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Valerie Ashton OSA,
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Awards
2018 - Station Gallery Juried Show - 1st Prize
2012 - Pastel Artists of Canada - awarded Master Pastelist , MPAC Designation
2011 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Honourable Mention
2008 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Best of Show
2008 - Elected into the Ontario Society of Artists, awarded OSA Designation
2008 - Pastel Artists of Canada - Abstract Art award
2007 - Pastel Artists of Canada - awarded Signature Status, PAC Designation
2006 - Varley Art Gallery Juried Show - awarded Juror's Choice
2006 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Juror's Choice
2004 - Painting "Start of a New Day" selected for book - Markham Anthology
2003 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Honourable Mention
2003 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Best of Show
2001 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - awarded Best of Show
Exhibitions
2019 - Kent Farndale Gallery - "The Myth of Away" - Port Perry
2019 - Propeller Art Gallery - "Reality Vanishing in Plain Sight" - Toronto
2018 - Station Gallery Juried Show "Perfect Moment" - Whitby
2018 - Station Gallery Group Show "It's All Relative" - Whitby
2018 - Pastel Artists of Canada Juried Show - Aurora
2015 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2014 - Station Gallery Juried Show - Whitby
2013 - Latcham Gallery Juried Show - Stouffville
2013 - Stouffville Town Calendar - Stouffville
2004 - 2015 - Stouffville Studio Tour
2012 - Beacher Cafe Solo Show - Toronto
2012 - OSA Members Show - Aurora
2012 - Stouffville Civic Centre Group Show
2011 - OSA Juried Members Show - Toronto
2011 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show - Art Square Gallery, Toronto
2010 - Ontario Society of Artists - Gallery Stratford, Stratford
2009 - Ontario Society of Artists - Gallery de Boer, Owen Sound
2009 - Polo for Heart Art Walk - Richmond Hill
2009 - Ontario Society of Artists Juried Show - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2009 - Station Gallery Group Show - Whitby
2009 - Studio 737 Art Gallery - Tweed
2008 - Pastel Artists of Canada Juried Show - Art Gallery of Hamilton
2008 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2008 - Studio 737 Art Gallery - Tweed
2007 - Pastel Artists of Canada Juried Show - Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
2007 - Latcham Gallery Exhibition - "Portraits of the Everyday", Stouffville
2007 - Station Gallery Juried Show - Whitby
2007 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2006 - Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Juried Show
2006 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2006 - Markham Village Art Show
2006 - Annual York Region Juried Show - Varley Art Gallery, Unionville
2006 - Latcham Gallery "Postcards from Away" Show - Stouffville
2006 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2005 - Varley Art Gallery Juried Exhibition - Unionville
2005 - Don Mills Library Solo Show - Toronto
2005 - Pastel Artists of Canada Juried Show - Art Gallery of Mississauga
2004 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2004 - Pastel Artists of Canada Juried Show - Toronto
2004 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2004 - Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Juried Show
2003 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2003 - Varley Art Gallery Juried Exhibition - Unionville
2003 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2003 - Pine Ridge Juried Show - Ajax
2002 - Latcham Gallery Juried Show - Stouffville
2002 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2002 - Pine Ridge Juried Show - Ajax
2001 - Markham Group of Artists Juried Show
2001 - Pine Ridge Juried Show - Ajax
1999 - I.D.A. Gallery - York University, Toronto
1999 - Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery - Toronto
1998 - I.D.A. Gallery - York University, Toronto
Publications
2013 - Stouffville Town Calendar
2004 - Painting Start of a New Day juried into book Markham Anthology
Related Activities
2019 - Westport Artist Residency on Brier Island, Nova Scotia
2016 - Reclaim Artist in Residence at Haliburton School of Art and Design
2000-2015 - Volunteer at Latcham Gallery
2009-2012 - Host of The Art Studio on Whistle Radio
2010 - Taught art in Rome & Sorrento, Italy
2011 - Taught art in Tuscany & Venito regions of Italy
Government Collections
Town of Markham permanent collection
Government of Ontario Art Collection
Education
2015 - Studio Process Advancement Graduate Certificate program, Fleming College, Haliburton
1979-1983 - Graduated York University Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
1998-1999 - York University Fine Arts, incomplete
1995-2016 - Haliburton School of Fine Arts ongoing workshops