Discipline Category: Painting

Pink Panda (they/she) is a street artist and painter based in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 Territory.  Working across chalk, spray paint, acrylics, and UV-reactive paint, their practice began with chalk drawings of original monster characters inspired by childhood imagination. Over time, their work has evolved into a deeper exploration of identity, expressed through vivid colour palettes and intricate line work rooted in mindfulness and the present moment.

In the warmer months, they can often be found longboarding around Winnipeg, leaving chalk drawings for passersby and performing live “pop-up” painting installations. These temporary art pieces embody their mantra of “Be in the moment” and serve as a reminder of the beauty in letting go.

Pink Panda has showcased their work in three solo exhibitions and several group shows. Beyond exhibiting their art, they enjoy sharing their passion as a guest artist at schools, organizations, events, and summer camps, engaging with audiences of all ages. Each summer, Pink Panda also hosts inclusive spray paint workshops, inviting participants to explore creativity in a welcoming environment.

Jackie Linda Turnbull (JT) is a self-taught Winnipeg-based artist, who summers in the
Interlake. Jackie has studied with Rachael Tycoles (Acrylic Painting) and other instructors at the WAG Studio, Heather Hinam, Ph.D. of McNally Robinson Classroom and Jordan Leigh Miller of the Cre8ery.

Jackie paints in a mostly whimsical or impressionistic style and is particularly fond of natural subject matter: restful locales, birds, & small, furry animals are meaningful to her. She has enrolled in classes with Heather Hinam from 2020 – 2026 related to drawing plants, birds, animals, and butterflies.

Jackie has shown her art at shops and galleries in Winnipeg including 210 Gallery, Cre8ery Gallery, Urban Shaman Gallery, Warehouse Gallery, Wayne Arthur Gallery, and Two Macaws Concept Store Winnipeg. As a seasonal resident of the Interlake (Husavik - 10 minutes south of Gimli) Jackie has participated in group shows with the Icelandic Festival, Interlake Artist Collective, and St. Andrews Rectory.

Jackie led a painting workshop at 210 Gallery in March 2026 instructing her group on Painting a Spring Robin. She would be interested in running other workshops related to painting birds, animals, or plants.

Current memberships include Creative Manitoba, Mentoring Art for Women’s
Art (MAWA), Manitoba Arts Network, and the WAG.

I am launching a business named Word Crow Creative that combines wise and wonderful quotes with artwork.

I am an Indigenous artist whose work is rooted in storytelling, healing, and connection to spirit. Through painting, I explore the relationship between land, identity, and intergenerational knowledge. My art reflects both personal experience and the teachings passed down through Indigenous ways of knowing.

Nikki Braun is a self-taught abstract artist with a background in graphic design, based just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba. After years working in creative industries, she returned to painting over a decade ago—and found freedom as an abstract artist.

Her layered acrylics, pen, and pencil pieces explore contrast, movement, and emotion. Her evolving style speaks to those drawn to raw emotion and fearless experimentation, inviting viewers into a world of vivid contrasts and layered meaning.

She has exhibited across Canada and shares her evolving process and finished work with a global audience online.