Living in an increasingly artificial world, my artist heart craves a deep connection with the organic, natural world. Since 2005, the forest has been my home, my teacher, and my endless source of inspiration. I listen deeply and observe intensely before I ever reach for a pencil, or a brush. In my studio, I quiet my mind, push colour freely, and play before I commit to a precise vision for the piece.
On this journey from my head to my heart, I once met a ruby-throated hummingbird who left a lasting impression. He taught me to find purpose through joyful action, inviting magic, beauty, and wonder into my practice, but also acknowledging the urgent mission of pollination of the new world, one where we understand our roots and our nature.
My art is more than decoration. It's an act of service to Mother Earth and all her children. Each canvas is a fragment of the sanctuary I'm creating, for the hummingbirds, for the land and for the humans who have forgotten they belong to it. My brushes paint the story of our interdependence with the living world, from the miniature to the monumental. Through each piece, I hope the viewer sees the glittering threads that connect us to the land, to each other, to those who came before us, and to all who will follow.
Yanik Falardeau is a multidisciplinary social artist, muralist, and founder of Kolibrico. Her practice and studio are rooted in the forests of the Laurentians, on the traditional and unceded territory of the Weskarini (Algonquin) First Nation. Working across acrylic, latex, ink, and digital media, Falardeau paints the local flora and fauna, with a particular focus on hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators and their host plants as acts of witness to our interdependence with the natural world. Her practice occupies a rare intersection: the intuitive freedom of abstract expressionism grounded in an animist reverence for living systems.
Largely self-taught after a formative break from formal art school nearly broke her creative spirit, Falardeau followed a fiercely independent, non-traditional art path. Her voice has been shaped directly by the Laurentian forest and her quest to connect with the spirit of the land. Her process begins in deep observation and silence before colour is pushed freely onto the canvas, allowing image, energy, and intention to emerge together organically.
A member of Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels (RAAV), her work has been shown in galleries, public spaces, transformational festivals across Quebec and sold internationally.
Celebrated commissions include several large-scale murals for Club Med Punta Cana as well as Club Med Turkoise and the landmark "Bird of Hope" international art installation project launched in Morin Heights. She is currently beginning a self-funded residency to establish the Kolibrico Foundation, dedicated to creating hummingbird havens and food sanctuaries for pollinators and humans alike.
Her next commission is a 90 by 14 foot mural of indigenous plants, hummingbirds, and butterflies. Planned for 2027, this piece will be her first large-scale work, to date, in Quebec.
For Falardeau, every brushstroke is an act of service to Mother Earth, to the pollinators sustaining our food systems, and to the viewers she invites to pause and feel the profound truth of our interdependence with the natural world.
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