Juliana McDonald

Juliana McDonald was born in London, Ontario, Canada. At present, she lives in Ottawa, Ontario and works out of her studio at the Enriched Bread Artists.

McDonald graduated from the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme at the University of Ottawa in 2000, magna cum laude. Solo exhibitions include Snapdragon and Artguise (2007), the City of Ottawa Sussex Gallery (2006) and Cumberland Gallery (2004), and the Philip K. Wood Gallery in Almonte (2003). In 2001, she exhibited in the Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, and received Exhibition Assistance Awards from the Ontario Arts Council and from the Corel Endowment for the Arts.

McDonald served as a board member for the Council for the Arts in Ottawa from 2001 to 2003, helping to intensify public support of local artists and arts groups. Since the early 1990’s she has exhibited in both group and solo shows throughout the Ottawa area and her paintings appear in private and corporate collections in Canada and the United States.

Corporate and Public Art Collections:
City of Ottawa Public Art Collection, 2008
Dr. Stephen M. Earle, D.D.S., Ottawa, Canada, 2007, 2008
Redcliffe Capital Inc., Ottawa, Canada, 2006
Communique Direct Studios, Ottawa, Canada, 2006
Canadian Medical Protective Association, Ottawa, Canada, 2004

Grants and Awards:
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Award, March 2001
Corel Endowment for the Arts Award, May 2001
Faculty of Arts award for the highest standing in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Programme in the Department of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, 2000

Media Coverage:
The Hunt Club-Riverside News, “Local Rock Painter Displays Rock Collection”, by Tom Collins, 11 Aug., 2005, p. 14.
The Ottawa Citizen, “Freshly Baked”, by Paul Gessell, 21 Oct. 2004, p. D1, D2
The Fulcrum, "More Than Just Plain White Bread", by David Moscrop, 23 Oct. 2003
Rogers Community TV, interview on Daytime, 24 Oct. 2003
CJOH TV news interview for "Doors Open Ottawa", 24 May 2003
Centretown News, “Artists Open Studio to Public” by Mara McCallum, 12 Oct. 2001, p. 7
Interview on The Ticket, Rogers Community TV Cable 22, 22-26 Oct. 2001
Voir, Arts visuels, “Un, deux, trois: avant la rentrée”, by Patrick Nicastro, 23-29 Aug. 2001, p. 10
Xpress, Visual Arts Section, “Furrows and Currents”, by Moli Amoli K. Shinhat, 23-29 Aug. 2001, p. 21
The Ottawa Citizen, City Section, “Around Town” by Margo Roston, 16 July 2001, p. D2
The Gloucester News, “Gloucester Woman Evolves from Teacher to Artist”, by Jan Duncan, 6 Sept. 1998, p. 6

Publications:
"Marking Time 1", a painting, reproduced on the cover of a Field Trip Guide Book, Glaciated Terrain and Erosional Features Related to a Proposed Uncomformity in Eastern Ontario, by David Sharp and Andre Pugin, CANQUA, Ottawa, 2007
Cover of Tone Magazine Mar. 2003, Feb. 2002
EBA 10: 10 years of art at the bread factory, a catalogue, published by Enriched Bread Artists, Ottawa, Canada, 2002, p. 41, pp. 72-73.
“How Dandelions Prey”, a painting, appears on the back cover of Uncommon Prayer, a book of poetry by Susan McMaster, Quarry Poetry Books, 1997
“ Fantasy Jungles in Pen ‘n Ink”, Canadian Society for Education Through Art, Sept. 1990, vol. 21, No. 2

Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, University of Ottawa, 2000
Visual Arts Specialist, Ontario College of Teachers, 1988
Bachelor of Arts, English, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1970

Employment:
Studio assistant to Leslie Reid, June 2000 to 2004
Administrator for JAZZWORKS Workshop, 2003 to the present
Classroom teacher for the former Carleton Board of Education for 29 years; for twelve of those years, a teacher of Visual Arts, intermediate level—1971-2000

Related Activities:
President, Enriched Bread Artists, 2007
Jury member for the Mayor’s Art Festival, July 2006
Jury member for Ottawa Community Arts Programme, Sept. 2004
Jury member for Ottawa Visual Arts Project Grant, June, 2004
Jury member for Gloucester Arts Council, Nov. 2003
Committee member, Council for the Arts in Ottawa, 2003/2004
Jury member for Gloucester Gallery, Nov. 2002
Member of Board of Directors, Council for the Arts in Ottawa, 2001-2003
Member of Board of Directors, Enriched Bread Artists, Ottawa, 2001/2002

Memberships:
CARFAC Ontario
Council for the Arts in Ottawa
Golden Key National Honour Society, life-time member

Born:
London, Ontario, Canada

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