Ivana Tovilla Batiz

Lives and works in Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Artist statement

Ivana Inés Tovilla-Bátiz is a Mexican-Canadian artist who is a recent fourth-year graduate from OCAD University. Ivana spent the summer of 2019 in New York City taking part in the Parsons Summer Intensive Program for Illustration at The New School. She was granted immediate entry into the Drawing and Painting program at OCAD University, where she received the Mercedes-Benz Financial Services scholarship. She has exhibited in England (London), Spain (Barcelona), Canada (Parkdale, Toronto), and the United States (Baltimore and New York City). Ivana successfully completed an AICAD exchange abroad to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for the Winter semester in the January of 2023. In June 2024, Ivana graduated from the Drawing and Painting BFA program at OCAD University with Honours and Distinction. Fluent in Spanish and English, and with basic knowledge of French, she has travelled throughout Europe, North America and North Africa.

Artwork

• "Dejection" Diptych, 2024. Left Side: Charcoal pencil, charcoal, graphite powder, graphite hunk, graphite pencil, stabilo pencil, ink on Arches Velin White Rives BFK Paper - 250GSM. Right Side: Sennelier Pastel, charcoal pencils, graphite, on Arches Black Rives 250GSM.
• "Sacrificial Object: White, Lace Dress", 2023. Charcoal, Ink, and graphite on Rives BFK paper
• "Las Ninas" / "The Girls", 2023. Lithographic Print
• "Mis Banderas" / "My Flags", 2023. Acrylic on Canvas paper
• "Baltimore Bridge Collapse" (Work in Progress), 2024. Acrylic on Canvas
• "Mira!" / "Look!", 2023. Acrylic paint and Posca on Canvas
• "Dia de los Muertos" / "Day of the Dead", 2023. Acrylic on Canvas
• "Abstraction from the Land: Mexican Homeland and Bloodline.", 2021. Acrylic on Canvas
• "No me toques" / "Don't Touch Me", 2021. Digital Drawing
• "Ameliorated Trauma", 2021. Acrylic and willow charcoal on canvas
• "Painting of Albjon Gjorllaku and Arielle Miralles", 2020. Digital Painting (ProCreate)
• "Ford Nation: Hold Him Accountable!", 2019. Graphite pencil on paper
• "Mother in Turmoil", 2020. Digital (ProCreate)
• "Experimental Drawing" , 2020. Conte and Charcoal on Cartridge Paper
• Ivana Portrait, 2024. Digital