Lex Buchanan

LEX BUCHANAN

b. 1986  Toronto, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

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)