curriculum vitae
Tavis Lea
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Education
2022 Graphic Design Diploma
Windsor Career College
2016 Master of Fine Arts
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
2011 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Progression
Refined Fool, Sarnia, Ontario
2016 Petropunk: Master's Thesis Exhibition
SoCA Projects Gallery, LeBel Building, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
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2015 Petropunk
SoCA Projects Gallery, LeBel Building, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
2013 Artwalk
Blackwater, 170 Christina Street North, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
2012 Chemical Valley: a petro-punk science fiction
Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, 127 Christina Street S., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
2011 Major Studio Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2010 Modest Apparitions
Lot 66, 66 Court Street South, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2010 a post-dramatic after-glow
The L.U. Study, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Eye 4 Art
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario
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2023 Pollinators
ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario2
2023 WFCU CREDIT UNION: painting competition
Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, Ontario
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2023 Ontario Biennial Juried Exhibition
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario2
2023 Stomping Grounds: LAC Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington, Ontario
2023 Art + Climate = Change: This Changes EVERYTHING
ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario
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2017 Art Attack
The Story, Sarnia, Ontario
2017 Floyd Gibson Colours Show
The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, 127 S. Christina St., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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2015 The MFA Show
Arts Council Windsor and Region, 1942 Wyandotte Street East, Windsor, Ontario
2014 Possible Futures: What is to be done? The 2014 Windsor-Essex Triennial of Contemporary Art
Art Gallery of Windsor, 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
2013 Second Salon
The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, 127 S. Christina St., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
2011 Floyd Gibson Colours Show
The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, 127 S. Christina St., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
2011 Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2011 Retro Grad
Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre and Gallery, 250 Park Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2011 Urban Infill – (Art in the Core)
Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre and Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2011 Deans Row
Student Art GalleryLakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2011 TBSO Reception
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2011 T.E.A. Party
Naxo's Grille and Bar, 610 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2010 Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2010 Visual Arts Network Student Juried Show
The L.U. Study, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2009 Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
2008 Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Selected Curated Exhibitions
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2025 Part One: Ariel Williams
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
2024 Gardenship and State: Hibernaculum Collective
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Odyssey: Kelly Richardson
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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2024 The Banquet Years: Ted Fullerton, Will Gorlitz, John Kissick, Stu Oxley, Martin Pearce, Cheryl Ruddock
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada2
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2024 Chapters Now Through Four: Tracy Root
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Wanderings: Scott Taylor
ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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2024 The Fabrication of Stars and of Family: Elizabeth Downey
ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Eye, Sea, You: Maxwell Johnson
ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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Awards
2011 The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, Floyd Gibson Colours Show
Honourable Mention
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
Lakehead University Students Union Award
Department of Visual Arts Award
Definitely Superior Artist Run Centre Gallery Award
Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities Award for Painting
Ruth Tye McKenzie Award
2010 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
The Keg Award
2009 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Lakehead University Annual Juried Exhibition
The Hilda May Utting Memorial Prize for Abstract Painting
Thunder Bay Potters Guild
Visual Arts Network Award for a 2nd year student