Jury 2025
We are pleased to welcome the 2025 panel of jurors for the Salon d’Empreinte D’Art. Included on our panel are the following members:
Sabrina Leeder
Sabrina Leeder is a photographer from the Toronto region including for the Hockey Hall of Fame. She holds a BFA majoring in photography from OCAD University graduating in 2016. She also spent a semester abroad studying at Glasgow School of Fine Art in January 2015. In 2018, she decided to open Preston Gallery giving her and other Canadian artists a place to display their work. Preston Gallery was named one of the top galleries in Toronto in 2021.
sylvain demers
Sylvain Demers lives in the Granby region. After having traveled around the world, taught, been an actor and written dramatic and poetic works performed on stage or published, he discovered drawing at the age of 45 and particularly enjoyed playing with colors. A graduate in Visual Arts and with a 2nd cycle diploma in artistic practices in contemporary art from the University of Sherbrooke, he has also followed various training courses with renowned artists including Claude Ferron, Dominique Sarrazin and Jacques Clément. This allowed him to develop a personal technique using various mediums that allow him to give free rein to his imagination. The superposition of mediums that intertwine and intertwine gives his works a multitude of interesting hues and tones. He has already participated in collective and solo exhibitions in the Bas-Richelieu, Laurentides and Eastern Townships regions. He has also presented works in exhibitions in New York and Toronto. Among other things, he twice won the jury prize at the Sorel-Tracy arts symposium and received 3rd prize at the 3 Palms Award in 2017.