About the Artists
Chloë Shia
Chloë Shia is a Toronto-based photographer whose work focuses on creating images that represent and resonate with diverse audiences — always photographed with care, curiosity, and probably a little too much matcha. She loves shooting portraiture and live events but her recent semester abroad gave her the chance to see so much more of the world, exploring landscape and travel photography, and leaving both her heart and her SD card very full.
Kyleigh Crooks
Based in Barrie and Toronto, Kyleigh Crooks is a passionate photographer and writer who constantly seeks ways to improve her craft. She specializes in nature photography, with a keen interest in architecture and wildlife. Driven by curiosity, Kyleigh loves hiking and exploring, looking to capture beautiful moments that one could easily miss. Her goal is to create a memorable experience for all clients working with her and to leave positive impressions on those who view her photographs.
Aspen Lalonde
Aspen Lalonde is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Toronto, focusing on mixed-media collage, analog and digital photography. His work mainly focuses on personal identity and creative story telling. Through mixing the rawness of the camera with physical alterations they aim to bring people into his own world. Currently they are in their third year studying photography at TMU.
Chip Lei
Chip Lei is a Canadian-born Chinese artist from Vancouver who fell in love with photography in high school. Since moving to Toronto to study at Toronto Metropolitan University, they have found a passion for conceptual and artistic photography, as well in cinematography in both film and photographic mediums. Outside of lens-based art, they spend a good chunk of their time drawing, laying in bed, playing Fortnite and kissing their cat, Miko.
Baz Alfred
Balthazar “Baz” Alfred is a photography-based artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Baz’s upbringing was split between time in the suburbs of his hometown, where he had time to appreciate nature and downtown Toronto, as his mother worked in the film industry, and his father lived full time in Toronto. But when he couldn't spend time in nature, he gained a great love for cities and urban centres. Baz’s photography presents everyday occurrences through an abstract lens, creating new methods of understanding how we look at the things we interact with daily. When combined with his eye for the sublime and ethereal, this abstract lens allows him to stay on the cutting edge of ideas in the world of photography.