Christian McLeod

profile | CV | artist's statement

89 Ossington Ave. Toronto, Ont. M6J 2Z2

Tel: 416-300-1601
email: contact@christianmcleod.com
web: www.christianmcleod.com

Education

1990-92 Toronto School of Art, Fine Art Studies. Graduate Diploma Program

Solo Exhibitions

2011 La Parete Gallery, Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada

2010 Gallery Page and Strange, 1869 Granville Street, Halifax, Canada

2008 Craig Scott Gallery, 95 Berkeley Street, Toronto, Canada

2007 Craig Scott Gallery, 95 Berkeley Street, Toronto, Canada

2006 Engine Gallery 1112 Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada

2004 Coop Gallery, 112 Scollard Ave. Toronto On. Canada

Group Exhibitions

2011 Art/Not Art Seattle Washington USA
2011 Noir - Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art – Guelph, Canada.
2011 Gallery Page and Strange, 1869 Granville Street, Halifax, Canada.
2011 La Parete Gallery – Canadian Painters 1950’s to 2010. Toronto, Canada

2010 Creative Art Gems – Creative Works Studio . Judy Scolnik – Heffel Auction Canada Toronto

2010 ReCall - The Corridor Gallery - The Centre for Creative Communications Centennial College Toronto

2009 Creative Art Gems – Creative Works Studio . Judy Scolnik – Heffel Auction Canada Toronto

2008 Nuit Blanche Toronto - Studio Exhibition, # 89 Ossington Ave. Toronto

2008 AWOL Gallery – Square Foot Exhibition, 100A Ossington Ave Toronto.

2008 The Forest for the Trees - St. FX University Art Gallery University Art Gallery

1st Floor Bloomfield Centre St. Francis Xavier University PO Box 5000 Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

2008 Creative Art Gems - Creative Works Studio . Judy Scolnik – Heffel Auction Canada

2007 Galleria di Arte Contemporanea Il Gabbiano La Spezia COMUNICATO STAMPA mostra The Forest For The Trees, Italy.

2007 Art with Heart, Ritchie's Auction House, Casey House Benefit Auction, Toronto.

2007 Nuit Blanche Toronto - Studio Exhibition, # 89 Ossington Ave. Toronto.

2007 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada.

2006 Lonsdale Gallery, Forest for the Trees - Curated by Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Francesca Vivenza, Anne Callaghan. Toronto, Canada

2006 T.A.A.F.I. with Craig Scott Gallery, Gladstone Hotel and Drake Hotel, Queen St. Toronto, Canada

2006 T.I.A.F -Toronto International Art Fair, Booth # 325, Engine Gallery.

2006 Art with Heart, Ritchie's Auction House, Casey House Benefit Auction, Toronto.

2006 Craig Scott Gallery - 95 Berkeley Street, Toronto M5A 2W8

2006 Engine Gallery - 1112 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1H9

2005 Bau-Xi Gallery, Art with Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Toronto.

2005 Engine Gallery - 1112 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1H9

2004 Queen West Art Crawl, Artscape, #363 Sorauren Ave #403, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2004 Salon du Printemps, AGDC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004 Gladstone Hotel, Speak Easy Exhibition, Queen West, Toronto Ont. Canada

2002 Propeller Art Centre, WegWay Exhibition, Queen W. Toronto Canada.

2001 Art Focus Magazine Annual Exhibition, Juried Show; Metro Hall, Toronto

1998/99 Louise Smith Gallery, 17 Prince Arthur Ave. Toronto, Canada.

Selected Bibliography

‘Further Unmanned Strategies’ Feature article Magazin Art, Montreal, Quebec- Summer Issue 2008

'Particles' grouping of 9 4"/5" oil on canvas. The Naked Ape, 1st Issue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

'Bot Flag', Weg-Way Primary Culture 4, Fall 2002 Editor and Publisher: Steve Armstrong.

'Bot Family', Annual Exhibition, Art Focus Magazine, Spring 2002, Pat Fleisher, publisher.

'Skating on Inkwells' Cover Painting; Queen Street Quarterly Summer 1998 Vol.2, No.2

Professional Affiliations

Individual Member. Visual Arts Ontario 1153-A Queen St. W. Toronto On.

Individual Member. C.A.R.F.A.C. 401 Suite 440, Richmond St. W. Toronto, On.

Individual Member. Toronto Arts Coalition, 141 Bathurst St. Toronto ON M5V 2R2

Awards

"Annual Art Focus Exhibition," Art Focus Magazine, Spring 2002.: Oil Painting

Reviews

John K. Grande The Drones, the Paint & the Cinetic Flip; - January 2009.

Gary Michael Dault - Ascending Language – 2007.

Jake Brennan, Annex Gleaner ‘Brillant colour joins eastern tradition’ December 2001.