Eileen Menzel, mixed media artist

Rural Wall

Canadian citizen, born in Leicester, U.K.
Hons.B.F.A., Durham University, U.K and B.of Ed. University of Toronto,
Courses and workshops with John Leonard, Harald Klunder and the late Peter Kolisnyk at Haliburton School of the Arts, Bridgewater, ON and Nielson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON.

Work Experience:

Teacher, Visual Art, Humberside Collegiate, Toronto District School Board
Artist in Residence, Crawford Lake, Halton Region Conservation Authority, ON
Adjudicator, juried shows and art festivals in southern Ontario
Executive Board Member, Etobicoke Art Group, Exhibition Chair
Member, Gallery Committee, Neilson Park Creative Centre.

Professional Associations:

Elected Member of The Ontario Society of Artists
Etobicoke Art Group
Neilson Park Creative Centre
Oakville Arts Council
ArtWorks Oakville
Visual Arts Mississauga.

Selected Exhibitions with several awards since 2000

2013

• Feb. 24 - March 22, ‘Continuum’ Ontario Society of Artists, the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.
• Jan. 17 - March 2, 35th Annual Juried Show Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga.
• Jan 9 - 27, Ontario Society of Artists, Selected Works, Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills, Toronto. Best in Show Award

2012

• Participant in Art Squared during the Culture Days Festival, Toronto
• EXPOsition, a 5 artist exhibition, Williams Mill Gallery and Visual Arts Centre, Georgetown Ont.
• 140 yrs of the OSA. An anniversary exhibition, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ont. Presented an artist’s talk and demonstration of my work.
• Visual arts Mississauga 34th Annual Juried exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga.

2011

• OSA summer Exhibiton Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills, Toronto.
• ArtWoks Oakville, 12th Annual Juried Show, Oakville, Ont.
• OSA Annual Juried Show “Memory”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Gallery Toronto
• Solo show, The Colbourne Art Gallery, Colbourne Ont.
• OSA New Members’ Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.

2010

• Progressions 2010 McMichael Collection/Sir Sandford Fleming Ontario Provincial Touring Exhibition
• Berkama Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie Ont.
• Gallery in the Garden, Etobiocke Ont.
• Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobiocke Ont.
• Impact’ 2010, Neilson Park Creative Centre Award of Excellence.
• Society of Canadian Artists, 42nd Annual Juried Show, PaperMill Gallery Toronto.

• ‘Progressions' McMichael Collection, Kleinburg, Ont.
• New Members’ Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
• Solo show, “Walls” The Laurier allery, Toronto,
• OSA Summer Exhibition, Dunn St Gallery Oakville,
• Colour and Form Society “1313”, Gallery 1313, Toronto
• OSA Open Juried Exhibition,”Surfaces”, John B Aird Gallery.
• Colour and Form Society, 56th Annual Juried Exhibition, 1st prize
• If 905 isn’t 416 Why Do We Have XYZ? Art Gallery Mississauga juried exhibition
• Colour and Form Society, 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, Best Landscape Award
• Colour and Form Society, 56th Annual Juried Exhibition, 1st prize
• If 905 isn’t 416 Why Do We Have XYZ? Art Gallery Mississauga juried exhibition
• Colour and Form Society, 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, Best Landscape Award
• From the Ground UP, 2 artist exhibition, The Laurier Gallery, Toronto
• Assembly Hall, Lakeshore Community Arts, 1st prize
• Art Gallery of Peel, 32nd Annual Juried exhibition
• Praxis Gallery 4th Annual Juried exhibition 1st prize
• ColourShift, 2 artist exhibition, The Laurier Galley Toronto
• Ontario-Wide Water Project, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Award of Merit
• Franklin Carmichael Group annual juried exhibition The Franklin Carmichael Award

Work is in the collection of EMB Investment Corporation and in private collections in Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Tennessee USA, Britain, Germany and Israel.

Eileen Menzel
Tel: 416-695-4378
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