Feature on the Artfuls

My work was recently featured on the illustration website The Artfuls.

Check out my showcase HERE.

Caves and Thieves

I am going to be a part of a group show coming up in July at The Baitshop.

The show runs from July 8th to 14th! The opening is going to be on July 8 from 7pm til midnight. There is going to be music, and art, and booze, and good people. If you are around Toronto, come!

Check out the event on Facebook.
Poster by Mike Ellis

On Radar

So today my lovely friend Shelby informed me that one of my pieces was on "Radar" on Tumblr. So far it has almost 4000 reblogs/likes! You've all seen the piece already, it is one of the three from my Bump in the Night series. Here's a screenshot of the radar on my tumblr homepage.

If you have tumblr and you want to reblog/like it, you can see it by clicking here.

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Hello darlings!

I am partaking in this show on December 17th. All of the art is based around NES and SNES. Super awesome classic video game inspired art! A & C Games is sponsoring the event and bringing a bunch of rad games to play at the opening. Should be a good time. Please come!

Where: Sleeping Giant Gallery
When: December 17th at 8pm

By the Pound

By the Pound!

I'll be one of the 100 artists participating in this exhibit at Sleeping Giant Gallery. The opening reception is on November 26th, at 8pm, so come out if you're in Toronto!

It's going to be a super rad exhbit. There are 100 artists involved and all of the art is going to be sold quite literally 'by the pound' (specifically at $250 per pound). It should be a pretty exciting exhibit, there are lots of great artists involved!

Bump In the Night

"Bump in the Night" is an exhibition presented by a group of OCAD illustration students. In preparation for the spookiest time of year, we have delved into the shadows to unearth the mystical, the unknown, and the downright freaky for your viewing pleasure.

Featuring work by:
Vesna Asanovic
Alexis Barattin
Yigi Chang
Julia Dickens
Michael Fan
Sasha Foster
Jennifer Ilett
Kaley McKean
Terran McNeely
Derek Riordan
Vivian Rosas
Caitlin Russell
Sabrina Scott

Come join us for a spell at our spooooky reception on the evening of October 15th. Free refreshments and candy will be served. Spooky dress is encouraged!

Get Your Ass To Mars

Get Your Ass to Mars!!!!

Group Show featuring many of my chums from the previous You Know What Love Is and The Villain Show exhibits, as well as many new faces! (Poster art done by Andy McNeil)

We are exploring the outer reaches of our innate natures and beyond the atmosphere of our imaginations.

Opening Reception: October 14th at 7pm
Exhibit Runs October 14th -26th

Function 13, 156 Augusta Ave (in Kensington Market)

Featuring illustrations by

Hugo Arias
Trevor Henderson
Laura Harte
Simen Leung
Andrew McNeil
Mike Ellis
Afo Grigoriev
Jeremy Kai
Jenn Ilett
Deanna Ip
Chris Simonen
Aaron Dagenais
Abraham Nelson
Nolan Pelletier
Jenn Woodall
Eunice Luk
Ted Gudlat
Jae Lee
Mary Varhoeven
Erin Ornstein

Imaginary Friends

Imaginary Friends is a group show I'll be participating in this week! All of the art is geared toward children's rooms. There is a mixture of illustration and abstract, it's really fantastic.

I made the poster as well, cute overload

Opening Reception: October 15th, 7pm
Show runs until October 27th

Chuck Akudu Gallery, 3035 Dundas St West
(at Dundas and High Park)

Featuring:
Christie Shinn
Jennifer Ilett
Robert Ross
Lavinia Ungureanu
Robin Luoma

This Thursday

This Thursday (September 9th) as part of the Junction Art Festival, come out for the Grand Opening of the Chuck Akudu Gallery where I'll have a few pieces on display!

Also, I am working on some art at this very moment so I promise that there will very soon be new posts!! Sorry for the lack of those as of late!

It's Meant to Bee

Tomorrow night (June 8th) is the opening of a pretty rad show I am a part of called "It's Meant to Bee." It's happening at Dat Salon, and will be up for a month (but you should all come out for the opening, cheap drinks and good company!) The show features 13 artists, and each of us had to create a piece using only black and yellow. It was a challenge but it was a lot of fun, I can't wait to see what all the other artists did!

Check out the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130827290280689&ref=ts

Here is the flyer for the show (designed by yours truly)

Have a Heart Magic!!

Hey lovelies,
Remember the Have a Heart show I took part in at Dat Salon in June? WELL, check out this video documenting the night, some great work and people, woo!

Click to view video on youtube!

Have a Heart Teaser

First half of my mural at Dat Salon for the Sick Kids benefit show, Have a Heart. It's happening on June 5th, come out!

have a heart

Have a heART is an upcoming art show in support of SickKids Foundation. There are 13 artists involved and we're all donating a piece, with all proceeds going to SickKids. I'm also planning on doing a wall piece at the show so you should all come out and see it! It's at Dat Salon at 442-E Dufferin St (just north of Queen) on June 5th. It'll be a good party, for a good cause!

I also designed the above flyer for the show. You can check out the event on facebook here.

99 Red Balloons

Apologies about not updating in a while, but I have a few paintings ready to share so perhaps you will all forgive me.

This little painting is for a show at Canteen Gallery in Ottawa. The show features 99 different images by 99 different artists, each 9x9 and selling for $99 or $66 dollars. The show opens on May 14th and runs until May 31st.

White Cloud, Buttermilk Sky: Photos!

White Cloud, Buttermilk Sky

Hello lovelies! I have a show coming up at Hotshot Gallery in Kensington Market. It is opening on March 11 and runs until March 21st. There is a really fab group of artists showing lovely paintings and fluffy cloudy goodness.


This is the poster made by Andrea Manica, who also curated the show!

Here is one of my pieces from the show! The rest are centered around this one!

You Know What Love Is

Hey lovelies, this coming Friday I have a show happening at Sleeping Giant Gallery here in Toronto. Check out the rad poster by Sabrina Scott.



Featured artists:

Hugo Arias
Andrew McNeil
Laura Harte
Sabrina Scott
Trevor Henderson
Jennifer Ilett
Simen Leung
Erin Ornstein
Vesna Asanovic
Vivian Rosas
Abraham Nelson
Micheal Fan

Visit Gallery Website


ALSO, here is a teaser of the work I'm submitting to the show. Yes, these photos were taken with photobooth, and thus are terrible quality. That is why they are teasers.

The Villain Show

I'm going to be participating in this awesome show at the Sleeping Giant Gallery in a couple weeks. The theme is villains (as you can see) and there are a whole bunch of really great up-and-coming artists participating in it. The above poster was done by one of the artists, Laura Harte.

Show opens on November 20th, it's going to be on for a week, but if you come on opening night all the artists will be there and I promise it's going to be a crazy fun time. COME COME COME!

Wilderness of Manitoba

Hey folks!

So the Wilderness of Manitoba show was this evening, and I heard it was absolutely fantastic (woe is me, I didn't make it until after they played). However (!) they definitely had some really lovely prints of my poster for sale, and I must say, they printed beautifully! I was pretty excited, and I got lots of kind words from people who liked my art. I also picked up one of the Wilderness of Manitoba's EPs, which are . They have a little version of my poster inside, all nice and colour printed (I definitely thought they would be b/w!) I thoroughly recommend all you Toronto folk come out to their CD release on the 21st of August!

That is all! Sorry, no art!