Sarah Joncas

About

Sarah Joncas is a Canadian artist born in 1986, raised in Hamilton and Niagara Falls, Ontario, and currently based in Mississauga or Toronto. She developed an early interest in drawing dinosaurs, lizards, and animals, initially aspiring to be a paleontologist before shifting focus to art. In her teens, she transitioned from cartoon and anime styles to female portrait subjects, exploring themes of identity, emotion, and surreal symbolism. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) with a BFA, where her style evolved from acrylics and illustrative work to oils and realistic rendering influenced by traditional drawing techniques.

Pop Surrealism with realistic portraiture, surreal motifs, and symbolic elements exploring identity, emotion, and nature