GARY SMITH ~ CV 2017, Toronto, Canada
JUROR
2014 – Carousel Eastern and Western International Art Exhibition in Louvre, Paris
AWARDS
2017 – Best in Show, “Dreamland” JIE ZIYUAN Art Museum, Lanxi City
2013 – Gold Prize, Best Figure Drawing, International Competition, Louvre/ Carousel
2013 – Gold for Best Pastel, 2013 International Figure Drawing in Louvre/ Carousel
COLLECTIONS
2018 – Luohu art Museum, Shenzhen
2017 – Jie Ziyuan Art Museum, Lanxi City
2016 – Monbala, Xishuangbana
PRESS
2018 – Shenzhen
2017 – TV China News coverage, Lanxi City
2016 – TV China News coverage -re: Auction for Youth Art School, China
2016 – TV China News coverage -re: Cultural Exchange with Lam in Guangzhou
2013 – Chinese Press, Toronto, Canada
2012 – A.C.T. (Artists’ Career Training, interview) Artist of the Month A.C.T. Featured Artist to read it, or Listen to A.C.T.’s Featured Artist Story
- FineArtViews Interview
- SNAPBEACHES: coverage DUEL of 2 Master Portrait Artists
- The REVEAL of the Corktown Gateway Mural 2011
2007 – CBC TV News for Making History with Mural on cliff in St. Johns, Nfld, Cda
2007 – Newspaper, Newfoundland, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 – Artist-In-Residence on the Azamara Mediterranean cruise ship
2015 – Gallery 50, Toronto, Canada
2014 – Rectory on Ward’s Island, Toronto , Canada
2013 – Cabinet in the Distillery, Toronto, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 – Shenzhen International Art Show at Shenyuan Tienjian.
2018 – Rogue Wave group outdoor installations show on Toronto Islands
2018 – PAC (Pastel Artists Canada) online Exhibition (as Signature Member)
2017 – “Dreamland” International Art Exhibition in JIE ZIYUAN Art Museum as part of “The Belt and Road Initiative”, Lanxi City
2017 – PAC (Pastel Artists Canada) online Exhibition (as new Member)
2017 – Grand Palais des Champs Elysées du Paris (paper section), France
2016 – 1st International Nanjing Biennial, ‘HISTORICODE’, Nanjing, China
2016 – Auction at Mungbala, near Kunming, China
2016 – Guangzhou, China
2016 – Shenzhen, China
2015 -artexpo, New York City, USA
2015 – Artosino Gallery, New York City, USA
2014 – Eureka Global Art, ‘Toronto Artists Summer Exhibition’, City Hall , Canada
2014 – Carrousel Eastern and Western International Art Exhibition in Louvre, Paris
2014 – The 4th Guangzhou Arts Trade Fair, China
2014 – The 17th Beijing International Art Fair, China
2013 – L’exposition Dédié a la Peinture et à la Calligraphie Chinoise au Carrousel du Louvre
BOOKS
Gary Smith ~ Soft Pastels
Gary Smith ~ Urban Paintings, artexpo NYC 2015
SMITH, by Walter Zenko, 2015
2016 – Build Your Dream by Li, Mungbala, China
SMITH/PAINTER by Walter Zenko, 2017
Canada 150 Top Artists, 2017
AGENT
Helena Han, President of !Eureka Global Art
CLIENTS
University of Guelph
City of Toronto Granite Club
Chabad@Flamingo
FUND RAISING EVENTS (I draw pastel portraits and offer paintings)
2017 – Shenzhen Fund Raiser for Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital
2017 – ‘Woman Unmasked’
2017 – Cancer Association
2017 -RHAG (Riverdale Housing Action Group)
2016 – RHAG (Riverdale Housing Action Group)
ASSOCIATIONS
Artists’ Network of Riverdale, Toronto – Past Vice-President
Portrait Society of America – member
PAC (Pastel Artists of Canada) – member
Club Draw – Founder
EDUCATION
1962 – University of Western Ontario – Business
1964- London Teachers’ College – Teaching Certificate and Art Supervisor
1967 – University of Guelph – BFA
2000 – Academy of Art Canada
