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Mark Stebbins is a visual artist based in Toronto, Canada.   He was awarded an Honourable Mention in the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition and was part of the national exhibition tour of RBC semi-finalists.  Other recent awards include both Best in Show and Best in Drawing at the 2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.  In May 2010 he was named the feature artist and won the Dr. W. Zurowski First Place Award for Outstanding Artist at the Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show and Sale in Toronto.  In 2009 while living in Halifax, Nova Scotia he was awarded both the Halifax Mayor’s Award of Distinction in Contemporary Visual Arts (June 2009) and Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Emerging Artist of the Year (Oct. 2009).  His work is featured in both Canadian and international collections.  He holds a B.F.A. from the University of Western Ontario and an LL.B. from Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

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Selected Recent Exhibitions

2011.   Transitional Movement. Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2011.   Galerie BAC, Bigué Art Contemporain. Montreal, QC.

2011.   Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto, ON.

2011.   50 Years of Art: Looking Back at the Future (Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Retrospective). First Canadian Place Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2011.   Launch Exhibition. Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects. Halifax, NS.

2011.   Annual Juried Exhibition. Latcham Gallery. Stouffville, ON.

2011.   Drawing 2011. John B. Aird Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2011.   Best of 2010: Award Winners from the 49th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. First Canadian Place Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2010.   Lacunae (solo exhibition). Edward Day Gallery. Toronto, ON.  (November 6 – December 5)

2010.   Winners of  the 12th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Art Toronto (Toronto International Art Fair). Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

2010.   RBC Canadian Painting Competition. National exhibition tour of all 2010 competition Semi-finalists.
The Power Plant, Toronto, ON (September 25 – October 3);
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (October 10 – 17);
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON  (October 26 – November 6);
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB (November 15 – 21).
(exhibition catalogue distributed to Canadian Art Magazine subscribers with fall issue, also available at each venue).

2010.   Insomnia (A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Event). Red Head Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2010.   Summer Salon 4. First Canadian Place Gallery. Toronto, ON. (Globe and Mail review)

2010.   Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto, ON.

2010.   Biannual Juried Exhibition. Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Grimsby, ON.

2010.   30th Anniversary Scholarship Show. Gallery in the Grove. Bright’s Grove, ON.

2010.  Sunnyside Beach Art Show and Sale. Sunnyside Pavilion. Toronto, ON.

2010.  Annual Juried Exhibition. Latcham Gallery. Stouffville, ON.

2010.  Recall. Corridor Gallery, Centennial College. Scarborough Arts Council. Toronto, ON.

2010.   Untapped! Emerging Artist Competition. The Artist Project. Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place. Toronto, ON.

2010.   Drawing 2010. John B. Aird Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2009. 1st Annual National Juried Drawing Exhibition. White Water Gallery. North Bay, ON. (catalogue available)

2009. We Only Come Out At Night: Eyelevel Members’ Exhibition. Eyelevel Gallery. Halifax, NS.

2009. Mayor’s Award of Distinction, Contemporary Visual Arts: Exhibition of Shortlisted Candidates. Halifax Hall, HRM City Hall. Halifax, NS.

2009. <-o-o-o->. Eyelevel Gallery. Halifax, NS. (solo exhibition as part of Eyelevel Gallery’s 35 Days of Non-organized Art project).

2009. The New Drawing Show. Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art. Halifax, NS

2008. 55th Staff, Student, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition. Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, NS.

Recent Awards

2010.  Honourable Mention. 12th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

2010.  Best in Show (award donor: TD Canada Trust). Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto, ON.

2010.  Best in Drawing Category (award donor: The Globe and Mail). Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto, ON.

2010.  Third Prize. Biannual Juried Exhibition. Grimsby Public Art Gallery. Grimsby, ON.

2010.  Dr. W. Zurowski First Place Award for Outstanding Artist. Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show and Sale. Toronto, ON.

2010.  First Place. Annual Juried Exhibition. Latcham Gallery. Stouffville, ON.

2010.  Uptapped! Emerging Artist Competition: among 12 emerging artists selected nationally for a free booth at The Artist Project art fair. Toronto, ON.

2010.  Third Prize. Drawing 2010. John B. Aird Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2009. Jurors’ Choice Award. 1st Annual National Juried Drawing Exhibition. White Water Gallery. North Bay, ON.

2009. Nova Scotia Emerging Artist of the Year. Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS.

2009. HRM Mayor’s Award of Distinction, Contemporary Visual Arts (first place). Halifax Regional Municipality, NS.

Collections

RBC Royal Bank of Canada.

Halifax Regional Municipality.

Canada Council Art Bank

University of Western Ontario Faculty of Arts Student Council.

Private Canadian and international collections.

Education

1998-2002.   B.F.A. in Honours Visual Arts. University of Western Ontario, London, ON. (graduated With Distinction).

2005-2008.  LL.B. Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.  (awarded 2008 Horace E. Read Legislation Prize upon graduation).