Jim Bravo
Jim Bravo was born in Ecuador, South America, and is of Afro Latino descent. He is a graduate of The Ontario College of Art and Design University where he majored in Fine Art and Public Art. A recipient of several awards and honours including the prestigious 2023 Kingston Prize For Contemporary Canadian Portraiture, Bravo is also the recipient of The Toronto Art Council’s Black Projects grant, The Ontario Arts Council creation grant, and a multiple winner of the TABIA Mural Award.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I am an oil painter and muralist who works from sunrise to sundown. My aim is to help transform the walls of our homes, buildings, and streets into living galleries of art.
Jim Bravo was born in Ecuador, South America, and is of Afro Latino descent. He is a graduate of The Ontario College of Art and Design University where he majored in Fine Art and Public Art. A recipient of several awards and honours including the prestigious 2023 Kingston Prize For Contemporary Canadian Portraiture, Bravo is also the recipient of The Toronto Art Council’s Black Projects grant, The Ontario Arts Council creation grant, and a multiple winner of the TABIA Mural Award.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I am an oil painter and muralist who works from sunrise to sundown. My aim is to help transform the walls of our homes, buildings, and streets into living galleries of art.
$9,500.00
Oil on canvas.
30x40"
Artist rendering of Emerald Lake BC
$9,500.00
Oil on canvas.
30x40"
A dance with light at the Elora Gorge. From an ongoing series
$3,500.00
Oil on canvas.
20x16"
From an ongoing UK/EU series of works
$3,500.00
Oil on canvas.
16x20"
From an ongoing series set in Andalusia
$3,000.00
Oil on wood.
10x8"
From an ongoing series of EU recollections
$8,500.00
Oil on canvas.
47x50"
From an ongoing series on Spain
$20,000.00
Oil on canvas.
48x60"
From the artists' Family roots series.
$15,000.00
Oil on canvas.
60x48"
Cheap early 80s Acetone highs out back of our apartment
$7,500.00
Oil on canvas.
30x48"
Inner city kids witness the deposit of abatoir refuse
$15,000.00
Oil on canvas.
60x48"
One of the artists core memories of inner city Toronto
$10,000.00
Oil on canvas.
48x60"
The artist and his siblings in vintage Kensington Market
