email: fredatanart@gmail.com
instagram: @paint_of_views
EDUCATION
2022-2026 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University, Major in Drawing and Painting
2014-2018 Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto, Specialization in Cell and Molecular Biology
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Perpetual Becoming, GradEx 111, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2026 Alt Space, U of T Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Annual Exhibition (Art Rental), University of Toronto, Victoria College, Toronto, Canada
2026 Abstract/Act— Thinking in Gesture, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2025 Degrees of Expression, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2025 Queen Mother Café (with Reissa Lee-Chan), Toronto, Canada
2025 Uptown Pride, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2025 Get Home Safe (with Billie MacFarland and Sarah Avolio), Remote Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2025 Awenda Inspired, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024 Small Gems, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2024 Under 100, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024 Face-Off, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2024 Undercurrent (with Cissy Shi), She Said Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2024 Meeting Halfway, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2023 Embodied Narratives - Unveiling the stories within, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2023 Belonging, 183 Gallery, Toronto, Canada
CURATION
2025 Get Home Safe (with BillieMacFarland and Sarah Avolio), Remote Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2025 Beyond Bound Pages & Moving Frames, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2024 Undercurrent (with Cissy Shi), She Said Gallery, Toronto, Canada
ART FAIRS
2026 The 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Canada
2025 The One of A Kind Winter Show, Enercare Centre, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS
2026 Career Launcher Fund, RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
2026 The 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher, RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
2025/2026 Recipient of Partial Gallery OCAD U Showcase, in partnership with RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers Career Launcher program
2023/2024 Sandra Henderson Scholarship in Drawing & Painting (Merit), Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
PUBLICATION/FEATURES
2022/2023 OCAD University Donor Impact Report, pg. 20-21.
PANELS/INTERVIEWS
2024 HORIZON Creative Entrepreneur Initiative Town Hall: Exploring the needs of emerging artist/designers, Toronto, Canada
2024 OCAD U LiVE interview, OCAD U Orientation, Toronto, Canada
PROJECTS
2025-2026 From Our Point of View: Encounters with Artists (Evergon, Marlene Creates, Maria Hupfield)
2024-2025 From Our Point of View: Encounters with Artists (Micah Lexier, Rajni Perera, Jim Shedden, June Clark)
2024-2025 HORIZON Creative Entrepreneur Initiative, https://blogs.ocaduwebspace.ca/thehorizoninitiative/
COMMUNITY
2025 The Textile Community Project, display at Spadina Museum Garden Party, Toronto, Canada
2024-Present Gallery Committee, Operations Co-Ordinator, Women's Art Association of Canada
2023-2025 Co-lead, Artist Alley, OCAD UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Canada