Tonya Corkey
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2008-2012 OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Drawing and Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2020 “Be as nice as you are forever,” Art After Dark, Kingston, ON
2013 “See you in the future,” Galleria 814, Toronto, ON
2012 “Your Friend, Freddie,” XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Group Exhibitions
2023 Rhizom Re-Mix, PAKHUSgalleriet, Nykøbing, DK
Craft Award Recipient Exhibition, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
Other Tigers, The Lost and Found, Toronto, ON
2022 Re:member, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON
Unravelled, Textílmiðstöð Íslands, Blönduós, IS
2021 Presently, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON
2018 Art for Cancer Foundation, Art Square Gallery, Toronto, ON
Open Studio, 7 Labatt Avenue, Toronto, ON
2017 Art Market, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, ON
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Only One Gallery, Toronto, ON
Pretty/ Peculiar, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Children’s Aid Foundation Gala, Teddy Bear Affair, Toronto, ON
Room with a View, The Studio, Kingston, ON
Faculty of Education Juried Art Exhibition, The Studio, Kingston, ON
2015 Fall ArtsFest, Duncan McArthur Hall, Kingston, ON
30 Under 30, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
INTERACT Juried Art Salon, Community Exhibition Gallery, Tett Centre, Kingston, ON
Silver Celebration, 239 Princess Street, Kingston, ON
Figurative, Atrium Gallery, Vaughan City Hall, Vaughan, ON
37th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
Get Noticed, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 The Juried Art Salon, Kingston Ontario
Reconstructing (S)P(L)ACE, Hazelton Lanes Art Festival, Toronto, ON
Love Art Fair, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON
Hard Twist 8, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
The Artist Project, Untapped Emerging Artist, Toronto, ON
Arbitration Place, Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2013 Artfest, City Park, Kingston, ON
The Juried Art Salon, Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Kingston, ON
Today, From Yesterday and Tomorrow, Gallery 918, Toronto, ON
Hard Twist 7, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2012 The Memory Project, Alison Milne Gallery, Toronto, ON
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Headquarters, Mississauga, ON
OCAD University’s 97th Annual Graduating Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Domestic Vista, Communication Art Gallery, Toronto ON
Awards/ Grants
2023 Helen Francis Gregor Award, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
Arts Abroad: Residencies, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Arts Response Initiative: Project Grants for Individuals, Ontario Arts Council
2020 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development, Community Foundation for Kingston and Area, Kingston, ON
2017 Regional Semi-Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Toronto, ON
2014 Emerging Artist Award, The Juried Salon, Kingston, ON
2013 Emerging Artist Award, The Juried Salon, Kingston, ON
2013 People’s Choice Award, The Juried Salon, Kingston, ON
2012 Graduate awards honourable mention
2011 The Art of the Figure 2011 honourable mention
2008 Queen Elizabeth Millennium Scholarship
Residencies
2023 Kunstkollektivet 8B, Unnerud, Denmark
2022 Long Days Residency, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
Ós Textile Residency, Textílmiðstöð Íslands, Blönduós, IS
Media and Bibliography
Icelandic Textile Center: Ós Residency Catalogue,: 2022, 2023
Piecing Art Together: Smithsonian: Informational Text by Dan Herweck Rice, 2019
A Big Important Art Book Now with Women: Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists and Projects to Help You Become One by Danielle Krysa, October 2018
The Jealous Curator: Art for Your Ear: Podcast: TONYA CORKEY: experiments, risks…and dryer lint, November 2016
Hi Fructose, "Tonya Corkey Creates Portraits Using Dryer Lint", August 2014
The Varsity, "Through the Eyes of the Artist at The Artist Project", March 2014
Flare: Canada's Fashion Magazine, "Portrait for a Lady", Dec 2013
Artisans Bay Magazine, "Tonya Corkey", Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall 2013
OTM Zine, "The Medium is The Message": Artist Profile Tonya Corkey, issue 13, January 2013
Pop Curious, "Portraits from Lint by Toronto-Based Artist Tonya Corkey", 2012
Related Experience
2016-Present Arts Educator, London, UK, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON
2023 Craft Award Recipient Artist Talk, Craft Ontario, Virtual
2020 – 2021 Wet Felting Instructor, Kingston School of Art, Kingston, ON
2011-2019 Butter Sculptor, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2017 Artist Talk, Mindfully Alive Retreat: Tame the Voices in your Head, Creatively Live in The Moment and Find Peace in a Frantic World, Wales, UK
2016 Acceptance speech on behalf of Queen’s Faculty of Education, Kingston, ON
2014 Artist talk, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2012 Live painting, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON