Education
2005 MFA University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2003 BFA Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
book of birds, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
book of birds, Boarding House Arts-Ashlar Gallery, Guelph, ON
2017
What I know about flowers, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON 2016
Inconsolable, Boarding House Arts, Guelph ON
2014
Wander, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph ON
2011
Back to the Landscape, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2005
Eileen MacArthur, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON
Pieces Missing, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON 2003
Paintings, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
DTK (Downtown Kitchener) Artwalk, Kitchener, ON
Innovations 2022: ISEA, St. Albert, AB
Call of the Wild, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Tarzana, CA
Green/Light, Cultural Centre of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Biosphere, Indiana University Downtown Gallery, Kokomo IN
2021
Dovetail, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
Seeking the Periphery, Ryerson University, Paul H. Cocker Gallery, Department of Architectural Science, Toronto ON
2020
New Art Now: Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2019
Kindred, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, OH
Enchanted Realm, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2018
Juxtapositions, The Painting Centre, New York, NY
Small Treasures, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Faces, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Still Life, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
International Women’s Day Exhibition, Silence, Guelph, ON
2017
WHO ARE YOU ? Nuit Blanche - Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
150 Years of light in Canada, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
Birth and its meanings, Ryerson University at Milk Glass Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016
Schema, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art) Toronto, ON
2015
Secret Garden, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, OH
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art) Toronto, ON
Master Class, The Boarding House, Guelph, Ontario
2014
Face First, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art) Toronto, ON
Still Life, Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON
2013
Fresh Paint, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
Darkness at the Edge, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
The Sex Show 2013, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2012
Sincerely Yours, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
Magnitude 7.8 Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011
Insomnia, Nuit Blanche, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
Saving Face, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque ON. Institute for Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON. Galerie d'Art Desjardins, Drummondville, QC
Landscapes, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
XX/5 Invitational Biennial, Fisch Haus, Wichita, Kansas
2010
Here and There: In collaboration with One Hour Empire Magazine, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
Group Show, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
Building a Legacy, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
2009
The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture, Grande Theatre, Kingston, ON. Acadia University Gallery, Wolfville, NS. Waddington's Auction Rooms Toronto, ON. Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
Some Kind of Wonderful Biennial, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON
2008
Transactions: 11 Canadian Artists, Chongqing Art Museum, China
2006
Unfabulous, The Temporary City Gallery, Guelph, ON
2004
Melanie Authier Martin Golland/Eileen MacArthur, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON
Compilation II, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
Switch, Centre for the Arts at University of Buffalo, NY
Awards/Residencies
2020 Co-Create Residency, Otherwise Studies and Bumaroo, Guelph ON
2017 Finalist, Manifest Grand Jury Prize (Season 15)
2011 Finalist, Kington Prize for Canadian Portraiture
2009 Special Mention, Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture
2005 University of Guelph Travel Grant
2005 University of Guelph Access Bursary
2003 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, Guelph, Ontario 2003 University of Guelph Scholarship
2002 Endowment Fund Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 2002 Margo and Roland Marshall Award for Printmaking, NSCAD
2002 Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine Foundation Scholarship, NSCAD 2001 Centennial Scholarship, NSCAD
Professional Experience
2019-20 Owner, Director and Instructor - Arthur School of Art, Arthur, ON
2017- 19 Assistant Gallery Coordinator- The Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Studio Art Instructor - Studiohere, Fergus, ON
2006-19 Studio Art Instructor -Guelph School of Art, Guelph, ON
2008-19 Studio Art Instructor-Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
2007-13 Collections Management Assistant-MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
Publications
2020
Anam Khan "Guelph artists paired during quarantine showcase works of art online" guelphtoday.com, Sept 6, 2020
Anam Khan "Local initiative virtually pairs artists for a quarantine collaboration" guelphtoday.com, May 3, 2020
2019
"Manifest Exhibition Annual 11" Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2018
Artmaze Magazine, Issue #8, June 2018
“International Painting Annual 8” Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2017
Artascent: Art & Literature Journal 23, February 2017
“Birth and its Meanings” Exhibition Catalogue, Ryerson University
2016
“Manifest Exhibition Annual: Season 10”, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2014
“International Painting Annual 4” Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013
Kevin Kelly, Manifest’s Tenth Anniversary, AEQAI, Nov, 24,2013 http://aeqai.com/main/2013/11/manifests- tenth-anniversary/
“Darkness at the Edge” exhibition catalogue, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
2012
"Sincerely Yours" exhibition catalogue, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON 2012 Karen Chambers, "Small artwork can loom large: Tiny is mighty at this exhibit.” Cincinnati.com, June 12, 2012
"Magnitude 7.8." exhibition catalogue, Manifest Gallery and Creative Research Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011
Jan Dean "Artists go face to face" Mississauga.com, September 20, 2011
XX/5 Invitational Biennial, exhibition catalogue, Fisch Haus, Wichita, KS
Denise Neil, "Women's art exhibit comes into its own: Fisch Haus show features work of five women from around the world", Wichita Eagle, April 27 2011
"Culture Experience", CTV South western Ontario The Beat, January 22, 2011
2009
"The Kingston Prize 2009: Canada's National Portrait Competition." exhibition catalogue, Kingston Arts Council
Murray White, "Why Kitchener-Waterloo has a biennial, but Toronto does not." The Toronto Star, August 27,09
Robert Reid, "Some Kind of Wonderful", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 23, 2009
"Some Kind of Wonderful." SNAP Kitchener-Waterloo, Aug 2009
"Some Kind of Wonderful." exhibition catalogue, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
2008
Sarah Nasby, "Transactions 11." exhibition catalogue, Chongqing Art Museum
2005
Aidan Ware, "The Fabulous Unfabulous." exhibition catalogue, Temporary City Gallery, Ontario
2004
"Carousel Magazine" edition #15 (Spring 2004), "Carousel Magazine" edition #14 (Winter 2003)
Panels / Presentations
2016
"Inconsolable" Artist talk at Boarding House Arts, Guelph, ON
2014
“Art +Ideas” Panel discussion with Jane Buyers, Linda O’Neill and Cathy Ross, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
“Art + Ideas” Panel discussion with Susan Dobson, Dawn Owen, Linda O’Neill and Greg Denton, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
2013
“Art and Ideas” Panel discussion with Linda O’Neill Martin Pearce and Ron Shuebrook, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, ON
2010
"Paintings of Photographs" artist talk, SOFAM, University of Guelph, ON
2009
"Painting Realism" artist talk, SOFAM, The University of Guelph, ON
2005
"Pieces Missing" artist talk, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Juries
2019
Guelph Creative Arts Association, Guelph, ON
2012
Guelph Community Health Centre-Shelldale CHC Art Selection Committee ,Guelph ON
2011
The Shirley Dilworth Jaychuck Painting Competition,Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora ON
Art on the Street, Guelph, ON