curriculum vitae last update February 2009
Fausta
Facciponte
orangegirl@sympatico.ca
tel: 905.826.4242
EDUCATION
1986 – 1990
UNIVERSITY of
TORONTO
Honors
Bachelor of Arts, Specialist in Art and Art History
Art History and Studio Courses - Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, Analytical
Drawing, Design.
1992
UNIVERSITY
of
TORONTO
Independent study with artist Paul Kipps
1996-1997
SHERIDAN COLLEGE CONTINUING STUDIES
History of Photography, Copy and Design,
Introduction to Marketing, Glass Blowing
AWARDS & GRANTS
2008 Ontario
Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2008
Jurors Award, Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery
of Brant (jurors: Carol Podedworny and Ryszard Sliwka)
2008
Jurors Award, Biannual Juried
Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery
(jurors:
Tobi Bruce, Wayne Moore, Tobey Anderson)
2008 Jurors Award, 35th Annual Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel (jurors: Ivan Jurakic, Anna Yuschuk)
2008
Jurors Award, 15th Annual
Juried Exhibition, Lakeshore Arts. “Through the Eyes of the Artist”
2008
Honourable Mention, Beaux-Art Gallery
Juried Show (jurors: Christine Boyanoski, Brian Smith)
2007
Finalist, Mississauga
Arts Awards
2004
Jurors Award, 31st Annual Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel (jurors: Tobi Bruce, Harold Klunder)
1998
D.L. Stevenson and Son Artists Award
1987
Toronto
Image Works Award
1987
Talens Bursary Award - 2nd
prize
1987
Talens Bursary Award – 3rd
prize
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2009
McMaster Museum
of Art, Hamilton
2009
The Artist Project, Liberty
Grand, Toronto
2009
Publication of Artwork with the John Hopkins University
of Medicine, Baltimore
2010
Burlington
Art Centre, Burlington– Artist Exchange Project
2010
Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury
– Artist Exchange Project
PUBLIC GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
2008
“Breaking New Ground”, Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford
2008
“VAM 31st Annual Juried Show
of Fine Arts”, Art Gallery
of Mississauga, Mississauga
2008
A Month of Photography, Whitney Gallery,
Brampton
2008
Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery,
Grimsby
2008
Through the Eyes of the Artist, 15th
Juried Exhibition, Lakeshore Arts, Etobicoke
2008
35th Annual Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
2008
Open Juried Show 2008, Beaux-Arts
Gallery, Brampton
2007
Camera Works, Laidlaw Hall, Living Arts
Centre, Mississauga
2007
“If 905 isn’t 416, why do we have YYZ”,
Art Gallery of Mississauga
2007
AAHLUMINEX, Art Gallery
of Mississauga
2007
34th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
2006 Peel Artist’s Series,
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
2005 32nd Annual Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
2004 Photo Exhibition,
Gallery Streetsville
2004 31st Annual Juried
Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
2003
30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery
of Peel, Brampton
2002 Past Tense, Laidlaw Hall, Living Arts Centre,
Mississauga
2002
It's in the Mail, Art Gallery
of Peel, Brampton
1999
26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery
of Peel, Brampton
1997
24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery
of Peel, Brampton
1997
Fall Exhibition, Laidlaw Hall, Living
Arts Centre, Mississauga
1997 Into the Garden, Gallery at Fairways, Mississauga
1997 Into the Garden, Kariya City Museum,
Kariya, Japan
1994 21st Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Art Gallery
of Peel, Brampton
1994
The Wedding Photograph, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery,
Toronto
1990
Studentworks: Sheridan College,
Art Gallery of Mississauga
1990
Graduate Exhibiton 2, Blackwood Gallery,
Mississauga
1990
Hart House Juried Exhibition, Justina M.
Barnicke Gallery, Toronto
1990
Graduate Exhibition, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
1990
Spring Forward Exhibition, Blackwood
Gallery, Mississauga
OTHER
EXHIBITIONS
2008
Addiction and Recovery Conference, Juried Art
Exhibition, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008 Addiction and Recovery Conference, Juried
Art Exhibition, Rockville, Indiana. USA
2008 AWOL Gallery, Square Foot Show, Toronto
2008 UrbanScape Gallery, My City, Toronto
2008 The Enfield Fox, 3 artists, Mississauga
2007 The Village Gallery, Port Credit
2007 Delta/Meadowvale Hotel and Conference
Centre, Mississauga
2007 Living Arts Centre, Mississauga,
hallway space
2004 Juried
Exhibition, Delta/Meadowvale Hotel
2003 Passage of Time,
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga.
2003 Mississauga
Central Library, Mississauga, ON.
2003 Passage of Time, Adamson Estate, Mississauga.
2003
Passage
of Time, an exhibition of prints. Lorne Park Library Gallery.
2002 CONTACT ‘02, Land-Remains, Perkins Eastman Black Architects, Toronto.
2002
Land-Remains, Lorne Park
Library, Mississauga, ON.
2002
Lorne Park
Library, Mississauga, ON.
2001 Mississauga
Central Library, Mississauga, ON.
2001
Adamson Estate, Mississauga, ON.
2000 Six Prints, Medical Arts Building,
Mississauga, ON
2000
UP, Credit Valley Hospital,
Mississauga, ON.
COLLECTIONS
·
Art Gallery of Peel, Peel
Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ontario.
·
Sheridan College,
Oakville
·
Various private
collectors
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
·
Somers, David. "Peel Artists: Fausta Facciponte and
Deborah Moore", Library and
Archives Canada Cataloguing in
Publication, 2006
·
Ahluwalia, Gurdeep and
McCleary, Kim. First Focus, Cable 10 News, 2008 Cable 10
Community TV, Daytime - local talk show interview, 2007
·
Millar, Sandy. "Facciponte Looks at Our Changing Landscape",
Mississauga News, June 21, 2001
·
Kobayashi, Erin. Brampton
Throws an Artsy Bash, The Toronto Star. February
16, 2007
·
Michibata, Tom. "Mom looks at Life through Lens", Mississauga News, August 20, 2000
·
Szigeti, Steve. "A Taste of Things to Come", Medium II, March 21, 1989
COMMUNITY PROJECTS & VOLUNTEER
·
Board of Directors,
Peel Heritage Complex 2008 - present
·
Art Gallery Committee,
Art Gallery of Peel 2008 - present
·
Juror for VAM,
Photographic and New Media Exhibition, 2008
·
Founder and Project
Co-ordinator of “A Month of Photography” 2005-present
·
Organizer of Art in
the City. Exhibitions at the Delta/Meadowvale & Toronto Airport West Hotel,
2004-2008
·
Focus group
participant “Canadians and their Past,” A Community/University Research Project
2007
·
Judge for Peel Board
Wide Art Show, May 2007
·
Judge for Skills Canada
Competition – Dufferin Peel Catholic School
Board, 2007 & 2008
·
Juror for Gallery
Streetsville – Youthful Expressions 2006
·
Juror for MAC Novotel Art
Exhibit 2006
·
Juror for Mississauga/Japan
Art Project – organized by City of Mississauga 2005
·
Juror for Gallery
Streetsville – Photo Exhibition 2004
OTHER
·
Publication of artwork
with The John Hopkins University of Medicine, 2008.
·
Artwork donation, Art
Gallery of Mississauga Annual Live Art Auction,
2008, 2007 & 2006. By invitation
only from curator.
·
The Sudbury
and Burlington Artist Exchange Project, 2008.
