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Mio Reynolds

Artist member since 2025
Toronto, ON

Mio Reynolds is an illustrator and painter born and raised in Toronto. Having a passion for art at a young age, Mio has and continues to explore art-making through various mediums such as watercolour, photography, digital illustration, animation, comic-making, and painting. She studied Illustration at OCAD University and recently graduated in 2024. Using her own candid photography as inspiration, Mio’s oil and acrylic paintings explore the relationship between the individual and their environment. She strives to reveal how these quiet moments of simply existing reflect the complexity of being alone. These portraits portray the tension between solitude and connectedness to our world, and how it influences our identity.

Work

All Works
2020 Self Potrait
  • Mio Reynolds
  • 16" x 20" x 0.5"
  • — $25 try
#blue #portrait
Sofiya
  • Mio Reynolds
  • 18" x 24" x 0.5"
  • — $35 try
#figure
Kayli in Red
  • Mio Reynolds
  • 16" x 20" x 0.5"
  • — $30 try
#portrait
Emma and Me
  • Mio Reynolds
  • 18" x 24" x 0.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#potrait
Meal with Kassie
  • Mio Reynolds
  • 30" x 36" x 1.5"
#portrait

Q+A

Why is art important to you?

I can't imagine my life without art, or the world without art. I believe everyone has the ability to be creative, and that's why I have an appreciation for all forms of art, whether that be music, dance, or literature.

When I'm not making art, I'm (a) ...

Watching movies, spending time with friends, and brainstorming about what to create next

Favourite medium

Though I enjoy acrylic and digital very much due to it's minimal clean-up, I have a soft spot for watercolor because it's what I would use when I would paint flowers to send as gifts to family members overseas.

Beverage of choice

Tea! I volunteer at the Toronto Tea Festival every year and always buy an assortment of different teas. My favourite has to be Genmaicha. My mother's home town is actually a major producer of Gyokuro tea and it's fun visiting the tea farms there.

When did you start making art, and why?

When I was 3, according to my father. He claims I drew a baby and said it was me, and my parents have supported my art-making ever since.

Least favourite movie

The Menu. I made a video essay detailing why for my final assignments in my pop culture class, and received an A!

MOST VIEWED
Meal with Kassie
Mio Reynolds
Select Past Exhibitions
2023

Artscape Youngplace
Major Works Exhibition

2023

Northern Contemporary
Summer Loving

Accolades
2023

Mio Reynolds
3 x 3 Magazine Annual No.20 Merit Award

Education
2024

OCAD University
Illustration

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