Alyson Borycki is a Toronto-based artist creating energetic and playful abstract paintings. She uses joyful colour palettes, acrylic layers, and the interaction between shapes and lines to communicate a sense of curiosity and momentum balanced with contentment and grounding. Using her art practice as a means of self-discovery, Alyson draws deeply and vulnerably from her inner world and emotions, focusing on themes of empowerment and growth.

Alyson is especially interested in how our surroundings can inform our identity. Drawing inspiration from both natural and urban environments, she explores the idea that we hold many different, sometimes opposite, attributes that can exist all at the same time.

Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Alyson received her degrees in Commerce and Education and worked as a school teacher before relocating to Toronto. She has participated in several exhibitions since the start of her professional art career, and her work is held in private collections throughout Canada and the United States.