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Education

2017 MFA, Visual Art, York University, Toronto, Canada  

2010 M.Arch, Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2007 B.Sc(Arch), Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2006 B.Sc(Arch), Exchange, Institut Supérieur d’Architecture Saint-Luc de Bruxelles, Belgium

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Lithic Innards, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario

2018 A crack into a world, oozing from a tunnel, 401 Richmond, Toronto

2017 Passage No. 170424, Angell Gallery, Toronto

2017 felt/felt, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 I Love You, Don’t Touch Me, 1 Pheasant Run, Great Neck NY (online)

2021 The Empty Gallery, Shrine Virtual Gallery, New York (online)

2020 NARS Virtual Benefit, NARS Foundation, New York (online)

2020 On Repetition and Depth, NARS Virtual Gallery, New York (online, curated by Elisa Gutiérrez)

2020 Source Matters, NARS Foundation, New York

2019 Cuties Who Are Nice, Kontort, Toronto (curated by Magenta Foundation Curatorial Incubator)

2018 Fibreworks 2018, Idea Exchange, Cambridge, Ontario

2018 Brick, Brink and a Space in Between, Nuit Blanche, 401 Richmond, Toronto

2018 Ouroboros, Saint Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto

2018 The ratio of an earthworm, 14 Randolph, Toronto (curated by Larissa Tiggelers + Patrick Cruz)

2018 Carry-on Santandar, Impact Conference, Santandar, Spain (curated by Barbara Balfour)

2017 Outside the Lines, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto

2017 Things Little, Gallery 50, Toronto (curated by Vanessa Nicholas)

2016 For the Love of Collective Chemistry, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto

2016 Peinture Fraîche et Nouvelle Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal 

2016 Art@Suite 500, Schulich School of Business, Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto

2016 After great pain, a formal feeling comes, Art Gallery of York University off-site at Gales Gallery, Toronto (curated by Megan Toye, won 2017 Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) Award for Best First Exhibtion in a Public Gallery)

2015 Parley, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto

2015 Blickpunkt / Viewpoint, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin (curated by Isolde Krams)

2015 Shit Talk, Long Winter, The Great Hall, Toronto

2014 To Be Destroyed, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (collaboration with Sam Mogelonsky and Steven Beckly)

2014 Vu D’Ici/From Where We Stand, Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Montreal (curated by Studio Beluga for Quinzaine des cultures festival)

2013 SVA Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York 

Artist Residencies

2020 Artist in Residence, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2019 Artist in Residence, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON, Canada

2017-18 Artist in Residence, 401 Richmond, Toronto, Canada

2015 Artist in Residence, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany

2013 Artist in Residence, We Are Full of Holes with Luis Jacob, Artscape Gibraltar, Toronto, Canada

2013 Artist in Residence, Sculpture and Installation, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA

Grants and Awards

2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create - Research and Creation

2020 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artist Creation Project (Emerging)

2019 Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artist Grant (Emerging)

2019 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Abroad - Residencies

2019 RBC Foundation, Emerging Artist Residency, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

2017 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize

2017 Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artist Grant (Emerging)

2016 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada Graduate Scholarship

Selected Talks

2021 Artist Talk, I Love You, Don’t Touch Me, Discussion between co-exhibiting artists, Online

2020 Panelist, Career Launcher Prize Panel Discussion, 401 Richmond, Online

2020 Artist Talk, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Gallery A, Oshawa

2019 Artist Talk, Magenta Foundation Curatorial Incubator, Toronto

2019 Artist Talk, York University, Drawing Department, Toronto

2018 Artist Talk, Ouroboros, St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto

2018 Artist Talk, Career Launcher Award: End of Residency, 401 Richmond, Toronto

2017 Artist Talk, Ellen Bleiwas in conversation with Bill Clarke, Angell Gallery, Toronto

2016 Artist Talk, Seneca College, Illustration Department, Toronto

2015 Artist Talk, York University, Sculpture Department, Toronto

2009 Presenter, Outside in the City Together, No Matter What the Weather, TEDx McGill, Montreal

Selected Bibliography

Sam Mogelonsky, “Artists on Artists”, CANVAS Compendium, September 2021

Laura Hudspith, “Ellen Bleiwas”, Quarantonics: Artist spots for the socially distanced, March 28 2020

“Plastic Attic Visits: Ellen Bleiwas”, Plastic Attic, February 2020 

“RBC Artist Incubator Lab”, The RMG Art News, Fall 2019, pg. 18-19

Claire Scherzinger, “Ellen Bleiwas”, Overly Dedicated Podcast, February 19 2019

Terence Dick, “Ouroboros at St. Anne’s Anglican Church”, Akimbo, October 2018

Emily Austin, “Ellen Bleiwas: Passage No. 170424 at Angell Gallery”, Artoronto, October 2017