Her Story

Kyra was born on October 5, 1972 in Bayonne, France. Her French father and Dutch mother were adventurers; at the age of two and a half, along with her two brothers and her sister, they headed across the Atlantic to Canada. Transportation of choice: A large ship. Duration: 10 days at sea. She grew up in Eastern Canada. When she was 18 years of age, she headed west to study theatre production and design at the University of Victoria.

A bohemian at heart, Kyra calls Victoria, BC, her homeport. She and her partner Rick live on their Lapworth 36, a 50 year old wooden sailboat. Over the years, she has worked in theatre, special education, and as a French teacher.

Kyra now happily paints and draws in her tiny studio on Vancouver Island. Her works can be found in numerous private collections across Canada and the U.S. Over time, her studio has been in the back of a garden, in a living room, in a hidden gazebo and on a sailboat... Wherever she is, she has a pencil or paintbrush in hand.

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Group Exhibitions

• On Canvas Art Gallery, Victoria, BC - March 2008
• On Canvas Art Gallery, Victoria, BC - November 2007
• Moss Street Paint-in, Victoria, BC - July 2007
• On Canvas Art Gallery, Victoria, BC - March 2007
• Opuscule, CACGV Main Gallery, Victoria, BC - January 2007
• Art-a-Fair Outdoor Exhibit, Brentwood Bay, BC - August 2005
• CTF Summer Exhibit, Chemainus, BC - Summer 2004
• CVAC Spring Art Show, Duncan, BC - April 2004
• CVAC Verse and Vision Art Show, Duncan, BC, February 2004
• Progressions Student Exhibition - Malaspina, Nanaimo, BC - April 2003
• Progressions Student Exhibition - Malaspina, Nanaimo, BC - April 2002

Solo Exhibitions

• The Dancing Bean Café, Chemainus, BC, October 2006
• The Dancing Bean Café, Chemainus, BC, October 2005

Grants and Awards

• Course Bursary, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, 2005
• Java Hut Purchase Award, Malaspina University-College, 2003
• $500.00 Scholarship, Malaspina University-College, 2002
• 1st Year Visual Arts Diploma Award, Malaspina University-College, 2002

Education

• Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Metchosin BC, 2005
• Painting the Figure - Malaspina Continuing Education, Duncan, BC, 2004
• Visual Arts (2 years) - Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, 2003
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 1995

Born

• Bayonne, France; October 5, 1972

Represented by

• On Canvas Art Gallery
  538-B Yates Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1K8