Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Tanya Cunnington now resides in Orillia.   In 2001, Tanya received her Associates Degree from the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a Major in Drawing and Painting, and was the recipient of the Eric Freifeld Award for Excellence in Figurative Art.  She was also selected to take part in the Florence off-campus studies program in her third year. 

When she is not working on solo projects, Tanya is one half of the collaboration she created with her partner entitled the “Birdbath Collaboration”.  She is also a co-curator of “The Still Parade”, an annual Exhibition held at the Arthur Shilling Gallery in Rama, Ontario.  Her work has been included in Magenta Foundation’s publication of Carte Blanche Volume II-Painting, and reviewed in Canadian Art Magazine.  

Exhibition History                  

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions

. February 2020. From Sudbury to Sointula. Lee Contemporary Art. Orillia Ontario.

·      December 2018 Two Legacies.The MacLaren Art Centre.  Barrie, Ontario.

·      September 2018 Dream, Comfort, Memory. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.

·      2017 Paint.  Lee Contemporary Art. Orillia, Ontario.

·      2016 The Sky’s The Limit: The Birdbath Collaboration.  Lee Contemporary Art. Orillia, Ontario.

·      2016 Bucolic.  Lee Contemporary Art.  Orillia, Ontario.

·      2015 Sculptures and Paintings: The Birdbath Collaboration.  Lee Contemporary Art.  Orillia, Ontario.

·      2014 Cal.endar.  Loop Gallery.  Toronto, Ontario.

·      2011 The Awkward Phases of my Adolescence. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.


·      2009 homesick, starry-eyed. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario. 

·      2008 Passed in the Stuck. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.

·      2007 time. traveler. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2020 A Leap of Faith. Be Contemporary. Innisfil, Ontario.

·     2018 PAPER II. Lee Contemporary Art. Orillia Ontario.

·     2017 Anxious Space. A Loop Gallery Offsite Exhibition.Toronto, Ontario.

·     2017 Conserving Creativity: Sculptural Installations.With Sam Vessios. Grants Woods Conservation Area. Orillia, Ontario.

·     2017 WatershedSci.As The Birdbath Collaboration. The Orillia Museum of Art and History. Orillia, Ontario.

·     2017,16 MacLaren Faculty Exhibition. The MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, Ontario.

·     2017 Billi’s Choice. Double Door Gallery. Anten Mills, Ontario.

·     2017,16,15 If Only I’d Received Art For Christmas.  Lee Contemporary Art. Orillia, Ontario.

·     2015,14,13,12,11,06 The Still Parade.  The Arthur Shilling Gallery.  Rama, Ontario.

·     2010 Art Toronto-Loop Gallery.  The Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  Toronto, Ontario.

·     2009 Washi.  Propeller Gallery.  Toronto, Ontario.

Awards            

·      2018 The Cleeve Horne Purchase Award. Through the Orillia Museum of Art and History. Orillia, Ontario.

·      2015 The John Hartman Award.  Through the MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, Ontario.

·      2001 The Eric Freifeld Scholarship for Excellence in Figurative Art.

Grants

• 2019 Canada Council for the Arts. Research and Creation Grant. Sointula Artist Residency.

• 2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant. Ontario Arts Council. Two Legacies.

Collections

·      2018 The Orillia Museum of Art and History. Orillia, Ontario.

·      2017 Art @ RVH. Barrie, Ontario. (Both solo and with The Birdbath Collaboration)

 Reviews

·     2007 Canadian Art Magazine. Summer Issue.
 Donald Brackett. In Review: Tanya Cunnington at Loop Gallery. Page 102.

Publications    

·     2008 Carte Blanche: Volume 2-Painting. The Magenta Foundation. Emerging Artist Category. Pg. 46.

Residencies

• 2019 Sointula Art Shed. Sointula, BC.

Interviews       

·     June 03, 2013 The Gladstone Hotel Blog.  “Get to know Tanya Cunnington.”