Gilliane Russell

Gilliane is an illustrator and designer who has put her BFA from OCADU and Post-Graduate studies in Illustration from Sheridan College to good use. Gilliane has had a long career as a mixed-media special effect artist for film and art director or dance and animation. Her career surface design for sporting gear and six years as a courtroom artist. Gilliane has developed many arts-based programs for several museums and cultural institutions including the ROM, Toronto History Museums and the AGO. She also works as an assistant studio manager for Akin Collective, with whom she participates in group shows. Gilliane is often found lost in art-related research, or sketching whatever catches her eye, but it’s her illustrated images which capture movement through line and colour that she always returns to.