Savannah Dasilva Multidisciplinary Artist
Toronto-based artist working across painting, pastel, collage, and mixed media.
​My creative practice is colourful, experimental, and shaped by curiosity, identity, emotion, and the things I can't stop thinking about. I've been making art for more than 15 years, working across oil and acrylic painting, oil pastel, collage, and mixed-media processes.
About My Practice
Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. What started as a love of making and experimenting eventually led me to art school and became a lasting part of how I understand and express myself.
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My work is influenced by my lived experiences with mental health, neurodivergence, and chronic illness. I’m especially drawn to human anatomy and the strange, complicated experience of living in a human body and moving through the world in one.
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My work tends to be bold, colourful, emotional, playful, and a little weird. I love figuring out the colour palette for a piece and seeing how colour can completely change its feeling. Oil paint and oil pastel are the materials I find myself returning to most, although I also work with acrylic, collage, and mixed media.
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A lot of my process is simply following what interests me. I like experimenting, letting ideas get strange, and figuring out what a piece wants to become while I’m making it.
Selected Work
Exhibitions & Creative Experience
Creative Projects
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2020 Mini Anatomy Oil Painting Series
2020 Baycrest, SOS Campaign, Toronto, ON
2019 Gallery 1313, York University AMPD Senior Studio Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2019 30 Day Living with Type 1 Diabetes Series
2019 Rebel for a Cause Gala - Custom Leather Jacket Auction, Toronto, ON
2019 Lithograph Print Brain Series
Exhibitions & Markets
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2026
Endo Expo, Toronto, ON
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2024
Toronto Fringe, Toronto, ON
Flamingo Market Pride Expo, Toronto, ON
Ghostwood Market, Parkdale Hall, Toronto, ON
Witches Night In Creative Market, Toronto, ON
2023
The Bazaar of the Bizarre: Frost Bite, Toronto, ON
Toronto Fringe, Toronto, ON
Flamingo Market Pride Expo, Toronto, ON
Toronto Queen Market, The 519, Toronto, ON
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2022
The Bazaar of the Bizarre: Frost Edition, Toronto, ON
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2021
Bi+Arts Festival Virtual Marketplace, Toronto, ON
2020
Bi-Arts Festival Online Marketplace, Toronto, ON
FlamingoMarket.ca Online Pride Expo, Toronto, ON
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2019
Bi Arts Festival Arts & Craft, 519 Church Street, Toronto, ON
Nelson Park Creative Centre Emerging Artist Exhibit, Toronto, ON
The Gladstone Hotel Queer Makers Market, Toronto, ON
The Bazaar of the Bizarre, Pia Bouman School, Toronto, ON
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2018
The Annex Art Party 5, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, ON
The Annex Art Party 4, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, ON
2017
The Annex Art Party 3, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, ON
Nelson Park Creative Centre Handmade Toronto, Toronto, ON
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Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Specialized Honours - Studio Art
York University, 2020
Art Beyond the Studio
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My creative practice also extends beyond my own artwork. I facilitate expressive arts workshops and creative experiences that give people opportunities to experiment with materials, try something new, and create alongside others.
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I’m especially interested in making creative spaces feel approachable. You don’t need to consider yourself an artist or know what you’re doing before you show up. There’s room to experiment, make something weird, change your mind, and see what happens.
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I’m also available to discuss creative workshops for organizations, teams, community events, and other collaborative projects.
Art inquiries and content on this page are separate from Savannah Dasilva Psychotherapy and are not psychotherapy services. For therapy inquiries, please visit the Contact page.
Art Inquiries
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Interested in connecting about my artwork, exhibitions, creative projects, collaborations, or other art-related opportunities?
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