Olia Mishchenko

Olia Mishchenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and moved to Canada in 1997. After a year at Toronto's Central Tech, Mishchenko studied architecture and art history at the University of Toronto (1998-2004). Mishchenko lives and works in Toronto where she teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design University and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Permanent collections include Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON, Museum London, London, ON, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, ON, St.Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, MaRS Institute at the University of Toronto, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto, and TD Canada Trust, Toronto.

Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2020	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019	Ed Video, Platforms Project 2019, Athens, Greece
2018	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2015	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2014	Ravine World, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Olia Mishchenko: The Expanded Gardens of Locus Solus, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
2013	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Ravine World, Installation; Rodman Hall Art Centre, St Catharine's, Ontario, January 25 - September 8, 2013.
2012	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2011	New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto remote university, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2009	Schindler House: Candida Hofer and Olia Mishchenko, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto dark stars, This Ain't the Rosedale Library, Toronto
2008	New World, Koffler Gallery, Toronto New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto backyards, Convenience Gallery, Toronto Canada Council for the Arts Project (self-directed residency), Kiev, Ukraine
2007	artist residency, Koffler Gallery, Toronto artist residency, Stiftung Kunstlerdorf Schoppingen, Schoppingen, Germany
2006	New Drawings, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto artist project, Public Magazine, Public Issues Collective, York University, Toronto artist residency, CASA El Centro de las Artes de San Augustin, under direction of Francisco Toledo, Oaxaca, Mexico
2005	new drawings, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto artist project, C International Contemporary Art magazine, Toronto new drawings and printed matter, Paul Petro Multiples + Small Works, Toronto
2004	2005 of the Top 3000, Mercer Union, Toronto (brochure)
2003	YYZine Artist Project, YYZ Artist Outlet, Toronto (brochure)

Group Exhibitions
2022	The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2021	Some Versions of Landscape, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019	Three is Three, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2018	in medias res, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2017	Sevens, Weird Things, Toronto
2016	Word Play, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2014	Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon CIA 2, Centre for Incidental Activisms, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto New Lines, organized by the National Art Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
2012	Editions Part Two, Paul Petro Contemporary Art. Toronto
2010	11:11, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Residency at Don Blanche, Reddiksville, ON Home Decorating, Double Double Land, Toronto
2009	Ship of Fools, curated by Swintak, HMK, Hoorn, Netherlands Who-New-Blah-Blah, 6 Nassau Recording Studio, Toronto Strip Mining for Creative Cities, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto Terrarea Window, Gallery 1313, Toronto Dinner in Terrarea, Toronto Terrarea Club and Home Ec., Jamie's Area, Toronto Food Geology in Ontario, July 22, dinner installation and curated film programme, OddFellows restaurant, Toronto Foreign Legionnaires, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto Terrarea and CN Tower Liquidation, collaboration, Paul Petro Special Project Space
2008	i maintain my innocence: drawings, VMAC Gallery, Toronto Alluvial Plain, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto North South East West, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto On Representation, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto Section Label Project, Monkey's Paw, Toronto Skye, or Miranda or Verandah: Variations on Plenty, The Scream Literary Festival, Toronto
2007	Member Show, Mercer Union, Toronto Paved Paradise, shipping container at Cherry Beach, Luminato Festival, Toronto
2006	J+L show, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Member Show, Mercer Union, Toronto Making Room, The Wallace Studios, Toronto drawing/painting/sculpture/text, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto Mercer Living, Shaw/Givins Public School, Toronto
2005	Inaugural Exhibition, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto Burning down the Igloo, ABEL Neue Kunft, Berlin, Germany Maisonneuve: Eclectic Curiosity, SAT, Montreal
2004	Constructive Folly, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough
2003	Psychotopes, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto Hart House Juried Student Show, J.M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto

Reviews and Publications
Ravine World, published by Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2015 Foreign Legionnaires: Collective Agreements, Canadian Art Magazine online, August 2009 Art Collectives at Work, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, August 2009 Strip searching: Show probes development’s underbelly, Leah Sandals, NOW magazine, January 29-February 5, 2009, VOL 28 NO 22 What the “doozers” build, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2005, R11 Eye Candy, David Balzer, Eye Weekly, March 10, 2005 Rewind: Constructive Folly, Camilla Singh, Canadian Art Magazine, Spring 2005 J+L Illustrated #2, Craig Taylor, Leanne Shapton and Jason Fulford (eds.), 2004 January zine of the month, Marc Ngui, Broken Pencil Magazine, Toronto, Jan 2004 Odes to a city under siege, Sarah Milroy, The Globe and Mail, R7, Sept 11, 2003 Mirror mirrored on the wall, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, R9, Sept 6, 2003

Selected Collections
Oakville Galleries, Oakville National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's Universty, Kingston, ON Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough St.Michael’s Hospital, Toronto MaRS Institute, University of Toronto Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto TD Canada Trust, Toronto

Grants
2008	Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2007	Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts Level 1 grant to visual artists, Toronto Arts Council
2004-05	Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

Education
1998-2004 University of Toronto, Major in Fine Art history and Specialist in Architectural Studies 1997-98 Central Technical School, Toronto 1986-97 Kiev School 211 and Kiev University Humanitarian Liceum, Kiev, Ukraine