CV (Eng)
Interests
Art in the natural world; performative art, ink drawing, and linocut printing. Simplicity is essential in the creative process. Excess of everything is a concern. I am always learning something.
Group Exhibitions
2024 “Conglomeration” performance, Gallery 1313, Toronto.
2024 “Mottainai: The Beauty of Reclaimed Materials" Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
2021 "Confluences" (Bravo), Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
2021 "148th Open Juried Exhibition" Ontario Society of Artists
2021 "The Lockdown Exhibition" member's show, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2021 "Collage 2021" John B. Aird Gallery, juried show, Toronto
2020 "À la croisée des chemins”, Bravo-Sud, Musée de Timmins
2020 "Drawings Across Disciplines" OCAD University, Toronto
2020 "Plastic Dreams; Broken Promises", City of Toronto's Cedar Ridge Gallery, WAP Collective
2019 "The Parkdale Biennial Project– Part III" Gallery 1313
2019 "Wild imperfections" Toronto Public Library, S. Walter Stewart Branch, WAP Collective
2019 "Louise Was Here" Gallery 1313, Red Tree Collective
2019 "Parting Lines II" curated group show, Continuing Studies Gallery, OCAD University
2018 "My World, My Community" John B. Aird Gallery; juried show
2018 "Mere Bodies or Something More", WAP Collective, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2017 "Collective 20", curated group show, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2017 “Context II”; juried group show, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
2017 “À la croisée des chemins”, Bravo-Sud, Thames Gallery, Chatham, ON
2017 “À la croisée des chemins”, Bravo-Sud, Galerie 815, Hearst, Ontario
2017 “4 Cardinal Points” WAP Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2016 “Toronto: Urban Reflections” curated group show, OCADU Continuing Studies Gallery
2016 “S’affranchir” Bravo-Sud, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
2016 “Collagism” Museum Strathroy-Caradoc, juried show, Strathroy, Ontario
2016 “S’affranchir” Bravo-Sud, Glendon College Gallery, Toronto
2016 “My World, Your World”, WAP Collective, Smith Gallery, juried show, Toronto
2015 "Ceci n'est pas une boite" MIFO Gallerie D'Art Eugene-Racette, Zoraida Anaya and André Pilon, Ottawa
2015 “S'Affranchir” Bravo-Sud, Galerie 815, Hearst, Ontario
2015 Open Studio in CASA Art Centre, Lethbridge, AB
2015 "The End of Books” - Gallery 1313, Zoraida Anaya
2015 «S'Affranchir » Bravo-Sud, Musée de Timmins, ON
2014 Art Square Gallery, winter show, Toronto
2014 Queen West Art Crawl (with Gallery 1313), Toronto
2014 International Miniature Art Project, Gallery50, INDEXG main gallery
2014 GAS Gerrard Art Space, The Drawing Show
2014 Burlington Art Centre, 35th Annual Art Auction, juried exhibition
2013 “Painting on the Edge”, Federation Gallery, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, juried show
2013 “Invisible Walls” Gallery 1313, Toronto
2013 “Square One”, juried show, Gallery of St. Albert, AB
2013 “Rosedale Art Fair”, juried art fair, Toronto
2012 “Night Moves”, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2011 “Square Foot Show” AWOL Gallery, Toronto
2011 “Riconciliazioni: molto anni di limbo” Gallery 1313, Toronto
2009 “Mirando al Sur/Looking South” juried group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
2009 “99 Pieces on the Wall”, Cre8ery Art Gallery, juried show, Winnipeg, MB
2009 “Through the Eyes of the Artists” Etobicoke Assembly Hall, Lakeshore Arts, 16th annual juried exhibition.
2009 “Soledad” Toronto Public Library, juried exhibition, S. Walter Stewart Branch.
Public Art
2018 "StreetArt" City of Toronto's Outside the Box Program; WAP Collective
2020 "L'eau c'est, Water is" Bravo-Sud, mosaic at Christie Pits Park, Toronto
Media/Catalogues
2015 Catalogue: S'affranchir Art Postal au XXI Siècle (auteur : Bravo SUD)
2015 Metro News Toronto, issue June 18, 2015
2015 Akimbo: Akimbit Connects, July 16, 2015, Toronto
2015 TV Rogers, Ottawa, "Entre Nous" show Nov 5/15
2015 TV Rogers, Ottawa, Émission RegArts, Nov 5/15
2017 Forum 600 The Six Hundred Magazine (fall/17 issue)
2017 Catalogue : A la croisée des Chemins (auteur : Bravo SUD)
2017 Gallery 1313; 20th year anniversary catalogue; Toronto
Referenced: "Defis et metamorphoses", School of Dance, Ottawa
2020 "The Artistic Time 11" La Macina di San Cresci Yearbook
2021 Ontario Society of Artists, 148th Juried Group Exhibition Catalogue
2022 "Confluence" Catalogue (Bravo-Sud)
Residencies
Maison Les Buis, La Feuillade, Charente, France
La Macina di San Cresci, Greve, Italy
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands
CASA Art Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
Spark Box Studio, Picton, Ontario
Susana Wald in San Andres Huayapan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Affiliations
Bravo-Sud, Gallery 1313, Red Tree Collective, WAP Collective
Grants
2015 Ontario Arts Council; exhibition grant
Education & Training
OCAD University, BFA student
OCAD University, Studio Skills Certificate
Art Students League of New York
Museé d’arts decoratifs du Louvre
Certified Project Manager, University of Toronto
B.A. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
A.A. Langara College, Vancouver
B.B.M., Universidad del Norte, Colombia
