Sylvia Rack studied and worked professionally as a digital character animator in video games until 2015 when she decided to move to Florence, Italy to study the techniques of old master painting. After returning to Canada in 2019 she began volunteering with several environmental organizations including For Our Kids, Mère au Fronts, Puppets for the Planet and the David Suzuki Butterfly Rangers, which began a lifelong fascination with ecosystem function and symbiotic relationships between plants, insects and soil. She is completing her second year at Concordia’s MFA Painting and Drawing Program. She currently interns at the David Suzuki Foundation organizing community engagement for the Rewilding Arts Prize, and volunteers with the MFA Studio Arts Student Association to fundraise and organize the annual MAUREEN exhibit for the MFA Studio Arts students. She has received several awards of distinction including an Our Kids Climate Microgrant, the Lillian Vineberg Graduate Award, the Experimental Learning Grant and the Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Internship Award.