Fine Art Galleries
Mixed Media
Artworks created with various texture and printed papers - from envelope insides to maps.
Drawing
Dry media (graphite, charcoal, pastel) and ink on paper.
Painting
Acrylic and watercolour on paper and canvas.
Murals
Outdoor murals
Sketches
Drawing and painting from life models
Selected art Shows and projects
(By Application and Juried)
- Solo Show (24 pieces), NUUC Neighbourhood Gallery, Toronto, 2026
- Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, 2025
- Murray, 1313 Gallery, Toronto, 2025
Expressions, Art Space Connect Gallery, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, 2024
A Slice of Life, Federation of Canadian Artists, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, 2024
Spring Kaleidoscope, Federation of Canadian Artists, Pazan Art Gallery, Mississauga, 2024
All the Small Things, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, 2023
New Signature Members Show, Federation of Canadian Artists (Vancouver), Spring 2023
Perfect 10, Collective 131 Gallery, Holt Renfrew Centre, Toronto, 2023
FCA Active Members Show, Federation of Canadian Artists (Vancouver), Jan. 2023
Sunnybrook Hospital Art Show, Toronto, 2022-25
Annual Art Show, Central Connection, 2015-2026
Art as a Response to Mental Health, Doncaster Art Fair, UK, 2020, 2023
Outside the Box, City of Toronto, traffic light and utility box murals, 2020-23
Harvest Times, Federation of Canadian Artists, Beaux Arts Gallery, Brampton, 2022
Summer Pleasures, Federation of Canadian Artists (Toronto), Etobicoke City Centre, 2022
The Marketer Magazine Art Competition 2021, Special Merit Prize, 2022
She Is, Art of Emotions Gallery (Toronto), 2022
Spring Thaw, Federation of Canadian Artists (Toronto), Honorable Mention, 2022
Show-Up Show, Federation of Canadian Artists (Toronto), Honorable Mention, 2021
Joy of Summer and Faded but Beautiful, Art of Emotions Gallery (Toronto), 2021
Small, Federation of Canadian Artists (Vancouver), 2021
Spring Forward, Federation of Canadian Artists (Toronto), 2021
Open National Juried Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2020
Life on the Line, Mental Health Awareness Campaign 2020, artwork posters in Toronto subway
Ordinary No Ordinary, Tall Sequoia Gallery, 2020
Painted Poetry, Art Nova Gallery, 2020
20×20 Art Exhibition, Christine X Art Gallery, Sliema, Malta, 2020
Art Olympia Competition, Tokyo, Japan, Honorable Mention, 2019
Solo Show (34 pieces), Cedar Ridge Gallery, 2018
Snowflakes Show, Yellow House Gallery, 2016, 2017, 2018
Festivus Show, Northern Contemporary Art Gallery, 2017
You Have To Take Stairs, Zebra Public Art Mgmt., 2017
Drawing, John B. Aird Gallery, 2017
Shades of Ability, Floral Hall, Toronto Botanical Gardens, 2016, 2017 (Winner — Best Oil, Best Drawing)
Shades of Ability, Commerce Court, 2016
Dina Belaia — Solo Show, Deer Park Library, 2013
Disrupting/Undoing, OCAD University, Open Gallery, 2013
Artist's Statement
Dina’s drawings and paintings follow the school of Analytical Abstractionism (see www.analytical-art.com).
It employs a process of non-programmed creating forms from particular to whole, analyzing the appearing image rather than synthesizing it. Abstract ‘particles’ from the artist’s subconscious combine to form figurative imagery. This imagery is ultimately transformed, gestated into a final, meaningful work. Dina’s artistic method relies on inner experience, instead of copying what the eye can see. Her art engages the viewer both on a psychological and intellectual level, encouraging introspection. Intricacy of Dina’s images draws the viewer ever closer to discover more and more about it. The natural subject matter for such an approach is the human condition, self and other, and our inner worlds.
Try to understand not what, but how it is done.
Be interested not in the face of the clock, but in the inner mechanism to understand progression of time.
This is not just a style, it is a different approach to creating art. To understand the concepts of how such art is created, feel free to learn more about the method/school/art form of Analytical Art.