artist pat stanley
artist pat stanley
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Pat Stanley studied at Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux Arts, McGill University, Concordia University, Toronto’s Three Schools of Art, Toronto School of Art, and at the Haliburton School of the Arts, and now resides in Cobourg, Ontario.

Pat has been a member of the Colborne Art Gallery since 2008, and was a member of the Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts in Toronto from 2010 through 2013. Pat has participated in numerous juried and solo shows locally, regionally, and in Toronto, received an Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant in 2010, and has won local, national, and international awards.

Awards & Grants
   
2012 The Universe in a Grain of Sand”, “Best Acrylic/Oil Painting”, 32nd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, in Bowmanville, Ontario, October 2012
   
2011 Stratigraphic Plate 1”, Courvoisier Collective Gallery Award, Toronto ON
   
2010 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
   
  Double Exposure”, Honorable Mention, Uxbridge 14th Annual Juried Art Show, Uxbridge, ON, 2010
   
2009 "Chromatic Interference", 3rd Place, 26th Annual Competition, The Artists Magazine, 2009
   
  "Trace Remains", Finalist, 26th Annual Competition, The Artists Magazine, 2009
   
2008 Chromatic Triangulation”, “Best Painting”, 28th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, in Bowmanville, Ontario, October 2008
   
2007 Lifeguard Station, January”, Finalist, Canadian Brushstroke Magazine’s Landscape Competition, September 2007
   

Exhibitions

2014 Art Gallery of Northumberland, "Reality Check" solo show, Cobourg ON
   
2013 Edward Day Gallery, "Two Tales of the City: finding beauty in Dystopia and Utopia" two-person show, Toronto ON
   
  Visual Arts Centre of Clarington 33rd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Bowmanville ON
   
2012 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, “Convergence” solo show, Toronto ON
   
  Station Gallery “Shift” Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Whitby ON
   
  Visual Arts Centre of Clarington 32nd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Bowmanville ON
   
  Elaine Fleck Gallery “Presents” Catalogue Show, Toronto ON
   
  Propeller Centre “Salon 6”, Toronto ON
   
  Art Gallery of Northumberland 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cobourg ON
   
  Gallery 1313 “Building Art”, “Building Art II”, Toronto ON
   
2011 Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts, Uxbridge ON
   
  15 Year Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto ON
   
  Courvoisier Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
   
  Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON
   
  The Colborne Art Gallery, “Crossroad” solo show, Colborne ON
   
  The Artist Project Toronto, Toronto ON
   
  Art Gallery of Northumberland 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cobourg ON
   
  Gallery 1313 “ECO Art”, Toronto ON
   
  Propeller Centre “Salon 5”, Toronto ON
   
2010 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, “Intersection” solo show, Toronto ON
   
  Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
   
  The Artist Project Toronto, Toronto ON
   
  Society of Canadian Artists 42nd Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto ON
   
  Latcham Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Stouffville ON
   
  Uxbridge 2010 Juried Art Show, Uxbridge ON
   
  Gallery 1313 “Open Doors”, Toronto ON
   
  AWOL 8th Annual Square Foot Show, Toronto ON
   
  All Canadian Jazz Festival Square Foot Art Show, Port Hope ON
   
  Propeller Centre “Salon 4”, Toronto ON
   
2009 Art Gallery of Northumberland/Paul Kane Gallery, “Fault Lines” solo show, Cobourg ON
   
  Fleming College/Haliburton School of the Arts Advanced Individual Studies Program, “Breaking Ground”, “Paint”, Haliburton ON
   
  Art Gallery of Northumberland 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Cobourg ON
   
  Station Gallery “Excel” Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Whitby ON
   
  Visual Arts Centre of Clarington 29th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Bowmanville ON
   
  Toronto Art Expo, Toronto ON
   
  Red Head Gallery/Nuit Blanche “Insomnia”, Toronto ON
   
  Arta Gallery “Light of Winter”, Toronto ON
   
  AWOL 7th Annual Square Foot Show, Toronto ON
   
  All Canadian Jazz Festival Square Foot Art Show, Port Hope ON
   
  “Related3 : works by Lorene Hodgins McLean and Pat Stanley", Campbell’s Bay QC
   
2008 Station Gallery “Fresh” Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Whitby ON
   
  Visual Arts Centre of Clarington 28th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Bowmanville ON
   
  Fleming College/Haliburton School of the Arts Advanced Individual Studies Program, “The Momentum Exhibition”, “Mixed Messages”, Haliburton ON
   
  Art Gallery of Northumberland 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Cobourg ON
   
  Three Perspectives", 3-person show at the District Lofts Dental Clinic Gallery, 388 Richmond Street West, Toronto ON
   
  Toronto Art Expo, Toronto ON
   
  “Related2: works by Lorene Hodgins McLean and Pat Stanley", Campbell’s Bay QC
   
  Pontiac Artists’ Association Members Show, “Dam Art! du Barrage” Exhibition, Portage QC

Publications/Press

Northumberland Today, June 2014
Northumberland News, June 2014
Artsync, Rogers TV, November 2012
Pat Stanley: "Convergence" at the Propeller Centre by Brenda Clews
Elaine Fleck’s Catalogue of Contemporary Fine Art (fall-winter 2012)
Convergence (November 2012, Propeller Centre solo show catalogue)
The Artist's Magazine, July/August 2011
Dilettantes Diary, July 2011
Northumberland News, April 25, 2011
Crossroad (April 2011, Propeller Centre solo show catalogue)
Dilettantes Diary, March 2011
Palette Magazine, January 2011
Intersection (November 2010, Propeller Centre solo show catalogue)
Dilettantes Diary, March 2010
Fault Lines (January 2010, Art Gallery of Northumberland show catalogue)
Examiner.com, December 2009
The Artist's Magazine, December 2009
Northumberland Today, November 2009
Dilettantes Diary, March 2009
Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, September 2007
Gaps and Edges (May 2007, Art Gallery of Northumberland show catalogue)

Professional Memberships

Arts Council of Northumberland (Director, 2007-2012)
Art Gallery of Northumberland
CARFAC Ontario
Colborne Society of Artists
Pontiac Artists' Association
Propeller Centre

Galleries

The Colborne Art Gallery

Personal Websites

www.patstanleystudio.com
www.lostbeach.ca

Group Websites

www.artistscanada.com
www.artistsincanada.com
www.canadianartistsontheweb.ca
www.canartscene.com
www.myartspace.com
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
www.yourart.com

Education

2000s

  • Advanced Individual Studies Program, Fleming College/Haliburton School of the Arts
  • Painting classes with Lila Lewis Irving, Anne Barkley, Steve Rose, John Leonard
  • Watercolour classes with Lorene McLean, Tim Packer
  • International Academy of Design (Diploma in Interior Design) – drawing, architectural drawing, colour theory, elements and principles of design

1980s

  • Toronto School of Art – silkscreening
  • Three Schools of Art – etching, lithography

1970s

  • Concordia University School of Art, while in BFA in Studio Art program (2 of 3 years completed) – drawing, painting, 3-D, design, graphic design, art history, art critique, colour theory etc.

1960s

  • McGill University (BSc cum laude) – life drawing, drawing, painting, art history
  • Montreal School of Art (Museum of Fine Arts) – children’s art

 
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