Jimmy Chiale

Jimmy Chiale grew up in Paris, where, as a young child, he imagined living in the perplexing and beautiful world of Pablo Picasso. He moved to Toronto in 2006, where he began to pursue a career as a professional artist. At a young age, Chiale was drawn to the sophisticated abstraction of modern art, and an interest in lines has continued to be a fundamental part of his process. Chiale relates that he often expresses strong emotions of sadness and anger in his work but also love and calm . There is a strong alliance between emotion and movement, and the artist successfully imparts the sensation of flux in a still, painted surface. Painting his inner world allows him to contemplate these feelings and move through them. The viewer is caught in a flow of energy where the interior is made exterior.