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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Art Meets World Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto, ON |
Visual Elements 68: Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Art Gallery | Woodstock, ON
Colour Is... Juried Group Exhibition, Blyth Festival Art Gallery | Blyth, ON
Fulford Place Juried Art Exhibition, Fulford Place | Brockville, ON
Erin Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, The Kitchen | Erin, ON
DVSA Annual Art Auction, Dundas Valley School of Art | Dundas, ON
LIVE PAINTING EVENTS & COMPETITIONS
2026
Erin Arts Festival, Live Painting Competition | Erin, ON
Brantford Beats & Eats, Invited Live Painting Artist | Brantford, ON
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Education, Brock University
TIA LONG
Contemporary Realist Painter
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tia Long is a contemporary realist painter whose work explores atmosphere, memory, and the quiet beauty of everyday spaces. Working primarily in oil, she creates paintings that balance realism and impressionistic softness, inviting viewers to pause within moments of stillness, connection, and reflection.
Her work has been exhibited in juried exhibitions and group shows across Ontario and is held in private collections throughout Canada
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the quiet emotional weight of ordinary spaces and objects.
Working from personal observations and photographs, I am drawn to moments that might otherwise go unnoticed: a drink left behind, afternoon light on a tabletop, a doorway at dusk, or the traces of a recent conversation. Through a restrained palette and softened edges, I seek to create paintings that feel both familiar and slightly suspended in time.
While rooted in realism, my approach is less concerned with precise representation than with atmosphere. I am interested in the tension between presence and absence, and in the stories that emerge from what is left unsaid.
Influenced by contemporary realism and cinematic light, my paintings invite viewers to slow down and find meaning in the everyday.
