Tree Image Robyn Drage :: Painting & Drawing

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acrylic on Canvas. Oil on Canvas
 
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1979 Born in Victoria, British Columbia.
1980 Moved to Salmon Arm, BC.
1997 Graduated from Salmon Arm Senior Secondary as class valedictorian.
2002 Graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in creative writing.
2003/
2004
Ten month internship in Hyderabad, India.
2005 Moved to Toronto
2008 Opened Studio Fuse with Tanya Kirouac in the historic Distillery District

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008:

ONE OF A KIND CHRISTMAS show & sale (Toronto)
November 27 -December 7
Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place

SOLO EXHIBITION: Fall Patterns
October 15 - November 2
Studio Fuse, Case Goods Warehouse, Distillery District

GROUP SHOW: Nuit Blanche 08 (Toronto)
October 1 - 14
Studio Fuse, Case Goods Warehouse, Distillery District

TORONTO OUTDOOR art exhibition
July 11 - 13
Nathan Phillips Square

ART IN THE PARK (Ottawa)
June 7 - 8
Central Park

OPENING EXHIBITION, Studio Fuse (Toronto)
April 1 - May 31
Case Goods Warehouse, Distillery District

FEATURED ARTIST: Arts on Queen
March 1-29, 198 Queen St. East, Toronto


2007

ONE OF A KIND CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE:  Toronto
       November 22 -December 2
       Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
       visit their website


LITTLE ART SHOW :: Fundraiser Gala / Silent Auction
       November 17
       BMW Toronto, 11 Sunlight Park Road (Riverdale)
       www.littleartshow.com


QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL
:: Toronto
       September 15 & 16
       Trinity Bellwoods Park, Queen St. West
       www.torontoartscape.on.ca/qwac/


DIANE FARRIS GALLERY :: Halcyon Days
       Group Show, Vancouver
       August 2 – September 1
       dianefarrisgallery.com


PINK: Art Show & Sale Benefit for
Soho Myriad, Atlanta
       An Art Fundraiser to benefit breast cancer
       www.pennhouseproductions.com/soho/index2.html


TORONTO ART EXPO :
Canada's largest indoor art event in the spring.
       March 15 - 18
       Metro Toronto Convention Centre
       www.torontoartexpo.com


2006

LITTLE ART SHOW :: Fundraiser Gala / Silent Auction
       November 18
       BMW Toronto, 11 Sunlight Park Road (Riverdale)
       www.littleartshow.com


QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL :: Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto
       September 16 & 17
       www.torontoartscape.on.ca/qwac/


RIVERDALE ART WALK
:: Queen St. East & Carlaw
       June 3 - 4
       www.RiverdaleArtWalk.com


SOLO SHOW :: THE COLOUR OF MY SECRETS
       Hang Man Gallery, 756 Queen Street East (near Broadview)
       Toronto, Canada
       April 10 - 30


PERSEPHONE'S PALACE ::
Juried Group Show
       Hang Man Gallery, 756 Queen Street East
       Toronto, Canada
       Mar 21 - April 9


2005

FUNDRAISER GALA / SILENT AUCTION
for the Artists' Network of Riverdale
       Little Art Show
       November 19, 2005
       BMW Toronto, 11 Sunlight Park Road (Riverdale)


COMMISSIONS

'The Colour of His Secrets,' 2007
Various commissions or Soho Myriad consulting
Portrait of Shane Doan (view the painting)
Various Seasons Patterns commissions for clients in Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto.


PUBLICATIONS

Wreck Magazine, (UBC) 2002 (Photos, paintings, poetry)
Chameleon – Journal of Children's Lit (UBC), 2002 (drawing)
CHAPBOOK: Small Mountain of Crumbs, 2002 (poetry)


PRESS

CBC Radio Two Arts Report, April 2006
Times of India (Hyderabad), June 19, 2004
The Hindu (Hyderabad), June 19, 2004