FIYA BRUXA

Fiya's visual stories are expressed through canvas, mural, graffiti and installation.  

Her work has been exhibited in select galleries, and one can find her large-scale murals in the streets of

Toronto, Montreal, New York, Sweden, UK, Senegal, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia.

In 2015, she painted the largest collective mural in Canada with her Essencia Art Collective, located in Toronto.  

Her murals and graffiti have been published in magazines and she has participated in various international festivals including

Peter Gabriel's WOMAD UK Festival 2016, Asinabka 2014, Artscape Sweden 2014, Sunfest 2013/2014/2015/2016, Manifesto 2010/2012/2013/2014, Fire Within 2012, 2MGraff 2011, Tercer Mundo 2010, Planet Rock 2010, Massive Art 2009, Muro Por la Paz 2009, and Allende Arts For Peace 2008.  Fiya was selected to paint one of the “Play Me I’m Yours” pianos for the 2015 Pan American Games, as well as commissioned to paint a mural dedicated to the late Nelson Mandela (Artscape/Daniel Spectrum).

In 2012, her international artistic work was recognised by the General Consul of Chile in Toronto.