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JULIE GLADSTONE 

pronouns she/ her

languages spoken:  English, French, Spanish

  

Arts Education 

MFA Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media & Design, OCAD University (2022)

BFA Major in painting and drawing, minor in film studies, Concordia University (2007)

 

Gallery Representation 

Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (since 2020)

Emily Harding Gallery, Toronto, Canada (since 2016)

 

Grants, Awards and Scholarships

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship OCADU (2021)
  • Dean’s Scholarship OCAD University (2019)
  • Self Portrait Competition Winner at TAP Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto (2019)
  • Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (2017)
  • Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Emerging Artist Competition Winner (2016)
  • Toronto Arts Council. Visual Arts Grant for Emerging Artists (2014) 
  • Artscape Award. Best in Show at Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (2014)
  • Government of Quebec emerging artist grant and mentorship program (2008)

 

Artist Collective Membership

“Object(ive) Collect(ive)” 

with Steven Severn, Isaac King, Stephanie Angela, Vridhhi Chaudri , Anan Liaqat

 

Publications

  • Four Corners, Four Angels, Ten Stones, Ten Veils limited edition paperback with a forward by Mimi Gellman, published by Out and About Press, 2022
  • You are Not Wonderful Just Because You’re a Mother exhibition catalogue curated by Qiana Mestrich Artist/Mother Podcast 2020-21
  • Return to the Fortress artist book accompanying Return to the Fortress exhibition with support from the Museum of Jewish Montreal, 2019 
  • 20 Artists, hardcover book published by D.L Shelley and Jamie Thompson, 2021 
  • Thunder and Light, Marie Claire Blais - book cover, published by Anansi Press 2019
  • Tallahassee International exhibition catalogue, published by FSU Museum of Fine Arts,  2014

 

Teaching, Talks and Mentoring

  • Global Visual and Material Culture, Teaching Assistant, OCAD University, 2019
  • Living Maps alchemical healing class series, (via zoom) ongoing since 2020 
  • Student Mentor at Central Toronto Academy (CTA),  senior visual arts class with a focus on large environmental abstraction and exhibition preparation 2019
  • Lecture & Talisman making workshop, (via zoom)  Museum of Jewish Montreal, 2020 
  • Tête-À-Tête an evening of discussion with Emma Harake at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, (2019)  
  • Artist Talk for the Israeli Artists Association (2019) 
  • Artist Talk at SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland  (2015)

Curatorial

Director and curator of Gallery 555, a contemporary art space in the Annex, Toronto above Midoco Art Supplies from 2017 - 2018.  Featuring a montly rotation of solo and group exhibitions featuring emerging Canadian artists with a focus on nature, magic, spirituality and metaphysical themes.  

 

Residencies

  • Contingencies of Care Virtual Residency with OCAD University (2021)
  • David Melul Jewish Museum Artist Residency, Bejar, Spain (2019)
  • SIM International Artist Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland (2015)
  • Artscape Gibraltar Point Artist Residency (2014, 16, 18 and 19)

 

Solo + Duo Exhibitions 

  • Four Corners, Four Angels, Ten Stones, Ten Veils, OCADU Grad Gallery,  March 2022
  • River Variations, duo show with Vanessa McKernan, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa 2021
  • One for the Other, duo show with Clovis Alexandre- Desvareaux, Eleanor London Gallery Côte St. Luc Library, QC 2020
  • Return to the Fortress,  Museum of Jewish Montreal, Montreal QC 2019-20
  • La Fuente de Los Deseos Museo Judio David Melul, Casino Obrero,Bejar, Spain 2019
  • Julie Gladstone feature at Department of Canadian Heritage, Toronto 2018  
    The Secret Life of Rainbows Gallery 555 Toronto ON 2016  
  • Infinity Pool: Sublime Pop Paintings, Navillus Gallery Toronto, ON 2015
  • The New Sublime curated by Geoffrey Nawn, GN Contemporary Oakville, 2015 
  • Julie Gladstone- Selected Works  Artscape Youngplace Gallery Toronto, 2014
  • The Sky is Falling, Walnut Contemporary Toronto, ON 2013
  • Metaphysical Cartography, Walnut Contemporary Toronto, ON 2012
  • Salon D’impermanence, The Lumenarium Gallery, Montreal, QC 2008
  • Fossilized duo show with Glen LeMesurier, Galerie St. Viateur Montreal, QC 2008
  • The Life of Relics duo show with Matthew Thompson, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC 2007

 

Group Exhibitions 

  • Presently, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON  2020-21
  • You are Not Wonderful Just Because You’re a Mother,  curated by Qiana Mestrich for the  Artist/Mother Podcast 
  • Painting 2020 Group exhibition curated by Niki Dracos, director of  Hardward Contemporary, Toronto, ON
  • How to be a Rainbow in Dark Times  2020 Grow-Op Contemporary Art Fair curated by Lee Petrie, Gladstone Hotel, 2020 
  • Surface Tension Design TO Group Exhibition, Artport Gallery, Toronto 2019
  • Tarot 2018 Phylogeny Contemporary, Seattle 2018 
  • All Those Lines The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON 
  • Dripping in Paint  Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton ON 2017
  • Scapes Navillus Gallery  Toronto, ON 2016
  • Full Spectrum Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga, 2016
  • Buff???  SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland 2015
  • 15 Hot Artists to Watch in 2015, Canadian Fine Arts Gallery Toronto, ON, 2015
  • Human\\Nature curated by Kaitie Robertson, Navillus Gallery, 2015
  • 7 Painters curated by Geoffrey Nawn, GN Studios Contemporary Art Oakville 2015   
  • Best of TOAE Award Winners Exhibition, First Canadian Place 2014
  • Tallahassee International, curated by Jean Young, FSU Museum of Fine Arts 2014  
  • Immoderation curated by Megan Press, The Living Arts Centre, Missisauga, ON  2014
  • The Annual//Shifting Ground curated by Katherine Dennis The Gladstone Hotel 2013  
  • These Post -Neo-Pop Like Days  curated by Sabah Askara, Walnut Contemporary 2013
  • Walnut Contemporary Gallery launch exhibition curated by Amanda MacDonald 2012
  • Weather curated by Lee Petrie Toronto Pearson International Airport 2011
  • The Ocean Exhibition, Haida Heritage Museum, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, BC 2008

 

Select Press

2019

Culture Fancier Blog: Grow Op 2020
Canadian Art Agenda: Return to the Fortress at MOJM
Cult Montreal, Best of the Week: Return to the Fortress Vernissage 

Radio Salamanca, Hoy por Hoy, Interview, Salamanca, Spain. 

2018

I like Your Work Podcast / Studio Visit with Erika B Hess 

Anansi Press, cover art for Marie Claire Blais novel Thunder and Light. 

2017 

The Green Majority Podcast: Eco- Arts Roundtable 

Toronto Guardian: A Day In the Life of Toronto Artist Julie Gladstone

2016 

CBC Arts: Save The Planet, Adopt One of These Clouds
Toronto Life: These quirky installations are taking over the Gladstone Hotel 

Gladstone Hotel Blog: An Extreme Weather Event in Gladstone Lobby 

Akimbo Connects spotlight Gibraltar Point Artist Residency.

2014 

Mississauga News: Emerging Artists display contemporary works at LAC 

Filmartist Productions 30 second film.
Photonews Magazine, Portrait of An Artist: Panasonic Artist Feature
Artscape News: Interview with Julie Gladstone
CJN Eye on The Arts: At The Galleries
Notable.ca Julie Gladstone: Today’s Notable Young Professional
Navillus Gallery Blog For New Collectors

The Canadian Jewish News, Eye on Arts. “Artists Win Prizes in TOAE” 

2013 

Notable.ca by Erin Davis: Artist Profile and Review of “The Sky is Falling”           

Canadian Architect: The Annual: Shifting Ground at the Gladstone Hotel, October, 

View on Canadian Art, By Andrea Carson:“In The Studio with Julie Gladstone”

2012 

Plaid Magazine: Walnut Contemporary & Metaphysical Cartography         

In Conversation with Contemporary Canadian Art, By Trish Boon
Fiasco Magazine UK with Greg Swales 

 

Collections 

Museo Judio David Melul, Bejar Spain Ayuntamiento de Bejar, Spain 

The Battat Collection
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, 

City of Edmonton 

Private Collections in Canada, USA & England.