David Joron is a Toronto-based artist and Professor of painting and digital arts. After completing formal training at The Vermont College of Fine Art (MFA), The Ontario College of Art and Design (Drawing & Painting, with honors), the University of Toronto (Art History) and Sheridan College Institute (Multimedia Design) he has exhibited extensively in the context of community arts organizations, commercial and public galleries and international art fairs in Canada and the United States. He is included in Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting and has been mentioned in such publications as The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, C Magazine, Canadian House and Home and Canadian Art Magazine. As a professor at Sheridan College Institute, he is heavily involved in curriculum development and media-based practices.
Biography
Selected Exhibitions
2013
Context / Art Miami, Miami
NEXT / Art Toronto, Toronto
Scope, New York
2012
Aqua Art Fair, Miami
Art Toronto, Toronto
Visual and Creative Arts Faculty Exhibition, Sheridan College, Oakville
The Affordable Art Fair, New York 2011 The Affordable Art Fair (fall), New York
Aqua, Miami
2010
The Affordable Art Fair, New York
Aqua, Miami
The Artist Project, Toronto
Next, Chicago.
2009
The Affordable Art Fair, New York
Next, Chicago
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto.
2008
Painters, Group Exhibition, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto.
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto.
2007
The Affordable Art Fair, New York
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto.
2006
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto.
2005
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto.
2002
Art Strikes Back, Group Exhibition
2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2004
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003
Square Foot, Group Exhibition, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002
Art Strikes Back, Group Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
Adventure, Group Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
Pleasure, Group Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
Doing Time, Group Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
2001
Leisure, group Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario.
2000
Hart House Annual Juried Exhibition The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto. Award: Third prize
1999
Easy Solo Exhibition, Meg Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Toronto, Ontario.
Award: D.L. Stevenson & Son Best Painter
4:play Yellowhat Collective Group Exhibition, MEG gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1998
C Magazine Fundraiser Group Exhibition, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto, Ontario. C Magazine’s 1998 “Artist to Watch”
Spilled Milk, Solo Exhibition, The Arbour Room, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Hart House Annual Juried Exhibition The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, HartHouse, University of Toronto
First Offence, Parkdale Village Art Collective Group Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario.
One x One, Artscape Group Exhibition, Area exhibition space, 401 Richmond St. W, Toronto, Ontario.
Employment History - Teaching
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario 2016-present
Professor of Fine Art / Program Coordinator
Departments: Visual and Creative Arts
Courses: Issues in Contemporary Visual Culture, Professional Practice, Life Drawing, Introduction to Colour Theory, Introduction to Painting, Painting: Images and Ideas, Advanced Painting Studio, Digital Imagery
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario 2000-2016
Professor of Fine Art - Sessional
Departments: Continuing/Part-time Studies, Art Fundamentals , Visual and Creative Arts
Courses: Issues in Contemporary Visual Culture, Life Drawing, Introduction to Colour Theory, Introduction to Painting, Painting: Images and Ideas, Advanced Painting Studio, Digital Imagery
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario 1995-96
Teaching Assistant
Department of Drawing and Painting
Traditional Media, Materials and Techniques
Muki Baum Association, Downsview, Ontario 1995-96
Volunteer Visual Art Instructor for dually-diagnosed adults
Drawing, Painting and Ceramics and Sculpture
Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario 1994
Artsperience 94
Visual Art Instructor - elementary
Drama, Music, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Installation
Education
Vermont College of Fine Art
2013-2015 : Master of Fine Art, Visual ArtObtained: MFA degree
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
2000-2001 : New Media Design, Post Certificate ProgramObtained:Certificate
The University of Toronto.
1996-1999 : Fine Art History, Visual Studies
The Ontario College of Art.
1993-1996 : Drawing and Painting Specialist. Obtained: 4-year diploma (honours)
The Ontario College of Art
1994-1995 : Florence Off-Campus Studies
Reviews
Mark, Lisa Gabrielle, “Letter from Toronto”, C Magazine Issue #57, February - April 1998.
MacKay, Gillian, “Gallery Going: Paradiso”, Globe and Mail, Saturday November 22, 1997
MacKay, Gillian, “Gallery Going: Purgatory at Weave”, Globe and Mail, Saturday May 3, 1997.
Jordan, Betty Ann “Gallery Going: Yellowhat collective at bar Inferno”, Globe and Mail, Saturday November 16, 1996.
Professional Affiliations
Blunt Collective, Yellowhat artist collective, Parkdale Village Art Collective, A Space, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Power Plant