Bio Essays

Essays & Interviews




Catalogue Essay


Olexander Wlasenko, curator

Todd Tremeer: Painting History

Interview: Maura Broadhurst, Latcham Gallery

2009    Download PDF


Artist Interview

by Olexander Wlasenko of Station Gallery in Whitby






Catalogue Essay


Maralynn Cherry, curator

Things Unseen

2007    Download PDF

Exhibition catalogue available for sale:
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington
Catalogue Publications
 


Artist Statement


Painting History : History
Painting

2007    Download PDF

 


Bio

  The Joe Plaskett Award Ontario Arts Council
  Canada Council for the Arts

Education

 
2007 Masters of Fine Arts University of Western Ontario
1998 Bachelor of Education Brock University
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) University of Guelph
1995 Fine Arts Diploma Ontario College of Art & Design
1995 Studies Abroad Florence, Italy
(Ontario College of Art & Design)

Solo Exhibitions

 
2009 A Past Again, Station Gallery, Whitby (Jan 10 - Feb 22)
Replay, Latcham Gallery, Stouville (Jan 10 - Feb 14)
A Past Again, Centre for the Arts, Cambridge (April 17 - May 16)
2007 Painting History / History Painting, McIntosh Gallery,
     University of Western Ontario, London (MFA thesis exhibition)
Things Unseen, Clarington Museum and Archives, Bowmanville
2006 Things Unseen, Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville
2005 Ideas and Process, Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope
2004 Landscapes Etchings & Oils, All Seasons Gallery, Toronto
2003 Etching and Drawings, Town Hall Gallery, Bowmanville
1998 Making History, Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville
1999 Ongoing Historical Mural Series, ongoing project, 12 in downtown Bowmanville to date.

Selected Group Exhibitions

 
2010 Todd Tremeer & Pierre Durette. Atelier Circulaire, Montreal (Mar. 4-Apr.24)
2009 Best of 2008: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Award Winners,
     First Canadian Place, Toronto (Jan 12 - Feb 20)
Todd Tremeer, Toni Hafkenscheid, Bruce Montcombroux,
     Forest City Gallery, London, (Sept)
2008 Joseph Plaskett Winners Exhibition 2004-2005,
     Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Victoria BC
Represented, Michael Gibson Gallery, London ON
2007 Destinations Real or Imagined, Organized: Open Studio, Toronto International Airport
The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2006 Control Group 9, The Art Lab, University of Western Ontario, London
2005 Baghdad Museum Project - Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto
2004 Portrait of a Town, Upstairs Gallery, Port Hope
Baghdad Museum Project - Latcham Gallery, Stouffville
Duotopias, Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville
2003 Impressions - Seven Printmakers, Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville
2002 Drawing - Juried show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2001 Energy Implosion: The (905) Imagination, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa

Guest Juror

 
2010 Drawing Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2009 Oshawa Art Association, Annual Show
Durham College, Foundation Studies, Annual Show

Awards

 
2010 Visual Arts: Project Grant, Canada Council
Mid-Career Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Materials Assistant Grant, Ontario Arts Council
“Untapped” Toronto Artist Project Emerging Artist Award
2008 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Best Watercolour Painter, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2007 Joseph Plaskett Award
Printmaking Juried Show, Honourable Mention, John B. Aird Gallery
Mary Routledge Award, University of Western Ontario
Visual Arts Research and Travel Grant, University of Western Ontario
2002 Drawing, 3rd Annual Juried Show, Honourable Mention, John B. Aird Gallery
1999 28th Annual Juried Show, Honourable Mention, University of Guelph
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honourable Mention-Printmaking

Artist Residencies

 
2009 Gushul Studio Artist in Residence, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.
Trap\door Gallery & University of Lethbridge   (Sept)
2008 Performing Arts Forum (PAF), St. Erme, France.   (Jan-March)

Reviews and Catalogues

 
 
Conway, Carly. "'Art of War' Brings Ghosts of War into Present: Western grad reinvents concept of historical art." The Gazette, Septemeber 7, 2007.
see: http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=1696

Cherry, Maralynn, and Susan Mariglia Bosgraaf. Todd Tremeer: Things Unseen.
Bowmanville: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington and the Clarington Museums & Archives, 2007.
ISBN 978-0-9737906-5-8

Pacific, Robin. Duotopias, Bowmanville: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2004.
ISBN 0-9733768-5-6

Black, Charlie. Lasting Impressions: Seven Printmakers.
Bowmanville: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2003.
ISBN 0-9730520-7-4

Wlaskenko, Olexander. Energy Implosion: the (905) Imagination.
Oshawa: Robert McLauglin Gallery, 2001.
ISBN 0-921500-45-9

Rodgers, Margaret. Making History at the Mill. Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 1999.

Teaching in the Arts

 

University

Drawing Explorations, (1st yr), primary instructor - University of Western Ontario, 2006-07
Foundations Studio, Teaching assistant - University of Western Ontario, 2005-06

College

Drawing 1, 2003-06 (Art Fundamentals), Sheridan College Institute
Intro to Art History, Drawing 1, Anatomy for Animators, 1999-03 (Cont. Ed. & Part-time Studies), Sheridan College Institute

Elementary

Visiting artist in the schools, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and Athabasca Street Public School, Durham Board of Education.

Galleries (teaching)

Whitby Station Gallery, Museum London and Visual Arts Centre of Clarington.



Death of Wolfe


oil on canvas,
150 x 213 cm,
2006
Death of Wolfe

 

Painting’s Space


oil, latex and found object on canvas,
243 x 182 cm,
2006
Painting’s Space