Deborah Bennett-Kagan- Artist
Deborah Bennett-Kagan is an artist based in Toronto, Georgian Bay and Miami. Her studio practice is centered around painting, found objects and consumer waste, and painted collages. Her work explores the paint medium and collage process in relation to the built and natural environment. Through her artwork she explores how environmental realities affect our experience. She intends to elicit an emotional, cathartic and spiritual reflection for the participant.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Love, Whatever Self it Had, oil paintings, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2022 Vastus, multi-media collage, presented by Zelaya Art Framing, One World Gallery, Miami, Florida
2014 Land Under Sea, oils on canvas and multi- media on paper, Gallery 345, Toronto
2004 Mystic Rocks, digital photographs printed on mylar, polyethylene light boxes, ic-ci, Toronto
2002 Legend, latex and oils on canvas, acrylics on paper, video installation, loop, Toronto
2001 Landscape and Memory, latex and oils on canvas, acrylics on paper, loop, Toronto
1999 Identity/Identite, video exhibition in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad, Oboro gallery, Montreal
1994 Present Tense, acrylics on paper, Seven Continents, Showroom, New York City
1991 Recent Paintings, multi-media on paper and oils on canvas, Gallery Ma2, Toronto 1987 Portraits, oils on canvas, Rendezvous Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fables and Simulacra, Drawings, Galeria Azur, Karl-Marx-Ailee 62, Berlin
2023 Sha'ar; Song of the Gate, The Baycrest Foundation, in collaboration with Andrea Simon and Samantha Goldman, Toronto
2020 Collector's Circle, The Baycrest Foundation, virtual art show featuring multi-media on paper and oils on canvas, Toronto
2015 The Watershed Art Show, oils on canvas and multi-media on paper, Bala, Muskoka
2001 Annual X-Mass Show, oils on canvas, loop, Toronto
1999 Identity/Identite, performance and video teleconferencing event in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad; Obobro Gallery, Montreal, University of Toronto, Toronto, and Gertrude Stein Repertory, New York City
1999 Identity/Identite, video exhibition in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad, Georges Laoun, Montreal
1999 Identity/Identite, video exhibition in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad, Oakwood Library and Arts Centre in Association with the ‘1999 ArtsWeek Festival’, Toronto
1999 Identity/Identite, video exhibition in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad , Molotov Cocktail, Toronto
1994 Gallery Artists, oils on canvas, Scheider and Associates Gallery, Toronto
1990 Group Show, oils on canvas, Gallery Grey Matter, Toronto
1990 Dual in the Sun, oils on canvas, Galaxy Gallery, South Beach, Miami
1990 The Armadillo Show, oils on canvas, Idee Gallery, Toronto
1987 Gallery Artists, oils on canvas, Gallery 306, Toronto
ART FAIRS
2024 Art Expo New York, Galeria Azur New York, Pier 36, New York City, April 4-7, 2024
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Curator and Organizer
The Watershed Art Show, Bala, Muskoka, 2015
Curated and organized a group exhibition of Canadian Artists featuring the works of Max Streicher, Tracey Thompson, Shelagh Bennett, Casey Hare and Catherine Gillespie to raise awareness of the regional watersheds. 10% of all proceeds went to the Watershed Council of Muskoka.
Collaborating Artist
Identity/Identite, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, November 1998 through November 1999 in collaboration with Janeil Engelstad. Created and managed a six month national art program. Participants explored and documented the relationship between language, cultural identity and nationalism. The work produced through this project has been exhibited in galleries and public venues in Montreal and Toronto.
Co-Curator and Coordinator
University of Toronto Thesis Exhibition, 1997
GRANTS
Sony Canada, 2002
Oboro Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, artist residency, 1999
Gotlieb’s Investments, Materials Grant, Toronto, 1998
Upper Canada Brewery, Toronto, 1997
Grants awarded for projects and exhibitions with non-profit art organizations:
Identity/Identite, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, 1999
City of Montreal, ITIF Inc., Magna International Inc., Birger Christensen Incorporated, Canada, Umbra Incorporated, Oboro Gallery, Montreal, Exposure New York
EDUCATION
University of Toronto 2012
Major in Art History
University of Toronto 1997
Major in Fine Arts
University of Toronto 1984
BMUS in Music
Tags
deborah, bennett, artist, toronto, painter, canadian, landscape, abstract, art, oil, acrylic, large, thick, georgian, bay, mansfield, ideas, order, granite