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Sherrill Girard is a Canadian artist who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She works from her studio located in the Art Deco RCA Building in St. Henri, a burgeoning urban arts quartier in south Montreal. She has traveled extensively and painted and exhibited internationally in Canada, the UK, Europe, the United States and Japan. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Sherrill received her art education at a number of institutions, including the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Ontario College of Art, the University of Guelph and recently Dawson College in Montreal.
Sherrill Girard is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures Sculpteurs du Quebec, as well as several other arts organizations. Using the mediums of paint and photography, Sherrill is currently exploring and painting the wilderness of the Quebec Laurentians as well as the back streets, buildings and rail yards of urban Montreal.
Publications and Awards
Société Canadienne de l'Aquarelle, Le XXIVe Salon May-Sept 2007
Prix Jean-Paul Ladouceur
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs du QuebecLe
23e Salon d'automne Concours-Gala 2006 November 2006
First Prize, Medal d’Or, Technique Distincte
International Artists' Magazine Finalist: "Flowers and Gardens" Competition April 2006
International Artists' Magazine Publication "100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens" 2004
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario 1998-2007
First prize Watercolour, 2003, Honourable Mention Hallmark Canada Watercolour Award 2000
Florart 2000, International Arts Council of Japan, Awaji Island, Japan May 2000
Higashi-Ura Mayor's Prize for Watercolour
Selected International Exhibitions
Exposition Internationale, Argenton-Sur-Creuse en Berry, France August 2007
26 Exposition Internationale, Brazilia
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec Salon d’Automne November 2006, 07
First Prize, Medal d’Or, Technique Distincte
Recent Watercolours: Painted Penguin Gallery, Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK September 2005
International Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, Hinoshimi Gallery, Kobe, Japan June - August 2000
Traveling exhibition of several Municipal Museums and galleries of major cities in Japan
Hinoshimi Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Kobe, Japan 2000
11th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1996
Selected Juried Exhibitions
Société Canadienne de l'Aquarelle Salon May - Sept 2007
Festival Internationale Montréal en Arts June – July 2006
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario July 1998-05
2007
Annual Juried Miniature Show, Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario 1995-99
First Prize - 1995
Landscape - The Lasting Impression, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1997-99
Honourable Mention - 1997
Selected Solo Exhibitions
The Chroma Variations, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario July 2001
The View From Here, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario 2000
Water's Edge, Ashton - EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario September 1999
The Awakening Earth, Williams Mill gallery, Glen Williams Ontario May 1999
An Exhibition of Mixed Media Paintings, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario 1998
Waterdance, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario 1997
First Light, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario 1997
Selected Organizations
Art@RCA member
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, elected member
St. Laurent Des Arts, Montreal
Ontario Crafts Council
Education
2005 Dawson College,Montreal, Quebec, Digital Photography 1
1993 - 1995 - Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Printmaking, part time studies
1988 - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Fine Art
1986 - 1988 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985 - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, part time studies
1973 - 1977 - University of Western Ontario, Honours B.A., Deans Honour List
1972 - H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, Post Secondary Fine Art |
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