OUR STORY
ABOUT
Opus Art Projects is a collaboration of art consultants and artists who are wholeheartedly passionate about art. Opus elevates spaces by creating and facilitating customized, evocative art collections that add the final layer to your design, bringing it all together.
Our mission is to bring about meaningful emotions that resonate with the viewer, connecting to your values, telling your story and realizing your vision, through art.
❛ We believe great art collections are curated with content. Beginning with rich narratives that engage viewers with an emotional connection, exciting the mind and the soul. ❜
— Dawn Tyrrell
Opus Art Projects is proud to be a female-founded, and led, company, believing in sustainability, equity and diversity. OAP, based in Toronto, acknowledges that the land we are operating on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
PRINCIPAL ART CONSULTANT & CO-FOUNDING PARTNER
LAURA WOOD
Laura Wood honed her expert art consulting skills working more than 15 years at a distinguished art consultancy firm where she was an exemplary art director. She co-led numerous high-profile projects, such as: St. Regis Museum Hotel San Francisco; Four Seasons Hotels in Toronto, NY, Boston; W Hotel Taipei; St. Regis Hotel Resort Bal Harbour; and Printemps Department Store Paris. Her aptitude in this respect is remarkable, largely due to her also being a gifted artist. Laura has exhibited her artwork across Canada and the United States as well as being included in many international collections. She has years of experience on both sides of the art world, which makes her a masterful art consultant.
PRINCIPAL ART CONSULTANT & CO-FOUNDING PARTNER
DAWN TYRRELL
Dawn Tyrrell has an extensive arts background, which includes painting, gallery direction and art consulting, giving her comprehensive insight across the art world. While working on many luxury projects, including Four Seasons Hotels in Dubai, Kuwait, Orlando; Cafe Boulud in Four Seasons Toronto; W Hotel Guangzhou; and Waldorf Astoria Hotel Beijing, Dawn sharpened her art, design, and administrative skills which she now employs to expertly facilitate all aspects of the art consulting process.
JUNIOR ART CONSULTANT
ELENA YIM
Elena Yim was born in Lima, Peru. She studied painting and drawing at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Ontario, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She is a skilled painter and art teacher and currently specializes in art research and English / Spanish translations at Opus Art Projects.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
IRENE CLYDE
Irene Clyde studied at the Academy of International Design in Toronto. She applied her knowledge of interior design to her work in the project management field with the world renowned interior design firm Yabu Pushelberg. As resident purchasing and logistics officer she successfully completed numerous installations before moving to Avenue Road, a premier venue for contemporary furniture, as the procurement expert. These roles led to her becoming the senior project manager at a esteemed art consultancy. She currently utilizes this breadth of experience to proficiently lead world-class art projects at OAP.