Artist's Resume

Portrait of Lori-Ann Bellissimo.

 

Born 1973, Toronto, Canada

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

 

2010: Pastiche, The Gallery at Star Hill, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009: Wild Card, Yelocentric, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009: Trust Is Earned, Galerie Taksu, Singapore, Singapore
2008: Site Specific, Galerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008: Gallery 129 Ossington, Toronto
2006: Floorplans, Louise Lipman Contemporary Art, Toronto

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

2009: Threefold: IX Gallery, Toronto
2009: Engine Gallery, Toronto
2008: Peninsula & Island, Galerie Taksu, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
2007: Winter's Chill, Gallery 129 Ossington, Toronto
2007: Art Interiors, Toronto
2007: Sussex Studio, Ottawa
2007: Singapore Art Fair, Gallery Taksu, Singapore
2006: Three Artists: De Leon White Gallery, Toronto
2005: Artsweek, TD Centre, Toronto

 

Selected Auctions and Art Fairs

 

 

2009: Ontario College of Art and Design Annual Who Dunnit Auction, Toronto
2008: Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2007: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto
2001: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto

 

Publications and Public Display

 

2009: Glam Magazine: “Art Attack” May 2009
2009: House and Home Magazine,  March, 2009
2008: Fido On The Spot: August 2008, Distillery District, Toronto 2007: Westside Lofts/ The Curve, Toronto
2006: Canadian Centre for Contemporary Art Database portfolio published on-line
2004: Storewatch October 5th, House & Home Television, Alliance Atlantis, Toronto

 

Residencies

 

2009: Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008: Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS 

 

Barclay’s Bank, Asia
M. Moser Associates, Malaysia and Hong Kong
and various private and other public collections

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS 

 

2001: Honourable Mention, Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto 
1993: Foreign Scholarship, Northumbria University
1992: Advanced Standing Third Yr. Studio; Tuition Scholarship, York University


EDUCATION

 

2000: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Bachelor of Education with Specialty, Toronto
1992-1996: York University, Bachelor Fine Arts with Specialized Honours, Toronto
1993-1994: Northumbria University Upon Tyne, Newcastle, U.K.
1987-1992: Claude Watson Fine Arts Program, Visual Arts Major, Toronto

 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

 

The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art : http://www.ccca.ca/

The Saatchi Gallery - Contemporary art in London: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/

 ArtReview page: http://www.artreview.com