Patrick Thompson
15 Bracondale Hill Rd
Toronto, ON, M6G3P3
evocal@gmail.com
Upcoming
2014
Residency, mural, youth workshops, Cape Dorset, NU
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
Larding and Barding: exhibition, w. Alexa Hatanaka, The Trace Gallery, Zurich,
CH
Au-Delà de cette limite, l'art s'en mêle, with Pascal Paquette Le Labo & Alliance
Française, Toronto
Evoke's Pancake House, Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Mistakeism, Trace Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Think Tent, Le Labo, Toronto, Ontario
Donnacona, w. Alexa Hatanaka, La Place Forte Gallery, Paris, France
Choose Your Own Adventure, Articulate Baboon Gallery, w. Alexa Hatanaka,
Cairo, Egypt
It’ll Come Out in the Wash, w. Alexa Hatanaka, 52 McCaul, Toronto, Ontario
One Night Stand, La Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
The Third Sex: Thai Ladyboys, La Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
The Third Sex: Thai Ladyboys, DDR Projects Gallery, Long Beach, California
The Matter, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Mechanically Separated, Midtown Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dripping Intuit, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
One UP, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Select Group Shows
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2010
2010
2009
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
Official Selection, Guanlan International Printmaking Biennale Exhibition,
Shenzen, China
Mutual Friends, Parentheses Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Wes Smoot and the 49ers, Anno Domini Gallery, San Diego, California
Wilderness Heart! Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
Discovery Show, Commerce Court, Toronto
Engine Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
One 2 Many, Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Housepaint Part2 - Shelter, Royal Ontario Museum, Institute for Contemporary
Culture, Toronto, Ontario
The Currency Show, Ignite, Well and Good Space, Toronto, Ontario
BOOM!, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia
Luminato, Housepaint Project, Toronto Ontario
Insular, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia
Poutine Never Sleeps, Lombardi Gallery, Austin, Texas
0.0, Okupa Space, Barcelona, Spain
BAC! Babylon, Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Canada Vs. Spain, Inoperable Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Canada Vs. Spain, INOPERABLE Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2007
2007
2007
2007
2005
2005
2004
Ignite, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Desert Generation, Artist House, Jerusalem and Ha’Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Portrait Show, Midtown Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
The One Piece Show, Snap Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hinterland Who's Who Fifty24SF Gallery, Upper playground, San Francisco, CA
OFFGRID Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Opposition Party, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Collections
2013
Art Gallery of Ontario, Sales and Rental Department, Toronto, Ontario
Select Mural and Installation
2013
2013
2013
2013
Village Community Schools: mural, w. Alexa Hatanaka, Chettipalayam, India
Glenalmond Private School: mural, w. Alexa Hatanaka, Perthshire, Scotland
World Pride 2014: mural, w. Alexa Hatanaka, Toronto, ON
Volvo Art Sessions Installation w. Alexa Hatanaka, Zürich Train Station, Zürich,
Switzerland
2013 Elders and Youth House Mural w. Alexa Hatanaka, Hall Beach, Nunavut
2012- Lakeshore Arts: Amos Waites Park Murals, w. Alexa Hatanaka, Toronto, ON
2013
2012 Hostelling International XingPing Mural, w. Alexa Hatanaka, XingPing, China
2012 Festival Murales, Escosesa Studio, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Mural for Kingulliit Productions and Rockin Walrus Festival, w. Patrick
Thompson, Igloolik, NU
2012 Canada Day interactive mural, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON
2011 Youth House and Visitor’s Lodge Murals, w. Patrick Thompson, Kangiqsujuaq,
Nunavik, QC
2010 Qikiqtani General Hospital, Mural with Jonathan Cruz & Alexa Hatanaka, Iqaluit,
Nunavut
2010 Chinatown Remix, Mural with Alexa Hatanaka, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 MOD Music School, Oakville, Ontario
2009 Alianait Mural, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2009 Akpik Festival Mural Part2 Kuujjuaq, Nunavik
2008 BOOM!, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia
2008 The Riches and the Bitches, Ignite the Americas headquarters, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Aqpik Festival Mural, Kuujjuaq, Nunavik
2008 Mural Painting, Quest University, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
2007 Outdoor Mural Installation, ALIANAIT Festival, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2007 Outdoor Mural Installation, Canadian Youth Arts Network, Toronto, Ontario
2007 ALIANAIT Festival, Mural Installation, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2006 Outdoor Mural, Singapore Contemporary Arts Museum, City Hall, Singapore
2006 United Nations World Urban Forum/ World Urban Festival, Painting Installation,
Judith Marcuse Projects, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Painting Under Pressure Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2005 Champlain Bridge Mural Project, National Capital Commission of Canada ,
Aylmer, Quebec
2004 Mischief, Misanthropy Gallery, Vancouver. British Columbia
2003
Singapore Street Festival, Mural Installation, Canada Council for the Arts travel
grant assistance with travel, Singapore
Residencies, Talks, Workshops
2013
2012
2012
2012
2011
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2002
Glenalmond Private School: mural, w. Alexa Hatanaka, Perthshire, Scotland
Guanlan Printmaking Base, residency, Shenzen, China
Artists in the Park residency, Parks Canada, Georgian Bay, ON
Assistant to Danny Osborne: Red Hot Lava sculptures, Kilauea, Hawaii
Le Labo, Toronto, Ontario
Art Now, artists lecture, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Mural Painting Workshop, Quest University, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Drawing from our Dreams, Wabano Center for Aboriginal Health, Ottawa, Ontario
Big Art, Nepean Visual Arts Center, Nepean, Ontario
Public Art and Graffiti workshop w. Ben Walker, Mural Painting Installation, 2007
Mother Theresa High School, Nepean, Ontario
Active Living Alliance of Canada, Mural Coordination, Ottawa, Ontario
Urban Camping, with S. Lee, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Teen Council, art workshops, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Assistant, Howard Esbin, Heliotrope: Creative Educational Tools and Games
until 2005
Recognition
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
CBC North, The Cape Dorset Mural Project (February)
Better Homes and Gardens (China), “Welcome to Print Art Village,” (January)
Nunavut News, Cover Story: “A Mural of Honour,” “Youth create art out of
discarded qamutiks,” (July)
CBC North, Iqaluit, NU (July)
Walls and Frames: Fine Art from the Streets, by Maximilliano Ruiz, Gestalten
CBC North, Iqaluit, NU (August)
Nunavut News (August)
Nunatsiaq News (July)
iAM eMagazine Vol.2, “Community Art Project” (March)
Spectator UK Online, “Painting the World’s Walls” (January)
A Face A Name: People Doing Well and Good
Elbeit Magazine, Arabic Design Magazine, Egypt (October)
CBC Radio, Ottawa (August)
Grants and Awards
2014
2013
2008
2008
2007
2007
First Air, travel assistance for Cape Dorset Mural Project
Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant
BC150 Community Arts Production Grant, BOOM! Oxygen Art Center, Nelson
BC
Luminato, Housepaint Project, Travel Assistance,
Schools Without Borders, Support for participation, Barcelona Contemporary Arts
Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain
Air North, Support for Travel, ALIANAIT FESTIVAL, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2007
2003
2001
Schools Without Borders, Support for participation, IGNITE Art Festival, Toronto
Canada Council for the Arts, travel grant recipient
Saw Video, Jumpstart grant recipient
Alexa Hatanaka
157 Clendenan Ave
M6P2W9, Toronto, ON
alexahatanaka@gmail.com
Education
2012
2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, with distinction, OCAD University
Art Fundamentals Diploma, Sheridan College
Upcoming
2014
2014
2014
Dead Reckoning, w. Aaron Li-Hill and Patrick Thompson, Hermann & Aubrey,
Toronto, ON
Residency, mural, youth workshops, Cape Dorset, NU
Year of Reconciliation: public art platform, Vancouver, BC
Solo and Two person Exhibitions
2014
2012
2011
2010
2010
Larding and Barding, w. Patrick Thompson, The Trace Gallery, Zurich, CH
Cultural Persistence, DDR Projects, Long Beach, CA
Donnacona, w. Patrick Thompson, La Place Forte, Paris, France
Choose Your Own Adventure, w. Patrick Thompson, Articulate Baboon, Cairo,
Egypt
It'll Come Out in the Wash, 52, Toronto, ON
Select Group Exhibitions
2014
2013
2013
2013,
2012
2012
2012
Hard Twist: This is Personal, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Guanlan International Printmaking Biennale Exhibition, Shenzen, China
Mutual Friends, Parenthesis, Halifax, NS
Discovery: Auction for the Mill Centre, Mill Centre, Toronto, ON
This We Know, Planet IndigenUS at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
Artsu Matsuri: art by Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,
Toronto, ON
2012 20 Under 30, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
2012 Under 30 at 30, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
2012 8 Vignettes: performance, w. Annyen Lam, The Music Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 Black Sheep, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2011 Answer, Nanjing Arts Institute, Nanjing, China
2010 Group Show, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Retrospective Show, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2010 ONE2MANY, Steamwhistle Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Contemporary Canadiana, AGO, Toronto ON
2010 Creative Type, 52, Toronto, ON
2010 Rise: Auction for Youthlink, 52, Toronto, ON
2010 Chapter 3, residency and exhibit, ManifesTO, Toronto, ON
Select Work, Murals, Residencies
2013
2013
2013
Glenalmond College: mural and artist talks w. Patrick Thompson, Perth, UK
World Pride 2014: mural, w. Patrick Thompson, Toronto, ON
The Mural Archive Project: workshops and mural facilitator, York University,
Toronto, ON (July-August)
2013 Volvo Art Session, performance and book, w. Patrick Thompson, Zurich,
Switzerland
2013 Elders and Youth Centre Mural, w. Patrick Thompson, Hall Beach, NU
2012, Youth art workshop animator, Igloolik, NU, Hall Beach, NU
2013
2012- Lakeshore Arts: Amos Waites Park Murals, w. Patrick Thompson, Toronto, ON
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
Guanlan Printmaking Base, residency, Shenzen, China (December)
Hostelling International XingPing Mural, w. Patrick Thompson, XingPing, China
Festival de Murales, w. Patrick Thompson, Barcelona, Spain
Artists in the Park residency, Parks Canada, Georgian Bay, ON (September)
Mother Theresa High School: workshop and mural facilitator, Ottawa, ON
Mural for Kingulliit Productions and Rockin Walrus Festival, w. Patrick
Thompson, Igloolik, NU
2012 Canada Day interactive mural, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON
2012 Art Instructor, The Children’s Art Studio, Toronto, ON
2010- Mural painter and Youth Mentor, NUSchool Design Agency, NU & Nunavik
2012
2012 Assistant to Danny Osborne: Red Hot Lava sculptures, Kilauea, Hawaii
2011 Chinatown Mural, w. Aaron Li-Hill, curated by Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto,
ON
2010- Public Murals in Toronto curated by Well & Good/ Brighten the Corners, Toronto,
2013 ON
2010 Feature Project: The Artist Project, w. Patrick Thompson, Queen Elizabeth
Building, Toronto, ON
2010 Invoice: Beautiful City Alliance Town Hall, arts coordinator and live painter,
Toronto, ON
2009 Paint Your Faith: live painting, Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, ON
2009 Christie Pitts Park mural, Toronto, ON
2008 Live Painting: CANSpace Festival, Scarbourough, ON
2008 Mural Facilitator for youth: Graffiti Transformation Project, DPNC, Toronto, ON
2007, LuminaTO: live painting, Distillery District, Toronto, ON
2008
Awards and Collections
2014 Ontario Arts Council: Craft Development
2014 Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant
2013 Toronto BIA Mural of the Year
2013 Short-listed, Guanlan Printmaking Base Biennial
2012 Ontario Arts Council: Chalmers Fellowship
2012 Accuscreen Supplies Inc. Award
2012 Bell-Trinity Square Permanent Collection, Toronto
2012 Best in Printmaking, OCAD University Figure Show
2011 OCAD University Third Year Printmaking Award
2011 Nanjing Arts Institute, Two Original Prints acquired
2011 Short-listed, Guanlan Printmaking Base Biennial
2011 OJS Travel Scholarship to study in Nanjing, China
2010 Chinatown Mural Competition, Ottawa
2009 OCAD University Second Year Printmaking Award
2009 The Altered Book Project, Toronto Reference Library
2009 Art Map, ManifesTO Festival, City Councillor’s Office: Ward 13, Toronto
2006 Follett’s Textbook Scholarship
2006 Sheridan Student Union Entrance Award
Recognition
2014
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
The Grid, “Nunavut-bound artists Alexa Hatanaka and Patrick Thompson” q
(March)
The Origami, “Wonder Walls” (December)
Hidden Toronto, Kathy Toth
Better Homes and Gardens (China), “Welcome to Print Art Village,” (January)
Global Street Art, “Interview with Toronto’s Alexa Hatanaka,” (November)
The Globe and Mail, "Graffiti artists using vandalized communities as clean
canvas" (August)
Nunavut News, Cover Story: “A Mural of Honour,” “Youth create art out of
discarded qamutiks,” (July)
CBC North, Iqaluit, NU (July)
BlogTO, "Iconic West Queen West Mural Needs a New Home" (May)
The Grid, “Know Vacancy: 1040-1042 Queen St. W.” (March)
The Toronto Star, “Behind the Scenes of the Tagging Along street art walking
tour” (March)
CBC North, Iqaluit, NU (August)
Nunavut News (August)
Nunatsiaq News (July)
iAM eMagazine Vol.2, “Community Art Project” (March)
Spectator UK Online, “Painting the World’s Walls” (January)
A Face A Name: People Doing Well and Good
Elbeit Magazine, Arabic Design Magazine, Egypt (October)
CBC Radio, Ottawa (August)
Late Night in the Bedroom, Online show, Toronto
Certifications
2013 Boom Lift: Indoor and Outdoor, Torcan Lift Equipment