LINDA CHALMERS

EDUCATION

2009 BFA – Drawing and Painting, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Strip(e)s, Cell Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto
  Chromophobia, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto

2009 Swirls, Whirls, and Constructed Spaces, Launch Projects, Toronto
  Compendium of Consciousness, Cell Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012  Dream Continuum, CIRCUIT 12 Contemporary, Dallas (forthcoming)

2011  Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, Toronto
  State of the Art, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
  The Next Big Thing, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto
  The Artist Project Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto

2010 Art Toronto 2010, 11th Toronto International Art Fair, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto
   Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, Toronto
   The Triumph of the Therapeutic, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
   Multifaceted, Gallery 1313, Toronto
   Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters, Mississauga
   The Next Big Thing, OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto
   Recall, Scarborough Arts Council's 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Corridor Gallery, Toronto
   Cause & Effect, Ontario Society of Artists' 136th Annual Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
   The Artist Project Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
    Group exhibition, Venus Gallery, Aurora
  Art for Chilled Hearts, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
 
2009  BANK on ART, ATM Exhibition (site intervention curated by Kelly McCray), Toronto
  Confinement, Nuit Blanche 2009, Gallery 1313, Toronto
  Park It Over Your Sofa!, Queen West Art Crawl, Gallery 1313, Toronto
  Impulse Equation, Switch Contemporary, Toronto  
  Art on Ossington, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
  Just Add Water, Sleeping Giant Gallery, Toronto
  Group exhibition, Muse Gallery, Toronto
  Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Financial Services Canadian Headquarters, Mississauga
  Opening the Universe, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
  Sensory Traffic, CONTACT 2009, OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto
  OCAD+, 94th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
  OCAD Retrospective, OCAD Great Hall, Toronto

AWARDS & GRANTS
2010 Scion Session Art Grant, The Cheaper Show and Scion
  Award of Merit, The Ontario Society of Artists and DeSerres
  Art Here Canada Wide Art Contest Winner, NEWAD

2008 Catherine Daigle Award, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 Invited Alumni Artist Presenter, OCAD U Drawing & Painting Thesis Program, OCAD U, Toronto
  Panelist, CONNECT Students and Alumni (7 April 2011), OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto

COLLECTIONS
UBS Bank, Toronto
Private collections in North America

MEDIA
2011 "Linda Chalmers." BOOOOOOOM! (12 October 2011),
  http://www.booooooom.com/2011/10/12/artist-painter-linda-chalmers/
  I Sea Monster. Spring 2011, http://www.iseamonster.com/

2010 “The Good Artist: Linda Chalmers.” the good (1 December 2010),
  http://blogthegood.tumblr.com/post/2064660824/the-good-artist-linda-chalmers
  Camplin, Todd. "Linda Chalmers." The Art Review (17 June 2010),
  http://theartreviewer.blogspot.com/2010/06/linda-chalmers.html
  Poor But Sexy. Volume II, 2010
  Lighthouse Wire Magazine. Volume 8, 2010