Curriculum Vitae


Liz Menard, O.S.A.

Printmaker/Visual Artist/Educator

SELETED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2019            MONARCHS, MEXICO AND MILKWEED Toronto, Ontario
2018            NATURAL ENCOUNTERS (Artists’ Books) Spain
2017            WATERSHED Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ontario
2016            THE FALL OF THE RIVER Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2016            THE RIVER’S NATURE University of Toronto, Ontario
2014            TANGLED AND TAME Toronto Botanical Gardens, Ontario
2013            NATURE OF THE RIVER Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto
2013            A SENSE OF PLACE Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden
2013            LANDSCAPES NEAR AND FAR Hugh’s Room, Toronto
2012            NATURE OF THE RIVER Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2012            ITSY BITSY BOOKWORKS Zilberschmuck, Toronto, Ontario
2011            FANDANGO IN WASHI Toronto, Ontario
2011            URBAN NATURE Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario
2011            WASTELAND AND THE CITY Open Studio, Toronto
2011            NATURE & THE CITY Cedar Ridge Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007            EPHEMERALS Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
 
SELECTED GROUP & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Evovle Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2022 Fisher Small and Fine Press Fair, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto 2022 Old Growth Juried Exhibition Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2020            GROW OP 2020 (First prize) The Gladstone, Toronto, Ontario
THE BOOK AS ART: Interpretations Toronto
2019 QUEST NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Midland, Ontario
2019            INVITATIONAL WOODCUT, Nebraska, USA
2018            BAROMETRIC, Impact 10, Santander, Spain
BOTH SIDES NOW, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
MEMBER’S INK, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2017       SMALL PRESS EXHIBIT, Fisher Rare Book Library,University of Toronto
MOSAIC, Aurora, Ontario
THE FOREST & THE TREES,Grimsby Public Gallery, Ontario
NATURAL/UnNATURAL,Quest Art Gallery, Midland, Ontario
HELLO, I’M SORRY, I LOVE YOU, Georgia, USA
THE LIVING CITY, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
2016        OSA MEMBERS EXHIBITION, Toronto, Ontario
INNOVATIVE SUBSTRATES, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
OSA JURIED EXHIBITION, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville
U.S. NATIONAL PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION,Edinboro University, Pennsylvania, USA
SHIFT: ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRINT PRACTICES McMaster Gallery, McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario
2015            FRAMING TORONTO City of Toronto Acquisitions, Ontario
ART TORONTO, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
OPEN SESSIONS, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
EDITIONS, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
IN SEARCH OF BEAUTY II, Textile Museum, Ontario
2015            MYTHS AND LEGENDS,Atelier 6, Oregon,USA 
CONSIDERED, Quest Art Gallery, Ontario (Juror’s Award)
          ART OF THE BOOK 2013, University of New Brunswick, NB
        WINTER IN CANADA Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden
ART INTEGRATION City of Vaughan, Vaughan, Ontario
2014            INSPIRE Metro Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
OPEN STUDIO PRESENTS, Capitol One, Toronto, Ontario
ART OF THE BOOK 2013, Craft Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
TORONTO OUTDOOR EXHIBITION, Toronto, Ontario
ART OF THE BOOK, Rare Book Library, University of Victoria, British Columbia Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatchewan
THE PRINT SHOW, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario(Curry’s Art Award), Toronto, Ontario
O.W.N., Open Studio,Toronto, Ontario
2013            ART OF THE BOOK 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
A COMMITMENT TO WASHI,Tokyo Okyaku Ginza, Japan
            ART TORONTO, (with Open Studio), Toronto, Ontario
CARMICHAEL LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION, Orillia, Ontario
WILDERNESS MEMORIES, Huntsville, Ontario
BOOKWORKS, Impact 8, Dundee, Scotland
JUMELAGE COLLABORATION, Engramme, Quebec
JUMELAGE COLLABORATION, Open Studio, Ontario
THE PRINT SHOW, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
WHAT LIES BENEATH, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
VISIONS, Capital One, Toronto, Ontario
CHILDSIGHT, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2012         DE RERUM NATURA, World of Threads Oakville, Ontario
URBAN NATURE, Pearson International Airport, Ontario
ARTISTS AGAINST THE MEGA QUARRY, Toronto, Ontario
HOT OFF THE PRESSES, IDS, Toronto, Ontario
2011         THE PRINT SHOW,John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
WASHI NOW! Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Toronto, Ontario
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA), Milton, Ontario
Bank of Montreal (BMO), Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ontario
Rogers Communications, Toronto, Ontario
City of Toronto Art Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
Whitby Station Gallery, Ontario
Bodleian Rare Book Library, Oxford University, England
Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Numerous private collections
 
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & AWARDS
2020            First Place GROW-OP 2020, Toronto, Ontario
2019            First Place Quest Art Gallery, Midland, Ontario
2018            Paper and Book Intensive Residency Michigan, USA
2017            Playa Artist Residency Summer Lake, Oregon, USA
Hexagon Special Projects Fellowship, Open Studio
2016            Best in Show Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario
Atelier Circulaire Print Residency Montreal, Quebec
2015            Paper and Book Residency, Oxbow School of the Arts, USA
Best in Printmaking Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, ON
Juror’s Award Quest Art Gallery, Midland, Ontario
Award of Merit Art Integration Project, Vaughan, Ontario
2014            Curry’s Excellence Award The Print Show, Toronto, ON
2013            Japanese Paper Place Award John B. Aird Gallery, Ontario
2012            Non Toxic Intaglio Residency, Capileria, Spain
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant Station Gallery
             Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant Textile Museum
2011            Nick Novak Fellowship Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2010            Frank Faubert Memorial Art Award
City of Toronto Purchase Award
Engramme Print Residency, Quebec City, QC
            Atelier Circulaire Print Residency, Montreal, QC

CATALOGUES, PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2018            WAYZGOOSE ANTHOLOGY (2016, 2017 & 2018)
2017            THE FOREST & THE TREES REVIEW, Hamilton Spectator,
Hamilton, Ontario
CUTTING EDGE:  BOOK SCULPTURE AS PROTEST ART Book
Arts Canada
2016            OPEN STUDIO’S HISTORY Printopolis
SHIFT: ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PRINT,
McMaster University, Ontario
2015            ETCHING: A VALUABLE ADDITION TO YOUR BOOK ARTS
PRACTICE Book Arts Canada
UPPERCASE, Featured Printmaker, Calgary, Alberta
WINTER IN CANADA Agnes Jamieson Gallery
2013            THE ART OF THE BOOK Canadian Bookbinding and Book
Artist’s Guild, Victoria, British Columbia
            JUMELAGE: A COLLABORATIVE PRINT PROJECT 
2012            MAPPING A GEOGRAPHY OF CURIOUS SURFACES Maralynn
Cherry, Curator
2011            WHAT’S HOT? LOADS OF COLOUR R.M. Vaughan, The Globe
& Mail
2010             CANADIAN JURIED LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION Catalogue,
             AROUND THE FRAYED EDGES Catalogue,
            SURFACE & SYMBOL
2008             WORLD WASHI SUMMIT Catalogue
 
RELEVANT TEACHING & FORMAL EDUCATION
2020            Etching, Collograph, Drypoint, Relief, Artist’s books
2019            De/Constructing the Artist’s Book Faculty of Information,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2018            De/Constructing the Artist’s Book Faculty of Information,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2005            Master of Adult Education, University of Toronto, Ontario
            Honours Degree in History and English, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario
 
MEMBERSHIPS
2008            Artist Member of Open Studio
2012            Canadian Association of Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
2016 -2019      Elected Member of the Ontario Society of Artists
2011            Ontario Crafts Council
1996            Botanical Artists of Canada
 
VOLUNTEER WORK
Toronto Field Naturalists Toronto, (Board Member), Ontario
Migratory Marsh Bird and Nightjar Bird Monitor, Ontario
Artist Board Member Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario