Julie Davidson Smith Kingston, Ontario Curriculum Vitae Bachelor of Fine Arts Concordia University 1999 Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011 Passengers, Wellington Street Gallery, Toronto, ON 2005 Full Circle, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2004 Flow, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2002 Overflow, State of Flux Exhibition Space, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston 2001 Nomadic, Sleepless Goat Gallery Cafe, Kingston, ON. 2000 Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON. Selected Group Exhibitions 2011 Wellington Street Gallery, Toronto, ON 2011 Synergy, Ontario Kingston Women Artists, The Parrot Gallery, Belleville, ON (FIRST PRIZE) 2010 Best Foot Forward, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA, U.S.A. 2010 9th Annual Juried Art Salon 2010, Kingston Art Council, Kingston, ON (FIRST PRIZE) 2010 Sandra Whitton Gallery, Kollaboration Kingston, ON 2010 Wellington Street Gallery, Kingston, ON 2009 N.G.B. Studios, Creative Woman, Kingston, ON 2009 Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON 2009 Sandra Whitton Gallery, Kingston, ON. 2008 Art Gallery of Windsor, Art Rental & Sales, ON 2008 Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2008 Sandra Whitton Gallery, Kingston, ON. 2007 6th Annual Juried Art Salon Exhibition, Wilson Room, Kingston, ON (FIRST PRIZE) 2007 Art Gallery of Windsor, Art Rental and Sales, Windsor, ON. 2006 Illuminati, Sole Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2006 Queen Street West Art Crawl, Trinity Bell Park, Toronto, ON. 2006 Mixed Media Juried Art Show, OKWA, The Wilson Room, Kingston, 2006 The Persistence of Craft, N.G.B. Studios, Kingston, ON. 2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto 2005 Artocracy, Marci Lipman Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2004 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON. 2003 Fifth Regional Juried Exhibition, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston 2003 25th Anniversary Members Exhibition, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston,ON. Awards 2011 Best of Show Award, Synergy, Ontario Kingston Women Artists, Wilson Room, Kingston, ON 2010 Best of Show Award, 9th Annual Regional Juried Art Salon Exhibition, Kingston, ON. 2007 Best of Show Award, 6th Annual Regional Juried Art Salon Exhibition, Kingston, ON. 2003 Adjudicator’s Choice Award, OKWA, Mixed Media Juried Show, Kingston, ON. 2001 Honourable Mention, OKWA Juried Exhibition, Kingston,ON. 1999 Best of Show Award, Heinz-Jordon Award, Concordia University, Montreal, Que. Publications Mark Bergin, A Creative Year For This Artist, EMC, 2012 Canadian House & Home, February issue, pg. 73, 2011 Jane Deacon, What is N.G.B. Studios? Kingston Life Magazine” 2010 Greg Burliuk, Best In Show, The Ticket, 2007 Paul Gurnsey, A Flare For Art, The Ticket, 2005 Melanie Dugan, Show Demonstrates Diverse Local Talent, The Whig-Standard, 2003 Melanie Dugan, Colour and Movement Define Artist’s Work,The Whig-Standard, 2001 Richard Moll, Artist Paints With Emotion, The Whig-Standard, 1999 Grants Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council Professional Experience 2010 Guest Lecturer & Instructor, "Exploring Encaustics" Queens University, Kingston, ON. 2009 Curator, Creative Woman - National Woman’s Week, N.G.B Studios, Kingston, ON. 2009 Scenic Artist, Community Living, Kingston, ON. 2008 - Present, Owner of Creative-4-Play, Facilitating creative women, N.B.G. Studios, Kingston, ON. 2007 Scenic Artist, Lila Centre, Kingston, ON. 2007 Juror, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, ON. 2000 Art Instructor, Young Artists of Kingston, Kingston, ON. 1995 -1999 Set Designer & Scenic Artist, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque ON. Travel 2002 Artscape Gibraltor Point, Artist Retreat Centre, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON. 2003 Artscape Gibraltor Point, Artist Retreat Centre, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON. 2010 Montserrat Collage of Art, Fourth Annual Encaustic Conference, Beverly, MA, U.S.A.