Liz Menard
Printmaker/Visual Artist/Educator

I am honoured to have been selected as Open Studio’s Nick Novak Fellow for 2011-2012. This prestigious printmaking Fellowship will afford me the opportunity to further my print-based work. The Fellowship will culminate in an exhibition at Open Studio, 104-401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario in October, 2012.

Juried,  Solo & Group Exhibitions
October, 2011 The Print Show John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Fall 2011 Japanese Paper Place Fall Exhibition Toronto, Ontario
September, 2011 Kawartha Arts Festival, Fenelon Falls, Ontario
August, 2011   Alive With Culture – Guild Arts, Toronto, Ontario
July, 2011   Art in the Park, Toronto, Ontario
June, 2011   Riverdale Art Walk Toronto, Ontario
May – June 2011  Fandango in Washi / 2011 World Washi Summit, Toronto, Ontario
May, 2011 100 Prints Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
January, 2011 – February 2011  Wasteland and The City, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
September – October 2010  40 Years 40 Prints 40 Printmakers, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
October-November 2010 Revealing the Matrix: Print and Plate Exhibition,Proof Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
November 20, 2010 Washi Show, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
September, 2010Queen West Art Crawl Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Ontario
July – September, 2010 Canadian Juried Landscape Exhibition, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario
September, 2010 Kawartha Arts FestivalFenelon Falls, Ontario
July, 2010 Art in the Park Harrison Estates Toronto, Ontario
June, 2010 Group Exhibition, Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario
June, 2010 Riverdale Art Walk Toronto, Ontario
May-July, 2010 Hugh’s Room Toronto, Ontario
May, 2010 100 Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
April, 2010 Recall, Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario
March – May, 2010 Around the Frayed Edges, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario
March, 2010 The Artist’s Project Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
November, 2009 – January, 2010 Bluff’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
December 1999 – 2009 Artist Proof Sale, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
December, 2007 – 2009 Atelier Circulaire Montreal, Quebec
December, 2009 Art Fair Riverdale Historical Society, Toronto, Ontario
November, 2009 Words and Images, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto
September-October, 2009 20 Questions Portfolio Project Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
August-September, 2009 The Kawartha Arts Festival Fenelon Falls, Ontario
July, 2009 Art in the Park Harrison Estates, Toronto, Ontario
June – July 2009 The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
May – June, 2009 Get Lit Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, Ontario
March – May 2009 Hugh’s Room Toronto, Ontario
May, 2009 100 Prints Toronto, Ontario
August, 2008 Kawartha Arts Festival Fenelon Falls, Ontario
July, 2008 Festival of Fine Art Bobcaygeon, Ontario
June, 2008 World Washi Summit Proof Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
May, 2008 100 Prints Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.  Juried Show & Silent Auction
October, 2007 Botanical Artists of Canada Todmorden Mills, Toronto, Ontario
April, 2007 Ephemerals (Solo Exhibition) George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
May, 2007 100 Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.  Juried Show & Silent Auction
September-November 2007 Ink-Shop Print Exchange Ithaca, New York, USA
March, 2007 Canada Blooms Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
April, 2006 Deal Me In, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
May, 2001, 2002, 2006 100 Prints Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.  Juried Show & Silent Auction
November 2001 Grand Manan Retrospective Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario

Awards
July, 2011 Nick Novak Fellowship Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
April, 2010 Frank Faubert Memorial Award for Art
April, 2010 City of Toronto Purchase Award

Publications and Interviews
2010 Canadian Landscape Juried Exhibition Catalogue Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden Hills Cultural Centre, Minden, Ontario
2010 Around the Frayed Edges Catalogue, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Laurie Carmount, Curator, Minden Hills Cultural Centre, Minden, Ontario
May/June, 2010 Surface & Symbol Featured Artist, Toronto, Ontario
April/May, 2010 …being held together by a thread featured in Surface & Symbol, Toronto, Ontario
March/April, 2010 Four Mile Lake featured in Surface & Symbol, Toronto, Ontario
June, 2008 Monotropa Uniflora World Washi Summit Catalogue Toronto, Ontario
July 10, 2008 Newswatch News at Six CHEX TV, Peterborough, Ontario
February, 2007 Nine of Hearts playing card featured in The Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario

Residencies
February, 2010  Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec

November, 2010 Engramme, Quebec City, Quebec

Juries
Fall 2009  Artist Residencies & Guest Renter Program, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario

Most Recent Volunteer Work
November, 2009-Present Board Member Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
Committees have included: Chair of the Education Committee, Printopolis Committee, Hiring Committee, Health & Safety
2008 – 2009 Membership Committee Member, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Volunteer Co-ordinator 100 Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Catalogued Humberside Collegiate Institute’s Print Collection