Bio

Mya Naidoo is a Toronto-based artist working with both painting and drawing. Her work explores the subconscious distortions of memory and familiar imagery, as a journal through her life. This Spring 2025, she has graduated with a Drawing and Painting BFA from OCAD University. Naidoo has exhibited work at the Ottawa Art Gallery (Ontario, Canada) and in Gladstone House (Ontario, Canada) with a current exhibition at the Ontario Court of Justice (Toronto, Canada).

Instagram: @mya.naidoo.art

Email: myanaidooart@gmail.com

Artist Statement

My paintings explore my relationship with the sun in nature, evoking the essence of each environment without merely depicting it. These distortions reflect the evolution of memory, becoming more visually abstract while maintaining emotional intensity. Thinly layered on the canvas, the oil paint acquires a sinuous quality, giving the composition quiet, organic movement. When the viewer becomes immersed in the work’s intricacies and finds calm in its moments of rest, I know it is complete.

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Education:

2025 - BFA Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2021 - Visual Arts Specialization, Canterbury High School, Ottawa, Canada

Recent Publications:

2025 - 101 Art Book: Nature Edition, Arts to Hearts, Agra, India

2024 - Petal Projections Magazine, Toronto, Canada

2024 - Meet Mya Naidoo, Canvas Rebel Magazine, Los Angeles, United States

Group Exhibitions:

October 2024 - October 2025 - Gladstone House, Toronto, Canada

July - August 2025 - Fresh Paint / New Construction – 21st edition, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, Canada

April - August 2025 - Abstraction Exhibition, Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto, Canada

2025 - Artist Project, Toronto, Canada

2025 - Extreme Abstraction (OCAD University), Toronto, Canada

2024 - Five Years of Drip, Drip House, Ottawa, Canada

2024 - Toronto Outdoor Fair (Gladstone House Award Winner), Toronto, Canada

2023 - UNSEEN: Group Exhibition, Blitz Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2022, 2023 - Pancakes and Booze, Revival Event Venue, Toronto, Canada

2019 - Capital Pride Art Show, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

Awards & Grants:

2025 - Carl and Trudy Michailoff Award in Drawing & Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2024 - Gladstone House Award TOAF, Toronto, Canada

2021 - Alma Duncan Visual Arts Award, Canterbury High School, Ottawa, Canada

Markets:

2024 - WISA Market and Showcase, Toronto, Canada

2023 - In the Trenches Market, Toronto, Canada

2023 - Made for Me Marketplace, Toronto, Canada

2023 - The Market Market, Toronto, Canada

2023 - HER Market, Toronto, Canada