Anastasia Tiller
Anastasia Tiller is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Lethbridge, NL on Bonavista Peninsula and has been exhibiting her work in Canada and internationally since 2008. She takes a fun and whimsical new spin on the traditional Newfoundland and Labrador art of rug hooking. Hooking was a craft taken up by Tiller during the long winters in Lethbridge, NL. With a fantastical approach to ocean creatures, the imagery is a playful departure from traditional approaches.
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Conceptually, Tiller’s work combines real and imagined, old and futuristic, large and small, creating new, hybrid beings and ecosystems. Her artwork is focused on an idea of the Symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. Humans are encouraged to recognize and respect other forms of life. Loops of theatricality, bright pops of colour, and a flagrant optimism exude from these textile creatures which seek to brighten up the foggy or snowy days.
Tiller is influenced by flora and fauna as well as a rich geological history of Newfoundland and Labrador and Bonavista Peninsula in particular.
Tiller is actively involved in the provincial visual arts community as an art teacher as well as being a member of the Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Directors in the past. Among her notable exhibitions are “Loops to live by” collective exhibition at the Rooms Provincial Art Museum and Archives 2019, “ Room for Happiness” solo exhibition at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador 2020, installation “Symbiosis“ at the Bonavista Biennale 2023, “Symbiosis”, solo exhibition at the Elora Center for the Arts in Ontario. Anastasia is a recipient of the Arts and Letters Award in 2023 in the senior artist category.
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