B. 1988, Kingston, Ontario
EDUCATION
2012
BFA – Drawing and Painting, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON
2009 – 2010
The OCAD U Florence Off-Campus Studies Program, Florence, Italy
2007
Creative Arts Focus Program, Q.E.C.V.I., Kingston, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Swirl, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2018
Forth and Back, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Shadow of a Hole, Heather Haynes Gallery, Gananoque, ON
Snakes and Ladders, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017
The Good Glazier, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016
Midnight Bloom, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
GRIT/SHEEN, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
Become The Sky, Galerie Youn, Montreal, QC
2014
Soul Spectra, CFA Gallery, Toronto, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Consistency of a Sunset, a two-person exhibition with Katrina Sánchez, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2020
Oh To Be a Painting, an online exhibition curated by Katelyn Ledford, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
Luxe Calme et Volutpé, curated by Audra Lambert, The Yard, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2019
New Thick, curated by Barry Hazard, The Royal, Brooklyn, NY
The Magic Hour, curated by Calli Moore, Seven House, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Imago Mundi Canada - Great and North, Onsite Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Simmer III, The Costume House, curated by Tyler Armstrong, Toronto, ON
Conveyor, Morgan Fine Arts Building, curated by Kate Mothes / YNGSPC, Brooklyn, NY
Abstract 4 Ways, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton AB
2017
Central-Eastern Canada: Out of the Bush Garden, Imago Mundi Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
The Inaugural Group Show, The Sussex Contemporary, Ottawa, ON
'O Canada', BEERS London, London, UK
No Vacancy II, Curated by Ballast Projects, Studio 929, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Full Spectrum, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
Summer Group Exhibition, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
Younger Than George: 12 Painters in their 20s and 30s, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
I <3 Paint II, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
15 Painters, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
Nesting, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
Lacis, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, ON
Inhabitance : Nest Collective, #Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, ON
Festival of The Body, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2014
Lueur / Glow, Galerie Youn, Montreal, QC
7 Toronto Painters, Galerie BAC, Montreal, QC
Au Féminin – 13 Women Redrawing Boundaries, CFA Gallery, Toronto, ON
The Soul in September, 26, Toronto, ON
Summer Colours, CFA Gallery, Toronto, ON
Optic Elixer, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
Young Collectors Exhibition, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, ON
OCAD Alumni Association Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
From Yesterday to Tomorrow, CFA Gallery, Toronto, ON
Clarity, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013
Little Salon: These Post-Neo-Pop Like Days, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Fatal Abstractions, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012
Vida de la Amazonia, La Patarascha Gallery, Tarapoto, Peru
Lluvia de Ideas, Castillo de Lamas, Lamas, Peru
New Biology 2, Moore Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Barrage: Guest Room, p|m Gallery, Toronto, ON
The Next Generation, CFA Gallery, Toronto, ON
FAIRS / CHARITY AUCTIONS
2019
Art With Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Gems, The Berkeley Church, Toronto, ON
ArtsEffect, VIBE Arts, The Spoke Club, Toronto, ON
2018
Art With Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Toronto, with Project Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Art Gems, The Berkeley Church, Toronto, ON
ArtsEffect, VIBE Arts, The Spoke Club, Toronto, ON
2017
Art With Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Toronto, with Angell Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
ArtsEffect, VIBE Arts, The Spoke Club, Toronto, ON
2016
Art With Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Art Toronto, with Angell Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
ArtsEffect, VIBE Arts, The Spoke Club, Toronto, ON
2015
Art Toronto, with Galerie Youn and CFA Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Art With Heart, The Carlu, Toronto, ON
2014
SCOPE, with Blunt Collective, Miami Beach, Florida
Art Toronto, with CFA Gallery and Area Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Art With Heart, The Carlu, Toronto, ON
2013
Art Toronto, with OCADU and Galerie BAC, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
Art With Heart, The Carlu, Toronto, ON
2012
Art Toronto, with Area Gallery, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
The Artist Project - Untapped Emerging Artist Section, Queen Elizabeth Building – Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
GRANTS
2015
Visual Artists: Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
2009
Kendra Jaal McCleskey Grant, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2012
OCAD University Medal for Drawing and Painting, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Award, Toronto, ON
Spoke Club Membership Prize, Toronto, ON
2010
Karl Heinz Wiesen Memorial Award, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Frances Lea Ziegler Scholarship, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2009
Eric Freifeld Award, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Carol & Morton Rapp Foundation Scholarship, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
“Best Drawing” in The Art of the Figure Exhibition, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2008
Barbara Sauerbrie Memorial Scholarship, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Jacques Dagenais Colour Scholarship, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2007
OCADU Alumni Association Scholarship, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
COLLECTIONS
Toronto Dominion Bank
Holt Renfrew
Graceland University
Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection
RESIDENCIES
2016
Bill and Isabel Pope Painting Residency, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2015
Resident Exhibitor with Nest Collective, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2012
Visiting Artist, Sachaqa Art Center, San Roque de Cumbaza, Peru
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2019
Guest Mentor - Visual Arts Mississauga, ON
2016 - 2017
Member of the Art with Heart Curatorial Committee, Casey House Fundraiser, Toronto, ON
2015 - 2016
Alumni Visiting Artist, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
LECTURES
2020
Artist Talk – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Artist Talk – Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2019
Artist Talk – Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Artist Talk – OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Artist Talk – Visual Arts Mississauga, ON
Managing Your Career, Panel Discussion – The Artist’s Network Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018
Artist Talk – OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Artist Talk – University of Toronto, ON
2017
Artist Talk – Georgian College, Barrie, ON
BEING THERE, Panel Discussion with Nicole Collins – The Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2016
Artist Talk – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Artist Talk – NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2015
Artist Talk – OCAD University, Toronto, ON
PRESS
MAYA RUBIO, BAR Editorial ‘Looking Back - Our Favorite Art Happenings of 2021’, Boston Art Review, December 30th, 2021 <https://bostonartreview.com/reviews/best-of-boston-art-2021/>
ROB GOWAN ‘New show takes inspiration from Tom Thomson Gallery’s collection’, Owen Sound The Sun Times, January 9th, 2020
<https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/new-show-takes-inspiration-from-tom-thomson-gallerys-collection?fbclid=IwAR1SeNX0brvw3U4ehnqdBTMHhJq5vSPhFErUTmwwCGCN7gUIC4kOL_TeLG4>
STEPHAN BOISSANNEAULT ‘Erin Loree’s Forth and Back Exhibit Touches on the Process of Painting’, Vue Weekly, October 3rd, 2018 <http://www.vueweekly.com/erin-lorees-forth-and-back-exhibit-touches-on-the-process-of-painting/>
KATE MOTHES 'Erin Loree Interview' Young Space, March 6th, 2018 <https://www.yngspc.com/artists/2018/03/erin-loree/>
ARIANNA CANNAROZZO 'Erin Loree' Somwaba, August 25th 2017
<https://somwaba.com/2017/08/25/erin-loree-my-process-is-very-intuitive-and-spontaneous/>
MURRAY WHYTE 'At the galleries: Abstraction, old, new and in-between: Erin Loree at Angell Gallery, Untitled 2011 at Paul Petro' The Toronto Star, January 11th 2017 <https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2017/01/11/at-the-galleries-erin-loree-carves-out-her-own-space-in-abstract-painting.html>
LIZZY HILL 'How a residency in the jungle taught this artist how to open herself up to the unexpected' CBC Arts, January 10th 2017 <http://www.cbc.ca/arts/how-a-residency-in-the-jungle-taught-this-artist-how-to-open-herself-up-to-the-unexpected-1.3929215>
RANDY GLADMAN 'The Incautious Abstractions of Erin Loree' Momus, January 29th 2016 <http://momus.ca/the-incautious-abstractions-of-erin-loree/>
SIMON TERMINE 'Interview with Erin Loree' Artoronto, January 21st 2016 <http://www.artoronto.ca/?p=32085>
MERAJ DHIR 'Erin Loree's Hyperbolic Abstractions' January 2016 <http://dk2l86f407zcv.cloudfront.net/pdf/news/e80adb355fb33be2daab46cba98ec149.pdf>
‘Artist Spotlight: Erin Loree’ Booooooom, January 8th 2016 <http://www.booooooom.com/2016/01/08/artist-spotlight-erin-loree/>
MURRAY WHYTE ‘Erin Loree upsizes her art’ The Toronto Star, December 28th 2015 <http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2015/12/28/erin-loree-upsizes-her-art.html>
‘Erin Loree: Intuition, Investigation and the Power of the Subconscious’ Lexiquette, December 17th 2015 <http://www.lexiquette.com/conversations/erin-loree>
SARA BARNES ‘Erin Loree’s Vibrant Abstract Paintings Seem To Glow From Within’ Beautiful/Decay, December 15th 2014 <http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/12/15/erin-lorees-vibrant-abstract-paintings-seem-glow-within/>
PRISCILLA FRANK ‘Electric Abstract Paintings Capture Life In A Constant State Of Metamorphosis’ Huffington Post, December 29th 2014 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/29/erin-loree_n_6382630.html>