Education

2001     Concordia University, MFA Studio Arts, Montréal, Québec                     

1997     Ontario College of Art & Design, A.O.C.A. Sculpture/Installation, Toronto, Ontario           

Solo Exhibitions / Performances

2011     4^th International Performance Art Show, Nahdet Misr Gallery, Mokhtar Museum, Cairo, Egypt

            A Cozy Lie, solo exhibition, Red Head Gallery, Toronto

2009     WAVE, solo exhibition, Red Head Gallery, Toronto

Sugar High: Burj al Sugar, for One Hour Empire launch, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

Still Life, performance, Galleria 3D, London Art Fair, London

2008     A Tale Remains, solo exhibition, Red Head Gallery, Toro

Wave, solo exhibition, LAB Gallery, New York, New York (www.rogersmithnews.com)

2007     Tune-In, intervention/performance at Whitebox, New York, NY

2006     Dormant, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005     BUIO, Galleria 3D, Venice, Italy

            Charme Diluvien, Maison de la Culture, Montréal, QC

2004     Diluvian Lure, Red Head Gallery, Toronto           

            Torrential Glitter, Natural Light Window, Toronto

            Fleeting Wanderings, l'oiel de poisson, Québec City, Québec

2002     Deseos, performance, Green Restaurant, Mexico City, Mexico

            Current(s), Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City

2001     The Bartender @ Soft Show, performance, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montréal

            i believe...a lot of things, Bus Gallery, Toronto, ON

2000     i believe...a lot of things, in-situ installation, 2089 Ste-Catherine Ouest,

            Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montréal, QC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011     Made In Tashkeel, Tashkeel, Dubai

            SIKKA Art Fair, Video program, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Contemporary Crosscurrents: Portraits and Electronic Arts – www.streamingmuseum.org

 2010     12th Cairo Biennale – representing Canada with “Nile Blue”, Cairo, Egypt

            FAKIE – a skateboard show, fundraising exhibition for FN Design, Shelter, Dubai, UAE

            Bastakiya Art Fair- Faculty exhibition, Dubai, UAE

            The Reflective Mirror – Showcasing artwork by women, United Nations Headquarters,

            New York City, USA

            Drowning Ophelia, curated by Carla Garnet, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON, Canada

2009     Cases, UpArt art fair, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

            Emergence, curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa, Teneri Cultural Center, New York, New York, USA

            Point of Encounter, curated by Lateefa bint Maktoum, including artists Patricia Millns,

            Alia Al Shamsi, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE  

2008     In Situ, group show to introduce sculpture to the UAE, Jam Jar, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE

            Chinese Character Biennial, Chinese Base & KU Art Center, Beijing, China

            Vibrations Within, curated by Lateefa Maktoum, Tashkeel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

            Creek Art Fair, The Jam Jar gallery, Bastakiya, Dubai, UAE

 2007     Dehisce – citywide festival, installations in a derelict house, kkprojects, New Orleans, Louisiana

            18-Illuminations, curated by C.Ghaznavi and C. Garnet, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON

            Minus Reality, curated by Lateefa Maktoum, Art Attack Gallery, Dubai, UAE

            Rtoosh, Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE

 2006     Forest for the Trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

            A Menu for La Colomba, Bevilaqua Foundation, Venice, Italy

2005     18-Illuminations, curated by C. Ghaznavi and C. Garnet, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON (travelling until 2007)

            YUMI, ausstellungsraum billerbeck, organized by Corina Steiner, Basel, Switzerland

Awaré, exhibition outdoors and store windows, Galleria treD e perelà, Castello, Venice

2003     VITAE, Voila Quebec à Mexico Festival, Mexico City

            probingthedistance, Kitchener Art Festival, Kitchener, ON

2002     ON Trespassing, Fresh Air collective, in resident garages for Contact 2002, Toronto

2001     December, curated by Gordon Hatt, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario

            Circus Deviations, Ramble Collective, La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City, Mexico

            Fluidescence, curated by Véronique Bellemere-Briere, Musée Regional de Rimouski, Quebec

2000     Arts2000, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON

            L’art Qui Fait Boum!, triennial, Marché Bonsecours, Montréal

 Curatorial Projects

2011     Through the Eyes of Africa’s Children, ARA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2010     Resurrection des Mannequins, group exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Dubai, UAE.

2009     EMERGE: Ways of Worldmaking, student and faculty exhibition, 3D gallery, Island of San Servolo,

            Venice, Italy

2007     No Such Place (2) – emerging artists from the UAE, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY

2003-06 Nature in the Garage, site-specific installation with 10 local and international artists, located in

            garden sheds in downtown Toronto, City of Toronto & Gallery 1313

            No Such Place, Gallery 1313, Toronto

2002     Shout at Eternity, with Kelly Lynne Wood and Patrick Visentin, Piscine St-Michel, Montréal

2001     Circus Deviations, performance/exhibition, La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City, Mexico

2000     separate rooms/chambre à part, with Julie Keller, Delta Hotel, Montréal

Grants and Awards

2010     Professional Development Grant, Zayed University (12^th Cairo Biennale)

2009     Research Incentive Fund grant, “The Deserted Nautilus”, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

2006-08 Professional Development Grant (WAVE, The LAB, New York; Art Fairs Miami;

            Impulse Archaeology, Whitebox, New York), Zayed University, Dubai

2005     International Cultural Relations Division, Foreign Affairs Canada – Awaré, Venice

            Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec (CALQ) Travel Grant – Awaré, Venice

2004     CALQ, Artist-in-Residence, Basel, Switzerland

2003     Canada Council for the Arts, CALQ, Project Grant, Sonnet Projects Collective:

            Voila Quebec a Mexico!

2002     Canada Council Creation/Production Grant: “Fleeting Wanderings”

            Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: Fresh Air Collective “On Trespassing”

2001     Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec Travel Grant: “Circus Deviations”, Mexico City

            Toronto Arts Council Project Grant: Fresh Air Collective “On Trespassing”

2000     Canadian Italian Business Professional Association Fellowship

            Canada Council Exhibition and Dissemination Grant (Ramble collective)

Bibliography

2011     Dubai Eye radio 103.8, Siobhan Live, “Cross Currents & Streaming Museum”, Dubai

            Dubai One TV interview, “Cross Currents & Streaming Museum”, Dubai

            “Italian-Canadian artist displays her inspirations”, Elena Serra, Corriere Canadese, Toronto

            “A Cozy Lie – Opening: Janet Bellotto”, interview, www.artsync.ca

            “The Cairo Biennale: Political Prescience”, Yvonne Lammerich, Canadian Art, online March 10

Made in Canada: The Italian Way, the Next Generation, Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario.

2010     Canadian Art: “Teaching Art as a Second Language”, R.M. Vaughan, Winter issue.

            C Magazine: “Drowning Ophelia”, Laura Robynn Kane, Summer issue.

Dubai Eye radio 103.8, Siobhan Live, “Resurrection des Mannequins”, Dubai

            Dubai Eye radio 103.8, Siobhan Live, “Curated exhibitions at Zayed University”, Dubai

2009     The National Post: “Framed Identity”, Leah Sandals. November 19.

Asian Art News: “A sense of community”, Jonathan Thomson, Vol 19 Issue 3 June 2009.

2008     Dubai Eye radio 103.8, Siobhan Live, “Janet Bellotto on her work”, Dubai

            Globe & Mail: Gary Michael Dault, “Venture into the belly of a whale”, November 22

            Tandem: Serena Genova, “Challenging contemporary art and landscapes,” November 16

2008     Wave and Otherworldly Stories, monograph, catalog essays by Laura Aliprandi, Daniel Baird,

            Koan Jeff Baysa, Dina Elkady,

            Raúl Zamudio,

            Corinna Ghaznavi, Laura Aliprandi and Daniel Baird, Renaissance Publishing, Kleinburg,

            Chinese Character Biennial, essay by Pan Xing Lei, biennial catalogue, KU Art Center, Beijing

            Vibrations Within, essay by Lateefa Maktoum, exhibition catalogue, Tashkeel, Dubai

2007     Time Out Dubai, Arsalan Mohammed, “Janet Bellotto in the USA”, December 28 – Jan 4

18 Illuminations, essays by Corinna Ghaznavi, Carla Garnet. Tom Thompson Art Gallery

            Minus Reality, essay by Lateefa Maktoum, Art Attack Gallery.

            Trees, Looking, Barbara Godard, Toronto, http://www.rhen.com/icc/index.html

            Time Out Dubai, Arsalan Mohammed, “The Mighty Rtoosh”, May 17-24

2006     The Globe and Mail, Gary Michael Dault, “Gallery Going”, May 6

2005     National Post: Julia Dault, “Avenue: at the galleries”, November 24.

            exibart.com: Roberta Bernasconi, “Janet Bellotto - Buio”, October 17

Corriere Canadese (print, national) Niccolo Marras “, November 22

Il Gazzetino (print & online, international), editorial, November 29

2005     zekesgallery.com: “Gettin' out and seeing other people's art”, March 21

2004     Canadian Art: Corinna Ghaznavi, “Rewind: Diluvian Lure”, Fall 2004. Vol.21 no.3.

Mix Magazine: Dianne Pearce, “Eight Artists, Eight Rooms in a Mexican Hotel”, Spring, 29.4

            Tandem: Donna Lypchuk, “A mystical and sensual trip to the depths of the mind”, April 25.

2003     Canal 22, Mexico City, Mexico, interview for Vitae, Voila Quebec a Mexico!, Nov. 10

Exhibirán en México muetras del festival Voila Quebec en México!, Vanguardia, Nov. 9

2002     Les Arts et les autres, TV5, interview with Fresh Air  by Martine Charron, May 9.

Media Television, City TV, interview with Fresh Air by Shannon Mckinnon,  June 5

            National Post, Robert Fulford, “Art around every corner”, May 9

2001     Corriere Canadese: Anna-Lisa Rapana, “Realtà e finzione tra cielo e mare”, Feb 7

2000     ESSE arts + opinions: M. Langlois, “Place aux artistes de la rélève Québécoise”, été 40

            Montreal Mirror: Siobhàn O’Connor, “Bedding an art book”, Montreal, QC, June 1-8

            The Gazette: Henry Lehmann, “Youth Show has Wit, Recycling”, April 15

            Le Devoir: Bernard Lamarche, “Des dispositifs qui disposent!”, April 9

Collections

Collection Loto-Québec

University of Calgary Library, Calgary, Alberta

Abitibi-Price Paper Corporation, Toronto

La Colomba, Venice

Kunsthaus Sante Fe, San Miguel d’Allende, Mexico

Ontario College of Art & Design Library, Toronto

Private Collections – Basel, Dubai, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico City, Toronto, Venice