Education:
B.F.A. Specialized Honours: Fine Arts in Studio Visual Arts, 2013
York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Graduated Cum Laude
Honour Roll and Distinction
Experience:
Visual Artist (Freelance), September 1991 to present
Children’s Book Illustrator, October 2001 to August 2007
As Long as the Rivers Flow
Written by Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden
Published 2003 Groundwood Books www.groundwoodbooks.ca
The Gathering Tree
Written by Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden
Published 2005 Theytus Books www.theytusbooks.com
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition Affinities of the North Northern Ontario travelling exhibit April 1998 to August 1998
Solo Exhibition Fineline Gallery Fort Frances ON July to August 2000
Group Exhibition Special Projects Gallery York University March - April 2012
Additional gallery, installation and exhibition information will be supplied upon request.
Robert McLaughlin Gallery OAA Juried Group Show, Oshawa, ON April 2023
Awards:
1996 Scarborough Centenary Juried Art Competition 1st Place Juried Award for Fine Art.
2003 Norma Fleck Award 1st Place, Juried National Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction sponsored by the Fleck Family Foundation & the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Illustration.
2006 First Nation Communities Read Honour Award 1st Place Juried National Award sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Archives Canada, & Canada Council for the Arts. Illustration.
2023 OAA First Place Award of Excellence, Landscape.
Workshop and Conference Presentations:
1991 - 2002, Elementary School Art Workshop instructor, St. Monica Catholic School, Pickering, ON.
2002, Guest Speaker, Seeing with Words, Vancouver International Reader’s Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003, Illustration Guest Speaker, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Toronto, ON.
2003, Workshop Co-Presenter, Adapting the Elders Way of Teaching through Words & Art, R.I.S.E. Conference – York Regional District School Board, Markham, ON.
2003, Art Presenter, The Art of Seeing, Rainy River District Summer Institute for Teachers, Fort Frances, ON.
2004, Guest Speaker, Seeing with Words & Shapes, Southern Alberta Elementary School Tour, ALTA.
2004, Co-Presenter, Why We Should Tell our Stories through Words & Art, Toronto Children’s Literature Roundtable, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Toronto, ON.
2005, Illustration Presenter, Seeing with Words, Need to Read Festival – Tri-County Literacy Network, Chatham, ON.
2006, Guest Speaker, Telling Your Stories with Words & Art, First Nation Communities Read Tour, Southern Ontario Library Service, Toronto, ON.
2007, Guest Speaker - International Forum on Canadian Children’s Literature, Ottawa, ON.