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Education:

2020-2022: Master of Art History, Carleton University, Art and Architectural History and Curatorial Studies, Ottawa, ON.

2016-2018: Master of Fine Art (MFA), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.

2004-2008: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Fine Art, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS.

2002-2003: Portfolio Development Certificate Program, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON. 

Gallery Representation:

WallSpace Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Ottawa Art Gallery, Annexe, Ottawa ON.

Collections:

City of Ottawa’s Art Collection

Global Affairs Art Collection

R.W. Tomlinson Group of Companies, Ottawa, ON.

D-Squared Construction Ltd, Ottawa ON, corporate collection.

Lahey Architects, Ottawa, ON.

Publications / Guest Speaker

Ottawa Citizen https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-artist-eryn-oneill-is-finding-inspiration-in-lrt-construction-sites Blair Crawford, May 11th 2023

Ingenium Channel,Living in two worlds: Celebrating the Park Car Murals (available in French Vivre dans deux mondes : célébrer les murales de parcs des voitures de train

Policy Ignite “The Future of Transportation” August 5th, 2021.

Art East Ottawa Speaker Series, March 25th, 2021.

Kitchissipi Times, Ottawa Underground by Hollie Grace James, August 5, 2020, Ottawa ON.

Dwayne Brown Studio, Ottawa Entrepreneurs

Wallacks Art Supplies & Gallery, Blog: The Golden Artist Residency

University of Waterloo, Impact Stories, Waterloo artist Eryn O’Neill (MFA ’18) finds beauty in letting the paint run, by Carlos Saavedra, Office of Advancement

Selected Solo Shows:

Stage 2: The Construction of Ottawa’s Light Rail, 347 Preston Square, Ottawa ON., June 23-September 22, 2023.

Wallspace Gallery Travelling Vicariously: The High Line, March 5-26, 2022

Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa Underground, Ottawa, ON, June 18-July 11, 2020

Rotunda Gallery, Desire Paths, City of Kitchener September 2019.

Button Factory Arts. Strangely Familiar, Waterloo, ON June 28-July 20, 2019.

MFA Thesis Show, Restrictions of Routine, University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG), April 12-April 28th, 2018.

Bytown Museum, Our City, Ottawa, ON May 21st to September 8th, 2016.

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Urbanism, Ottawa, Ontario, June 28th to July 11th, 2012.

Dale Smith Gallery, Window Shopping, Ottawa, Ontario, October 15th to November 7th, 2010.

Undergraduate Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, NSCAD University, Alternate Perspectives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 28th to February 2nd 2008.

Selected Group Shows:

Interconnected, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe, January 3-April 13, 2023.

Drift with me Darling, Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa, ON., January 6-February 2, 2023.

Sam & Adele Gallery, Golden Artist Colours, Made in Paint New Berlin, NY, April 4-July 2020.

Orillia Museum of Art & History, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, September 29th – November 26 2018 (Juried).

Fresh Paint / New Construction 2017 – 13th Edition Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, 2017.

Impressions of a City, Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. June 5th to June 22nd 2014.

Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Celebration: Small Packages December 10th, 2010 to January 9 2011.

Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, NSCAD University, Graduation Exhibition Group Show, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 21st to April 27 2008.

Art Fairs:

The Artist Project, Toronto Ontario Canada, February 20-23rd 2020 (Juried Show).

Plus Art Fair, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton, ON. May 18th – May 21st, 2017.

The Artist Project, Toronto, ON February 2016 (Juried Show)

The Artist Project, Toronto, ON February 19th-22nd 2015 (Juried Show)

Ottawa Art Expo, Ottawa, October 25&26th 2014 (Juried Show)

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON July 4th to July 6th, 2014 (Juried Show)

The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON (Juried Show) 2009-2014

LOVE ART Fair, Toronto, ON May 8th to May 11th, 2014.

Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa Ontario, 2011-2014 (Juried Show)

Awards & Residencies:

Elizabeth Greenshields Representational Painting Award, April 2021.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Carleton University, 2021-2022

City of Ottawa 2020 Arts Funding Program: Creation and Production Grant for Professional Artists, June 2020

Invitation only - Pouch Cove Foundation Residency, Pouch Cove Newfoundland, December – January 2020 (Unable to Attend at this time). 

Region of Waterloo, Arts Fund Project Grant, Desire Paths, June 2019.

Elizabeth Greenshields Representational Painting Award, April 2019. 

Golden Foundation Artist in Residency, New Berlin, NY, March 2019.

Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant, March 2019.

Orillia Museum of Art & History, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, September 29th – November 26 2018 (Juried).

Teaching Certificate, CTE University of Waterloo, 2017.

Brush With Art, Work on display at the University of Waterloo and Stratford Campus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2017-2018.

Sylvia Knight Award in Fine Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, March 2018.

Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship, Supported by the University of Waterloo. Traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland under the supervision of artist Oliver Reed, June 16th to August 30th 2017.

Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT, March 2016

Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Visual Artists: Emerging Artist Grant, March 19, 2012.

AOE Jurors Choice Award, Selections: Juried Art Show, Shenkman Art Centre, Trinity Gallery, Ottawa ON, September 29th, 2011.

Awarded the Robert Pope Foundation Painting Scholarship, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 4, 2007.