Vancouver born, I am inspired by the urban environment, and by the contrasting nature, water and mountains that are so close at hand.   Plein Air is one of my favorite activities.   Exploration of the medium of watercolour continuously surprises me and has me trying new ideas all the time.  Journaling, line and wash, florals, landscapes and abstracts make my journey in art ever expanding.

I instruct watercolour classes online via Zoom and through the Round House Community Center.

[email protected] | soniamocnik.com 

Education:
• Foundations program with the Federation of Canadian Artists
• workshops and courses in Canada and Mexico

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
• 2019 Café Mira, Solo Show, March 3 to April 2nd
• 2016 Unitarian Church, Artistic Journey, Solo Show, June 1 – August 3rd

Select group shows:

• 2022 #Shape and Form" Federation Gallery- Don't feed the pigeons and Dark side of Mahonia Feb 22- March 6
  2022 "Artists Choice" Federation Gallery - Networking - Feb 6-20
• 2022 Art Rental - Cityscape Community Artspace - Empty Nester and Mountain Ash Jan 21 - Feb 19
• 2022 "Works on Paper" Federation Gallery-After the Rain Jan - Feb 6

2021 Eastside Culture Crawl, November, Portside Studios

• 2021 “Surfacing” East side culture crawl exhibition at the Firehall Art Gallery, Vancouver Nov 2-28
• 2021 #2020Horizon – Evening Sunset at Eagleridge – One of 100 paintings chosen to be held permanently at the International Watercolour Museum in Fabriano, Italy
• 2021 “The Curated Collection” Federation Gallery – “Country Meadows” and “Victoria Inner Harbour” online show May & June 2021
• 2021 Fabriano in Acquarello, May 25 -30 “Just the Cheque”, on view in Fabriano, Italy
• 2021 Group Show, Cambie Massage Clinic, Vancouver, B.C. Feb 15 to May 15
• 2021 “Out of the Box” West Vancouver Art Council, 1584 Argyle Feb 16 to March 6
• 2021 “Artist Choice”, Empty Nester, Federation Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver Jan 21 – Feb 8
• 2021 Hello Sunshine online virtual gallery with the International Watercolour Society of Canada Feb to March 1
• 2021 “Works on Paper”, Riparian Rhapsody, Federation Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver Jan 21 – Feb 8
• 2021 Art Rental Exhibition, Cityscape Community Arts Space

Awards

• 2018 1 of 12 finalist “Under the Umbrellas” selected from the Plein aire Grand Prix to move onto the Paint the Mountain Competition at the Harmony Arts Festival
• 2017 3rd Place, “Bombshell” Semiahmoo Art Center, Paint the Town, Plein Air event
• 2016 3rd Place, “Balloons Galore” Harmony Arts Festival 9th Annual Grand Prix Plein Air Challenge, West Vancouver, BC
• 2016 2nd Place, “tlaquepaque” Watercolor Section, ASA Juried Show, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
• 2016 People’s Choice Award, “Women in the Shadows” International Women’s Week Art Exhibit hosted by the Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club and the Lake Chapala Painting Guild, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico

• Teaching/Demos
  •Virtual instructional watercolour demos with Opus Art Supplies through zoom and virtual watercolour classes via zoom and You Tube

Roundhouse watercolour classes WEDNESDAY mornings 9:45 - 11:45

#398213 June 1- 29

#398236 July 6- Aug 24

#404123 June 8 - free demo at the Roundhouse from 12:30 - register to ensure you get a seat

https://www.roundhouse.ca/kgrhp/watercolour-painting/

NEW - beginner and intermediate watercolour classes starting again at the West Vancouver Community Center on Thursdays for 8 weeks beginning Sept 15, 2022 

Intermediate watercolour demonstrations on my You Tube channel

Come and join me for watercolour demos and more! See demos that are free at soniamocnik. I have completed over 30 You tube demos during the COVID crisis and they were paired with zoom classes.   Now the demos are online, have writeups and templates and reference material available for $10 a session.  If you are interested in more information on the self instructed sessions, please email me for an information list.

[email protected]

North Van Arts Rental program - Ongoing

Mid Main Art Fair - June 5, 2022

East Side Culture Crawl November 2022

Britannia Gallery - Exhibition on Colour and Light - December 2022

Demos  - June 8 12:30 Roundhouse Leafs and foliage using the Oregon Grape also known as Mahonia

Federation Gallery, 1241 Cartwright Street,  Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C. 1241 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4B7  [email protected]artists.ca

Phone:   604.681.8534   Federationgallery.com

Fax:      604.681.2740

Silk Purse Art Center - Art Box Gift Shop 1570 Argyle Ave.,                      West Vancouver, B.C.

Phone: 604-925-7292
E-mail: [email protected]

12-5pm Tuesday-Sunday (Summer)
12-4pm Tuesday-Sunday (Winter)

 North Vancouver Community Arts Council 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver

 https://northvanarts.ca/items/art-rentals/

Phone: 604-988-6844

You can also visit my work online for giclees, prints, cups, covers and cards :

Fine Art America

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sonia-mocnik

Society6

https://society6.com/s?q=sonia mocnik&context=sonia mocnik&page=2