Nikola Wojewoda is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Hamilton Ontario. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, she works in a variety of mediums, showing in both group and solo exhibitions. In addition to drawing, painting and printmaking, she makes sculptures in clay, bronze, stone, plaster, mixed media assemblage, and installation. She’s made experimental short films shown in North America and Europe and has designed sets for dance and theatre in Toronto and Hamilton. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank. Reviewed in a variety of publications, including C Magazine and the Globe and Mail, her work is included in several books on art. She’s taught painting and sculpture with Toronto Board’s Continuing Education, and currently ceramics for the Art Gallery of Burlington and various local Guilds. She has been invited to contribute as a juror for public projects, and has served on the executive of several Guilds. The recipient of Ontario Arts Council Grants, she has received local awards for her sculpture, ceramics, and fine art. Nikola is a member of the Art Galleries of Burlington and Hamilton, the Hamilton Region Potters Guild, Fusion Clay and Glass Association, and the Hamilton Artists Inc.

I’m drawn to storytelling, to symbol and metaphor where layered meaning lies. Through personally constructed archetypes I explore what it is to be human in these complex times. 

My process is slow. Concepts and imagery are an accumulation of linked impulses, responses, discoveries, and research - a stream of consciousness where the fragments shuffle and brush up against each other. They become the gestalt that I work to unravel. I’m in no hurry. I know that soon I will be telling myself another story about the inner and outer world, steadfastly building my own folklore.