Amada Estabillo
Artist member since 2019
ProToronto, Ontario
Amada Estabillo is a Canadian-born artist of mixed Filipino-Irish heritage. Amada attended York University and earned a BFA in Visual Art as well as a BEd. She is currently a member of the Akin Collective and teaches art in York region. She lives in the Brockton Village area of Toronto. Amada’s work explores the boundary between representation and abstraction through a variety of subjects; play, landscape, figure, self-portrait, and most recently textiles. She aims to find the critical elements of an object and expand these in a formal way through line, colour, pattern and space while maintaining a sense of spontaneity. Her materials include acrylic paint, oil stick, graphite, and embroidery on raw canvas and wood panel.
Q+A
Best season of the year in Toronto
Fall
Coffees per day and from where
2-3, made myself or from The Common
What artists do you admire right now?
Jenny Saville, Denyse Thomasos, Mequitta Ahuja, Melanie Authier
What do you listen to when you work?
Breeders, Frank Ocean, Sonic Youth, J Dilla
What places do you hang out in Toronto?
Hawk and Chick for take out, Black Dice for last drink, Le Baratin for brunch
Beverage of choice
Americano
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