Artist Biography

Sheila Cavanagh is a Toronto artist and psychoanalyst whose work focuses on material memory. Using found architectural objects and reclaimed composite building materials, Cavanagh creates evocative wall sculptures. Her Rorschach-like sculptures are inspired by nature, the urban environment and the unconscious. Each artwork invites the viewer to find beauty in fragmentation, hope in despair, and renewal in demolition. Cavanagh choreographs her own artistic explorations alongside a community of artists at the Akin Collective in Toronto.

Her art has been exhibited in the Society of Canadian Artists 2026 International Online Juried Exhibition, the Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Latcham Art Centre in Stouffville, and the Propeller Art Gallery. Cavanagh has an upcoming two-person exhibition titled ‘Ruins of the City’ at the Assembly Hall Gallery in Etobicoke.

UPCOMING · JURIED TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION

On the Pleasure of Ruins

‘On the Pleasure of Ruins’ features Ken Walton’s paintings of urban objects alongside Sheila Cavanagh’s wall sculptures. Breathing new life into Toronto’s architectural debris, this exhibition invites viewers to reflect upon material memory and beauty in architectural fragmentation.

April 1 – May 6, 2027

ASSEMBLY HALL GALLERY · ETOBICOKE

Juried Exhibitions

  1. May 26 – Jun 11, 2026

    Raining Gems, Art Space Connect Gallery, Toronto

  2. May 26 – Jun 11, 2026
    Raining Gems, Be Creative Pride Juried Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke

  3. May 23, 2026

    Awarded gallery space, Youngplace Craft and Art Fair 2026, Toronto

  4. Apr 24, 2026
    Raining Gems, Society of Canadian Artists Open International Online Juried Exhibition

  5. Mar 16 – Apr 25, 2026
    Opulence, Annual Juried Exhibition, Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville

  6. Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
    Raining Gems, Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga

Group Exhibitions

  1. Feb 11 – Mar 1, 2026
    Vanilla Drops and Black Out
    Eureka, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

  2. Mar 8 – 23, 2025
    Excavation and Whirlwind
    Small Pleasures, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

Residences

  1. Dec 12 – 18, 2025
    Magpie Ridge Art ResidencyCherry Gardens, South Australia