Inner Dialogues: Mapping My Path Through Art and Awareness

Artist Talk Series

Date: Sunday, August 24
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Location: The Carnegie Room
Cost: Free, Registration encouraged 

Join exhibiting artist Vicky Talwar for an intimate artist talk that explores the intersections of cultural identity, spirituality, and creative practice. Talwar reflects on her journey as a Hindu-Canadian artist, sharing how personal experiences, memory, and healing rituals shape her interdisciplinary work. Through stories behind her mandala installations, and mixed-media paintings, she reveals how inner dialogue becomes both her compass and creative source. This talk invites audiences to consider how art can serve as a meditative process of transformation, connection, and self-discovery. 

Vicky Talwar is an interdisciplinary artist who draws upon her personal experience as a Hindu Canadian to produce painting, mixed media, performance, and installation artworks. Talwar holds a BFA and MFA in Art, Media, & Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCADU), as well as a Bachelor of Education from York University. Talwar serves as an educator with the York Region District School Board and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in Toronto, Canmore, Los Angeles, New York, the United Kingdom, and more. In completing her MFA at OCADU, Talwar exhibited her solo thesis exhibition, Inward Identities, at Latcham Arts Centre. Vicky has had her solo exhibitions at Aurora Cultural Centre and Station Gallery. In 2017, she was awarded the Juror’s Award for the Annual Juried Exhibition by Latcham Art Centre. She has had a solo exhibition at Capital One Office in Toronto that was programmed by Demetriou Art Group and a solo exhibition at Robert Langen Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario. Most recently, one of Talwar’s paintings has been acquired for international display by Global Affairs Canada for their Visual Art Collection. Additionally, one of her paintings has been acquired by Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), Barrie ON, for their permanent collection. Her work is also at Capital One Office in Toronto.