Howard Podeswa is based in Toronto where he graduated from OCADU (Eric Freifeld Award for Figure Draughtsmanship). He has been involved in many solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., South Africa and Europe including Birch Contemporary, Mira Godard Gallery (Toronto), Waddington-Gorce Gallery (Montreal) and ARC Gallery(Chicago). Recent exhibitions include Dépaysement | Studio (Birch Contemporary, Toronto), Still Life with Paper (Birch Contemporary, Toronto), Imago Mundi, (Venice, Italy), and A Brief History (Koffler Gallery, Toronto and Kelowna Art Gallery, B.C.). Podeswa’s paintings are held in numerous private and public collections including the Donovan Collection (Toronto), BMO Financial Group Corporate Art Collection (Canada), Luciano Benetton Collection (Italy), Ciba-Geigy AG (Basel), and the Agnes Etherington Gallery (Queen’s University, Kingston). His work has been widely reviewed in art journals including Art Forum, MOMUS, International Architecture and Design, Canadian Art Magazine and Border Crossings Magazine.