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
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