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Isabella Nicastro

Artist member since 2023

Isabella Nicastro is a contemporary Canadian painter based in Toronto, Ontario. Currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at OCAD University. Working primarily in painting, photography, and text, her works place emphasis on concepts of lived experience, the perception of self, familial relations, spirituality and religion, and everyday rituals associated with the home environment using depictions of traditional still-life and portraiture through a contemporary lens. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and private collections locally in Toronto and Vaughan, as well as internationally in London, England.

Work

2024
Where the Light Comes Through
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 8" x 10" x 1.5"
  • $185 buy — $25 try
#light and shadow #realism #bright #still-life #bird
Life and Death
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 8" x 10" x 1.5"
  • $185 buy — $25 try
#yellow #birds #stil-llife #animals
Searching for Home
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 9" x 12"
  • $185 buy — $25 try
#bright #realism #still-life #light and shadow #interior space
Catnap
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 34.7" x 45.3"
  • $749.99 buy — $45 try
#bright #light and shadow #realism #still-life #interior space
2022
Afternoon Shadows
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 18" x 24"
  • $450 buy — $35 try
#realism #bright #still-life
Comfort
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 24" x 32"
  • $700 buy — $39 try
#realism #interior space #still-life #bright
Golden Hour
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 9" x 12"
  • Sold
#still-life #bright #light and shadow #realism
2023
Spiritual Jars
  • Isabella Nicastro
  • 16" x 20"
  • $425 buy — $35 try
#bright #realism #still-life

Inside the Studio

Q+A

Beverage of choice

Coffee or a good herbal tea!

Best season of the year in Toronto

Autumn!

When did you start making art, and why?

I have been making art since I was about 8 years old. Art has always functioned as the lens in which I understand and experience the world around me, acting as a creative refuge in which I can process complex and intricate internal thoughts and emotions.

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Spiritual Jars
Isabella Nicastro
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024-11-21

Cloverdale Common, Etobicoke, ON
"Intersections: Threads of Tradition and Identity"

2024-11-27

Art Space Connect Gallery, Toronto, ON
"Expressions"

Select Past Exhibitions
2024

OCAD U International Virtual Exhibition
"Land, Sea, and Sky"

2024

OCAD U International Virtual Exhibition
"Homebound"

2024

Brixton Tate Library, London, EN
"Milk and Honey"

2024

Copeland Gallery, London, EN
"Coalesce"

2023

OCAD U, Toronto, ON
"A Breathing Room for the Spirit"

2022

OCAD U, Toronto, ON
"The First Self-Portrait: Cultural Appropriation"

Accolades
2021


OCAD U TSA Bursary

2023


Nowly Press Start's Emerging Social Innovator Bursary

2024


St. George's Society of Toronto Bursary in Art and Design

2024


Kendra Jaal McCleskey Memorial Bursary

2024


Frances Lea Ziegler Memorial Scholarship

Education
2025

OCAD University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maj. Drawing and Painting, Min. Creative Writing

2024

Camberwell College of Arts, University of Arts London
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)- Painting (Exchange Sem.)

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