Supria Karmakar
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Spirit House Strata Gallery, Elora, Ontario
2012 Navigating Heart Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
2011 Figment, Flight & Fancy Arts on King, Toronto, Ontario
2010 Waxing & Waning Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Woman’s House Wise Daughter’s, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Endless Longing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Art in Public Places, Elora Arts Council, Grove’s Hospital, Fergus, Ontario
Two Person Exhibitions
2011 Changing Surfaces Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
with Marilyn Clarke, Textile Artist & Supria Karmakar, Encaustic Mixed Media
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Toronto Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Hot Toddies, Hot Works Strata Gallery, Elora, Ontario
2011 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2011 Bi-Monthly Group Showing UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2010 Beyond the Frame Macdonald Steward Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2010 Whole Ball of Wax Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Andrea Bird and Lisa-Beth Glassman
2010 Portals UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2010 Wax Libris II Fourth Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverly, Mass. USA.
Curated by Joanne Mattera
2010 Artcetera Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Ontario
2010 One Of A Kind Spring Show, Elora-Fergus Tourism booth, Toronto, Ontario
2010 CWEN Twenty-Ten The Barber Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Bi-Monthly Group Showing UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2009 BEE-CAUSE The Arts Project, London, Ontario
2009 The Junction Arts Festival The Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Wax Libris Third Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverly, Mass. USA
Curated by Joanne Mattera
2009 I Heart Art Alma Gallery, Guelph, Ontario. Curated by Renann Issacs
2009 Fire in the Head, Song of the Wandering Aengus, Barber Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2009 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2008 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Dream Minarovich Gallery, Elora, Ontario. Curated by Marilyn Koop
2007 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2007 Artboretum Minarovich Gallery, Elora, Ontario. Curated by Phil Irish
Curated Exhibits
Awards & Grants
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Recommender Macdonald Stewart Arts Centre, Guelph, Ontario
2009 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Recommender Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimbsy, Ontario
Publications
2009 Reflections of Joy Multifaith Calendar, published by the Multifaith Action Society, BC, Canada
2009 World Religions Today, 1st Canadian Edition, by John L. Esposito, Darrell J. Fasching, Todd Lewis, and Paul Bowlby
Education
2010 -08 National Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverley, Massachusetts, USA
2006 Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) 8 Week Encaustic Course, Elora, Ontario
2005 Guelph School of Art Collage and Encaustic Course, Guelph, Ontario
1995 Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) Mixed Media Course, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Santiniketan, Two-week intensive course in Batik, Calcutta, India
1991 University of Toronto, Canada & University of Siena, Italy, Seven week International Summer
Program, Fresco Study in Italy
1991 McMaster University, Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Sociology& Gerontology,
Hamilton, Ontario
Teaching
2012 Altered Books with Encaustic, Sixth Annual International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA, USA
2011 -07 Encaustic Mixed Media and Collage, Fergus, ON.
2011-07 Altered Books, Fergus, ON.
2010-09 Power of Me, Altered Books, Summer Program for Children 8 - 12, Fergus, ON.
2010 Collage and Mixed Media, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON.
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519-829-9312Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Spirit House Strata Gallery, Elora, Ontario
2012 Navigating Heart Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
2011 Figment, Flight & Fancy Arts on King, Toronto, Ontario
2010 Waxing & Waning Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Woman’s House Wise Daughter’s, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Endless Longing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Art in Public Places, Elora Arts Council, Grove’s Hospital, Fergus, Ontario
Two Person Exhibitions
2011 Changing Surfaces Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
with Marilyn Clarke, Textile Artist & Supria Karmakar, Encaustic Mixed Media
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Toronto Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Hot Toddies, Hot Works Strata Gallery, Elora, Ontario
2012 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2012 Bi-Monthly Group Showing UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2011 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2011 Bi-Monthly Group Showing UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2010 Beyond the Frame Macdonald Steward Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2010 Whole Ball of Wax Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Andrea Bird and Lisa-Beth Glassman
2010 Portals UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2010 Wax Libris II Fourth Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverly, Mass. USA.
Curated by Joanne Mattera
2010 Artcetera Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Ontario
2010 One Of A Kind Spring Show, Elora-Fergus Tourism booth, Toronto, Ontario
2010 CWEN Twenty-Ten The Barber Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2010 Bi-Monthly Group Showing UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2009 BEE-CAUSE The Arts Project, London, Ontario
2009 The Junction Arts Festival The Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Wax Libris Third Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverly, Mass. USA
Curated by Joanne Mattera
2009 I Heart Art Alma Gallery, Guelph, Ontario. Curated by Renann Issacs
2009 Fire in the Head, Song of the Wandering Aengus, Barber Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2009 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2008 Monthly Group Showing Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2008 Dream Minarovich Gallery, Elora, Ontario. Curated by Marilyn Koop
2007 Elora – Fergus Studio Tour Group Show Minarovich Gallery, Elora-Fergus, Ontario
2007 Artboretum Minarovich Gallery, Elora, Ontario. Curated by Phil Irish
Curated Exhibits
2012 Open Book, An Exploration of Books as Arts, Whitestone Gallery, Guelph, Ontario - Co-curated with Rebecca Erickson
2012 The Wax Book, Altered, Repurposed, Remade - An exhibit at the Sixth International Encaustic Conference, Truro Centre for the Arts, Truro, MA. USA
Awards & Grants
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Recommender Macdonald Stewart Arts Centre, Guelph, Ontario
2009 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Recommender Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimbsy, Ontario
Publications
2009 Reflections of Joy Multifaith Calendar, published by the Multifaith Action Society, BC, Canada
2009 World Religions Today, 1st Canadian Edition, by John L. Esposito, Darrell J. Fasching, Todd Lewis, and Paul Bowlby
Education
2010 -08 National Encaustic Painting Conference, Beverley, Massachusetts, USA
2006 Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) 8 Week Encaustic Course, Elora, Ontario
2005 Guelph School of Art Collage and Encaustic Course, Guelph, Ontario
1995 Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) Mixed Media Course, Toronto, Ontario
1992 Santiniketan, Two-week intensive course in Batik, Calcutta, India
1991 University of Toronto, Canada & University of Siena, Italy, Seven week International Summer
Program, Fresco Study in Italy
1991 McMaster University, Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Sociology& Gerontology,
Hamilton, Ontario
Teaching
2012 Altered Books with Encaustic, Sixth Annual International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA, USA
2011 -07 Encaustic Mixed Media and Collage, Fergus, ON.
2011-07 Altered Books, Fergus, ON.
2010-09 Power of Me, Altered Books, Summer Program for Children 8 - 12, Fergus, ON.
2010 Collage and Mixed Media, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON.
