
Hi, I'm Justina.
I’m a multidisciplinary artist, creative facilitator, and storyteller. While creating art has always been a part of my life, this portfolio captures the last 10 years of my creative journey — from studying at Interlochen Arts Academy in 2013, to painting murals across the city of Ottawa, completing hundreds of commissions, and leading community paint nights that bring people together.
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At 17, I was thrown into the intensity of Interlochen’s world-renowned Visual Arts Program — a pressure cooker that taught me discipline, vision, and how to create boldly. It sparked something within me: the confidence and drive to take on big ideas, and with proper care, execute them masterfully. After that, I completed my B.A. in Psychology at Saint Paul University and spent years in digital marketing — a creative field in its own right — but in an increasingly digital world, nothing lit me up quite like traditional painting.
Slowly, then all at once, I returned to fine art full force. And with that return came a deep love for community-based work. Murals brought me into new spaces. Paint nights connected me to people. I discovered that part of my calling isn’t just to create — it’s to lead, invite, and make space for others to express themselves too.
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As an artist, I’m constantly growing — from intimate portraits to large-scale public art, from personal healing to collective expression. This is just a glimpse of what I’ve made so far — and I’m only getting started.
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