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, 35^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel (jurors: Ivan Jurakic, Anna Yuschuk)

2008  Jurors Award, 15^th 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 - 2^nd prize

1987  Talens Bursary Award – 3^rd 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 31^st 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, 15^th Juried Exhibition, Lakeshore Arts, Etobicoke

2008  35^th 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  34^th 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.