SWEET LIKE MANGOE CREATIONS is a series of gift cards and prints that can only be described as a feast for the eyes:

Slices of tangerine-reds and bold splashes of greens and blues  work together to weave a delightful tapestry that touches on themes of spirituality, individual power and African Pride.

The images shown in each piece bring to life intimate moments and chant "celebrate the skin you're in", like a mantra.

Generated from her artwork, the SWEET LIKE MANGOE CREATIONS series of gift cards and prints fulfils Suritah's desire to reach out with her vision to a broader community. In expressing her vision of African Canadian identity and consciousness Suritah is taking her place in Canadian culture as an artist of beauty and power.

Suritah - Teresa Wignall

She's Infinite by Suritah-Teresa

Born in Toronto, Canada Suritah Teresa Wignall has emerged as a new dynamic voice in Canada’s Art world. Wignall Afro centric paints have won the attentions of internationally acclaimed performers such as singer, song-writer Erykah Badu as well as Showtime’s Soulfood Actress Vanessa Williams. At 24 years of age, Wignall’s artistic prowess rests upon her firm commitment to reproducing images that celebrate the authentic beauty inherentt in the people and the culture of the African Diaspora.

Like the artistic roots of Jazz, which use improvisation as a cry for freedom, Wignall’s paintings are not only an expression of beauty but of liberation. As a result, the brilliance natural to a Wignall painting is its viewer to abandon any self –conscious polarities that separate aesthetics from ethics.

“The African form truly inspires me, our beautiful features, our succulent soul food, the ancestral call in our music and the rich complexions that coat our skin. There’s more to my sisters than what we see of them in Hip Hops bootylicious videos. And, there is definetly more to my brothers than what we see on the six o clock news”, says the young artist.

Motivated by the works of Bryan Collier, Diego Reviera and Ernie Barnes Jr, just to name a few. Wignall in 2001 studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design and now exhibits her extensively within Toronto and Abroad.

ARTIST VITAE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Sweet Like Mangoe Launch, House of Sheeba Café, Toronto, ON, March 2005
La Parole, Flava Caribbean Restaurant, Toronto, ON Nov 2002
Fiwi AAT Space, Caliban Theatre, Toronto, ON Sept 2002
First Experience, Sim and Jones, Toronto, ON, Nov 2001
Art Exhibit, 52 Inc Café/Bar, Toronto, ON, Aug 1999

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Motherly Love, Ashanti Room, Toronto, ON May 2004
A Tribute to Black Women, U of T Hart House, Toronto, ON, March 2002
Arts Week, 401 Richmond Art Building, Toronto, ON March 2002
Savvy Sunday Art Magazine Launch, Detroit, Michigan, Nov 2001
Kikombe Che Umoja African Conference, Ida Gallery, York UN, Toronto May 2000
Women Speak, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON July 2000
African Awards Show, Bathurst Jewish Center, Toronto, ON Sept 1999

ARTICLES/REVIEWS
Medina Magazine, Article entitled, "Graphein Toronto" 2005
Verve Girl Magazine, Article entitled “HERSTORY”, Dec 2001
401 Richmond Newsletter, Article entitled “We Saw You”, March 2002

GRANTS
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant June 2004

EDUCATION
The Toronto business Development Centre, Toronto, ON, 2005
OCAD Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON 2001
Central Tech Art Department, Toronto, ON 2000