vanessamaltese@gmail.com
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Vanessa Maltese (b. 1988) lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
REPRESENTATION
COOPER COLE, 1134 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON, M6H 2A2, Canada
EDUCATION
2010 BFA - Drawing and Painting, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Fact or Fiction, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2020 A View Without A Room - Two person exhibition with Michelle Grabner, MICKEY Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 How long is a piece of string?, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Same corner, same juys, same line of work, Canon Project Wall - Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, ON
2016 company, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Birds flew down to peck at the painted grapes, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2015 An edge between appears to be a boundary for some, Halsey Mckay, East Hampton, NY
2015 Jonathan Gardner and Vanessa Maltese, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
2014 The Compleat Gamester, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2012 Two-fold Tally, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 MICKEY, MICKEY, Chicago, IL
2023 Synth, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Small Paintings, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2019 Heads - curated by Sky Glabush, McIntosh Gallery - Western University, London, ON
2019 self-publishing / Publizieren als Kunst - curated by Jürgen O. Olbrich, Kunsttempel, Kassel, Germany
2018 THE ANNOTATED READER, touring exhibition and publication by Jonathan P. Watts & Ryan Gander (contributor)
2018 The Other Side, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2017 THE THING Quarterly and a few other things, National Gallery Library and Archives - curated by Peter
Trepanier, Ottawa, ON
2017 extra-cultural surprise - curated by Eric Ruschman, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Homestead, Carl Louie, London, ON
2016 UAB Project - Uncovering Artists’ Books, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2016 All Right Already, Artport Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 XYZ, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Showroom, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery/University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, ON
2015 the Great Outdoors, Garden Avenue - curated by Aryen Hoekstra, Toronto, ON
2014 paravent, 535 First Street, London, ON
2013 Endless Vacation, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2013 More Than Two (Let It Make Itself), The Power Plant - curated by Micah Lexier, Toronto, ON
2013 No Dull Affairs, Onsite [at] OCAD U, Toronto, ON
MULTIPLES AND OTHER PROJECTS
2023 LOOKS LIKE, self published zine, Alfred, NY
2022 Studio Flies, self-published, Toronto, ON
2019 Matching sticks, Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2019 Pet rock, The Gattuso Edition published by C Magazine, Toronto, ON
2018 CLUES, self-published book multiple with the support of the Glenfiddich AiR Program, Scotland/Canada
2017 ruler - 2 inches / ruler - 7 centimetres / ruler - 3 inches, Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2016 86400-00468-86400-00468, Casey House - Gallery of Patrons Limited Edition, Toronto, ON
2016 JAM ON TOAST - Conversations with Katie Lyle and Vanessa Maltese, David Hucal, Hanna Hur and
Jennifer Carvalho, book multiple with Slow Editions, Toronto, ON
2015 cold read, print multiple with Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2015 Several Observations, book multiple with Slow Editions, Toronto, ON
2014 Ornament Swatch, object multiple with Nothing Else Press, Toronto, ON,
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021 Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts, ON
2021 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, ON
2020 Mid Career Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, ON
2020 Travel grant, Canada Council for the Arts, ON
2020 The TOArtist Covid Response Fund, ON
2019 Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Art Council, ON
2018 Mid Career Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, ON
2016 Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2016 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2015 Merit-based grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014 Visual Artists Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2014 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2012 Emerging Visual Artists Grant, The Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2012 RBC - National prize, 14th Annual RBC Painting Competition, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U – Drawing & Painting Medalist Award, Nora E. Vaughan Award, Tony Caldwell Scholarship and Owen W. Wilson Memorial Award, Toronto, ON
2009 OCAD U – Catherine Daigle Award and Marsh Urquhart Memorial Scholarship, Toronto, ON
PUBLIC ART
2021 a bird in the hand, Eglinton Crosstown LRT: Forest Hill Station, Toronto, ON
2015 subject to change, RBC Water Park Place, Toronto, ON
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Hudson, Suzanne, Contemporary Painting - World of Art Series, Thames & Hudson
2019 Hudson, Suzanne, Review - Vanessa Maltese, Night Gallery, Artforum, March
2016 Syme, Alison. Review - Vanessa Maltese, COOPER COLE Gallery. Artforum, October
2016 Tomic, Melina. Vanessa Maltese & Nathalie Du Pasquier, Frieze, October
2016 James, Leah. Vanessa Maltese, Artforum Critics Pick (online), July
2015 Pagliacolo, Elizabeth. Loud, over-the-top and colourful: Memphis, the Italian post-modernist design movement is back, The Globe and Mail, July
2015 Jonathan Gardner and Vanessa Maltese - Art in America (online), June
2014 Vanessa Maltese - Interview with Micah Lexier, Bad Day Magazine, Issue 18
2014 Clarke, Bill. Vanessa Maltese - The Compleat Gamester, Magenta Magazine, Spring
2013 Soi, Lucas. Material Matters: A Roundtable Discussion with Five Promising Toronto Artists, Magenta Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer
2013 Clarke, Bill. Vanessa Maltese: Two-Fold Tally, Erin Stump Projects - Review, C Magazine, Issue 117,
"Translation", Spring
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2023 International Randall Chair in Painting, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2018 Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Program, Dufftown, Scotland
2015 Vermont Studio Center (merit based-grant), Johnson, VT
2013 Soi Fischer Thematic Residency with Artie Vierkant, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
FAIRS
2017 NADA w/ COOPER COLE, New York, 2017
2016 Art Toronto w/ COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2014 NADA w/ COOPER COLE, Miami Beach, FL
2014 Material Art Fair w/ COOPER COLE, Mexico City, MX
ARTIST LECTURES / PANELS
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture - Various Forms of Trickery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture - International Randall Chair in Painting, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture - Art Now!, Western University, London, ON
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture - Painting in the Expanded Field, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture - Artists Multiples, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2013 OCAD U Alumni Artist Program, Toronto, ON
2013 Conversations from the Toronto Art World – Panel Discussion with Georgia Dickie and Lili Huston-
Herterich, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2013 Artist Talk for No Dull Affairs, Onsite [at] OCAD U, Toronto, ON
2013 In Studio: Jeremy Laing & Vanessa Maltese, initiated by Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
2013 Painting Today, Beyond The Canvas – Panel Discussion with Nicole Collins and Francine Savard –
mediated by John Kissick, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Collection, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Canada Trust, Private Collections
With thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council



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