Nina is a montreal-based illustrator, cartoonist and mural artist.
Lover of all things queer, spooky, camp and psychedelic.
Available for painting, illustration and comic and mural commissions.
Nina Slykhuis-Landry
b.1989, Montreal, Canada
RESUME
Nina Slykhuis-Landry is a queer, non-binary artistliving and working in Montreal, who specializes in comics, illustration andmural painting. Their body of work is built around themes of queer identity,working class history and alternate states of consciousness.
EDUCATION / RELEVANT TRAINING
2020Jeunes Volontaires and Studio SYN, Montreal, QC, Canada
2019 BFA,Studio Art and Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2016Comic Book Workshop, Sequential Artists Collective, Gainesville, FL, USa
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS
2018 SoloMural Project: Portals, Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival, Montreal, QC, Canada
2019Queer Between The Covers, Montreal, QC, Canada
2019Expozine, Montreal, QC, Canada
2017Expozine, Montreal, QC, Canada
2017 NewOrleans Comics and Zine Festival (NOCAZ), New Orleans, LA, USA
2014Expozine, Montreal, QC, Canada
Worksheld in private collections in Canada
SELECTED PERSONAL WORK
2020Daily diary comic about life as a non – binary artist in a queer domesticpartnership
2019 WinterCamouflage, ink and paper illustration
2019 Outthe Window, pencil and gouache illustration
2018 Howto Engage in Courting Rituals 1950’s Butch Lesbian Style , independent colourzine
2017 Am IGay Enough? A Tragically Common Query Treated Comedically with Quirky Poodles,independent black and white zine
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-2020Independent Illustrator and Mural Artist
2019-2020Photographer’s Assistant to Laurence Philomène
2013– 2016 Assistant mural painter and educator for MU,Montreal, Qc, Canada
2015-2016Actor creative collaborator to League of Lady Wrestler’s Montreal, Qc, Canada