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Olesia Metın

Artist

Olesia Metın, an artist with a rich Ukrainian and Turkish intercultural background. Her deep passion for art led her to fully immerse herself in the creative world, where she has spent years refining her skills and collaborating in the studios of renowned painters. With a decade of experience, Olesia now teaches the principles of painting still-life and landscapes, shares the intricacies of working with oil mediums, and conducts plein-air workshops. Her works have been exhibited in Istanbul art galleries, with floral still-life being her favoured subject.

Marzi Fakhr (M. F)

Contemporary Artist

Marzieh A Fakhr, born in 1981, is an Iranian contemporary artist whose work centers on the provocative and sensual aspects of human nature and the physical body. Marzieh shared her expertise in the field of painting as an instructor for more than 10 years. She worked with students on both a group and individual basis, teaching creative design and painting techniques, including coloured pencil, watercolour, oil painting and acrylic.  

Alejandra Morales (A.M)

Visual Artist

BFA, McGill University

MFA, UBC

Alejandra Morales is a visual artist from Monterrey, Mexico. She received her BA from McGill University in 2016 and recently completed her MFA in Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia. She works mostly on large scale paintings made with oil and acrylics, which she sees as distorted and baroque other-worlds through which she explores traditional female ideals as well as the social practices of her natal city.

Hai-Ping Lee (HP.L)

Artist

Hai-Ping Lee applies an innovative approach to oil and watercolour painting. Her mixed media work on rice paper combines both traditional and modern styles. Trough out her life she has travelled extensively, taking photographs and using them as reference material for her paintings, Hai Ping has been dubbed an " experimental Artist" enjoying the challenges of new subjects, mediums and genres.