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Chris Perez
(Born 1990, Canada)
Education
OCADU, BFA 2012
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Rice Cooker, Otto Space, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Age of Aquarius, Slice of Life,Vancouver
2019
Escape, Black Cat Showroom,Toronto
2018
SCOPEMIAMI, Miami, United States
HeyY’All, OnlyOneGallery, Toronto
2017
Salon,Project Gallery, Toronto
2016
Summer SixteenGroup Show, Project Gallery Studios, Toronto
LuminousFlux IV, Greenbelt Gallery, Toronto
NewBeginnings, Northern Contemporary, Toronto
2015
ConstructedChaos, Fleet Wood, San Francisco
Why the @#&! Do You Paint?: Thick& Juicy, The Gladstone,Toronto
MNFSTOCommon Ground, Super WonderGallery, Toronto
Dirty Soap, Project GalleryStudios, Toronto
Fresh Paint: Nuit Blanche, FreshPaint Gallery, Montreal
2014
The Salon of Inclusiveness, BlackCat Gallery, Toronto
Let There be Art Five, TheatreSaint Catherine, Montreal
Project Art, 99 Sudbury, Toronto
Maybe Memories, YellowhouseGallery, Toronto
Optic Elixir, Project Gallery,Toronto
City Love, Hashtag Gallery,Toronto
Coalition, Greenbelt Gallery,Toronto
Poetic Poverty, CreaturesCreating Gallery, Toronto
2013
Young Collectors Exhibit, ProjectGallery, Toronto
The Biggest Little Art Show inthe City, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto
Twisted Art Exhibit, ProjectGallery, Toronto
Ethereal Beings: An AlternativePerception, Creatures Creating Gallery, Toronto
2012
Experiencing Perspectives,Mercedes-Benz Financial, Mississauga
New Biology Two, Moore Gallery,Toronto
Two Oh Five the Forgotten, TheGladstone, Toronto
No End: The Other DRPT Grad Show,Creatures Creating, Toronto
OCADU Grad Ex, OCADU, Toronto
Paint Rocks, OCADU, Toronto
As Soon as Possible Art Show, Theatrix,Toronto
2011
Optic Elixir, Red Line Café,Toronto
Curated Shows
2018 Coalition II, DCP, Toronto
2015 Dirty Soap, Project GalleryStudios, Toronto
2015 Fresh Paint: Nuit Blanche,Fresh Paint Gallery, Montreal
2014 Coalition, GreenbeltGallery, Toronto
Selected Commissioned Projects
2020 Robson Street Barriers, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver
2020 Bud King, Edmonton
2020 Three Amigos, Edmonton
2020 Make Art While Apart, Vancouver
2019 TorontoTransit Commission (TTC) “Streetcar named Toronto”, Toronto
2019 Malones, Vancouver
2019 The Cambie, Vancouver
2018 Bloor Fitness, Toronto
2018 Yes You Can Spray, Lisbon
2018 Hostel ONE, Madrid
2018 Dona Rosa, Barcelona
2018 Concrete Barrier Program, StreetARToronto, Toronto
2018 Outsidethe Box Program, StreetARToronto, Toronto
2018 Apiecalypse Pizza, Toronto
2017 Crossfit Leviathan, Toronto
2017 Beaus Brewery, Vankleek Hill, Ontario
2017 EQWorks, Toronto
2017 TourRadar, Toronto
2016 Side Street, Toronto
2016 Broncos, Toronto
2015 Loose Moose, Toronto
2015 TubeMogul Headquarters, SanFrancisco
2015 TIFF presented by Grolsch,Toronto
2015 Saved Ground Picture andPost, Toronto
2015 Nuit Blanche, FreshpaintGallery, Montreal
2014 The Social Garden HUB,Toronto
2013 Nuit Blanche CommunityMural, 707 Market, Toronto
2012 Blackout Festival, The IceFactory, Toronto
Selected Live Paintings
2019 SNAG, The American,Vancouver
2017 Art Battle 488, The GreatHall, Toronto
2016 Jansport at York University,Toronto
2016 Art Battle Holiday, TheGreat Hall, Toronto
2016 Art Battle Leap Year, TheGreat Hall, Toronto
2015 Pan AM CondomTO, Yonge andDundas Square, Toronto
2014 Art Battle 200, The GreatHall, Toronto
2014 Nuit Blanche Paint Night,Studio Bar, Toronto
2014 CIBC Pan Am Art Battle,Toronto City Hall, Toronto
2014 Art Battle 93, Theatre forthe Arts, Markham
2013 Paint the Halls, WomansCollege Hospital, Toronto
2013 Art Battle 42, The GreatHall, Toronto
2012 The UniBrow Bash: A FridaKahlo Jam, May Bar, Toronto
Workshops and Community
2020 King George Station “CommonUnity” Youth Mural, Surrey
2020 Shape Shifter Studios: Hip Hop- Intro to Style, Vancouver
2019 Vancouver Mural Fest:Elements of Hip Hop, Vancouver
2019 Art Studios, Vancouver
2017 Kapisanan PhilippineCommunity Centre, Toronto
2015 Precita Eyes, MissionDistrict, San Francisco
2008 Manifesto Art Workshop, CityHall, Toronto
Awards and Honors
2020 Civic Distinction Award for Beautification & Enhancement: COMMON UNITY Mural, Surrey
2016 Semi-Finalist Toronto, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Project, Toronto
Collections
Project Gallery
Hashtag Gallery
Halton StreetcarMuseum
Heaps Estrin Real Estate
Private Collectionsin Canada, USA, and UK
Press and Media
2018 The Marilyn Denis Show: TheArt of Banksy
2014 HTC: The Pursuit ofBrilliance
2014 Artist Chris Perez inHangloose Studio 3
2012 Mercedes-Benz FinancialExperiencing Perspectives Catalogue
2012 Sharpie Remix Commercial,Much Music Canada
“Bubbles nd Lightening”
https://edmonton.streetartcities.com/artworks/bubbles-nd-lightening-31318
“The colourful streetcar named Toronto is city’s favourite commute”
https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/10/colourful-streetcar-named-toronto-citys-favourite-new-commute/
“A Day in the Life” with Toronto Artist Chris Perez
https://torontoguardian.com/2018/12/toronto-artist-chris-perez/
“A Streetcar Named Toronto”
https://www.ttc.ca/Riding_the_TTC/community_art_progra.jsp
“Toronto is sending offits old streetcars in style”
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-is-sending-off-its-old-streetcars-in-style-1.4610180
Professional Affiliations
City of Toronto,Calgary, Richmond BC
StreetARToronto
PATCH project
STEPS
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