Learning Portrait Proportions with Amy J. Dyck

Amy J. Dyck is a contemporary multimedia figurative artist and writer based near Vancouver, British Columbia. While studying design in her early twenties, she experienced a sudden physical collapse that led to years of debilitating, unexplained illness and the use of a wheelchair. Art-making became a vital tool for coping, understanding, and storytelling. Her lived experience deepened her fascination with the human figure as a vessel of emotion, memory, and struggle. Combining anatomical study, classical drawing and painting, and playful experimentation, Dyck creates narrative-driven work rooted in embodiment. Her work is exhibited internationally, held in private collections, and has earned multiple awards. In 2024, she received a Canada Council for the Arts grant and continues to share her story through exhibitions, talks, and writing.

This workshop is open to anyone over the age 12 years old.