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ACADEMICS

2016 to 2017 – Landmarks 2017, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2012 to 2016 – Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON

2012 to 2016 – Advanced diploma, Art and Art History, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 – The Net, Open Field Gallery at Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke ON

2017 – Double Sighted, Hamilton Public Library, Central and Turner Park Branch, Hamilton ON

2017 – Check Your Blind Spot, My Dog Joe, Hamilton ON

2016 – The Artwork of Olivia Brouwer, Mills Hardware, Hamilton ON

2016 – The Blind Will See, The DeFacto Gallery, Hamilton ON

2016 – Inkblot, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2015 – Devotional Emblems, Hamilton Public Library, Turner Park Branch, Hamilton ON

2015 – Cartography, Hamilton Public Library, Turner Park Branch, Hamilton ON

2015 – Blur, Dundas Museum and Archives, Dundas ON

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 – Liminal: Interstices Between and Betwixt, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto ON

2019 – Tele-Tales,  Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto ON

2019 – Swarm, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON

2019 – 31st Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton ON

2019 – Inc. Squared Fundraiser, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON

2018 – Fresh from the Studio – Juried Exhibition, Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum, Ancaster ON

2018 – EYA De/Attachment Exhibition,  Narwhal Contemporary Gallery, Toronto ON

2017 – 25th Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton ON

2017 – Landmarks 2017, Rouge National Urban Park, Scarborough ON

2017 – Vantage Point, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2016 – Why do you Create?, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga ON

2016 – Split Vision, Red Door Gallery, Georgetown ON

2016 – 21st Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton ON

2016 – Eight / Four, Gallery 50, Toronto ON

2016 – Shelley Peterson Student Exhibition, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto ON

2016 – Almost is Never Enough, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2016 – Frequently Answered Questions, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON

2016 – Almost There, Erindale Studio Theatre, Mississauga ON

2015 – 18th Exhibit, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton ON

2015 – The Middle Child, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto ON

2015 – Included in the Annual Art Sale at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON

2015 – Installation at the Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough ON

2015 – Not For Long, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2015 – Trinity Arts Fund, Trinity College, Toronto ON

2014 – Skew, Erindale Studio Theatre, Mississauga ON

2014 – In The Round II, Graven Feather, Toronto ON

2014 – Thou Art Party, Vasco da Gama Club, Hamilton ON

2014 – Juried Art Exhibition, Edinburgh Square Heritage & Culture Centre, Caledonia ON

2014 – Project Project, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2013 – Emerging Artist Contest, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON

2013 – Arts Festival, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON

2013 – Project Project, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

 

AWARDS

2016 – Faculty Award in Painting, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

2016 – Faculty Award in Print Making, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2016 – Winning Emerging Artist for Magnotta Winery Art Competition, Vaughan ON

2015 – Roger Jowett Memorial Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2015 – Above Ground Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2015 – Open Studio Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2014 – Painting 2 Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2014 – First place in Battle of the Brushes, Sanctuary Café, Hamilton ON

2014 – Honorable Mention at Juried Art Exhibition, Edinburgh Square Heritage & Culture Centre, Caledonia ON

2013 – Paper Place Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2013 – D.L. Stevenson & Sons Faculty Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON

2012 – First place award for Eco Art Contest, Dundas Arts Weekend, Hamilton Public Library, Dundas ON

2010 – Arts of August Award, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton ON

 

PUBLICATIONS

2016 – Regina Haggo, Serious attraction to abstraction pays off, The Hamilton Spectator

2016 – Robert Fones, The Art and Art History BUFF Book, Sheridan College

2015 – Robert Fones, The Art and Art History BUFF Book, Sheridan College

2015 – Debra Downey, “Young artist Olivia Brouwer hosts first solo show at

Dundas museum”, The Glanbrook Gazette

2014 – Robert Fones, The Art and Art History BUFF Book, Sheridan College

2013 – Robert Fones, The Art and Art History BUFF Book, Sheridan College

 

VOLUNTEER

2018 – Volunteer Gallery Supervisor, Centre3, Hamilton ON

2016 – Installation Coordinator, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON

2015 – Intern for Dr. Christine Shaw, Curator of Zone C, Nuit Blanche 2015, Toronto ON

 

MEMBERSHIPS

2019 – Present – Hamilton Arts Council, Hamilton ON

2019 – Present – Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON

2020-Present – Centre [3] for Artistic and Social Practice, Hamilton ON

 

RESIDENCIES

Present – Emerging Artist Residency, Centre[3], Hamilton ON

Upcoming – Artist in Residence, Cotton Factory, Hamilton ON