Gillian Farnsworth
gillian.farnsworth@gmail.com
www.gillianfarnsworth.com

647 207-2804

301 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, ON, M6K 2W5

Representation

Dunn Street Gallery
2009- ongoing
Oakville, Ontario

Peaks and Rafters
2009- ongoing
Port Carling, Ontario

Lilly Home and Design
2009- ongoing
London, ON

Grace Gallery
2008-ongoing
Toronto, ON

Engine Gallery
2008- ongoing
Toronto, ON

Black Dog Gallery
2007- ongoing
Thornbury, ON

Scratch Gallery
2007
Toronto, ON

Lipman Contemporary Art
2005-2006
Toronto, ON

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008          Recent Paintings, Black Dog Gallery, Thornbury, ON
2004          Engineered, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
2002          Engineered, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON
Square Foot Show, Canadian Jazz Festival, Port Hope, ON

2008                           
Recent Paintings, Red Brick Café, Guelph, ON
Annual Juried Exhibition, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON
Blundstone’s Boot It Up! A Benefit For Sketch, Toronto, ON
Blundstone’s Boot It Up! Top 10, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, ON

2007
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Queen West Art Crawl, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, ON
The People’s Portrait Project, AGO, Toronto, ON
Recent Paintings, The Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, Toronto, ON
Recent Paintings, Hugh’s Room, Toronto, ON
Scratch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006                            
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON
Artefact, 519 Community Centre, Toronto, ON (featured artist)
Lipman Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

2005                            
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON
Lipman Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
Live With Culture, Yonge & Eglington Subway, Toronto, ON

2003                           
Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON

 

Artist Talks

2002                          
A Space Gallery for Engineered Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Sketch, The Drug Project, youth talk and studio workshop, Toronto, ON

2001                         
Power Plant, Kim Adams & Marla Hlady exhibition, Toronto, ON
Harbourfront Centre, The Fresh Festival, Toronto, ON

 

Memberships & Associations

Visual Arts Ontario   2005- ongoing
Propeller Centre For The Visual Arts, on the board for Selection Committee, Annual Curated Show and the New Members Show   2001- 2002
A Space Gallery member   1998- 2003
TEMPERMETTLE, interactive sculptural installation   1994- 2004

 

Selected Press

Visual Arts Ontario, Agenda Magazine, “Visual Arts Voices”
Visual Arts Ontario, Agenda Magazine, Artist Spotlight
mycollingwood.ca , artist spotlight for solo show at Black Dog Gallery in Thornbury, ON

 

Training

1994 – Complections International School of Make-Up, Toronto, ON
6 week film, theatre and special effects make-up course

1993 – The Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, B.C.
film and television special effects make-up courses 1, 2 & 3

1989- 1992 – Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C.
studio art diploma with a major in painting

1987- 1989 – Capilano College, Vancouver, B.C.
studio art diploma, graduated with honours