Selected Exhibitions
"Rush Hour 501 BC"
Illustration in wool by S J Ince, in collaboration with E C Mazur. 2022
Textile art, needle-felted by hand in 100% wool.
I created this artwork with fellow Toronto artist and illustrator E C Mazur, depicting vibrant, multicultural Toronto during rush hour on our beloved 501 Streetcar before it was retired. I started the artwork before the pandemic, but I put it aside during COVID, so the BC stands for 'before COVID'. I restarted the piece in 2022 and it was a cathartic and life-reaffirming experience completing this piece.
This piece was exhibited in the Museum of Dufferin's Unity in Diversity show during summer 2024
October 2019, Nuit Blanche Toronto at Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Toronto, Canada, showcased S J Ince's mixed-media tapestry ‘Time’s progress’, created from needle-felted wool & silk, interwoven with pulsing electroluminescent light, commissioned as part of the night's 'Continuum' theme.
This tapestry represents the progress of time that is often apparent in the fabric and pattern of our faces and how change, both creative and disruptive - represented by the light interwoven into the tapestry - makes an indelible mark on us all, as we move through our lives.
April 2019, Group Exhibition at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada (part of “Live Your Best Freelance Life” conference for creatives, showcasing several mixed media artworks from S J Ince's Illustrations in wool 'hustle' series)
Selected Media
Creative Entrepreneur Samantha-Jane Ince finds tools and technology to innovate, Artscape 2019, www.artscape.ca