C.V.
INA PUCHALA
Born Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Presently lives and works in Toronto.
Education
| Level II Artist-Educator Certificate, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto | 2008 – 2009 |
| A.O.C.A., Honours, Drawing & Painting, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto | 1992 – 1995 |
Exhibitions
| ‘Oils – Straight Up, Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto | 2011 | ‘Summer Smoke and Paint’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2008 | ‘Black Dog’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2006 | ‘New Work’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2001 | ‘The Trumpet’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 1998 | ‘Grey’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 1996 | ‘Going into the Hole’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 1996 |
Two Person Exhibitions
| ‘Cinderella’, Ina Puchala & Fred Franzen, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2004 |
| ‘New Work’, Ina Puchala & Michael Anderson, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2002 |
| ‘Renaissance Women 2000’, Ina Puchala & Carolyn White, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto | 2000 |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| ‘Where They Are Now’, OCADU Alumni Exhibition, Art Square Gallery, Toronto | 2010 |
| Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto | 2010 |
| ‘Art Bazaar’, B Art Gallery, Toronto | 2010 |
| ‘Seeing with Closed Eyes: Five Abstract Artists’, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga | 2009 |
| 36th Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton | 2009 |
| ‘Voices’, Art Gallery of Woodstock, Woodstock | 2006 |
| VAM Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto | 2005 |
| VAM Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto | 2004 |
| ‘A Love Story’: Members Exhibition & Sale, Mercer Union, Toronto | 2001 |
| Perspectives ’00, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga | 2000 |
| Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton | 2000 |
| ‘Territory’, Gallery 1313, Toronto | 1999 |
| Perspectives ’99, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga | 1999 |
| Perspectives ’98, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga | 1998 |
| Perspectives ‘97, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga | 1997 |
| Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto | 1997 |
| Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto | 1996 |
| Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto | 1995 |
| ‘Foraging’, Gallery 76, Toronto | 1993 |
| ’The Spaces Between’, Women’s Collective, OCA, Toronto | 1992 |
Collections
| Pratt & Whitney Canada | |
| Egon Zehnder | |
| Government of Ontario Archives | |
| IPSOS Reid Group | |
| Response Innovations | |
| The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario |
Media
| The Mississauga News, ‘Addition by Abstraction’ by Debbie Bruce | July 2009 |
| The Mississauga News, ‘Visual Arts and AGM Host Juried Exhibition’ by Sandy Miller | Jan 2005 |
| The Globe & Mail, ‘Dolls With a Message’, by Gary Michael Dault | Dec 2004 |
Awards & Achievements
| Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant | 2008 |
| Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant | 2006 |
| VAM Annual Juried show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1st prize | 2004 |
| Canada Council ‘C’ Grant | 1999 |
| W.O. Forsyth Scholarship for Painting, OCA | 1995 |
| Devona Paquette Memorial Scholarship for Painting, OCA | 1995 |
| David L. Stevenson Award for Drawing & Painting, OCA | 1994 |
| George A. Reid Award For Drawing & Painting, OCA | 1993 |