Stephanie Avery
Media Category:
Photography/Photo-based
Artist Statement:
Stephanie Avery is a totally rad Toronto-based artist. Working in several different mediums, Stephanie has shown in Nuit Blanche, the Contact Toronto Photography Festival, and the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Stephanie also works as an art director for film and theatre, a job that combines her love of installation art with her love of paying rent. The rest of her time is devoted to experimenting with any medium she can get her hands on, and looking for ways to make the world a more interesting place.
Samples:
Exhibitions:
2008 Shadow Play, painting exhibit, Hotshot Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Decay Revisited, window installation, Roadside Attractions, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Dirt Bikes, window installation, Bike Pirates, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Swim, photography exhibit, Lens Factory Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Decay, installation show, Akasa Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group:
2010 Queen West Art Crawl, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, Ontario
2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario
2010 Painted Black, group photography show, Sleeping Giant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2010 The Sunnyside Art Show and Sale, The Sunnyside Pavilion, Toronto, Ontario
Work Experience:
2010, Maude-Lynne Sells Out, theatrical production, Nobody’s Business Theater, Toronto, Ontaio
2010, Redheaded Stepchild, theatrical production, Nobody’s Business Theater, Toronto, Ontaio, and Vi
2010, Giving Thanks, short film, BravoFACT, Toronto, Ontaio
2010, Ebbe the Hunter, short film, Columbia Grad Film/Jean-Marceau Secheret, Toronto, Ontario
2009, Job Review with a Vampire, Short-format Series, Gopher X, Toronto, Ontario
Education:
1999 - 2004 York University, BFA in visual art, Toronto, Ontario
1994 - 1999 Canterbury High School, special certificate in visual art