About

Hi! I’m Tiff, a multimedia artist based in Winnipeg. My work includes illustration, filmmaking, music, design, animation, soft sculpture, and more. I like to create art that showcases diverse characters, playful personalities, and quirky humour, all in vibrant colour.

My third picture book, We Need Everyone written by Michael Redhead Champagne, was published by Portage & Main Press in 2024. It was a finalist in the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, won a Silver (Honour) Award at the California Reading Association’s Eureka Book Awards, and was featured as a Fold Kids Book-of-the-Month.

While I’ve been creating things my entire life, I got my professional start illustrating gig posters and band merch, and publishing comics in college newspapers and on the web. My silly little guys can be found in all kinds of places, from alleycat spoke cards, to t-shirts, to beverage cans, to other items cluttering up a thrift shop near you.

When I’m not making stuff, I enjoy riding bikes, niche comedy, and collecting weird vintage toys.

For inquiries, email me at tbsbartel [at] gmail or use the contact page. I can also be found on Bluesky and Instagram (just barely).

Selected clients

Climate Action Team, FascinAsian Film Festival, Frontiers North, Green Action Centre, Grilled Cheese Magazine, Half Pints, Jolly Fish Press, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), New Media Manitoba, Portage & Main Press, Project Whitecard, Rainbow Trout Music Festival, Static Roots Festival, Stylus Magazine, UMFM, VICE Magazine

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Awards

CARE Microgrant for Visual Artists (MAWA, QPOC Winnipeg, & UMIH), 2020; Women in Media Award (National Screen Institute), 2015

For We Need Everyone: Finalist (Next Generation Indie Book Awards), 2024; Silver (Honour) Award (California Reading Association’s Eureka Book Awards), 2024; Book-of-the-Month (Fold Kids), 2024

For Portage Place: Best Short Films Program (Moviate Underground Film Festival), 2023; Best MB Short Film Audience Choice Award (Gimli Film Festival) 2020

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Member

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) [PAL member], Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Cartoonist Cooperative, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP), MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), Prairie Comics Festival, Winnipeg Film Group

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Lectures, panels, workshops, public speaking, etc.

The Edge Gallery & Urban Art Centre – Cat Haus DIY Fest, Pecha Kucha Night Winnipeg – Vol. 23, Red River College Polytechnic, UWPG Film Festival – Developing Your Creative Voice with Womxn Filmmakers of WPG, Winnipeg Film Group

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Other wild sightings

This portrait was part of the set for The Chris Gethard Show’s TruTV run (including the infamous dumpster episode–watch it if you haven’t yet); a few pieces of my Better Call Saul fanart were featured on the 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards and on the writers’ wall; various large puppets at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival animations, and beyond.

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Press

Here

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Publications

Issue 08 – Juiced
Various Artists | COMRAD Comics, 2024

We Need Everyone
By Michael Redhead Champagne | Highwater Press, 2024

Olive Oh Saves Saturday
By Tina Kim | Jolly Fish Press, 2021

Olive Oh Gets Creative
By Tina Kim | Jolly Fish Press, 2021

Issue 20 – [5-10 y.o.] Star
Various Artists | Grilled Cheese Magazine, 2021

Our Stories in STEM
Various Artists | Our Stories in STEM, 2021

Illustrator/Writer: Stylus Magazine, The Manitoban, and The Uniter.

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Filmography

Canopy
Analog short film, 2022

Plague Summer
Digital short film, 2020

Portage Place
Analog short film, 2019

Retriever
Analog short film, 2015

Dog Show (The Unbelievable Bargains)
Animated music video, 2015

I Eat Trash, Therefore I am Trash
Animated short film, 2014

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Festival screenings

Annual WFG Members’ Screening, Artifact Small Format Film Festival, Cinematheque At Home, Gimli Film Festival, Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival, Moviate Underground Film Festival, the8fest, WNDX Festival of Moving Image

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Discography

As a member of Homeward Bound:

Homeward Bound EP, 2017
Homeward Bound Demos, 2016

As a member of Crusty Cat:

Compilations:
Songs in the Key of Hope: The Derek Wheeler Story, 2013
The No Label Collective – LIVE!, 2012
The No Label Collective, Vol. 1, 2012

Alumnus: Ghost Hole, The Flaming Trolleys, and others.