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Who We Are

Jason Wilkins

studio owner, Illustrator, Muralist, Instructor

Jason has been a professional Illustrator, Muralist, Live Event Artist & Art Instructor for over 20 years. He opened his studio, the “Jason Wilkins Factory” in October of 2021 which has since become a creative hub, hosting adult workshops, children’s art camps, and other creative community events.


Jason is also the founder & Director of The Peterborough Arts Collective (www.Peterboroughartscollective.com) which was formed in 2021.


A group of local visual artists & musicians who collaborate & show in the “George Gallery” (named after his Grampa) space monthly, every first Friday.


Jason’s clients include McDonald’s Canada, Lululemon, H&M, Adidas, TikTok & more.

Nick Mcilwain

Studio Assistant & Camp Director/Instructor

Nick arrived at the factory as an intern in May of 2022 and has risen the ranks to full time studio assistant, children’s art camp director, podcast producer, & digital content creator.


At a young age he was inspired by newspaper comics, toy packaging, skateboard graphics, and graffiti culture. Nick graduated from the Halliburton school of arts for Digital Image Design in 2015, and Graphic Design and Visual communication at Fleming in 2023 (graduating with honors).


Nick is a Multi disciplined artist working digitally, creating illustration, cartoons, package and logo design. Acrylic painter of pop culture characters and fun imagery.



Interested in booking your next birthday art party or one of our upcoming workshops? Reach out to Nick@wilkinsartandcreative.com

Nick Mcilwain

Studio MAnager &

Camp Director/Instructor

Nick arrived at the factory as an intern in May of 2022 and has risen the ranks to full-time studio manager, children’s art camp director, podcast producer, & digital content creator.


At a young age, he was inspired by newspaper comics, toy packaging, skateboard graphics, and graffiti culture. Nick graduated from the Halliburton School of Arts for Digital Image Design in 2015, and Graphic Design and Visual Communication at Fleming in 2023.


Nick is a Multi-disciplined artist working digitally, creating illustrations, cartoons, package and logo design. Acrylic painter of pop culture characters and fun imagery.

Gabbi Garcia

Art Camp & Workshop Instructor

Gabbi Garcia is a friendly artist, writer, and graphic designer specializing in traditional and digital cartoon-style drawings and comics.


She studied Graphic Design – Visual Communication at Fleming College and aspires to spread positive messages through art to help and inspire others.


Gabbi has been drawing since she was a child and combines her love for art and technology by creating digital artwork, posters, and films.

Kevin Gallagher

COORDINATOR of

PTBO Arts Collective &

The JWF Community outreach guru

 

He pours ink into poetry through the conduit of a pen, raw emotion translated into a flow of words. When he creates his visual art, he paints I a meditative state, infusing confident line work and bright colors with raw emotion. When he takes to a dance floor, he moves with all the grace and majesty of a winged bison. Furious movement embellished by the use of glow in the dark implements.

Through 30 years of writing a poetry, making art, and performing, Mr Gallagher has converted his inner chaos and refined his emotional blindness into an undeniably unique and personal artistic style. In this, Mr Gallagher is not just an emerging artist, He is a continually evolving, emerging and evolving spirit, who uses life's nuances and changes to help drive his arts into new and exciting directions. He embraces and explores his autism through this highly stylized pursuit of all things creative.


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