ARTIST STATEMENT
In my artistic practice, I blend digital and analogue collage techniques to create narratives from both found and personal images. By re-contextualizing these visual fragments, I create new stories centered on women’s strength and beauty, intertwined with nature. My work challenges stereotypes and celebrates resilience and individuality. I explore sustainability and our connection to the past by repurposing discarded materials. My process is very intuitive, inspired by surrealism, & nature, breathes new life into older images. I embroider my work using my mother’s embroidery floss, one of a very few items taken when my family was fleeing communist Poland in 1980s.
Biography
Daria Beer is a collage artist living in Toronto, Canada. Originally from Poland, she completed her art education at Ontario College of Art & Design with photography as a major. Her background in photography and working in creative direction for many years brings her past experience into a collage as a new form and personal journey of searching for history, voices and blending memories together, especially when combining old images with new ideas. Her collages predominantly focus on portraying the strength and beauty of women while interweaving the powerful elements of nature. Daria’s creative approach is deeply intuitive, sparked by her travels, surreal art, and profound connection to nature.
As the founder of the Toronto Collage Collective, Daria provides support to fellow collage artists and organizes collaborative meetups where local artists come together to create collages as a group. These gatherings foster communication and inspiration, cultivating a vibrant community of artists dedicated to the art of collage.