vanessamaltese@gmail.com
________
Vanessa Maltese (b. 1988) lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
REPRESENTATION
COOPER COLE, 1134 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON, M6H 2A2, Canada
EDUCATION
BFA, OCAD U, Toronto, ON, 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Fact or Fiction, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
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, 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
2014 wallwallwallwall, In The Pines, Jackson, WY
2014 The Compleat Gamester, COOPER COLE, Toronto, ON
2012 Two-fold Tally, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
2011 sum forms, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 A View Without A Room - two person exhibition with Michelle Grabner, Mickey, Chicago, IL
2019 Small Paintings, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
2019 Heads, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
2018 THE ANNOTATED READER (contributor), touring exhibition and publication by Jonathan P Watts & Ryan Gander
2018 The Other Side, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2017 As her fate, she accepted the world of ice, shining, shimmering, dead (The Island), PUDDLING - Organized by
Connor Olthuis and Caleb Dunham, The Island, ON
2017 extra-cultural surprise - organized by Eric Ruschman, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Homestead, Carl Louie, London, ON
2016 All Right Already, Artport Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 XYZ, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Showroom, Art Museum at the University of Toronto - curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan, Toronto, ON
2015 Jonathan Gardner // Vanessa Maltese, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
the Great Outdoors, Garden Avenue, 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
2013 The Kitchen, Soi Fischer, Toronto, ON
2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2010 Conduits, The Senate Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2010
OTHER PROJECTS
2019 Matching sticks, Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2019 Pet rock, 2019 Gattuso Edition - published by C Magazine, Toronto, ON
2018 CLUES, book edition with support from Glenfiddich AiR Program, Scotland/Canada
2017 ruler - 3 inches / ruler - 7 centimetres / ruler - 2 inches, Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2016 86400-00468-86400-00468, Gallery of Patrons Limited Edition 2016 - Art With Heart, Toronto, ON
2016 2013-2015 – Vanessa Maltese - artist monograph, published by COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada
2016 Sterling Road, organized by Lili Huston-Herterich, Vanessa Maltese and Abby McGuane
2015 cold read, print edition with Paul + Wendy Projects, Toronto, ON
2015 Several Observations, book edition with Slow Editions, Toronto, ON
2014 Ornament Swatch, edition with Nothing Else Press, Toronto, ON
2013 band-aid, Superframe - Portrait and Landscape signage project, Toronto, ON
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 Mid Career Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, ON
2020 The TOArtist Covid Response Fund, ON
2020 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, ON
2019 Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Art Council, ON
2018 Mid Career Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2016 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2015 Merit-based grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014 Visual Artists Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts,
2014 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Emerging Visual Artists Grant, The Toronto Arts Council
2012 RBC - National prize, 14th Annual RBC Painting Competition
2010 OCAD U – Drawing & Painting Medalist Award, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U – Nora E. Vaughan Award, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U - Tony Caldwell Scholarship, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U – Owen W. Wilson Memorial Award, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U - Catherine Daigle Award, Toronto, ON
2010 OCAD U - Marsh Urquhart Memorial Scholarship, Toronto, ON
ARTIST TALKS/PANELS
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, Varley Art
Gallery, Markham, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Hudson, Suzanne, Contemporary Painting - World of Art Series , Thames & Hudson
2019 Hudson, Suzanne, Review - Vanessa Maltese, Night Gallery, Artforum, March
2016 Tomic, Milena. Vanessa Maltese & Nathalie du Pasquier. Frieze, October
2016 Syme, Alison. Vanessa Maltese, Cooper Cole Gallery. Artforum, October 2016, p. 279
2014 Vanessa Maltese - Interview with Micah Lexier - Photography by Aaron Wynia, Bad Day, Issue 18
2014 Clarke, Bill. Exhibition Reviews - 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
2012 Gunn, Andrew. In the Confines of Painting--Interview, Canadian Interviews, September
2012 Berube, Chris. The RBC Canadian Painting Competition interview series--Interview, The Walrus, November
RESIDENCIES
2023 International Randall Chair in Painting - Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2018 Glenfiddich Canadian Artist in Residence, Dufftown, Scotland
2015 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, January
2014 In The Pines - Residency preceding solo project - wallwallwallwall, Jackson, WY
2013 Soi Fischer Thematic Residency with Artie Vierkant, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, ON
FAIRS
2017 NADA w/ COOPER COLE, New York
2014 NADA w/ COOPER COLE, Miami Beach
2014 Material Art Fair w/ COOPER COLE, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Papier13 w/ ESP, Montreal, Canada
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Library Collection
First Capital Realty
Bank of Montreal
Royal Bank of Canada
TD Canada Trust
With thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council



Copyright © 2021 Vanessa Maltese