With a certificate in design studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Dyck has spent a decade practicing human anatomy and learning the techniques of the Old Masters and is always pushing her practice in new directions. She has been interviewed for CBC Art Minute, had her work featured in a handful of art magazines, and won awards in international art exhibitions and contests. She teaches and demonstrates painting and drawing to students of all ages in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Her work is in collections around North America and internationally.
Amy Dyck
Voices
Charcoal, pencil, crayon, paint, paper, mounted on board
"My artwork explores the tensions inherent in existence as a human in a body. It hints at stories of living through and incorporating painful and traumatic experiences and works to explore how we build a meaningful life and a stronger self through (and maybe even because of) it.
Because of this focus, I am not only interested in the ways people are marginalized, silenced, and suppressed, but also in discovering their inherent power to build on top of those barriers and become more than they were before. Having spent years struggling to walk after a disabling condition, working to understand how the way my brain works changes the way I understand the world and learning to build on trauma from the past, I have a vested interest in discovering how we incorporate the complexity and struggles of our past and build our futures out of it. In how we as people can become more and build each other up."
– Amy Dyck
About the artist
Amy Dyck
With a certificate in design studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Dyck has spent a decade practicing human anatomy and learning the techniques of the Old Masters and is always pushing her practice in new directions. She has been interviewed for CBC Art Minute, had her work featured in a handful of art magazines, and won awards in international art exhibitions and contests. She teaches and demonstrates painting and drawing to students of all ages in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Her work is in collections around North America and internationally.
