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EDUCATION
2020 - 2022 Toronto Art Therapy Institute
2014 - 2016 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, On, MFA Graduate`
2007 - 2011 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Mb, BFA First Class Honours in Painting
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019 Espronceda Centre for Arts and Culture Artistic Prize, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Nancy Petry Award Recipient
2017 RBC Emerging Artist Award Ottawa
2017 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Creation Grant
2014 - 2016 University of Ottawa, Full Attendance Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sept 8 - 27, Harbinger, Galerie St. Laurent plus Hill, Ottawa, On
2021 As Above, So Below, Ottawa Art Gallery Annex, Ottawa, On
2019 Sediment, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Qc
2018 Ghosts, PDA Projects + General Assembly, , Ottawa, On
2017 University of Wisconsin-Marinette Fine Art Gallery, Marinette, WI
2016 Becoming Animal, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2015 Skinned, Gallery 115 - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, On
2014 MAIM, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, On
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022-2023 December 8 - February 3 Holding Pattern: 2021 Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2022 Halfway Between the Imaginary and the Real, Wallack’s Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2021 Obsession, Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, On
2020 City of Ottawa Direct Purchase exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2020 People + Place, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe, Ottawa, On
2020 Fossil Record, General Hardware Contemporary, Curated by Tatum Dooley, Toronto, On
2020 Casa Pixan II, Mexico City, Mx
2019 Terramatter, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2018 Coetus Floreus, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Qc, July-September
2017/18 Longevity, City of Ottawa Annual Acquisitions Exhibition, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, On
2017 Peau, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Mb
2017 Ab NEXT, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, On
2016 Chapter 2, PDA Projects, Ottawa, On
2016 Curing Soil, PDA Projects, Ottawa, On
2016 Souvenirs, City of Ottawa Annual Acquisitions Exhibition, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, On
2016 Aether into Infinity, PDA Projects, Ottawa, On
2016 Full Catastrophe, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, On
2015 Destabilizing Dystopia, DC3 Art Projects, Edmonton, Ab
2014 Flesh Garden, Milk Gallery, In collaboration with La Petite Mort Gallery and Mimik Magazine, Amsterdam, Nl
2014 Rectory Art House, Doors Open Ottawa, Ottawa, On
2014 Chinatown Remixed, Ottawa, On
2014 Occam’s Razor: Art, Science, and Aesthetics, !dea Gallery, Toronto, On
2014 Occam’s Razor: Art, Science, and Aesthetics, Propellor Gallery, Toronto, On
2014 La Petite Mort Gallery, Gaze: A Female Perspective, Ottawa, On
2013 Rectory Art House, Open House, Ottawa, On
2013 Colonel By Pilot Lab - University of Ottawa, Breaking Point, Ottawa, On
COLLECTIONS
2022 City of Ottawa, Direct Purchase Acquisition, Ottawa, On
2020 City of Ottawa, Direct Purchase Acquisition, Ottawa, On
2017 City of Ottawa, Direct Purchase Acquisition, Ottawa, On
2016 City of Ottawa, Direct Purchase Acquisition, Ottawa, On
2012 - present Various Private Collections across Canada
FAIRS
2019 SWAB, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Art Toronto, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, On
2019 Papier, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Qc
2018 Art Toronto, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, On
RESIDENCIES
2018 Artist in Residence, Earth-Based Spirituality and Art, Artscape Gibralter, Toronto Island, On
2018 Artist in Residence, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2014 Artist in Residence, Sparkbox Studio, Picton, On
2012 Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre, Banff, Ab
ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2021 Ottawa Art Gallery, Art Auction Opening Night: Talk with the Artist, Ottawa, On
2021 University of Ottawa, Artist Talk and Virtual Studio Tour, Painting Foundations (Prof. Andrew Morrow), Ottawa, On
2021 Ottawa Art Gallery, Virtual Opening and Panel Discussion, Spring Exhibitions, Ottawa, On
2020 Artist Talk, SWAB Art Fair / Espronceda, Virtual
2020 Artist Talk, BEING Studio, Ottawa, On
2019 Artist Talk, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, On
2019, Ottawa Art Gallery, Artist Talk and Guest Artist Workshop, ‘Eco-Printing’, Carp Ridge Eco-wellness Centre, Carp, Ontario
2019, University of Ottawa, Artist Talk and Guest Artist Demonstration, Fine Arts Program: Materials and Methods (Prof. Andrew Morrow), Ottawa, On
2019, University of Ottawa, Artist Talk: Eco-Feminism, Fine Arts Program: Arts and the Environment (Prof. Celina Jeffries), Ottawa, On
2018, PDA Projects / General Assembly, Ottawa, On
2018, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2018, Ottawa School of Art, Artist Talk and Guest Artist Demonstration, Painting Fundamentals (Instructor: Guillermo Trejo)
2017, General Assembly, Artist Talk, Ottawa, On
2017, Ottawa Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Ottawa, On
2016, Ottawa Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Ottawa, On
PRESS
Studio Image Project, Friend of the Artist, May 2021
ILikeYourWork, Studio Visit Artist, March 2021
Sparkbox Studio, Flat Files: Studio Tour with Painter Gillian King, Episode 40, February 2021
Start with the Art, Studio Artist Feature, January 2021
CKCU, OAG Art Auction, December 2020
Apt613, Give to Get Art, November 2020, Greggory Clark
AJGrey, Artist Feature: Gillian King, Summer 2020
Artoronto.ca, Fossil Record at General Hardware Contemporary, February 2020
Canadian Art, Editors’ Picks for Art Toronto 2019, October 2019, Erin Saunders
CBC Gem, The Art in Nature: Gathering, Absolutely Canadian, September 2019, Nicholas Castle
Border Crossings Issue 151, Gillian King, September 2019, Rhiannon Vogl
Art and Cocktails, Art as Ritual, Sourcing Materials from Nature and Artist Residencies with Gillian King, September 2018, Ekaterina Popova
Akimbo, Coetus Floreus at Galerie Nicolas Robert, August 2018, Tammer El-Sheikh
Create! Magazine, Sustainable Painting Practices: Interview with Gillian King, April 2018, Ekaterina Popova
Centretown News, Local Artist to Show Off New Artistic Flair, April 12, 2018, Emma Jiayue Liu
Ottawa Arts Council, Gillian King: Moving Forward in a Destructive Time, March 27, 2018
Akimblog, Work in Progress: Gillian King, March 16, 2018
Normale Magazine, A Conversation with Gillian King, April 13, 2017, Cayllan Cassavia
The Fulcrum, This Month at the Ottawa Art Gallery: Becoming Animal, Sept 8, 2016, Anchal Sharma
La Rotunde, Gillian King: Animal in Search of Humanity - Human Looking Animal, Jan 26, 2015, Maude Erica-Desjardins
Friday Special Blend March 93.1FM CKCU, Mar 14, 2014, interview with Susan Johnston
goodthingsottawa.tumblr.com, Gillian King, Feb 7, Feb 9, & Mar 14, 2014, Kristina Corre
University of Ottawa Gazette, Chemical Engineering Through the Eyes of an Artist, Dec 18, 2013, Jennifer Larocque
PUBLICATIONS
Arc Poetry Magazine, July 2021
Nosy Mag, The Strength and Fragility of Bodies: A Correspondence with Gillian King, May 2021
Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, Envisage: Art is Not a Luxury, November 2020
Featured works in Our Artspace(s), Fall 2020
Featured works in Quaran-Zine, Summer 2020
Gillian King, Border Crossings Magazine, September 2019, Issue 151
Featured works in Hart House Review, Fall 2019
Featured works in Create! Magazine, April 2018
Featured works in Herd Magazine, August 2014
Featured works in Rip/Torn Magazine, June 2014
Featured works in Soliloquies: 17. 1, 2013
Featured works in Feminist and Queer Collective Annual Publication, 2012