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Education
2021/2022 Studio Works course and group mentorship with Iris Häussler, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Canada
2020/21 Turps Painting School, CC Mentorship Program, London, UK
2006 Honours BFA in Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Exhibitions
2024 (Fall) Affordable Art Fair - Spence Gallery, New York, NY
2024 (July) Seattle Art Fair - Spence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2023 Revelation in the Garden - solo exhibition, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2023 Affordable Art Fair - Spence Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2022 Night on the Lake - solo exhibition, Jones Gallery, Saint John, NB
2022 Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2022 New Perspectives, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021 The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog, Turps Mentorship Program Virtual Exhibition www.cohort.art
2021 River Variations - duo exhibition, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2020 Rites, Jones Gallery, Saint John, NB
2020 Gathering, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2020 Artist in Residence solo exhibition (virtual due to covid), Heliconian Hall, Toronto, ON
2019 Body of Work, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2019 Cabbagetown Arts & Crafts Festival, Toronto, ON
2019 The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2018 X: Ten Year Anniversary, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2018 Wonderous Ways, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2017 Day Trip, Gallery 555, Toronto, ON
2017 Layers; Women Artists of Our City, Partial Gallery Pop-Up, Toronto, ON
2017 The Interior Design Show, Partial Gallery Booth, Toronto, ON
2016 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2016 Between Land and Water, Solo Exhibition and Fundraiser for SKETCH, Private Residence, Toronto, ON
2015 Fragments, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2015 The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2014 Bean Art Exhibition, MakeWorks Studio, Toronto, ON
2014 Piano Children, Solo Exhibition, Ben Navee Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 Open Studio, Gutterbird Studios, Toronto, ON
2013 Salon Show, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Under the Table, A Pop-Up Exhibition hosted by Dahlhouse Productions, Los Angeles, CA
2009 El Interior, Solo Exhibition, Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
Grants and Awards
2024 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Creation Grant, Toronto ON
2020 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, 1st Grant, Montreal QC
2019 Richard Silver Award, Cabbagetown Arts & Crafts Festival, Toronto ON
2015 TYPE Competition Winner, The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto ON
2006 Cecil Buller John J.A. Murphy Scholarship for Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal QC
Artist in Residence
2019 - 2020 The Toronto Heliconian Club, Toronto ON
June 2009 Julia and David White Artist Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
April 2008 Julia and David White Artist Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
Press
Winter 2022 Art Maze Magazine Issue 31, Artist Profile Vanessa McKernan
Spring 2021 ShoutOut LA Interview, Meet Vanessa McKernan: Painter
Summer 2019 Luxe Magazine Canada, Artist Profile: Vanessa McKernan
Summer 2019 Torontoism.com, Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Fair Winner: Vanessa McKernan
Winter 2014 Feature in Descant Magazine, The Dead, the Divine and the In-Between, Issue 163; The Brink and the Break
Fall 2013 Iskuhi Avagyan, Taking the Leap; An interview with Vanessa McKernan, www.nowwhatpodcast.com
Summer 2013 Leander Kalil, On the Artist Vanessa McKernan
September 8, 2009 Al MacLeod, Painting a Mi’kmaq Legend, Guardian Newspaper, Charlottown P.E.I