Janice Mason Steeves Biography

EDUCATION

• 1997 Ontario College of Art and Design, Honours Drawing and Painting

• 1984-1993 Studied drawing and painting with various instructors

• 1969 M.A. clinical Psychology, University of Manitoba

• 1967 B.A. University of Manitoba, major in Psychology

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2006 ‘Mudan’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 2005 ‘A Light on the Ganges’, Trias Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2004 ‘Flower’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
  Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, QC

• 2003 ‘Flowers for Rose’,Trias Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2002 ‘Peony’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
  ‘To Hold a Fleeting Moment’, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, QC

• 2001 ‘The Journey Home’, Trias Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2000 ‘Red Passages’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 1998 ‘Memories and Dreams’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario

• 1992 ‘Ice Works’, The Gallery at Inniskillin Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
  ‘First Light’, Burlington Art Centre, Perry Gallery, Burlington, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2006 ‘Regeneration’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
  ‘Voices’, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON

• 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON

• 2004 Flower/Fleur’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 2002 ‘Go Figure’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
  10th Anniversary Exhibition, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
  ‘About Water’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
  ‘About Water’, Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery, Markham, ON

• 'Water’, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

• 2000 ‘Into Body’, Frederick Horseman Varley Gallery of Markham, ON
  Toronto International Art Fair 2000, Toronto, ON
  ‘Perspectives 2000’, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
  ‘Flora 2000: The Millennium in Japan’, Awaji Island, Japan
  ‘OSA 2000: Representation’, The Lieutenant-Governor’s Suite, Toronto,   ON

• 1999 ‘Perspectives ’99’, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
  ‘Eine Stunde Westlich’, Ontario Society of Artists Members Show, Kitchener, ON
  ‘In the First Person: Five Women from the Prairies’, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
  ‘The Great Round’, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON
  ‘Spirit Mind Body’, John Black Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 1998 Arts and Letters Club, 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  Image 98, Ontario Society of Artists’, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
  ‘Perspectives ’98’, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
  ‘A Space for Light’, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON

• 1997 Art and Healing’, Artwest Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming
  Ontario Society of Artists-Member’s Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• ‘Perspectives ’97’, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
  Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

• 1996 O.C.A.D. Atrium Show-Official Launch of New Name, Toronto, ON

• 1994 Ontario Society of Artists, First Canadian Place, Toronto, ON
  Ontario Society of Artists, Neilsen Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, ON

• 1993 National Watercolour Society, Los Angeles, California
  Society of Canadian Artists, Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

• 1992 Perry Gallery, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

• 1988 Oakville/Neyagawa Art Exchange, Oakville, ON and Neyagawa, Japan
  Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• 2000-2003 President, Ontario Society of Artists

• 2000-2003 Chair of the Water Project, an Ontario wide arts initiative involving 67 galleries

• 1998-2000 Vice President, Exhibition Chair, Ontario Society of Artists

• 1994-1996 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Executive

• 1990Exhibition Chair, Burlington Fine Arts Association

• 1989 Publicity Chair, Burlington Fine Arts Association

PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MEDIA

• 2004 “Summer Gardens Captured on Canvas”, The Toronto Star

• 2003 Painting featured on HGTV, Designer Guys
  International Artists Magazine, Master Painters, Canada Showcase
  Feature article: “Cycles” in Stir Magazine, Toronto, ON
  Radio interview on CBC Radio One re: ‘The Water Project’

• 2000 “Artist Captures the Peony’s Fragility”, The Burlington News

• 1999 “Plugged In”, Mississauga Cable TV interview re: ‘In the first person.
  “The Wild Women of the West”, Mississauga News Forum
  “Plugged In”, Burlington Cable 23 television interview re: ‘The Great Round’

• 1998 “Historical Vessels”, The Oakville Beaver
  “A Space for Light”, Fusion Magazine
  Hamilton Cable 14 TV, Carnegie Gallery Interview

• 1997 TV 23 Interview, Burlington Art Centre

• 1993 Portfolio”, The Oakville Beaver

• 1992 CIUT Radio Interview with Jodi Glaser
  Cover Story, Niagara Falls Review
  “Refreshing Art Exhibition at Inniskillin”, The Niagara Guardian
  “Baffin Island Majesty on Display”, Burlington Spectator

AWARDS

• 1998 Arts & Letters Club, 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Honourable Mention

• 1996 Nora Vaughan Award Ontario College of Art

• 1992 Exhibition Assistance Grant 
  Burlington Fine Arts Assoc., Best in Show
  Burlington Fine Arts Assoc.

• 1987 Central Ontario Art Assoc., Elora, ON

COLLECTIONS

• Absolute Travel

• Affinity Wealth Management

• Bishop Strachan School

• CIBC World Markets, London, UK

• Dan Lawrie Insurance

• Deloitte and Touche

• First Gulf, Mississauga

• Froymeyer Holding, California, USA

• Glista and Associates

• Group Dynamite

• Halton Children’s Aid Society

• Hilborn Ellis Grant

• HOOPP (Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan)

• HQ Headquarters

• Intrawest Corporation

• Kilmer Van Nostrand Inc.

• National Bank Financial

• Newton & Blair Design Association

• Pontalex

• Restaurant Anise

• Taggart and Galt PLC Inc.

• Taylor Leibow

• The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Diploma Collection

• The Manor House, London, UK

• The Residences of the Artisan, Toronto

• Thistle Mining, Edinburgh, UK

• Trafalgar Capital Management

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