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curriculum vitae:

BIOGRAPHY AND EDUCATION

  • Born in London, England, 1965, immigrated to Canada in 1973
  • 1995 Completed coursework for Masters in Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • 1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

Katharine Mulherin Contermporary Art Projects, Toronto

 

Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Vancouver

2005

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto

2003

The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. "Episodes ", curated by Renee Baert

 

Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto. "Episodes"

2002

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, USA. "Eliza Griffiths:1995-2002", curated by John Massier (catalogue pending)

 

Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, "Psycho-dramas in Painting"

 

The Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, "Psycho-dramas in Painting"

2001

Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, "Le Besoin''

2000

Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "Romance"

 

Women's Art Resource Centre Gallery, Toronto, "Romance"

1999

The Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Saskachewan, Canada, "Stories of Girls", curated by Anthony  Kiendl

 

Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick "KarateGirlsExtraPlus"

1998

The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec. "Stories of Girls", curated by David Liss

 

Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario,"Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder  and other Dystopic Romances"

 

Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver. "Dystopic Romances"

1997

Mercer Union, Toronto, "Karate Girls & Proteges", curated by John Massier

 

Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, "Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder"        

 

Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Stories of Girls"

1996

Gallery 101, Ottawa, Project Room Installation, "Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder"

 

Artengine, web art site, inaugural exhibition,  "Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder"

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Douglas Udell Contemporary, Calgary, Alberta, with Reuel Dechene

 

Galerie McClure, Montreal, Quebec, curated by James Campbell

 

Projex-Mtl, Viages, Montreal, Quebec

 

ArtLA, Los Angeles, Californika, Katharine Mulherin Projects

 

SCOPE, New York, NY, Katharine Mulherin Projects

2006

Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, New York

 

Katharine Mulherin Art Projects. Toronto, Ontario. "Pictures of Girls"

 

Apexart, New York, New York. "Gifts go in one direction", curated by Alexander Nagle

2005

ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects

 

ArtLA, Art Fair. Los Angeles,California. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects

 

2004 The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, "First View", curated by Ben Portis

  The Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, "21 Squared"
2003 Instant Coffee Collective, Urban Disco Trailer. Various locations including Brooklyn, NY; Toronto, Ontario. "Alchemy and Mysticism #2"
  Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, "Daring Confessions"
  Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, The Bigger Picture", curated by Karen Love
  Art Gallery of Mississauga, Dress: Signal, curated by Marlene Hilton Moore
2002 St. Mary's University Gallery, "Posers", curated by Mathew Reichertz (catalogue)
  Canada Council Art Bank, Lieutenant Governor's, Toronto, "Ontario Collection"
2001 Eastern Edge, St. John's, Newfoundland, "The Female Vulgar", curated by Barb Webb
  Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, three-person exhibition, "Girl’s Own"

2000

Platform, London, England. "Serial Killers: Elements of Painting Multiplied by Six Artists, curated by Rosemary Heather

 

Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, "Serial Killers: Elements of Painting Multiplied by Six Artists", curated by Rosemary Heather

  The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Recent Acquisitions

1999

The Painting Centre, New York, New York, Winter Show

 

Gallery 101, Ottawa, three-person exhibition, Face Value, curated by Anne Grace

1998

Winston Wächter, New York, New York, Body Double, curated by Bruce Ferguson 

 

Artifice II, Montreal, offsite exhibition organized by the Saidye Bronfman Centre, "Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder", curated by David Liss

1997

Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, "Hothead L. Terrorist and Friends", three person exhibition

1996

Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. "Snow" 

COLLECTIONS

  • Hart House, University of Toronto
  • Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Canada Council Art Bank
  • Beaverbrook Art Gallery
  • City of Ottawa
  • Ottawa Art Gallery
  • National Archives of Canada
  • private collections

GRANTS

2004

City of Ottawa- A grant

2003 Canada Council for the Arts - Mid Career grant
  Ontario Arts Council - Mid Career grant
2002 City of Ottawa - A grant
2000 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance grant
  City of Ottawa - Mid Career Grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts - Mid Career grant
1998 Ontario Arts Council - Mid Career grant
  Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant
1996 Canada Council for the Arts - C grant
  City of Ottawa - B grant

1995

 City of Ottawa - B grant

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005- present  Concordia University, Assistant Professor, Studio Art
2006 Elected member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
2004 Canada Council for the Arts, visual arts grants adjudicator
2000-2005 University of Ottawa, part-time painting professor
1997-2000 Ottawa School of Art, painting instructor
1994-95

Carleton University, Ottawa, Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History 

2005 University of Lethbridge, Alberta. Visual Arts department. Visiting Artist: lecture
2003 York University, Toronto. Visual Arts department,. Visiting Artist: lecture and critiques with graduate students
2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax. Visiting Artist: lecture and critiques with undergraduate and graduate students
2001 The Power Plant, Youth Program. Visiting Artist: lecture on issues in contemporary painting, Peter Doig exhibition
  Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Visual Arts Grants adjudicator
  University of Guelph. Visiting Artist: lecture and critiques
  McMaster University. Visiting Artist: lecture and critiques with undergraduate students
  Dundas Valley School of Art, Hamilton. Visiting artist: lecture
  Carleton University, Ottawa. Women's Studies Program: guest lecturer
  University of Windsor. Invited External for MFA thesis defense; performed critiques with graduate students
2000 Carleton University, Ottawa. Lecture and panel member for "Gender and Genre" symposium
1999 Concordia University, Montreal. Visiting Artist: lecture
  Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Visiting Artist for Francofete
  The University of Quebec at Montreal, Visiting Artist: lecture and panel member for symposium, "Dans l’oeil de l’art"
  The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. Visiting Artist: lecture and panel member for symposium on gender and representation
  Ontario College of Art, Toronto, invited speaker, "Brown bag" lecture series
1998 Art Gallery of Ontario, "Artists with their work" program
1997 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. Visiting Artist: lecture and critiques
  The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, "New Works: Women and Paint" residency
  Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, Art Advisor - Direct Purchases Program 
1994-96 Gallery 101, Ottawa, Member of Board of Directors
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  BY ELIZA GRIFFITHS:
2004 C Magazine, "Daniel Richter: Optimistic Dystopian", interview.(09.04)
  Art Gallery of Lambton. Catalogue essay for exhibition of paintings by Ian McLean
1996 

Gallery 101, "Emerging Artists Showcase exhibition", exhibition essay

  ABOUT ELILZA GRIFFITHS:
2004 Ottawa City Woman, "Art’s `It’ Girl", by Melanie Scott, (09.04)
2003 Border Crossings "Souped-up Everything: the art of Eliza Griffiths", Robert Enright (issue 8)
  The Globe and Mail. "An erotic harmony of hormones", Gary Michael Dault (25.10)
  The Ottawa Citizen. Review by Paul Gessell (21.09.03)
  Ottawa Xpress. "Brush Strokes". Article and front cover, Anita Euteneier (09.03)
2002 Poseurs. Exhibition catalogue, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, text by Mathew Reicherz
  The Buffalo Times. "Beyond the Pale", Richard Huntington (June 14)
  Canadian Art Magazine. "The Devil in Ms Griffiths", cover article, RM Vaughn (03,02)
  CBC Television ARTSPOTS. Produced by Mary Elizabeth Lucaks and Adele Cardamon
2001 C Magazine. "Fast women, fast cars", Si Si Penaloza. (Winter 2001/2002)
  NOW. "Eliza’s Emotion, Deidre Hannah (20-26, 09.01)
  Ottawa Life Magazine. "Top 100 People of Influence from the Nation’s Capital"(4/1)
2000 The Edmonton Journal. "Such pretty portraits, with an edge", Alan Kellog. (4.11)
  Toronto Life. "Girl Trouble", Betty Ann Jordan. (11.00)
  EYE. "Heady themes, Horny teens: Joanne Tod and Eliza Griffiths", RM Vaughn (21/09)
  MIX. "Serial Killers", Artist-run culture section (Summer, 26.1)
1999 Le Droit. "Quand La Couleur Dense Danse: Lumiere et Peinture", Aline Begin. (27/11)
  The Ottawa Citizen. "From fierce women to bruised and dazed men", Paul Gessell (1/11)
  Matriart. "Power Images: Nora Morse and Eliza Griffiths", Virginia MacDonnell (Vol.7;4)
  Artichoke. "Eliza Griffiths: Dystopic Romances review" , Paula Gustafson (Vol 11, No. 1)
  TVOntario - Studio Two. Television feature produced by Barabara Dundas. (May 4)
  The Canadian Medical Association Journal. "GirlTalk", Anne Marie Todkill. (Mar 9)
  The Regina Leader-Post "Stories' challenges cultural paradigms", Jack Anderson (18.03)
  New York Magazine. "Mad About Art", Edith Newhall. Painting reproduction. (Jan 4, p46)
1998  The Ottawa Citizen. "The taming of the Canadian art world's bad boy and bad girl: Attila Lukacs and Eliza Griffiths", Paul Gessel. (Nov. 5)
  Border Crossings. "Fictive Spaces", Robert Enright. (Issue #67, vol.17, no. 3)
  Lola. "Posers: Alex Bag, Karma Clarke-Davis, and Eliza Griffiths", Ingrid Chu. (issue 1)
 

The Vancouver Sun. "Artist Eliza Griffiths treads new ground with her images of tough looking women", Michael Scott. (June 17, pC8)

  C - Magazine. "Eliza Griffiths at Mercer Union", John Armstrong.(Issue #57, Feb/Apr.)
 

The Kingston Whig Standard "Satisfaction not a given at peep show", Lee Papart (14.03)

1997

The Montreal Gazette. "Muffled Anger and Fantasy with Edge", Henry Lehmann. (Feb. 7)

 

Voir. "Femmes d'aujourd'hui", Stephane Aquin. (Feb. 5 - 11)

 

The Globe and Mail "Eliza Griffiths at Mercer Union", Gillian Mackay (11.10)

 

The Toronto Star. "Griffiths Grrls Just Wanna Have Fun", Christopher Hume. (Sept. 27)

 

Saturday Night. "A New Group of Seven", Melanie Scott. (July/August)

  MIX magazine. Cover image. (Vol. 22.4, Spring)