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Bio

• Born 1965, London, UK, Canadian Citizen
• Lives and works in Montreal, Canada
• Associate Professor of Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal

Education

• 1993-95 Graduate Studies, Art History and Theory, Carleton University, Ottawa
• 1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal

Solo Exhibitions

• 2016 ELLEPHANT, Actes d’Amour, Montreal, Quebec
• 2016 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, An Uncool Mind, Toronto, Ontario
• 2013 MULHERIN + POLLARD, 187 Chrystie, New York, New York, USA. Affected
• 2013 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Affected
• 2012 FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. LOVE, ALIENATION, AND FREE ASSOCIATION
• 2009 Galerie McClure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Action Paintings
• 2008 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada. Urban Narratives
• 2007 Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. Optimistic Dysfunction Paintings
• 2005 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto. Optimistic Dysfunction Paintings
• 2003 The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada. Episodes: Optimistic Dysfunction, Curated by Renee Baert
• 2003 Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Le Besoin/Need for Speed Paintings
• 2002 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, USA. Eliza Griffiths:1995-2002. Curated by John Massier
• 2001 The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Psycho-dramas in Painting
• 2001 The Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. Psycho-dramas in Painting
• 2001 Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Le Besoin
• 2000 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Canada. Dystopic Romance Paintings
• 2000 WARC Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Dystopic Romance Paintings
• 1999 The Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Canada. Karate Girls and Proteges/Stories of Girls, curated by Anthony Kiendl
• 1999 Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. KarateGirlsExtraPlus
• 1998 The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Karate Girls and Proteges/Stories of Girls. Curated by David Liss
• 1998 Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Canada. Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder
• 1998 Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. Dystopic Romances
• 1997 Mercer Union, Toronto, Karate Girls & Proteges. Curated by John Massier
• 1997 Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder
• 1997 Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada. Stories of Girls
• 1996 Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada. Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2018 Galerie McClure, Intervention: 33 women painters, Montreal
• 2017 ELLEPHANT, Montreal
• 2015 Side Project, Pop Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, curated by Corri-Lynn Tetz
• 2015 Getting Naked, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener,Ontario, curated by Virginia Eichhorn
• 2015 40 for 40th, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo, New York
• 2015 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Edmonton, Alberta
• 2014 Papier 14, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Quebec
• 2014 Spring Exhibition, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC and Edmonton, Alberta
• 2012 Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Spotlight on 40 Years: Artworks from the Canada Council Art Bank
• 2012 Estevan Lodge, Reford Gardens, Quebec, Canada. New Faces: Portraits from the Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank
• 2010 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, two person exhibition, new work
• 2010 Villa Bagatelle, Quebec City, Royal Canadian Academy, Quebec members exhibition
• 2009 Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, Canada. Young Romance, Curated by Ivan Jurakic
• 2009 www.vancouver2010.com/code. Exhibition 3: Competition. Curated by Milena Placentile
• 2008 Artspace MCV/NYC, Brooklyn, NY. The Effect of Your Body, curated by Tracey Norman
  
• 2008 Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Summertime in Paris
• 2008 Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Generations, curated by Catherine Crowston
• 2007 Contemporary Art Gallery. Satellite Project, Vancouver, British Columbia RSVP, Curated by Germaine Koh
• 2007 Galerie McClure, Montreal, Quebec. Some Girls, curated by James Campbell
• 2007 Projex-Mtl, Visages, Montreal, Quebec. Curated gallery show.
• 2007 ArtLA, Los Angeles, California. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
• 2007/8 SCOPE, New York, New York. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
• 2006 Morgan Lehman Gallery, Canadian Stories, New York, New York
• 2006 Katharine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario Pictures of Girls
• 2006 Apexart, New York, NY. Gifts go in one direction, curated by Alexander Nagle
• 2005 ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
• 2005/8 ArtLA, Art Fair. Los Angeles,California. Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art
• 2004 The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, First View, curated by Ben Portis
• 2003 Instant Coffee Collective, Urban Disco Trailer. Brooklyn, NY; Toronto; other locations. Alchemy and Mysticism #2
• 2003 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada, Daring Confessions
• 2003 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, The Bigger Picture, curated by Karen Love
• 2003 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga. Dress: Signal, curated by M. Hilton Moore
• 2002 St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax, Posers, curated by Mathew Reichertz
• 2001 Eastern Edge, St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Female Vulgar, curated by Barb Webb
• 2001 Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton.three-person exhibition, Girl’s Own
• 2000 Platform, London, England. Serial Killers: Elements of Painting Multiplied by Six Artists, curated by Rosemary Heather
• 2000 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Serial Killers: Elements of Painting…
• 1999 The Painting Centre, New York, New York, Winter Show
• 1999 Gallery 101, Ottawa, three-person exhibition, Face Value, curated by Anne Grace
• 1998 Winston Wächter, New York, New York. Body Double, curated by Bruce Ferguson
• 1998 Artifice II, Montreal, offsite exhibition organized by the Saidye Bronfman Centre, Peep: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder, curated by David Liss
• 1997 Saw Gallery, Ottawa. Hothead L. Terrorist and Friends, three person exhibition
• 1996 Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Snow, curated by Carla Garnet

Related Professional Activities

• 2005- present Concordia University, Associate Professor, Studio Arts Department
• 2009, 2007 Kingston Prize, National Portrait competition jury member
• 2006 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, elected
• 2004 Canada Council for the Arts, visual arts grant adjudicator
• 2000-05 University of Ottawa, part-time professor, Visual Arts Department
• 2001 Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Visual Arts Grants adjudicator
• 2000 Carleton University, Ottawa. Lecture/panel, Symposium "Gender and Genre”
• 1999 UQUAM, artist talk and panel member, Symposium, “Dans l’oeil de l’art”
• 1999 The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. Panel member, Symposium on gender in art
• 1998 Art Gallery of Ontario, "Artists with their work" program
• 1998 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, "Women and Paint" residency
• 1994-96 Gallery 101, Ottawa, Member of Board of Directors, vice president 1996

Selected Visiting Artist/ArtistTalks

• 2010 The University of Saskatchewan
• 2010 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NFLD
• 2007 Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Artist’s Talk
• 2007 University of British Columbia Okanagan, Visiting Artist
• 2007 University of Ottawa, Artist Talk
• 2005 University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Visiting Artist
• 2003 York University, Toronto. Visiting Artist
• 2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Visiting Artist
• 2001 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. Visiting Artist
• 2001 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Artist Talk
• 1999 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Artist Talk
• 1999 Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Visiting Artist, “Francofete”
• 1997 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. Visiting Artist.

Grants/Awards
(2010) (CALQ)Conseils des Arts et des Lettres Quebec – Inidividual research/creation grant; (2009) Canada Council for the Arts – Paris Studio Residency; (2008) Concordia University Research and Creation Grant; (2007) Concordia University – Faculty Research Project Grant; (2004) City of Ottawa- A grant; (2003) Canada Council for the Arts - Mid Career grant; Ontario Arts Council - Mid Career grant; (2002) City of Ottawa - A grant; (2000) Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance grant; (2000) City of Ottawa - Mid Career Grant; (1999) Canada Council for the Arts - Mid Career grant; (1998) Ontario Arts Council - Mid Career grant; (1998)Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant; (1996) Canada Council for the Arts - C grant; (1996) City of Ottawa - B grant; (1995) City of Ottawa - B grant

Collections

• The Canada Council Art Bank
• The Art Gallery of Ontario
• Hart House, University of Toronto
• The Beaverbrook Gallery
• The City of Ottawa
• The National Archives of Canada
• The Ottawa Art Gallery
• private collections

Selected Bibliography

• 2016 Canadian Art, Eliza Griffiths, >Painting the Psyche by Leah Sandals. Dec. 8, 2016
• 2015 Hamilton Arts and Letters Magazine HA&L. Featured artist: extensive portfolio of paintings in retrospective form.
• 2012 Magenta Magazine.com, review James Campbell (10/10/12)
• 2010 Border Crossings. Exhibition review by James Campbell, (issue #114, Summer 2010).
• 2008 “Eliza Griffiths:1995-2002“, catalogue of Hallwalls Contemporary Art Centre exhibition
• 2008 Generations. Catalogue of exhibition at Art Gallery of Alberta
• 2008 NOW Magazine, Toronto. Feature exhibition review, October.
• 2007 NY Arts Magazine, feature, Jan/Feb Vol.12, No. ½
• 2005 The Globe and Mail, review Gary Michael Dault (September 05)
• 2003 Border Crossings “Souped-up Everything: the art of Eliza Griffiths”, Robert Enright (Issue #88)
• 2003 The Globe and Mail. “An erotic harmony of hormones”, Gary Michael Dault (25.10)
• 2002 Poseurs. Exhibition catalogue, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Mathew Reicherz
• 2002 The Buffalo Times. "Beyond the Pale", Richard Huntington (June 14)
• 2002 Canadian Art Magazine. "The Devil in Ms Griffiths", cover article, RM Vaughn (03,02)
• 2002 CBC Television ARTSPOTS.
• 2001 C Magazine. "Fast women, fast cars", Si Si Penaloza. (Winter 2001/2002)
• 2000 The Edmonton Journal. “Such pretty portraits, with an edge”, Alan Kellog. (4.11)
• 2000 Toronto Life. “Girl Trouble”, Betty Ann Jordan. (11.00)
• 2000 EYE Magazine, Toronto. “Heady themes, Horny teens: Joanne Tod and Eliza Griffiths”, RM Vaughn
• 1999 Le Droit. "Quand La Couleur Dense Danse: Lumiere et Peinture", Aline Begin.
• 1999 The Ottawa Citizen. "From fierce women to bruised and dazed men", Paul Gessell
• 1999 Matriart. “Power Images: Nora Morse and Eliza Griffiths”, Virginia MacDonnell
• 1999 Artichoke. “Eliza Griffiths: Dystopic Romances review” , Paula Gustafson
• 1999 TVOntario - Studio Two. Television feature produced by Barabara Dundas. (May 4)
• 1999 The Regina Leader-Post “Stories' challenges cultural paradigms”, Jack Anderson
• 1999 New York Magazine. "Mad About Art", Edith Newhall. Painting reproduction. (Jan 4)
• 1998 Border Crossings. "Fictive Spaces", Robert Enright. (Issue #67, vol.17, no. 3)
• 1998 The Vancouver Sun. "Artist Eliza Griffiths treads new ground …", Michael Scott.
• 1998 C - Magazine. "Eliza Griffiths at Mercer Union", John Armstrong. (Issue #57.)