BIONicole Katsuras (b. Toronto, CAN) received a Master of Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London, UK and has an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. Her work can be found in numerous corporate collections, including McCarthy Tetrault, Canaccord, Encana, RBC Capital Investments, Luciano Benetton, Mirvish Collection, Holt Renfrew and Nicole has designed an exclusive line of luxury hand-tuffed silk and wool rugs for Stark Carpet in New York city. Nicole is currently working on three solo exhibitions in Vancouver, Arkansas and Toronto. Currently she lives and works in Toronto, CAN. ABOUT THE WORKThere is a painstaking aspect to the way Nicole makes a painting, her pictures are built as much as they are painted. They are so well built, so beautiful and elaborate, her audience continues to grow in tandem with her deep relationship to painting, especially modern expressive abstraction.The paintings of Nicole Katsuras are uniquely innovative, one of the early pioneers of a technique that involves mixing oil paint into a personal palette of colours, then using an improvised system of irregular mark-making tools to apply the paint onto the surface of the canvas. a single square inch of canvas could support layers of extrusions piled an inch high. For this reason, Nicole was invited to exhibit in Material Matters 2012-2013 at The Courtauld Institute of Art, celebrating both established and emerging contemporary artists who use pioneering media or re-interpret traditional forms of representation.Nicole’s paintings are full of paradox and influence; painterly gestures take from genres diverse as still-life, and portraiture to create figure-ground relationships for the viewer to experience as both objects in space and as an ethereality that is open to personal meaning, joy and wonder. Nicole’s most recent work features a series of bold compositional and chromatic ideas that she has been focusing on since 2007. In the decade since graduation from Central Saint Martins Masters of Fine Arts, Nicole Katsuras has been collected by prominent Canadian collectors like David Mirvish, who specializes in the ongoing legacy of modern painting, Father Daniel Donovan’s historically significant Canadian collection as well as a number of private collections from Vancouver to Toronto, New York to ISTANBUL. Curriculum VitaeEDUCATIONMaster of Fine Art/ Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design/ London, United KingdomHonours Bachelor of Arts Degree/ University of Toronto/ Toronto, Canada AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPSMary Coyne Rowell Jackman Post Graduate Award SELECTED COLLECTIONSLuciano BenettonCanaccord Wealth ManagementCarlton UniversityThe Donovan CollectionEncanaEquitable TrustFairbourneHolt RenfrewThe KegMcCarthy TetraultMirvish CollectionRBC Capital InvestmentsSection Eight/Itch ProductionsWALKER WEST LONGOPrivate collections from Vancouver to Toronto and from New York to ISTANBUL UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS2020 Process and image (SOLO)/ march 7 - 21 / Bau-Xi Gallery/ Toronto2020 Art Auction/ Art Gems/ Aril 21/ Toronto2020 Gilda’s GNOME GARDEN / CANADA BLOOMS / March 13-222020 Contemporary Art Auction/ April 25 - 30, 2020 / Waddington’s / Toronto2021 New York (solo) TBASELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / ART FAIRS2020 Modern Masters-Private collection/ 13th Street Winery/Niagara, Ontario2019 Art Toronto/ Art Fair/ BAU-XI Gallery/ Toronto2019 Method II/ Bau-Xi Gallery/ Toronto2019 IN ASCEND/ Curated by Rafi Ghanaghounian/ Samara Contemporary/ Toronto2018 OUT OF THE BUSH GARDEN/ ONSITE GALLERY/ TORONTO2017 OUT OF THE BUSH GARDEN/ Fondazione Giorgio Cini/ Venice2013 December GROUP SHOW/ Corkin Gallery/ Toronto2013 Art Toronto/ Art Fair/ Corkin GALLERY/ Toronto2013 The Ghosts of WILLIAM RONALD/ MOORE GALLERY/ TORONTO2013 WINTER EXHIBITION/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2013 THE WHITE SHOW/ BAU XI Gallery/ VANCOUVER2012 ART TORONTO/ ART FAIR/ MOORE GALLERY/ TORONTO2012 ART TORONTO/ ART FAIR/ BAU XI VANCOUVER/ TORONTO2012 FRESH FACES/ NEWZONES/ CALGARY2012 SUMMER EXHIBITION/ BAU-XI Gallery/ VANCOUVER2012 SUMMER EXHIBITION/ MOORE GALLERY/ TORONTO2012 WINTER/ MOORE GALLERY/ TORONTO2012 WHEN NIGHT FALLS/ BAU-XI Gallery/ VANCOUVER2011 HIGHLY DESIRABLE/ NEUBACHER SHOR CONTEMPORARY/ Toronto2011 art toronto/ art fair/ moore gallery/ toronto2011 art toronto/ art fair/ bau-xi gallery/ toronto2011 Number 10 show/ w2 Storyeum/ vancouver2011 winter exhibition/ moore gallery/ toronto2010 art toronto/ art fair/ moore gallery/ toronto2010 number 9 show/ w2 Storyeum/ vancouver2010 summer group show/ Moore gallery/ toronto2010 winter group show/ Moore gallery/ toronto2009 winter group show/ moore gallery/ toronto2008 Queen West Art Crawl/ Toronto2008 Artscape/ The Gladstone hotel/ Toronto2008 Liberty Market Loft Artists/ liberty/ Toronto2008 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition/ Toronto2007 Fifteen/ The Gladstone Hotel/ Toronto2007 Queen west art crawl/ toronto2007 Outdoor Art Exhibition/ Toronto2006 Studio Tour & Sale/ 96 spadina/ Toronto2006 The Body/ Khiasma Gallerie/ Paris2006 MFA Graduate Show/ Concourse, London2006 Landmarks/ Lethaby Gallery/ London2006 new Exhibition/ Nolia’s Gallery/ London2006 Sub. Situ 01/ Mashed Potato Gallery/ Deptford/ UK2006 Where Are You Now?/ 12 Box Gallery/ Seoul2006 8 New Names/ Gallery 102:The Tea Building/ London2005 Mid-term Exhibition/ Concourse Gallery/ London2005 Square Foot Show/ AWOL Gallery/ Toronto2005 Panorama/ Spin Gallery/ Toronto2005 Hart House Art Competition/ J.M. Barnicke Art Gallery/ Toronto SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2020 March 7 - 21/ Process and Image/ Bau-XI Gallery/ Toronto2019-2020 December 2 - February 15 /Tilt + Pull/ arkansas state university- Mountain Home/ Arkansas2019 November 9-23/ Painter’s Paradise/ Bau-Xi Gallery/ Vancouver2015 PARADE/ Track and Field Gallery/ Toronto2013 CHROMA NATIONAL/ Corkin Gallery/ Toronto2013 COLOUR IN SPACE/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2012 SKY WRITING / Bau-Xi Gallery/ Vancouver2011 MEGATHERIUM/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2011 THE ALGONQUIN REPORt/ Bau-Xi gallery/ Vancouver2010 FURIOUS FROLICS/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2010 LITTLE ROAR/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2009 NEW WORKS/ 13th Street/ Niagara2009 SUNSHOWERS/ Moore Gallery/ Toronto2008 RED STAYS BRIGHT/ 968 Queen/ Toronto2007 BLOOMING HIDE/ Spin Gallery/ Toronto SELECTED AUCTIONS / VISITING ARTIST CRITIQUES2020 ART GEMS2020 Gilda’s Gnome Garden2019 Teddy Bear Affair2019 YWCA2019 Art Gems2018 ART GEMS2018 YWCA2017 ART GEMS2017 NYoTA 2016 art gems2016 Waddington’s Contemporary canadian art auction2016 NYOTA2016 TEDDY BEAR AFFAIR2015 Waterkeeper2015 Art Gems2015 TEDDY BEAR AFFAIR2015 Nyota2015 Varley Art Gallery2014 ART GEMS 2014 waterkeepers 2014 nyota2014 TEDDY BEAR AFFAIR 2013 ART GEMS2013 Visiting Artist/ critiques for the Undergraduate Painting/ University of Toronto2013 Waddington’s Contemporary canadian art auction2013 Waterkeepers 2013 AFYC2013 Visiting Artist/ critiques for the Undergraduate Painting/ University of Toronto 2012 ART GEMS2012 visiting artist/ critiques for the undergraduate painting/ university of toronto2011 ART GEMS2011 visiting artist/ critiques for the undergraduate painting/ university of toronto2010 ART GEMS2010 Varley ART Gallery2010 visiting artist/critiques for the undergraduate painting/ university of toronto2009 ART GEMS2008 ART GEMS2008 Art Gallery of HamiltonPRESS, TEXT AND MEDIA2020 Painting Modernity/ The Sound/ March 5/ Bart Gazzola2016 The happiness equation: want nothing + do anything = have everything by Neil Pasricha2013 Global Morning television programme for preview of Art Toronto2013 September Issue of Zoomer Magazine2013 Mention on blog Oh by the Way2011 Online Artist Feature, Vancouver is Awesome2011 Artist mention on The File2011 Online Artist Feature: No. 10 Group Exhibition, Vancouver2011 Lecture: Emily Carr and Her Daughters by Joan Murray at John M. Parrott Art Gallery2010 Now Toronto’s Daily Slide Show of This Week’s Must-See Art Shows By Fran Schechter2010 Bits Magazine2010 Here and Now Interview/ OMNI TV2010 Art Sync TV2010 The Donovan Collection Book2010 Here and Now/ OMNI TV2010 www.SNAPdowntowntoronto.com2010 online/ Merge:Rising Stars Glow in the Show/ She Does the City2010 The Beat: Arts in London2009 Art/ Toronto Life magazine/ April2009 Liberty Gleaner/ March/April2007 here and now interview/ OMNI TV2006 Student Shows/ Time Out London/ September2006 Assist in Interviews for future Central Saint Martins candidates for MFA 07/ London