DOMINIC LAPORTE – CV
Ottawa, ON | C: 647-515-7692 | E: dominicillustration@gmail.com
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Illustration Degree (with honors) - Sheridan College - Oakville, ON - 2015
- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Concordia University- Montreal, QC - 2010 - Attended 1 year
- High School Diploma - Canterbury High school - Ottawa, ON, Canada - 2008 - Graduate with
Distinction from the Visual Arts Program
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
- Group show at the Atomic Rooster entitled 'City Aesthetics' - Ottawa, 2017
- Solo show with Juan Carlos Noria entitled 'Part & Parcel 2' at The Junc Yards presented by Well & Good Gallery - Toronto, 2017
- Group show at Aktivitat Gallery – Barcelona, Spain - 2017
- Group show entitled ‘Figure Works’ at St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts – Ottawa, ON – 2016
- Solo show with Juan Carlos Noria entitled ‘Part & Parcel’ at Patrick Gordon Framing Studio – Ottawa, ON - 2016
- Collaborative solo show entitled ‘Carry on Tradition’ at #Hashtag Gallery – Toronto, ON – 2016
- Group show entitled ‘Unhinged 2.0’ at The Alexander – Vancouver, BC – 2016
- Group show entitled ‘Unhinged’ at Saw Gallery – Ottawa, ON - 2016
- Solo show entitled 'Face to Face' At Fall Down Gallery - Ottawa, ON - 2014
- Group shows entitled ‘Collective Scene’ at Fall Down Gallery - Ottawa, ON - 2010 - 2014
- Solo show at La Petit Mort Gallery - Ottawa, ON - 2011
- Group show entitled ‘New Blood’ at La Petit Mort Gallery - Ottawa, ON - 2009
- Group show entitled ‘City Life’ at Orange Art Gallery Ottawa, ON - 2009
MURAL EXPERIENCE
- 12 x 60' Mural for Planet Botanix / Bank St. BIA - Ottawa - 2017
- 6 x 12' Interior Mural in the Lynx Music Studio - Wallace Emerson, Toronto - 2017
- 12 x 40' Interior Mural in the Innovation Centre - Bayview Yards, Ottawa - 2017
- 6 x 11' Interior Mural for SoccerXpress - Ottawa, 2017
- 12 x 20’ Mural for Beau’s Brewery and The House of Paint Festival – Ottawa, ON – 2016
- 15 x 40’ Youth Mural in conjunction with House of Paint and OSICO – Ottawa, ON - 2016
- 12 x 36’ Mural for the Canadian Museum of Science & Technology – Ottawa, ON - 2016
- 10 x 12’ Large Interior Mural at Sheridan College - Oakville, ON - 2015
- 10 x 10’ Mural done in Residential loft space – Old Port, Montreal, QC - 2015
- 8 x 102’ Mural for the City of Ottawa in conjunction with Ottawa Urban Arts - Ottawa, ON – 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Illustrative Mural Workshop at Orange Art Gallery - Beginner practises, technique and working at a
large scale - Ottawa, ON - 2016
- Mural Workshop at Sheridan College - Teaching the business and technique of public
murals to 4th Illustration students - Oakville, ON - 2015
AWARDS
- First Place: Art Battle 309 – Ottawa, ON – 2015
- Sheridan College Bachelor of Illustration Program Award - 2015
- Sheridan Excellence Bursary Oakville, ON – 2013 - 2015
- First Place: James Lee Foundation Scholarship for Art & Design - Vancouver, BC - 2013
- Scholarship for Art & Design from the Pratt school of Design - Brooklyn, NY- 2009
- Merit Scholarship for Art & Design from the Ohio College of Art & Design - Columbus, Ohio - 2009
TRADITIONAL SKILLS
- Traditional and Abstract Portraiture
- Traditional mixed media work on canvas & wood surfaces
- Traditional painting of large scale murals - Interior and Exterior
- Image creation utilizing a wide range of mixed materials: Ink, Watercolor, Gouache etc.
- Acrylic, collage, scratch board, various drawing materials etc.
- Human and animal anatomy
- Information illustration
- Perspective drawing
COMPUTER / DIGITAL SKILLS
- Image creation using Adobe Photoshop
- Animation & motion graphics using Adobe After Effects
- Layout development & design in Adobe InDesign
- Basic Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D and Sculptris