Elycia SFA
elyciasfa@gmail.com @e__s__f__a
EDUCATION
2011-2015
BDes Ontario College of Art and Design University - Material Art and Design: Textiles
RESIDENCIES
2016 - 2020
Harbourfront Centre Craft and Design Artist in Residence
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
home life / still life, The Lost & Found,Toronto, ON
2017
Whereabouts, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Artifacts (DesignTO Festival) Bulthaup, Toronto, ON
Connecting Threads, OCADU Graduate Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023
MakeShift, Audain Art Centre, Vancouver, BC
Unframed, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Collective Momentum, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022
Art with Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Nathan Phillips Square,Toronto, ON
2021
[De]/[Re]constructing place, Varley Art Gallery, Markham ON
Memory and Time, Art Mûr, Montreal QC
2020
ObjectPermanence, Baltimore Jewellery Centre, Baltimore, Maryland
2019
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Art Textile, Fibre Fest, Maison Depoivre, Picton, ON
Material Identities, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Gems Auction, The Berkley Church, Toronto, ON
Housewarming(DesignTO Festival), Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
The Artist Project – UNTAPPED, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
2018
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) Juror’s Choice, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Fibreworks 2018, Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON
2017
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Human Landscapes– Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Artworld Fine Art, Toronto, ON
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022
OntarioArts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2021
OntarioArts Council, Craft Project Grant
2019
Best of Craft and Design Award – Toronto Outdoor ArtFair
OntarioArts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2018
OntarioArts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2017
OntarioArts Council, Exhibition Assistance
HelenFrances Gregor Award, Craft Ontario
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Toronto Star, ‘Eye Candy Galore’
The Spaces Magazine , ‘Toronto Artist Elycia SFA turns domestic spaces into intimate textiles’
2021
The Bulletin -Guild of Canadian Weavers
2019
Toronto Star, ‘Who to check out at the Artist Project’
2018
NOW Magazine, ‘Ten TOAF Best Bets’
2016
AKIN Collective Colouring Book II