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ASHLEY BEERDAT
EDUCATION
2022-2024: MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2019: BA, Double Major in Art History and Visual Arts, and Honors Specialization in Criminology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Becoming the Poem, UWAG, Waterloo, ON
2021 - Messengers, North York Arts, North York, ON
2020 - Natural Destruction, Community Gallery, Brampton, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025- NYC Canopy group show, Chelsea, New York (upcoming June 2025)
2025- The Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2025- Soft Futures, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2024- SOS: A Story of Survival, Part lll-The Planet, KWAG gallery, Kitchener, ON
2024- Trajectories of Now: An Anthology, The Body Shop Studios, Toronto, ON
2023- The Artery, Waterloo, ON
2022- Threads of Resistance, Withrow Common, Toronto, ON
2022- Saying it with flowers, Hyatt Place Mississauga, ON
2022- Being Scene, Workman Arts, Toronto, ON
2022- Now Streaming, Visual Arts Mississauga, ON
2022- Why do you create?, Visual Arts Mississauga, ON
2022- The Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2021- The Soil Between Plants, Latitude53, Edmonton, AB
2021- Unlocked, The Unlocked Project, Online Juried Exhibition
2021- The New Youth Council Online Showcase, Sauga Culture, Mississauga, ON
2021 - Annual Juried Exhibition, Arts Etobicoke, Etobicoke, ON
2021 - Now Streaming, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2021 - Windows, Maria A. Shchuka Branch, Toronto, ON
2020 - Ada Slaight Hall, Toronto, ON
2020 - YRAC Virtual Art Gallery
2020 - State of Being, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, ON
2020 - Art Voice, PAMA, Brampton ON
2020 - YD2020 Festl, Toronto, ON
2020 - Now Streaming, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2019 - ARTBEAT Brampton, BeauxArts, Brampton, ON
2019 - Honesty Hour, Art Lab, London, ON
2017-2018 - Annual Juried Show, ArtLab, London, ON
COLLECTIONS
City of Mississauga Corporate Art Collection, Mississauga, ON
RESIDENCIES
2023-2024: Recreate Revision Residency, SKETCH Working Arts
2021: Shopify Vending Residency, SKETCH Working Arts
2021: Folio Residency, SKETCH Working Arts
2020: VAM’S Creative Residency, Visual Arts Mississauga
GRANTS/AWARDS/COMMISSIONS
2025: Conrad Center Mural, Commissioned by the City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON
2023: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario
2023: Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2023: Fine Arts Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2023: Harmsworth Lane Mural, Commissioned by the City of Brampton, Brampton, ON
2022: Hyatt Hotel Mural, Commissioned by the Hyatt Hotel, Mississauga, ON
2021: Ontario Arts Council Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists
2021: Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Creation Grant
2020: Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Arts Response Initiative Grant
2021: Canada Arts Council Explore and Create: Concept to Realization Grant
2021: Nelson Park Rooftop Mural, Commissioned by the City of Brampton, ON
2020: Global Opportunities Award, University of Western Ontario
2016: Faculty of Social Science Alumni Award, University of Western Ontario
PRESS
"MFA Thesis work on display at UWAG", The Daily Bulletin, 2024
"Mythic. "Iconoclast Collective: 14-15. (Painting)
“Creative Residency Group Tackles Streaming TV During New Exhibition,” Peel Weekly News, 2020