About

Canadian abstract painter Kara Loop is performance art in motion. Rarely still, she moves through the world with magnetic energy, except when she’s in front of a canvas. Then, headphones on and brush in hand, the world falls away. “It’s the closest I get to my authentic self,” she says of the immersive creative state. “It’s like meditation, and I’m channeling all my energy. It’s exhausting.” Her process is intuitive and physical, built on layers of colour, movement, and emotion. “When I paint, I surrender to feeling. Each stroke is a conversation between my inner world and the canvas.” she says. “I lose myself in the rhythm of it – the gestures, the texture, the flow.” Each piece becomes a visual journal, capturing the energy and emotion of the moment through spontaneous, layered gestures. Loop defies the stereotype of a brooding artist. The Vancouver-born painter thrives on connection. To her circle, she’s a social convener, den mother, dream sister, collaborator, and tireless cheerleader. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Loop also studied at Milan’s prestigious Istituto Europeo di Design, where her instinct for bold expression and human connection deepened.