Veronica Tsyglan

As part of the young generation artist devoted to classical realism, Veronica Tsyglan dedicated her formative years to mastering drawing and painting. She took every opportunity to perfect her craft both in Toronto and Frankfurt am Main, Moscow and Larnaca. Taking painting classes in Surikov Academy of Fine Arts and studying Greek 0rthodox Iconography in Agia Mina Monastery Crew in Cyprus. Along the way, she also earned a Bachelor degree in history from Moscow state University.

Due to the breadth of her matter Veronica has been involved in a wide range of Solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Germany, Russia. Veronica is a First place Award Winner and People choice Award winner in 2002 International Portrait Arts Competition, AGO, Toronto.
She also accepts a limited number of portrait commissions each year, and has been asked to paint such notables as Sonja Bata for Bata Shoe museum, Mike Maedi-CEO Canon Canada, Bishop Michael of Canada, Countess Von Wedel. Her works hang in many private, corporate and public collections. In 2001 Veronica and the group of Portrait Artist started The Portrait Society of Canada, Public organization dedicated to furthering the Traditions of Fine Art Portraiture and Sculpture through public education.

Portfolio

Sonja Bata	Self-portrait	Virgin Tihkvinskaya
Oil on wood	Oil on canvas	Egg tempera on wood
32"x 28"	28"x 20"	28"x 22"