Education
2004
BA with Distinction, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
2005
Painting from Zero Point, Michelle Cassou, Taos, New Mexico, USA.
2007
Haliburton School of the Arts – Contemporary Landscape Painting
Varley Art Gallery – Thanka Painting
2008
Art School of Peterborough – Abstract Painting
2010
Royal Conservatory – Artist Educator Foundations Course
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, The Canopy, solo exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, It’s All About Artists Auction, group exhibition.
2019
Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Up Came the Sun, solo exhibition.
Buckhorn Festival of the Arts, Buckhorn, Ontario, group exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Trees, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Gala Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2018
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Colborne Street Gallery, The Land Between, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, group show.
2017
Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, Haliburton, Ontario, dual exhibition.
Kawartha autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario
2016
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
2015
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Show and Sale in Support of Syrian Refugees, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2014
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
2013
Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre, Unionville, Ontario. Trees, Solo Exhibition.
2012
PRHC Foundation, Art and Healing Show and Sale, Peterborough Regional Health Centre,
Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Triennial, group exhibition.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, group exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2011
Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, solo exhibition.
Peterborough Golf and Country Club, Peterborough, Ontario, solo exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour , Peterborough, Ontario
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2010
Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario, group exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2009
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2008
Peterborough Courthouse, Artists of the Art School of Peterborough:Selected Teachers and Students, Peterborough, ON, Curated.
Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Related Experience
2016
Guest Artist, Lakefield College, Lakefield, Ontario.
2013-2014
Facilitator, Taruna Poshana Department, SYDA Foundation, South Fallsburg, NY.
Children art activities.
2009-2014
Facilitator, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, Ontario.
2010 – 2012
Board of Directors, Art School of Peterborough, Co-Chair of Annual Art Auction
2010 – 2012
Facilitator, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON
2009
Facilitator, Peterborough Kinark/Strive Program, Peterborough, ON
2008 – 2012
Facilitator, The Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON. Children and Adult art classes.
2005-2008
Facilitator, The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON. In-house and Outreach School Art Programs and Corporate Workshops
2007
Juror, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Thornhill, ON.
2005-2012
“A Vision Quest into the Mandala” Workshop
- The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON.
- Currys, Unionville, ON.
- Kairos, Peterborough, ON.
- York and Durham Region Elementary Schools
- St. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto, ON.
- Artist’s Studio in Peterborough
- Peterborough Kinark/Strive Program
- Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON.
Bibliography
THE ARTISTS OF KAWARTHA, book, by Andrea Hillo, pgs. 10-11, copyright 2018.
CHEXTV, “The Morning Show”, 33rd Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, September 22, 2017.
CHEXTV, “Newswatch at 6″, 33rd Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, September 22, 2017.
Laurie Jones, columnist, What’s a Curator Got to Do With It?” Haliburton Echo, pg.6, March 23, 2017.
THE LINK, Front Cover, Autumn Equinox 2016.
THE LINK, “Painting a Deep Spiritual Connection” by Janet Jarrell, pg. 5, Autumn Equinox 2016.
HGTV, Custom Built with Paul Lafond, Season 1, Episode: The Hunter Yoga Kitchen, 2015.
CHEXTV, “Newswatch at 6”, Art Show and Sale in Support of Syrian Refugees, December 7, 2015.
THE LINK, “The Eclectic Eye”, Thunderbird Mandala, pg.11, Winter Solstice 2014.
Snap Markham, Vol.7, No.1, August 2013
Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, “Autumn Studio Tour Previewed”, Peterborough Examiner, Pg. D2, September 17, 2012.
Brochure Cover, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour 2011.
PETERBOROUGH THIS WEEK, “The Arts”, pg.16, September 23 2011.
Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, “Studio Tour”, Peterborough Examiner, pg. D3, September 19, 2011.
Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, “Art Exhibit”, Peterborough Examiner, April 2011.
PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER, It’s All About Art, Art Gallery of Peterborough, November 13, 2010.
CHEXTV, “Newswatch at 6” Mystery Art Grab, Art Gallery of Peterborough, November 4, 2010.
HGTV, Just Ask Jon Eakes, season 04, episode 125, 2001.
Joneakes.com, Just Ask Jon TV, Season 04, Episode 125, 2001.
Collections
Private
Peterborough County/City Health Unit
Peterborough Regional Health Center
Gallery Representation
The Ethel Curry Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario.
Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, Ontario.
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