Miles Ingrassia is a Toronto-based painter originally from Hamilton, ON. He received his BFA from OCAD University in 2013 and his MFA from York University in 2019. While his primary focus is painting, he has a background in printmaking and has collaborated with other artists to produce limited-run fine art editions. In 2019, he was awarded the 401 Career Launcher Prize, and his work has been exhibited extensively both locally and internationally.
Ingrassia’s practice explores masculinity through the male figure, drawing from his experiences growing up in Hamilton. Using both staged and archival photographs as references, he disrupts these images through painting, creating moments of tension and dissolution. His works depict scenes of male interaction—from mosh pits to fleeting moments of affection—examining how masculinity is performed, mediated, and ritualized. Through a delicate interplay of violence and tenderness, his paintings investigate the complexities of contemporary masculinity, highlighting its contested position between inherited norms and evolving identities.