about

Maeve Stinson is a multi-media artist originally from Ottawa, Ontario and currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She Recently completed her Bfa at Emily Carr University of Art and Design as a visual arts major, primarily focusing in painting. Most of her work on canvas is done in acrylic paint and aerosol, however she works with many different mediums, often bringing her painting into the world of collage. She occasionally works sculpturally, and will combine different forms of media to create immersive installations. 

aswell as working on canvas, Stinson spray paints large scale murals, and has been involved in many festivals across the country including Trackside Paint Jam in Victoria, BC; Work in Progress Festival in Hamilton, Ontario; Astro Arts Fest in Vancouver, BC; and Bring the Heat Festival in Calgary, Alberta. She is the co-organizer of the annual Never Grow Up Graffiti Jam, a street art festival that takes place in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during the August long weekend for the last for 4 years. Each year, Stinson and her partner Kyle Shipman organize 65+ artists to paint an entire alleyway top to bottom, drawing in over 3,000 people through the alleyway each year. This is one of the ways in which she builds community in order to heal.

Stinson's work often focuses around heavy themes, such as mental health struggles, grief, substance use, and other emotionally potent topics; she explores these themes through vibrant colors, complex textures, and incorporating found objects. Her work embodies extreme emotional complexities. Her recent work comes from a place of extreme hurt, and intense personal growth. 2025 was a catastrophic year, filled with lots of grief, physical pain, and a seemingly unending onslaught of tragedy. After experiencing one of the worst years of her life, she has managed to become a more positive, loving, and gentle person. She processes trauma through her art and is soothed through intimacy with herself and with the people around her, and aims to build a community of collective caring by creating art others also experiencing hardship can find themselves in. Her art is a study of reconnecting with one's own self, expressing gratitude on the worst days, and finding ways to take care when everything is going wrong. It is all about expressing the hurt and the pain, but acknowledging that that hurt is not everything. The goal is to show that even in pain there is still love; even when experiencing grief, there are still beautiful days.