Creating is Sowl’s method of self-understanding. Sowl is a 29-year-old Filipino-Canadian, multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto & the GTA. His practice revolves around traditional painting on canvas, tattoo, graphic design, sculpture and murals. Through these practices, he has established a signature style of his own called, ‘Art of river fist’. He believes it
deserves the name because of his connection with movement of water flow and his birth chart being a Scorpio (water sign). In this he combines elements of abstract art, illustration-realism, manga, history, western and eastern calligraphy, graffiti & nature.
Being a diaspora of the Philippines in Canada, Sowl took a while to understand his cultural identity but through the arts he has found himself studying his lost knowledge of his people and currently blends his Asian heritage into his work to feel more connected with himself & roots. His Paintings, Sculptures & Murals supply life force and uplifting imagery. He aims to strengthen spaces & communities through his art by awakening ways in which people can feel freedom in
themselves and connect to their roots instinctively.
At a very young age of 7 Sowl had found his soul purpose to be a creator. Drawing was an escape mechanism when he was young to escape the toxicity that was happening at home, he found himself safe and secure in his imagination. Later into his teen years he has found healing and art as a tool to help himself and others through mental, spiritual and living conditions.
Driven by the struggle of his traumas and poverty that he grew up with, and overcoming these challenges, he has found a new self-inspired by the light and love to spread these elements through his work and daily living. Constantly evolving his inner self his work becomes affected and changes with him.
Sowl has paintings and murals in private collectors’ homes internationally from Los Angeles, USA, Philippines, Thailand, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, China and in Alberta, Montreal, and Toronto, Canada. He currently lives and works in Toronto.
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