Discipline Category: Design; product, graphic and fashion

Natalie Mark 麥月明 is a local Winnipeg/Treaty 1 illustrator and cartoonist.

In 2023-4, Natalie received an award for emerging cartoonists and made a comic for CAKE Chicago. They have also facilitated various community and public art projects for Winnipeg’s Chinatown, and run many art and comics workshops in Winnipeg and beyond including the Snoopy and the Red Baron traveling exhibit from the Charles M. Schulz Museum, at VanCAF in Vancouver, and MICE in Boston.

Natalie’s comics are somewhere between a reflection of life and small curiosities. Their work plays with myth-making and whimsical fantasies projected onto social realism. Storytelling is Natalie's primary tool for understanding themselves and exploring the world around them.

When they are not drawing, Natalie loves going to their local library, playing TTRPGs, and going on picnics! Visit their site: https://nataliemark.ca or follow along with their art journey @floodkiss across the internet.

Hi! My name is Allison, and I am a professional tattooer working at Albert Street Tattoo — but I’m also a multi-disciplinary artist, illustrator and visual storyteller. My work is known for its high level of detail and vibrant use of colour, ranging from serious science-based illustration, colourful nature pieces, queer or neurodivergent affirmations to silly pop-culture and video game tattoos. Picking one focus has never been easy for me — I am always learning new skill and mediums, both traditionally and digitally.

I have education from RRC’s graphic design and adv. graphic design program, which built a strong foundation for running my tattoo career. Outside of tattooing, I am particularly interested in getting into mural work, augmented and virtual reality experiences, science and art exhibits, and set design (for example, designing a stage for a rave would be incredible, as I am an avid raver)

I am a fantastic communicator, which is a necessary requirement to build some of the high-level concepts I enjoy working on, tattooing or otherwise. My strengths lie in translating complex information into striking visual concepts and experiences. I am always looking to push my brain to create with new mediums or types of art.

If my work and approach speaks to you, let’s connect!