Mirren Hinchley Art

Mirren Hinchley is an emerging, abstract painter who after a successful career took up painting in this exciting new chapter of her life. Her painting process is based on experiential learning. She has been able to let herself go & express her creativity every time she starts a new canvas. She wants her paintings to reveal her joy of colour & texture, to entice & inspire the viewer to think & talk about what they have just seen. Her works have been displayed in juried Canadian gallery shows but also galleries in Milan, the UK, Venice with enquiries from Spain and Crete.

Studied under:

Catherine Shea, Catherine Shea Art Studio

Instituto Allende, San Miguel, Mexico

Kim-Lee Kho, Haliburton School of the Arts and independently

Suzanne Metz, ArtEmbassy School of Art

Steve Rose, Artbarn Art School

Memberships

Gallery1313, 2021 - 

Heliconian Club, Visual Arts Section, 2022 - May 2023

Propeller Art Gallery, 2022 - June 2023

The Artists Network, 2021 - December 2022

Volunteer Work

Gallery 1313, gallery sitting, 2021 - present, member of Anniversary Committee, 2022 

Propeller Art Gallery, Board Secretary, April 2022 - March 2023

Heliconian Club, one of the conveners for Warm & Wild group show, June 2022, & Nocturn group show, December 2022

  In my painting process I have learned to overcome adversity & embrace risk & vulnerability. Physically & emotionally, I feel empowered, liberated from self-imposed constraints. This transformation in myself has provoked new techniques & colour palettes. My paintings have a new look & feel. There has been an organic evolution in my style. My colours have become more dynamic, my marks bolder, twisting, curving, spiraling & slashing in all directions across the canvas using credit cards, brushes & sponges. I have found a way to express my inner emotions. Creative energy has been released that has been pent up in me I have let myself go & let it flow out of me onto the canvas. I have discovered my true self. Painting has become the anchor in my ever-evolving life.

• VISUAL/MUSICAL EXHIBITION, curated group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, July 5 -16, 2023
• A SUMMER EXHIBITION, curated group exhibit, Gallery1313, June 21-July 2, 2023, Toronto
• 2023 ARTISTS  PROJECT, Gallery1313 curated group show, April 13-16, 2023, Better Living Centre, Toronto
• ART AUCTION FOR UKRAINE, juried group show, hosted by Wavefront in partnership with Elaine Fleck Gallery, to benefit the Ukrainian World Foundation, March 29 & 30, 2023. 
• FLECK FINE ART EXHIBITION MARCH 2023, curated group show, Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, March 1 - 31, 2023. Toronto
• WINTER EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION, curated group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, January 4 - 15, 202
• NOCTURNE, winter group art exhibit, Heliconian Club, Visual Arts Section, Dec. 1 - Jan. 29, 2023
• FLECK FINE ART EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 2022, curated group show, Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, November 9 - 26, 2022
• RETROFIT, solo show, Gallery 1313, Cell Gallery, Toronto, Oct. 12-23, 2022
• ARTWALK IN THE SQUARE, juried online show, Artists Network, Toronto, September 16 - September 25
• ENCOUNTER '22, New Members Art Show, Heliconian Club, Visual Arts Section, Toronto, September 8 - October 5, 2022
• SPLASH, SOLO SHOW, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, August 24-September 11, 2022
• ART UP, curated group show, Gallery 1313, Process Gallery, Toronto, August 3 - 14, 2022
• WARM & WILD, group show, Heliconian Club, Visual Arts Section, Toronto, June 30 - September 7, 2022
• THE RIVERDALE ARTWALK, juried online show, Artists Network, Toronto, June 19-26, 2022
• ARTBOX.PROJECT VENEZIA 1.0 at the Biennale ArtBox Expo, online show, Venice, May 1 - 31, 2022
• I AM HERE: Home Movies & Everyday Master Pieces, part of PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE, juried online show, AGO, Toronto, April 13 - August 14, 2022
• THE LIVING EARTH EXHIBITION, Heliconian Club, Visual Arts Section, March 31 - May 4, 2022
• PI ART SQUARED EXHIBIT, juried show, Art Alchemy, Toronto, March 11-20, 2022
• A SEX SHOW, juried online group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, February 2 - 28, 2022
• SALON 16: LOVE IS IN THE AIR, online show, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, January 24 - February 13, 2022
• 25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT , juried online show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, January 19 - February 28, 2022
• WINTER EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION, juried online show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, January 5-22, 2022
• THE END - A YEAR END SALE, curated group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Nov. 24-Dec. 12, 2021
• TRANSFORMATION, SOLO SHOW, Cell Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Nov. 10 - 21, 2021
• INSPIRED BY THE ARTS, juried art show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Nov. 10 - 28, 2021
• ARTSIDEOUT (ASO), juried online one-day, multidisciplinary arts festival, University of Toronto Scarborough, Oct. 7, 2021
• DE.MO, juried international online exhibition, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Milan, Italy, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, September 9 - 24, 2021
• TORONTO COLLETION, juried online exhibition, Gallea Art Exhibits, Aug. - Dec. 2021
• ONTARIO COLLECTION, juried online exhibition, Gallea Art Exhibits, Aug. - Dec. 2021
• SENSUALITY, juried international online exhibition, Virtual Artists, Essex. UK, August 29 - September 12, 2021
• JOY OF SUMMER, juried art exhibition, Art of Emotions Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, August 16 - 31, 2021
• SALON DES REFUSES, juried art exhibition, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, July 14 - August 1, 2021
• SUMMER TIME EXHIBIT 2021, juried art exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, June 23 - July 25, 2021
• COMING OUT, juried international art exhibition, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy, June 25- July 4, 2021
• OPENING OUR DOORS, juried art exhibition, Leslie Grove Gallery, June 23 - July 11, 2021 
• THE ART OF RESILIENCE, online art gallery, AGO, March 15 - June 25, 2021 
• BIG BOLD RISK, online juried group show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Feb. 23 - March 14, 2021
• EMERGING ARTISTS SHOW, curated group show, Catherine Shea Studio, Yonge Eglinton Centre, May 2021