Sandee Ewasiuk
A.O.C.A.D.
Sandee is graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in the field of Editorial Illustration. Prior to OCAD, she spent a year in the Fine Arts program at Niagara College where she worked to put a portfolio together for OCAD. She was accepted into second year, advanced standing.
Following her graduation, Sandee worked in editorial illustration until her works turned into large paintings. Since then, she has participated in numerous exhibitions as well as painted numerous commissioned pieces. She works out of her Dundas studio.
Currently, Sandee teaches at Dundas Valley School of Art and the Art Gallery of Burlington where she continues to learn from her students.
BACKGROUND & TRAINING
- Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario – Diploma in Communication and Design
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario – Part time studies in Honours Art & Art History
- Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario – courses in drawing, painting, sculpture & art history
- Niagara College, Welland, Ontario – courses in Fine Art Program
Other:
- Set design for three plays, Village Theatre, Waterdown, Ontario
- Co-founder and coordinator of Southwest Hamilton Studio Tour , 2000 to 2006
- Freelance illustrator for Hamilton Spectator (daily newspaper) 1997 to 2005
- Weekly arts columnist for the Hamilton Spectator, 1997 to 2000
- Donation of three paintings for McMaster Childrens’ Hospital brochure/passpor
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS:
Solo Exhibitions, 2000 to present
- 2014 In Essence, Paintings About my Dad, James North Artist Collective
- 2013 Telling, James North Artist’s Collective, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2012 The Lightness of Being, James North Artist’s Collective, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2011 Recent Paintings, Koosh Bistro, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2009 Women, Pearl Company, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2008 Recent Paintings, My Dog Joe, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2007 Recent Paintings, Westmount Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2006 Women in Motion, Pheonix Fitness, Ancaster, Ontario
- 2003 Water Lilies, Izzy’s Restaurant, Hamilton Ontario
- 2002 Painted Ladies, Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
- 2001 Scenes from the Kitchen , McMaster University Faculty Club, Hamilton, Ontario 2000 Stages, Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions and Events, 2007 to 2015
- 2015 WHAT (West Hamilton Artists Studio Tour)
- 2000 to 2009 Southwest Hamilton Artist’s Studio Tour, Hamilton, Ontario
- 2007 Westmount Gallery Show, Toronto, Ontario
- 2004 to 2006 Toronto Art Expo, Toronto Ontario
- 2004 Open Door, Annual Juried Exhibition; Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
