My work explores body language in relation to emotions and movement, both functionally and decorative. Allowing myself to be vulnerable with someone and having that be used against me is the reason I bottled up my emotions for years. To express these emotions, my pieces “Unprotected and Exposed” as well as “Bottled Up” reveal feelings of vulnerability and suppressed emotions.

My works “Function and Beauty”, a pair of vertical triptychs, use my body in movement through dance and weightlifting. My muscles bare and flexed appear in contrast to my next painting depicting my legs hidden through tights while in point shoes. These paintings are informed by my 13 years of dance and my more recent turn to weightlifting. Body obsession, the dissecting of muscle groups and attention to detail is a common factor in both worlds. Showing that they aren’t so different after all.

I am Cecilia-Sif, an Icelandic born artist residing in Winnipeg Manitoba. Graduating with my B.F.A – Honours in 2024 with plans on pursuing Education in the fall.

My work is based on experimentation and self expression. While my main medium has always been oil painting, I have also enjoyed the craft of ceramics which quickly became my second most used medium. I have always loved creating with my hands and I am in a constant state of pushing myself to create challenging pieces, technique wise, being able to paint skin tones and body parts with correct proportions, liquids in glass, as well as creating big pieces with clay. I believe you will see the biggest improvements when you push yourself beyond what you think you’re capable of. In other terms, my work also reflects on having fun and experimenting, while many works have heavy and personal content, I enjoy making art for fun, to escape reality and to make something joyful. While working with ceramics I tend to create pieces that make people smile and feel warm. To not only give myself a break from reality but for the viewer as well. For my honours year I decided to focus on the figurative, as many if not most of my pieces are figurative but I wanted to push it a little farther, sticking to the themes of anxiety but moving to another narrative that can go with anxiety is vulnerability and loneliness.