MIKE PARSONS ARTISTS RESUME 2001-PRESENT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

(PROFESSIONAL)

March 2012 "THE CONSTRUCTIONVIST" Pen and Ink Artist Residency, The Drake Lab, Toronto Ont.

Dec 2011 "HEY APATHY!" Foundery Gallery, Toronto Ont.

Nov 2010, “URBAN ABANDON”, Urban Space Gallery, Toronto Ont.

Dec 2007, "THE CITY OF GEARS" The Resistor Gallery, Toronto Ont.

July 2006, "HEY APATHY! & the APOCALYPSE" Cambridge Galleries Design at Riverside, Cambridge Ont.

Feb 2006, "MECHANIZED METROPOLIS" Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay Ont.

(AS STUDENT)

August 2004 “OF PIGS AND POVERTY” XPACE Gallery, Toronto Ont.

March 2003 “HARD RAIN” Virus Arts, Toronto Ont.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

(UPCOMING) Sept. 2012 "Virtual City" Urban Space Gallery, Toronto Ontario

Oct. 2011, “3D Animation” Nuit Blanche, Urban Space Gallery,, Toronto Ont

Aug.2011, “Hey Apathy!Pen and Ink Artist” Robert Kananj Gallery, Toronto Ont.

Oct. 2010, “Surreal Animations” Nuit Blanche,401 Richmond St, Toronto Ont.

Feb. 2010, “Hey Apathy!” Passe Muraille Theatre, Toronto Ont

Oct. 2009, “A Dialogue with the City” Nuit Blanche, Toronto Ont.

Aug. 2009, “Comics and Art!” Sunnyside Pavilion, Toronto Ont.

Nov. 2008, “The Sound of the City” A.G.O. Toronto Ont.

Sept. 2008, “Storefront Display” The HUDSON’S BAY Co, Toronto Ont.

July 2008 “Tree’s and Toronto” The Don Valley Brickworks, Toronto Ont.

Jan 2008 “Ode to Oscar” The Interior Design Trade Show, Toronto Ont.

Aug 2006, “Obsession” Edward Day Gallery, Toronto Ont.

SELECTED ART FAIRS

July 2011 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

July 2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

July 2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

July 2008 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

July 2006 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

AWARDS AND HONORS

March 2011 Media Arts Award, Toronto Arts Council

June 2010 Emerging Artist Award The NEW ART FESTIVAL Ottawa, Ont.

March 2010 Emerging Artist Award, Ontario Arts Council

Sept 2009 Sunnyside Pavilion Juried Exhibition 2nd Prize , jury : David Angelo Kelly McCray Camilla Singh

Nov 2008 Commissioned Artwork, The Art Gallery of Ontario Oct. 2008 “TORONTO STORIES” TIFF premiere Giant Wall Mural backdrop in feature length Canadian film by Aaron Woodley, Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, & David Weaver

Sept. 2008 Pen and Ink Artist Storefront Exhibition, The Hudson’s Bay Company

July-August 2006 Solo Exhibition & Publication funded by the Canadian Arts Council & the Arts Council of Ontario, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge Ontario

Feb. 2006 Solo Exhibition funded by the Canadian Arts Council & the Arts Council of Ontario, Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay

March 2001 2nd place Pen and Ink Artist Drawing & Painting Tuition Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Ont.

Sept 2000 Christopher and Mary Pratt Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Ont.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRITICAL REVIEWS

March 2011 “Artist finds Feet in Gritty City Streets” by Jessica Hume, Toronto Star

Spring 2010 “Curbside view” by Chris Bilton, Spacing Magazine

Nov. 2008 “Toronto Portraits: Mike Parsons” by Robin Hill, BlogTO

July 2006 “Between Chaos & Catastrophe” by Sascha Hastings, HEY APATHY!

March 2003 “Mike Parsons” by Thomas Hirschmann, NOW Magazine Cover Story

COLLECTIONS

Robert Kananj Gallery

The Grange Complex

Max Allen Collection

Paul Duval Collection

STUDENT EXHIBITIONS 2001-2005

July 2005 “HEY APATHY! Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

Jan 2005 “The City” Atrium Gallery, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto , Ont.

July 2004 “HEY APATHY! Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.

April 2004 “Control” Mind Control Gallery, Toronto Ont. exhibitor/curator

Aug. 2003 “HEY APATHY!” Fan Expo Comic Convention Toronto Ont.

Jan 2002 “HEY APATHY!” Atrium Gallery, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto Ont

March 2001 "Ink: Metropolis Apocalypse", Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto Ont

OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PRACTICE

2005-08 full time professional street artist & performer (live mural painting & storytelling) licensed by the City of Toronto for public exhibitions.

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