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Tara Dorey
 
 
Born in Oakville, ON, Canada
Based in Toronto, ON, Canada
 
Education
2012     OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Art: Drawing and Painting (Toronto)
2011     York University, Community Arts Practice Certificate (Toronto)

​Group Shows
2015     Unsung Sheroes, The Bluffs Gallery (Toronto)
2014     Deck the Walls, Project Gallery (Toronto)
2014     Eco Art and Media Festival, York University (Toronto)
2014     Stuff: The Culture of Obsolescence, Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, YorkU (Toronto)
2014     Viva la Creatividad, Gladstone Hotel (Toronto)
2014     Art Soup, Bending Spoons Gallery (Toronto)
2013     MOMENTUM, Project Gallery (Toronto)
2012      Ms Jaded, OCAD U Transit Space (Toronto)
2012      MADE Exhibit, Bending Spoons Gallery (Toronto)
2012      Two Oh Five: The Forgotten, The Gladstone Hotel (Toronto)
2012      NO END: The Other DRPT Grad Show, Creatures Creating (Toronto)
2012      Grad Show, OCAD University (Toronto)
2012     YWCA Opening Exhibit, YWCA Elm Center (Toronto)
2012     The Figure Show, OCAD University (Toronto)
2011      Y̶O̶U̶.̶ US, The Gladstone Hotel (Toronto)  
2011      Student Show, Samuel J Zachs Gallery (Toronto)  
2010      The Nature of Things, Eleanor Winters Art Gallery (Toronto)
2010      Figuratively Speaking, Special Projects Gallery (Toronto)
2009     Alumni Show, Catherine Glover Gallery (Belleville) 

Murals
2016    Connections, Assistant Artist and Volunteer Coordinator, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2015    Birches and Bluffs, Lead Artist, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2014    Ultra Rare, Co-Artist (Collaboration of 6), OCAD University Student Gallery (Toronto)
2014    Birches and Bluffs, Lead Artist with Summer Youth Team, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2013    Taste of Lawrence Youth Mural, Lead Artist with Summer Youth Team, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2013    Forest of Birch Trees, Artist Assistant with Summer Youth Team, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2012    Birch Tree, Artist Assistant with Summer Youth Team, Mural Routes (Scarborough)
2012    St Dunstan Believes School mural project, Mural Routes (Toronto)
​2011    Metamorphosis, Artist Assistant with Youth Volunteers, Mural Routes (Scarborough)
 
Mural Facilitation
2015    Pan Am Path Torch Relay, Participatory Mural, University of Toronto Scarborough (Toronto)
2015    Cultural Hotspot East Youth TTC Bus Murals, Eatonville Library, VIBE Arts (Toronto)
2014    Welcome 41 Mural Project, Native Child and Family Centre, Arts for Children and Youth (Toronto)
2012    Youth X-Press TTC Murals, Covenant House, Arts for Children and Youth (Toronto)
 
Public Arts Events
2015    Live Art Festival, Community Arts Activities Coordinator, Pan Am Path Art Relay, Mural Routes (Toronto)
2011    Subtext Multi-Arts Festival, Artist Facilitator, Scarborough Arts (Toronto)
2010    Growing Art, Artscape Wychwood Barns (Toronto)
2008    Painting Parkdale's Stories community mural project kick-off event, Revue Cinema (Toronto)
 
Curation
2016     Platform A Community Arts Projects, Long Winter at The Great Hall (Toronto)
2014    This Light of Mine, Curator, Belmont House, Nuit Blanche (Toronto)
 
Talks
2014     Creative Potluck, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Lakeshore Arts (Toronto)
2013     Off the Wall: The "hidden" aspects of community mural making, SparkPlugs Speaker Series, Humber        College L Space Gallery (Toronto)
2011     Leadership Training in Mural Making: An Overview, Mural Routes' 14th National Mural Symposium (Toronto)
 
Awards and Grants
2015     Platform A Community Arts Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2010    J.P. Bickell Community Arts Award, York University
2009    Ronald Bloore Award, York University
2007    Quinte Arts Council Bursary
 
Publications
 
Class Action: Tara Dorey, Program coordinator, Mural Routes, Kevin Ritchie, NOW Magazine, Nov 2014.
 
AFCY Eco-Awareness through Art Making Residency in Fresh Print Magazine, Nov 2013.
 
MOMENTUM Exhibit, in snapd Beaches/Danforth, Oct 2013.
 
Creating Murals, Step by Step. Chris Riddel. The Torontoist, 30 April 2013.
 
Intergenerational Art-Making. Seana Connell. Friday Morning Coffee: ArtBridges, 25 Jan 2013.
 
Two Oh Five: The Forgotten, in Hewitt`s Take on GSTONE Blog,The Gladstone Hotel's Art Blog. 16 June 2012.
 
Filling Blank Spaces with Art for Community Improvement and Youth Employment,  in The Toronto Observer by Ani Hajderaj. 26 April 2012.
 
Seeing Life's Bigger Picture Through Youth-led Mural Project. Elaine Teguibon. The Epoch Times, 1 Sept. 2011.
 
Art looks at animals, nature and reality. Karolina Wisniewski. The Excalibur, 1 Dec. 2010.
 
Fantasy comes alive at city library. Luke Hendry. The Belleville Intelligencer, Sept. 2007.


Additional Certifications 
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2011     
Mural Routes, Leadership Training in Mural Making Certificate- Platinum (Toronto)







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