Showcase your creative talents at Innis!
Submit to our Student Art Exhibition.
Are you a photographer, illustrator, designer, filmmaker — a visual artist and storyteller? Innis is looking to display new pieces of original artwork throughout the College. Our student community is full of skilled, diverse artistic talent. Let’s show it off!
The Innis Student Art Exhibition is an ongoing, student-sponsored program that brings colour, vibrancy, and student self-expression to the walls of the College.
NEW OPPORTUNITY: This year, we are accepting proposals for a large-format piece to be hung in the Innis College Lobby. The ICC Art Committee would commission the selected student to complete the piece on behalf of the College and would provide the student with a $200 stipend. For more information, please visit the link below.
The call for submissions closes on June 16. Whether you’ve just finished your first year at Innis or are about to graduate, we encourage you to submit your work and leave your mark.
You can find submission criteria in the form. Please direct any questions to studentlife.innis@utoronto.ca.
Discover some of the previously selected pieces below.
Ornate Extinction, 2022
Crochet on mesh backing • Mira Ghosh (HBSc ’23)
The piece represents a coral reef, which changes from colour to bleached as you move from left to right. It calls attention to the beautiful but deadly nature of coral bleaching in our oceans. The ecosystem of this coral garden is dying, and yet, the white elements are somehow just as stunning as the coloured ones.
Travelling Frog, 2022
Digital paintings on canvas • Jinwen Tao (HBSc ’22)
Inspired by my pet Budgett’s Frog, I have represented our changing natural environment in a five-part series — from a well-preserved ecosystem to a landscape marred by human waste. Protecting our environment is a serious issue. By telling the story of environmental degradation from the perspective of a frog, the crisis becomes intimate and familiar.
A Few of Many, 2024
Acrylic on tile • Jeremy Mytkowski (HBA ’26)
Each animal in this series represents a species that has been declared extinct within the past 50 years. Just as we are part of the Innis College community, we are also members of a global community — of people and other living beings. We have a responsibility to show respect to those who share our space.