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, portraits, landscapes and abstracts make my journey in art ever expanding.

I instruct watercolour classes online via Zoom, the Round House Community Center  and West Vancouver Community Center in the fall.

[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:

• Mid Main Art Fair - Heritage Hall June 5, 2022
• 2022 Curated Collection - Bike Reflections at UBC, Ambleside Splash, Relections at Rice Lake, June - July 31, 2022 Federation Gallery
• 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 - Roundhouse and West Vancouver Community Centers

• 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

#416880, and  Sept 21 to Oct 26 - sign up opens 11am Aug 16th for seniors only and opens later in the day for everyone.

#423786 Nov 2 - Dec 14

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

NEW - watercolour classes starting again at the West Vancouver Community Center on Thursdays for 8 weeks beginning Sept 15, 2022 #128223 mornings for beginners & #128224 - afternoons intermediate - registration opens Aug 17th.  Call 604-925-7270 or register through the district website.

Intermediate watercolour demonstrations on my You Tube channel

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

Curated Collection, Federation Gallery June 2 to July 31, 2022

Summer Gallery show July 6th to Sept 6,  2022 Hycroft 1489 McRae Vancouver 604 731 4662

Mini Residency - Federation Gallery on Granville Island Sept 3 10 -5pm and Sept 4 - 10 -3pm

East Side Culture Crawl November  17, 18, 19,20 - 2022

Britannia Gallery - Exhibition on Colour and Light - December 2022

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