour the sacred power of Nature.
Over the past 8 years, motherhood has played a major role in her artistic practice. Often challenged by systemic invisibility, she has sought to include her daughter in artistic processes and institutional spaces which has resulted in more intimate, resilient and deeply connected experiences. Shalak is currently based in Barrie, Ontario, together with her daughter and their two cats.
Meg Leslie is a mosaic and ceramic artist. She lives in Ramara, Ontario, a rural community that is surrounded by lakes and rivers and forests. Her work is deeply rooted in nature, storytelling and community. With a background in interior design and a Master Naturalist certificate, she brings a layered approach to ceramic arts—blending structural and organic, personal and ecological. Her practice evolved from large-scale pique assiette public mosaic installations to more intimate explorations in handmade porcelain tiles for backsplashes for homes and cottages. Meg is guided by a desire to seek out symbolism and find meaning. Over the past decade, she has led numerous community art projects, workshops, and creative initiatives across Ontario. These experiences have strengthened her belief in the transformative power of collective creativity.
