Lex Buchanan

LEX BUCHANAN

b. 1986, Toronto, Ontario.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010     Dissolution - 2 of 2 Gallery (Toronto, ON)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011         Abstract Implications - Steam Whistle Brewery (Toronto, ON)

2010         Interminable Impressions - Earth and Fire (Toronto, ON)

                 Queen West Art Crawl Outdoor Exhibition and Sale - Trinity Bellwoods Park (Toronto, ON)

                 1000 for $10 - Hotshots Gallery (Toronto, ON)

2009         Facibat - OCAD off campus studio (Florence, IT)

2008         OCAD Graduate Exhibition - OCAD (Toronto, ON)

                Torontoism - 49.1 Gallery (Toronto, ON)

                 Reveal - Beaver Hall Gallery (Toronto, ON)

2007         Re:Collected - OCAD Transit Space  (Toronto, ON)

                 EAGER (Emerging Artist Group Exhibition Revealed) - St. Matthews United Church (Toronto, ON)

                 Art Jam 3 - Rancho Relaxo (Toronto, ON)

                 Square Foot Show - Awol Gallery (Toronto, ON)

                 Estate of the Artifice - OCAD Transit Space (Toronto, ON)

                 Facade - OCAD 49.1 Gallery (Toronto, ON)

                 Masquerade - Latvian House (Toronto, ON)

                 Art Jam Strikes Back - Rancho Relaxo, (Toronto, ON)

                 Retrospective - OCAD Great Hall (Toronto, ON)

                 Art Jam - Rancho Relaxo (Toronto, ON)

                 Give It Up Show for Charity - St. Patricks Church (Toronto, ON)

                 The One I Love the Most - Gorilla Monsoon (Toronto, ON)

2006         Enter the Thunder Dome - Gorilla Monsoon (Toronto, ON)

                 Methinks: N.Y.C Jam - Cinecycle (Toronto, ON)

2005         Undressed - OCAD Transit Space (Toronto, ON)

                 Art Salad - Gorilla Monsoon (Toronto, ON)

                 Be Mine: Valentine’s Day show - Propeller Gallery (Toronto, ON)

                 Open Mic Night - OCAD Great Hall (Toronto, ON)

                 Whodunit - OCAD Auditorium (Toronto, ON)

2004         1^st Year Exhibition - Xpace (Toronto, ON)

                1^st Year Painting Competition - OCAD First-Year Exhibition Hall (Toronto, ON)

COLLECTIONS

2010         Private Collections (Toronto, On)

2007         Commissioned house portraits for private Clients (Toronto, ON)

                 Series of drawings for private client (Guelph, ON)

2006         Series of paintings for private client, (Toronto, ON)

                 Mural for private residence (Salmonier, NFLD)

2005         Mural for private residence (Guelph, ON)

                 Mural for private residence (Guelph, ON)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2008-09   Advanced Certificate of Visual Studies - Ontario College of Art and Design (Florence, IT)

2004-08   Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction - Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto, ON)

AWARDS

2008          Bluma Appel Award

                  O.C.A.D Student Union Grant

2007          A.V Isaccs Scholarship

                  O.C.A.D Student Union grant

2004          1^st Year Painting Competition, 2nd place

2003          Guelph Arts Council Scholarship

                  John F. Ross C.V.I Painting Award, 1st place

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2010        Artist Talk – OCAD, class of Rae Johnson (Toronto, ON)

2009        Artist Talk - CCI Renaissance School (Lanciano, IT)

2008        Private Art Lessons (Toronto, ON)

                 Mentorship for Art Students (Toronto, ON)

2007        Private Art Lessons (Toronto, ON)

2006        Toronto International Art Fair: Usher (Toronto, ON)

                Queen West Art Crawl: Public Relations (Toronto, ON)

                Nuite Blanche at OCAD: Installation Monitor (Toronto, ON)

                St. Michael Print Studio: Assistant Printer (St Johns, NFLD)

2005        Whodunit: Usher (Toronto, ON)