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

March 18 - April 10, 2011.Our Game AHL: Art Hockey Life. Gallery 78, 796 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB.

Nov. 15-2010-April 20, 2011. First Annual International Juried Exhibition for Art in Sport. National Art
Museum of Sport at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Indianapolis, IN. “Kawartha White Pine”, 24” x 48” recycled hockey gear on plywood, 2007; selected, as the sole representative from Canada, Honorable Mention- Painting/2D.

October 2010 – ongoing. Installed three large-scale installation paintings at the Bill Bolton Arena,
in Toronto. Plans to install more works as they are completed.  Apple Island, Grand Lake and Spruce Bog are there presently.

Sept 17-19 ,2010. Barilko: Lost and Found. The Gladstone Hotel’s Queen West Art Fair, curated by Britt
Welter-Nolan. Toronto, ON. Large scale installation piece in a diorama setting with animals
and animated digital work.

April 29 2010 – June10 2010 HockeyTown,Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB. In
conjunction with the 2009 Mastercard Memorial Cup, I returned for the week of the Cup to conduct workshops and watch hockey. Circulated by MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. Installation of large-scale hockey pieces and hockey trees. Catalogue with essays by Dave Bidini and Sandra Fraser.

Feb 2010 – ongoing. Installed “Grand Lake Park” in the lobby of the Stouffville Arena on Ninth Line
Road, concurrent with the Latcham Gallery exhibition. The Arena has expressed a wish to keep it there.
Feb 20 2010 – April 3 2010 HockeyTown, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON. Circulated by
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. Installation of large-scale hockey pieces and hockey trees. Catalogue with essays by Dave Bidini and Sandra Fraser.

Oct 2009 “Lonsdale 25 Redux”, Nuit Blanche installation in a project space at the Gladstone
Hotel, Toronto, ON. Large-scale landscape using gallery archive materials.

Sept 22nd - Oct 13 2009 LANDskates, distill inc., Toronto, ON. 13 smaller hockey landscapes and 1
large-scale work.

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
New York Times, Slapshot - News From the World of Hockey. "How Flin Flon Explains the World: Stret Hockey and Bill Barilko" Dave Bidini, September 30, 2010. http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/how-flin-flon-explains-the-world-street-hockey-and-bill-barilko/

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