Paula McLean
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    • 2016 - 2017
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Education

b. 1995 (Sarnia, Ontario)

2019    MFA  University of Waterloo
2017    BFA  (Studio Art) Concordia University

Exhibits

2020    Bar Installation, the plumb, Toronto, ON
             "Stem to where we grew stuck", Hearth, Toronto, curated by Benjamin de Boer and Sameen Mahboubi
             "Come Up To My Room", Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2019     Members' Show, Forest City Gallery
              Ladies Drawing Club, online exhibition, St. Petersburg Russia
​             "Experience It Firsthand", w/Erica Mendritzki (curated by Tess Martens), The Front Room Gallery, Waterloo
             "To Catch A Glimpse of Things", MFA Thesis Exhibit, University of Waterloo Art Gallery
             Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
             "I Blink My Eyes To Keep The Time", Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
             "The Same Things At The Same Time", Gallery in the Grove
2018    "Fresh Paint / New Constructions", Art Mur, Montreal
             "Brush With Art", University of Waterloo
​              MFA Second Year Exhibition, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo
2017     "Common Ground", Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
             MFA First Year Exhibition, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo
             "Studio 7", JMSB Building, Concordia University, Montreal
             Woodstock Art Gallery (juried), Woodstock, Ontario (juror: Gary Evans)
             "Transitions", Jess Butler Curatorial Projects
2016    "Fragments", Mainline Gallery, Montreal
            "Bazaarts", Mainline Gallery, Montreal
            Concordia University, Visual Art Building, Montreal
            St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre juried exhibit, St. Thomas, Ontario
            "Biennial Juried Exhibition", Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
            "Come Together", curated by Barbara Astman, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
            "Multitudes", Galerie Onze, Montreal
            "Invitational 2016", Gallery in the Grove, Bright's Grove, Ontario
            Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, Sarnia, Ontario
2015    Woodstock Art Gallery (juried), Woodstock, Ontario (jurors: Ted Fullerton, Natalka Husar)
            Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, members exhibit, Sarnia
            Lawrence House Centre for the Arts (juried), Sarnia

Curatorial Projects

2020.   "An Immense Sea", recent works by Tyler Matheson, Artspay, Waterloo, Ontario

Awards, Honours, Experience

2019    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2018    Shantz International Scholarship, Ireland
            studio assistant, Ciaran Murphy, Ireland
2017    Interfold Magazine (images), Montreal
2016    image publication, The Void Magazine, Montreal
            Best in Show, "Invitational 2016", Gallery in the Grove
            Award of Merit, "Invitational 2016", Gallery in the Grove
2015    Second Prize, juried exhibit, Lawrence House Centre for the Arts
            artist assistant, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2013    Gallery in the Grove Scholarship, Bright's Grove, Ontario
            Senior Visual Art Award, Northern Collegiate, Sarnia
            Teachers' Choice Award, Lambton County Student Art Exhibit
2012    Teachers' Choice Award, Lambton County Student Art Exhibit
2011    model in Adad Hannah project, "The Diversions"


Residencies


2020    Artscape Gibraltar, Toronto Island
2019    NES Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland

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  • To Catch A Glimpse of Things
  • stem to where we grew stuck
  • Reliant Devices
  • Paintings
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2016 - 2017
  • Drawings
  • Scans
  • Sculpture
  • CV
  • Contact