Celeste Woods is a Calgary-based, award-winning illustrator and multi-disciplinary artist. She is drawn to the dreamlike and the uncanny, spaces where symbolism and storytelling meet. Using analog and digital techniques, each piece is a self-contained world: familiar yet strange, grounded yet otherworldly. Her art weaves history and the natural world with folklore and fairy tale.
Outside her studio, she devotes much of her time to the steady rhythms of daily life shared with her husband, daughter, and very good dog. She finds her deepest sense of clarity and joy in nature.
For general/freelance inquiries: celestemariawoods@gmail.com
Clients
Politico Europe, Canadian Wildlife Magazine, Readers Digest Canada, Thistledown Press, The Walrus, Underline Studio, Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, Scholastic Canada, Report on Business Magazine
Awards & Recognitions
2022 | Applied Arts Young Blood Illustration Winner
2022 | Communication Arts Illustration Shortlist: Student Work 1x, Unpublished 1x
2021 | Brenda Clark Visual Narrative Award (Sheridan College)
2021 | Communication Arts Illustration Shortlist: Student Work 3x, Unpublished 1x
2014, 2015, 2016 | Dean of Arts and Humanities Honour list (Western University)
2014 | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, valued at 2,000 (Western University)
2014 | Four Year Continuing Admission Scholarship, valued at $10,000 (Western University)
2014 | Artist of the Year (Brentwood College School)
2014 | AP Scholar (Advanced Placement College Board)
Education
2017 - 2021 | Sheridan College | Honours Bachelor of Illustration
2016 - 2017 | Sheridan College | Ontario College Certificate: Art Fundamentals, High Honours