ABOUT THE ARTIST

Canadian artist Narmin Kassam creates art as a means for personal search, self-expression, and to convey a message. As a meditative practice, her artwork attempts to draw the viewer into an impactful experience, reflection, and contemplation on the subject.

 

Taught by Gordon Harrison, she paints with an impressionistic style that has evolved into mixed media, utilizing decorative and textured paper collages on wood panels. The combination of paint and paper collaging gives a tactile quality to Narmin’s artworks, making the surfaces engaging and connecting with the viewer. Her inner creative laboratory generates a unique interplay of light and colour with each piece. Narmin’s pieces invoke a sense of wonder and contemplation.

 

Narmin is passionate about women’s empowerment and collaborative community art. As an African-born woman and former refugee, Narmin deeply connects with each figure in her paintings. Each figure conveys something about the nature of humanity, the intricacies of human connection, and the complexities of our inner selves. 

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