Vanessa Michiels
TORONTO
Vanessa Michiels combines vivid, hyperrealistic portraiture with popsurreal glitch, graphic shapes, and vintage camp glamour. Inspired by old Hollywood, sci-fi, kitsch, and the fashion magazines of her childhood, Michiels creates vibrant, layered works that reimagine femininity through fragmented faces, saturated colors, and surreal compositional shifts.
Michiels is based in Toronto and graduated from OCAD in 2016 with a degree in Illustration. Active in the vibrant Toronto art community for many years, Michiels began exhibiting with Arch Enemy Arts in 2024 after submitting to our Spotlight Showcase.
Catalog of works.
Below is a list of all works from solo and group exhibitions. Any pieces marked with a red dot have been sold.
"Blue" 2025 oil on canvas 30" x 24" $1600 USD
"Red" 2025 oil on canvas 37.25" x 37.25" $2300 USD
“People Pleaser” 2025 oil on canvas 12” x 12” sold
"The Cosmos" 2025 oil on canvas 24" x 36" framed to 26" x 38" sold
"Sacred Heart" 2025 oil on canvas 40" x 30", framed to 41" x 31" x 2" sold
"Lolita" 2024 oil on canvas 36" x 36" framed to 37" x 37" $2500 USD
"The Clown" (2023) Oil on Canvas 24" x 24" x 2" $1100 USD