Lex Buchanan

b. 1986  Toronto, Ontario.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Constructs - Project Gallery (Toronto, ON)

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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013        Architexture – Project 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         1st Year Exhibition - Xpace (Toronto, ON)

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

COLLECTIONS

2009-21    Private collections (Toronto, ON)

2008         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          1st Year Painting Competition, 2nd place

2003          Guelph Arts Council Scholarship

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

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2013-18 Co-founder, Director and curator at the Project Gallery (Toronto, ON)

 2013 Guest Speaker Alumni Artist - OCAD University (Toronto, ON)

2009        Artist Talk - CCI Renaissance 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)