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Ally Zlatar

Artist member since 2020
St Charles, Ontario

Ally Zlatar is an artist, scholar and activist. She is the founder of The Starving Artist; an artist initiative that utilizes creative voices as a way to create advocacy and systemic reform. She also founded The Starving Artist Scholarship Fund which helps people access inpatient mental health treatment. Her "This Body of Mine" campaign explores migrant experiences through creative voices and has helped support individuals and artists from refugee-seeking backgrounds globally.

Ally Zlatar has received numerous accoaldes for humanitarian work; such as the Commonwealth Innovation Awards (2023), UNWomen 30 for 2030 (2024), winner of The Princess Diana Legacy Award (2021), King Hamad Award for Youth Empowerment (2022), the Lieutenant Governor's Community Volunteer Award from the Ontario Government of Canada (2023) and also special recognition from The British Citizen Award (2022).

She holds a BFA in Visual Art & Art History from Queen's University & an MLitt Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Art from the Glasgow School of Art. Her Doctorate in Creative Arts was completed at the University of Southern Queensland focusing on embodied experiences of mental illness in contemporary art. Zlatar is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and has taught at Glasgow International College, KICL London, and the University of Essex (UEIC).

Zlatar uses art as a tool to delve into the complexity of the human experience, particularly focusing on illness, vulnerability, and authenticity. Her work draws from personal experiences & auto-ethnography to drive change. She recognizes the power in examining the unwell body and utilizes art as a means of activism, aiming to spark dialogue and create societal impact.


Work

2024
2023
Rainbow Coat
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • Unavailable
Skirt Man
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • Unavailable
2023- The Passions of Self
Between Self and Other
Other
Leaf Man
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • $75 buy
Hay Man
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • $50 buy
Wood Man
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • $50 buy
devour
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 6" x 4"
  • $100 buy
nuns on the run
  • Ally Zlatar
  • 4" x 6"
  • Unavailable
Masks
Cake

Inside the Studio


Q+A

Favourite medium

Acrylic painting

Favourite movie

The Graduate

Favourite artist(s) right now

David Shrigley

Which piece of art you've created is your favourite, and why?

The Bones of Paradise

When did you start making art, and why?

At an art summer camp when I was 7

Why is art important to you?

It speaks in ways when words cannot

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Accolades
2021

Diana Legacy Award
Honour presented by his Royal Highness Prince William for Young Humanitarians

Residencies
2020

London, UK
Artsdream Foundation

2020

Leiden, Netherlands
Art House Holland

2021

North Lousiana, USA
RCFL Louisana Artist Residency

2021

Jersey, UK
Art House Jersery

2021

Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade Artist Residency

2021

Glasgow, Scotland
British Council: Articulate: UK-ASEAN Cross-Cultural Programme for Young Artis

2021

Nanjing, China
Writer's Residency UNESCO

2021

Look-Up Residency Portsmouth, UK
Art-Reach Trust

2021

African Digital Innovation Festival, Johannesburg
Superpower: Fak’ugesi

2021

United Kingdom
100 Agents of Change , In Place of War

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