Nickolas Leniuk

Mooncatcher, 2022, soapstone on shale base
About the Artist:
Nickolas Leniuk’s passion for artistic expression was influenced by early years in Kapuskasing Ontario, where forests, and lakes provided an endless backdrop of untouched wilderness. A self-taught artist, painstaking attention to detail is required to complete each hand finished piece.
“Being from Northern Ontario, my father was a true immigrant Lumberjack so my compulsion to carve trees from stone is in my blood. As an artist, I’m also driven to also create unusual beings from the ‘un’ natural world, which I see in everyday settings. Each piece I create is embedded with my spiritual energy. My work conveys subject matter that is on one hand strong, permanent, and, selfless but on the other hand is temporary, fragile, and at our mercy. My goal is that the art I create stimulates the critically important evolutionary connection between humans and habitat..” – Nick Leniuk

Studio: interior of Nickolas Leniuk’s studio
Exhibitions
Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022 textile, painted cotton & batiks
Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jul 8, 2023 to Oct 1, 2023
Miguel Hernandez Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022
Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey
Selections: 37th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Jul 22, 2021 to Oct 3, 2021