Alexandra Pennycook

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An honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design (5 year program), Alexandra’s formal art training continued at the British Institute in Florence, Italy and later at the University of Waterloo with studies in Renaissance painting and in art conservation and restoration.

Alexandra has received several awards for her work, including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award for figurative painting, the Mrs. W. O. Forsythe Scholarship, the Elmwood Club Award (Best Woman Artist at OCAD) and the City of Vaughan’s People’s Choice Award. Her paintings are included in private and corporate collections in Vancouver, New York, Miami, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Australia and Europe. 

Selected Exhibitions


2014    Saatchi Gallery, OL  "The Hunger Games" 

2013    Saatchi Gallery, OL  "Winter Wonderland" 

2013    Gallery Lik, Sofia, Bulgaria:  Solo  exhibition

2012  Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, ON: Solo
2011  The Artist Project, Toronto, ON 

2011

2010

  Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, ON

  Galerie Harwood, Hudson, QC

2008  Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, ON
2007  Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON Juried Exhibition
2006   Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL 
2005   Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL: Solo 
2001   Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC 
2000   Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC: Solo 
1999  Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC: "Artists in Bloom" 
1998   Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC: "Feast for the Eyes" 
1998   Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC: "Fresh Paint" (3 Person) 
1997  Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC: "Deck the Walls" 
1998   Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC: "Harvest" 
1996   Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC: Deck the Walls" 
1995   Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto, ON
1994   Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON: Juried Exhibition
1993   Brock St. Gallery, Kingston, ON 
1992   Galerie Westmount, Montreal, QC: Solo 
1989   The University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON: Solo


Collections:

Banco Mext, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Trade Commissioner for Canada
Cocomar Ltd., Miami, FL

Indochina Gold, Vancouver BC
Gold Star Resources Inc., Denver, CO
Bankers Petroleum, Vancouver, BC
Wood Gundy, Ottawa, ON
Diamond Fields Resources, Vancouver, BC
Yorkton Securities, Vancouver, BC
Euro-Nevada/Pierre Lassonde, Toronto, ON