ROBIN HESSE
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CURRICULUM VITAE:

EDUCATION:
2022     George Brown College, Graphic Design Certification, Department of Art and Design
2016     MURALI (Mural Art Learning Institute) Mural Career Development Program
2016     OCADU Digital Media Certification, Department of Continuing Education
2015     PA+LS Public Art Learning Series
1985     University of Guelph, Department of Fine Arts
1984     Teaching Assistantship, Ontario College of Art and Design
1983     Honours Graduate, AOCA, Ontario College of Art, Department of Fine Arts

AWARDS:
2022    Canada Dept. of Culture and Heritage, Celebration and Re-opening Project Grant
2010     Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003    Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2001     Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2001     Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2000    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
1999     Ontario Arts Council Exhibition assistance Grant
1994     Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant  
1983     W.O. Forsythe Graduating Scholarship
1982     Dorothy Stevens Scholarship
1981     George A. Reid Scholarship

PUBLIC SERVICE POSITIONS:
1974 - Present    Toronto Public Library, Full-time employee, Public Services, Service Development Innovation

TEACHING AND RELATED POSITIONS:
2019-2020    Project Leader, Mini-Makers Program, Toronto Public Library STEM Learning Series , North York Central Library
2019                 Lecturer, RHGA, Community Mural Projects, City of Richmond Hill, Ont.
2017                Community Engagement and Utility Box Painting Workshop, Facilitator/Panelist - Mural Routes WALS Series
2017                Community Consultation / Building Trust Workshop, Facilitator - MACD , Story Art Centre, Centennial College


PUBLIC ART PROJECTS:
2023   The Willowdale Neighbourhood Mosaic Project,  Canada Dept. of Culture and Heritage
               and Mural Routes Partnership
2022  StreetARToronto Concrete Barrier Program, "The Conlins Road Cycle Track"
2021   StreetARToronto "OUTSIDE THE BOX!" program, successful candidate.
2021   415 Willowdale Basketball Court Mural,  Project Assistant
2020    Mural Routes Online Senior's Mosaic Workshop - Consultant
2020   The Henderson Bridge Project - Panel Restoration Project, Markham, Ont.
2020    37 Poles Project, Mount Pleasant BIA
2019    The Richmond Hill Community Traffic Box Mural Project
2019    STreetARToronto  Concrerte Barrier Program "Lakeshore Bikelane Barriers"
2019    Richmond Hill Community and Cultural Grant Program - Successful Applicant
2018    StART Euclid/Palmerston Laneway “Light Up the Laneway” Project​
2018    Juror, The Bell Box Mural Project, Willowdale Ward 23.
2018    StreetARToronto "OUTSIDE THE BOX!" program, successful candidate.
2017    The Bell Box Mural Project, Canada 150 Richmond Hill Community Bell Box Murals
2016    Coxwell Laneway Mosaic Mural,  Assistant Muralist, Toronto, Ont.
2016    StreetARToronto "OUTSIDE THE BOX!" program, successful candidate.
2015    StreetARToronto "OUTSIDE THE BOX!" program, successful candidate.
2015    TELUS Social Art Rally Mural, Artist Leader, Toronto, Ont.
2014   The Henderson Bridge Mural Project,  Public Art and Public Realm,    
                City of Markham, Ont.
2013    Nuit Blanche,  “Thirteen",  self curated  Independent Project , Toronto, Ont

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010     Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, City of Brantford, Ontario
2003    The Burlington Art Centre (BAC), Burlington, Ontario
2001    The Latcham  Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
2001   Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario
2000    Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
1999    University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
1990    Durham Public Art Gallery, County of Durham, Ontario
1990    Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1988     Alliance Francaise, Toronto. Ontario
1987    Kozak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1986    Lacemaker’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1986   COFTM/Centre Francophone de Toronto
1985    Partisan Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983    Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario
1982    Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016     Ottawa School of Art 6th Bi-Annual Print Exhibition, Ottawa, Ontario
2016     OCADU 2016 Annual Alumni Exhibition, Toronto, Ont
2015      "Considered:",  Quest Art Gallery, Midland, Ontario
2015     " Winter",  Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ont
2014      Group Exhibition, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Ont.
2014      “Artcetera”,  Annual Fundraising Event, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Ont.
2014       F.H. Varley Gallery of Markham “Art for All” Annual Auction
2013       “Artcetera”, Annual Fundraising Event, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Ont.
2013       Black & White Ball, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
2012      “Off the Wall”  Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts Fundraiser, Toronto, Ont
2012      “Now...What R U Waiting For”, PCVA/Workman Arts, Toronto, Ont.                             
2012       "Face2Face",  OCAD University, Toronto, Ont
2012       Political Acts – It’s Not About the Art.  Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ont.
2012       Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ontario
2012        Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, “The Black and White Ball 2012”, Toronto, Ont.
2011       Walk on the Dark Side: North Bruce Celebrates Dark Skies", Tobermory, Ont.
2011       Permanent Collection Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
2011       Gladstone Hotel, (Mayworks 25th Annual Festival),Toronto, Ont.
2011        Workman Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2011       Hart House University of Toronto, (Workman Arts), Toronto, Ontario
2011       Davis Canadian Arts, Stratford, Ontario
2011       OCAD University Alumni Exhibition, Art Square Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2011      Dark Skies, Bright Minds, The Annual Sources of Knowledge Forum, Bruce Parks, Tobermory,Ont                                                       
2010      Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
2010       Circle Arts, Tobermory, Ontario
2010      The 11:11 Project, Art House, Brooklyn, NY
2010       A Million Little Pictures: Time Capsule Exhibition, Art House, Brooklyn, NY
2010      Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario
2010      Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, City of Brantford, Ontario
2009      Small Format Focus Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
2009      Richmond Hill Inaugural Chairman’s Dinner for the Arts, Thornhill, Ontario
2009      Circle Arts Gallery, Tobermory, Ontario
2009      Rebecca Gallery, Toronto, Ontario   
2008        BIAM, La salle Augustin-Chenier, Ville-Marie, Quebec
2008     Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ont.
2007     F.H. Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Annual York Region Exhibition, Unionville, Ont.
2007     Lonsdale Gallery "Love" Exhibition. Harbourfront, Toronto, Ont.    
2007     John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ont. OSA Members Collective Works Exhibition
2007     Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
2007     Drawing 2007, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007      Art Gallery of Mississauga, City of Mississauga, Ontario
2006     Jordan Gallery, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
2006     Magic door Art Gallery, Sunderland, Ontario
2004     Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2004     Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2003     “Dykeversity”  Exhibition . Pride Toronto, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Ont
2003     Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery 40th Annual Exhibition, Owen Sound, Ont.
2002     BIAM, La salle Augustin-Chenier, Ville-Marie, Quebec
2002     Wallace Studios, Toronto, Ontario
2002     La galerie d’art Stewart Hall, Centre Culturel de Pointe- Claire, QC
2002     Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, Ontario
2002     Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock Ontario
2002     Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002  “Wegway” Primary Culture, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ont.
2001     Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001     West Parry Sound District Museum, Parry Sound, Ontario
2001     Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario
2001     Timmins Museum, Timmins, Ontario
2001      Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2001      Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
2001     “December” Cambridge Public Art Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2001     Cambridge Public Art Galleries Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, Ontario
2000     Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Ontario
2000     Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario
2000     The Sir Sam Steele Art Gallery, Orillia, Ontario
2000      New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
2000      BIAM, La salle Augustin-Chenier, Ville Marie, Quebec
2000     75th Juried Exhibition, Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
2000     Pratt &Whitney Canada Annual Exhibition , Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
2000      Royal Bank Financial Group Annual Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario
2000      CSPWC Member’s Exhibition, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999     “Perspectives 1999” Pratt & Whitney Canada Annual Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
1999      Woolfit’s Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999      Uxbridge Regional Exhibition, Uxbridge, Ontario
1998      Impact Gallery Annual Juried Art Exhibition,  New York
1998     The Casey House Foundation 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration of Courage Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1998      Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
1998      Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
1998      Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario
1998      BIAM, La Salle Augustin-Chenier, Ville-Marie, Quebec
1998      Blackwood Gallery, Erindale Campus, University of Toronto
1997      Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
1997      Art Gallery of Peel Peel, Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ontario
1997      Etobicoke City Hall Art Gallery, Ontario
1997      Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton,Ont
1997      Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
1996      Royal Bank financial Group, City Hall Art Gallery, Toronto. Ontario
1996      Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario            
1996      Out of Darkness Anniversary Exhibition , Armstrong Gallery, Art Gallery of Peel
1996      J.B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1996      Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
1995      Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
1995      Image ‘95”, J.B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995      Hummingbird Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1994      Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Mill Gallery, Clarington, Ontario
1994      Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario
1994      Image ’94 OSA, Toronto, Ontario
1993      Grimsby Public art Gallery Regional Exhibition, Grimsby, Ontario
1993      Art Gallery of Peel, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ontario
1992      Mayworks ’92 – Working Image IV” OPSEU Exhibition, OPSEU Bldg., Toronto, Ontario
1992      "Eye on Art”Toronto Arts Exhibition, Proctor and Gamble Corporation, Toronto, Ontario
1991      Arts Hamilton Annual Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton,Ontario
1991      Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
1991      Communication/Alternate Expressions”Exhibition, Florida State U., Talahassee, Fla
1990      Art Gallery of Hamilton, City of Hamilton, Ontario
1990      Paper Art international Exhibition of Works on Paper, Salvador, Brazil
1990      Rodman Hall Arts Centre Annual Exhibition, St. Catherines, Ontario
1990      Kunsten Aarscentrum De Vonk Co-operative Art Gallery, Bussum, Holland
1985      Kamen Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1984      O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
 
AWARDS:
2004    JURY AWARD , Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ont.
2003    JURYAWARD, “Being Scene” Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
2000    TRIELOFF AWARD, The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
2000     MENTION PRE-SELECTIONNE, BIAM, La Salle Augustin-Chenier,Ville-Marie, Quebec
1999     JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD, Town of Uxbridge Regional Exhibition,
1998     JUROR’S AWARD, Impact Gallery Exhibition, NY
1998    JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD, The Frederick Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Unionville,Ont
1997     HONOURABLE MENTION, Art Gallery of Peel , Brampton, Ontario
1996     JURY AWARD, Etobicoke City Hall Exhibition,  City of Etobicoke, Ontario
1995     GRAFIX INC. AWARD, The Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario
1995     ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AWARD, Lakeshore Arts, Humber College, Ontario
1994     JUROR’S AWARD, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
1994     CALDERONES AWARD, OSA, Toronto, Ontario     
1993     JUROR’S AWARD, RHGA Exhibition, Richmond Hill, Ontario
1993     AWARD OF HONOUR, RHGA ExhibitionExhibition , Richmond Hill, Ontario
1993     ART GALLERY OF PEEL AWARD, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
1993     JUROR’S AWARD, Scarborough Arts, Ont
1992     HONOURABLE MENTION, Scarborough Arts, Ont
1992     JUROR’S AWARD, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
1992     PROCTOR AND GAMBLE AWARD, Proctor and Gamble Corporation,Toronto, Ontario  
1990    JUROR’S AWARD,  Art Forms Exhibition,Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery,  Ontario
1985    TEXACO CANADA PURCHASE AWARD, OSA, Toronto, Ontario
 
GALLERY REPRESENTATIONS:
 2009-2020                 Circle Arts Gallery, Tobermory, Ontario
2012-2013                 Rebecca Gallery, Online Art Services Partnership
2011-2016                 Davis Canadian Arts, Stratford, Ontario
2012-2014                 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
2001                               Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999-2001                 Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Gift Store, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
 
COLLECTIONS:
 Government of Ontario Art Collection,  Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Collection of TECU (The Energy Credit Union), Toronto, Ontario
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, City of Brampton, Ont.
Burlington Art Centre, Burlington Ont
Grimsby Public art Gallery, Town of Grimsby, Ontario
Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Town of Markham, Ontario
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
University of Rochester,  New York
CSPWC Collection, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ontario
Casey House, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of International Contemporary Art, Salvador, Brazil
 



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