curriculum  vitae                                                                                                             

416-324-8411(h)     liz@lizpead.com    416-994-1602(c)

education
Ontario College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Art,
OCAD Medal Winner, Painting and Drawing 2007

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design 1990 –1995
Fabric Surface Design; Diploma in Fine Craft, 1993.
Textiles; Diploma in Fine Craft, Director’s List, 1995.

selected exhibitions
Dec 4 2008 –Feb 22 2009 MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. Installation of large-scale  hockey pieces and hockey trees.

Sept 19 2008 Parking Day. Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto,ON.
Constructed a green space on a City of Toronto parking spot on Spadina
Road. Hockey trees, sod and Muskoka Chairs

May 2008 – Contact 2008, Veil. Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto,
ON. Cadence Collective project, interactive water environment

May 2007 – OCAD Graduate Exhibition, Tour de Force. Ontario College of Art
and Design, 100 McCaul St, Toronto. Medal Winner, work featured in the
Great Hall, 3 paintings and 5 paintings in the department.

March 21-April 14, 2007 – More Than Enough. Ontario College of Art and Design
Student Gallery, 285 Dundas St. West, Toronto ON. Group show with Neena Bikram, Randy Gange, Jonna Pederson and Stacey Sproule.

Summer 2005 – Exploring My Inner Tom Thomson. McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinberg,
Ontario. Granted studio space in the Tom Thomson shack to paint and exhibit work.

Nov. 2001 – Mar. 2002 – 1999 – 2000 New Brunswick Art Bank Acquisitions Exhibition.
Lieutenant Governor’s residence, Fredericton and New Brunswick Museum, Saint John. The Province of New Brunswick purchased “Cape Enrage“ for their permanent collection.

publications
Toronto Star, A6 Turf War Over Parking Spot. Francine Kopun, Saturday, September 20,2008.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lfilxsT83uw/SNVeebPQRqI/AAAAAAAAAto/q0TsjDst_zk/s1600-h/the+star.jpg

Toronto Star, E16 Hockey As Art, Galleries Probe the Nation’s Pastime. Peter Goddard, Saturday, December13th, 2008.
http://www.thestar.com/article/552466

The Barrie Examiner,E1 MacLaren Exhibit Shoots and Scores. Susan Doolan. Saturday, January 3rd,2009. http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1371088