Justin Ogilvie

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Title: Debbie
Media: Coloured pencil and oil on paper / crayon de couleur et huile sur papier
Dimensions: 76 x 76 cm
Website: justinogilvie.com

Every day we interact with the people in our communities…on the streets, at work, at the dinner table, etc. We acknowledge each other’s presence, yet there remains an indescribable barrier between us. The exception to this is when we stop and really look into the eyes of another and allow them to look back into ours. In this portrait of Debbie, the barrier breaks down as she gazes at the viewer instigating a shared experience.

BORN 1975-Toronto, Ontario

EDUCATION:

2000 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, BFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006 Radiance, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Dissolve, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 Touch: An Inquiry into the Psychosomatic Spaces of Intimacy, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 Psychosomatic Shifting, Studio Blue Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 Pender Street Studios, Vancouver, BC
2000 Touch, Basic Inquiry Life Drawing Centre, Vancouver, BC
1999 Of Becoming, Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1998 Touching, The End Café, Vancouver, BC GROUP E

GROUP EXHIBITONS:

Freeze, Diane Farris Gallery
Floribunda, Diane Farris Gallery
Toronto International Art Fair

2004 Celebrating 20!, Diane Farris Gallery

2003 Under 18, Diane Farris Gallery; Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery; The Fine Line (two-person show with John Dennison), Diane Farris Gallery

2002 Artists Among Us, Studio Blue, Vancouver, BC; Member Show: The Figure, Basic Inquiry Life Drawing Centre, Vancouver, BC

2001 Portrait Show, Basic Inquiry Life Drawing Centre, Vancouver, BC

2000 Graduation Show, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

1999 Hive: Integrating Urban Implications, Dynamo Gallery; Grad Show’99, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC

1998 Torso Exhibition, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC; Surface Identity, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Somatic Shifting, The End Café, Vancouver, BC; Drawing Show, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Domestic Spaces, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Undulations, The End Café, Vancouver, BC

AWARDS/GRANTS:
Basic Inquiry Torso Exhibition Award
ECIAD Tuition Scholarship
1998-BC Arts Council Scholarship