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Kendra Sartorelli
Born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Lives & works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best known for her textured acrylic paintings of original monsters, Kendra Sartorelli is a Toronto-based artist who has been showing locally for several years. She received her BFA degree from OCAD University in 2007 and has since shown her artwork in several solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Propeller, The Art Room, Super Wonder Gallery, Imagine Cinemas, See-Scape, The Mod Club, Black Cat Gallery, and Project Gallery. Originally from Belleville, Ontario, she now lives in Toronto with her husband, artist Joel Sartorelli.
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Education
Bachelor of Fine Art
OCAD University, 2007
Major: Drawing and Painting
Solo Exhibitions
Monster Mania!, The Art Room, Toronto, 2018
We Need Monsters, Imagine Cinemas, Toronto, 2017
She Makes Monsters, Above Ground Art Supplies, Toronto, 2014
A Thing of Beauty!, Propeller, Toronto, 2011
Media, Monsters & More, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, 2011
We Live For This!, Propeller, Toronto, 2010
Hot New Bod!, Old York Tavern, Toronto, 2008
Various Voices, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2006
Retrospective, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2006
Selected Group Exhibitions
Taste of Art in Little Italy, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2019
The Amazing Sci-Fi Show, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2019
Blue/Bleu Impulse, Propeller, Toronto, 2019
Boogie Horror Expo, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2017
The Skull and Bones Show, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2017
The Amazing Sci-Fi Show, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2017
Holiday Rawk, The Mod Club, Toronto, 2016
The Million Dollar Monster Show, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, 2016
Deck the Walls, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Monstrum, The Black Cat Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Holiday Pop-Up Show, Propeller, Toronto, 2013
Imagined Nature, Propeller, Toronto, 2013
Life Serial, Propeller, Toronto, 2012
Intersecting Messages, Propeller, Toronto, 2011
15 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Propeller, Toronto, 2011
Salon V, Propeller, Toronto, 2011
The One I Love the Most, Propeller, Toronto, 2011
Get Your Feet Wet, Propeller, Toronto, 2009
Salon 3, Propeller, Toronto, 2009
Gallery Artists, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, 2008
Queen West Benefit, Reverb/Holy Joe’s, Toronto, 2008
Salon 2, Propeller, Toronto, 2008
Workx4, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, 2007
Monsters!, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2007
Gallery Artists, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, 2007
Tour de Force, OCAD University, Toronto, 2007
Follow the Paint, OCAD Transit Space, Toronto, 2007
New Brand of Pop, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2007
The One I Love the Most, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2007
Salon, Propeller, Toronto, 2007
Pop Machine, OCAD Transit Space, Toronto, 2006
Additions, Gorilla Monsoon, Toronto, 2006
Contemporary Collage Methodologies, OCAD Great Hall, Toronto, 2006
Buzz Festival, Toronto, 2005
Relevant Experience
Artist Member, Propeller, Toronto, 2009 - 2014
Curator, Public Health Agency of Canada, Art in the Workplace Program, Toronto, 2008 - 2009
Curator, Canadian Heritage Office, Art in the Workplace Program, Toronto, 2008 - 2009
Art Teacher, Canadian Mental Health Association, What’s Next Program, Toronto, 2007 - 2008
Curator, Gorilla Monsoon Restaurant, Toronto, 2006 - 2008
Co-founder, Rock n Roll Puppetshow Productions, Toronto, 2001 - 2004
Co-founder, Babies with Rabies, Toronto, 1997 - 2001