ARTIST'S STATEMENT I BIOGRAPHY
 
Born in Leicester U.K.
Obtained Bachelor of Fine Arts at Durham University, U.K.; B.F.A. and Bachelor of Education at University of Toronto.
Taught Visual Art and Special Education, Toronto District School Board.
Taking year-round art theory, art history, life drawing/painting and studio classes with the Toronto based artist John Leonard. The material covered in John Leonard's class is the backbone of all my painting and, along with the discipline of life drawing and painting, the means by which artistic problems are solved. In the summer, classes continue at the Haliburton School of the Arts.
Exhibit continuously in juried and group shows in private and public galleries throughout Ontario, particularly the Greater Toronto Area, where my work has won numerous awards.
Images of my work can be found in the International Treasures Art Treasures magazine (www.iatwm.com).
Participant in the Artist in Residence Program, Crawford Lake Conservation Park, Halton Region, Ont. in August 2005 and February 2006.
Adjudicator, Lakeshore Community Arts, Through the Eyes of the Artist, May 2006.
Art Association memberships: The Etobioke Art Group, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Colour and Form Society, Arts Etobicoke, Mississauga Art Gallery, Oakville Arts Council, Visual Art Ontario.
2008:
• May 9 - June 20 2008 9th Annual Artworks Oakville Juried Show, Oakville. 2 paintings on view, awarded 2nd prize for All Fall Down
2007:
• 2nd Prize Woolfits Award, Colour and Form Society’s Annual Juried Show
• 3rd Prize,Lakeshore Community Arts, Annual Juried Show
2005:
• Best Landscape Award, Colour and Form Society’s Annual Juried Show
• Honourable Mention,Toronto, Artists’ Inspiration, Praxis Gallery,Toronto
• Honourable Mention, Art in Fibre, Neilson Park Creative Centre
• 1st prize, Annual Juried Show, Lakeshore Community Arts
• Honourable Mention, Annual Juried Show, Oakville Arts Council
• 1st prize, ‘Harvesting the Benefits’, Lakeshore Community Art |
2004:
• 1st prize, Annual Juried Show, Praxis Gallery,Toronto
• Award of Excellence, Annual Juried Show, Nielson Park Creative Centre
2003:
• Award of Merit, The Ontario-wide Water Project, NPCC
2002:
• Honourable Mention, Etobicoke Art Group’s Annual Juried Show
• The Franklin Carmichael Award, the F.C.Group’s Annual Juried Show
Eileen Menzel
Tel: 416-695-4378
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