LORENA ZIRALDO
153 Elm Street, Ottawa, Ontario ● Tel. 613-301-0965 ● artist@lorenaziraldo.com
BORN Italy
CITIZENSHIP Canadian
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art NSCAD University
Major: Painting
Minor: Art History
Art History University of Toronto
SCHOLARSHIPS
REPRESENTED BY
Ottawa Koyman Galleries www.koymangalleries.com/
Halifax Secord Gallery www.secordgallery.com
Nova Scotia Teichert Gallery www.teichertgallery.ca
Toronto James Rottman Fine Art www.jamesrottmanfineart.com
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
James Rottman Fine Art Toronto, October 2025
Teichert Gallery Halifax, November 2025
PAST SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Feature Artist Koyman Gallery Ottawa ON September 2024
- New Work Teichert Gallery Halifax NS December 2023
- Beauty In the Time of… Orange Art Gallery Ottawa ON November 2022
- Sweet Life (solo) Orange Gallery Ottawa ON September 2021
- New Work Orange Gallery Ottawa ON November 2020
- Italian National Day Italian Ambassador Residence Gatineau QC June 2019
- A Little Bit of Red Orange Gallery Ottawa ON December 2018
- Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings Secord Gallery Halifax NS November 2018
- Colour Paint Beauty & the Grid Galerie Blanche Montreal QC November 2017
- Solo Apple Crate Galleries Ottawa ON March 2017
- A Painter’s Musings Orange Gallery Ottawa ON November 2016
- A Slice of Life Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2016
- New Work Secord Gallery Halifax NS March 2015
- National Portrait Gallery Wallack Gallery Ottawa ON November 2014
- The Walking Man Buckland Southerst Gallery Vancouver BC November 2013
- Snap Shot Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2013
- Hotel California Wallack’s Galleries Ottawa ON March 2013
- New Work Hotel California San Francisco USA December 2012
- A Conversation Cont … Orange Gallery Ottawa ON January 2012
- A Conversation with Painting Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2011
- New Work Buckland Southerst Gallery Vancouver BC November 2010
- A Winter’s Night Secord Gallery Halifax NS February 2010
- … continued Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2008
- Girl in Yellow w Friends IPO Gallery Ottawa ON February 2008
- New Works Buckland Southerst Gallery Vancouver BC April 2007
- A Complicated Beauty Secord Gallery Halifax NS February 2007
- New Works Secord Gallery Halifax NS March 2006
- New Works Buckland Southerst Gallery Vancouver BC October 2005
- Forget Me Not Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2004
- Portraits Artist Corner Victoria BC July 2003
- New Works Secord Gallery Halifax NS March 2003
- Still Life O’Doumas Gallery Guelph ON November 2001
- Recent Work Libertine Halifax NS November 2000
- Monarda BFA Exhibition Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax NS May 2000
- Self Portrait Neptune Theatre Halifax NS October 1999
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
(2018) Secord Gallery Halifax: Seventeen Years, 17 Paintings
(2017) Galerie d'art Blanche, Montréal: Couleur, beauté et quadrillage
(2014) Wallack's Galleries, Ottawa: National Portrait Gallery
(2013) Secord Galleries, Halifax: Snapshot
REVIEWS
March 23, 2015 The Chronicle Herald Ziraldo’s Bold Colour, Drama …. (Elissa Barnard)
November 13, 2014 Ottawa Citizen The Queen, The PM, Ghomeshi & me: Scenes from Canada’s new “National Portrait Gallery” (Peter Simpson)
October 17, 2013 The Halifax Herald Visual Viewpoints: Ziraldo Paintings Show Sensitive Style (Elissa Barnard)
March 28, 2013 The Ottawa Citizen Mother as Artist (Peter Simpson)
March 28, 2013 Rogers TV Ottawa Interview latest exhibition Hotel California
December 27, 2012 Ottawa Citizen Favourite Things in Ottawa Art 2012 (Peter Simpson)
November 13, 2012 Ottawa Citizen The Best Doors Are the Ones You Can’t See (Peter Simpson)
February 26, 2012 Rogers TV Ottawa A Conversation with Painting ... cont (Chiara Marcazzan)
November 6, 2011 The Halifax Herald Ziraldo looks@Us (Elisa Barnard)
October 8, 2011 PatrickJohnMills Blog Countering Chaos (Victoria Nolte)
May 2011 The Halifax Herald N.S Beach Exhibition (Elissa Barnard)
Jan 14, 2011 Halifax Magazine Art for Art Sake (Aly Thomson)
April 8, 2008 Rogers TV Ottawa Girl in Yellow with Friends (Kathy Mueller)
April 3, 2008 The Ottawa Sun Girl in Yellow with Friends (Denis Armstrong)
February 22, 2007 The Halifax Herald Ziraldo Queen of Colour (Elissa Barnard)
October 30, 2004 The Halifax Herald Performance in Paint (Elissa Barnard)
March 30 2003 Chronicle Herald Tiles, tides talk of eternity (Elissa Barnard)
April 28, 2002 Chronicle Herald Bowled over by pottery (Elissa Barnard)
April 28, 2002 Chronicle Herald Still Lifes (Elissa Barnard)
AWARDS
Winner FIGUREWORKS 2011
RESIDENCY
Artist Residency Hotel California, San Francisco, California, Nov–Dec 2012
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
- True North Unshaken Leslie Grove Gallery Toronto ON July 2025
- The Power of She Summer Grace Gallery Oakville ON May 2025
- Spring Teichert Gallery Halifax ON May 2024
- AIRE ( Group) Federation Gallery Vancouver BC September 2019
- Untitled (Group) Artless Bastard Gallery DePere WI September 2019
- Finalist Walker Industries Art Competition Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre Niagara on the Lake July 2019
- Group Show Art Sales and Rental Halifax NS Fall 2007-2019
- Figureworks Wallack Galleries Ottawa ON October 2018
- The Confederation Portrait Gallery Pop Up Charlottetown PEI June 2017
- Alumni NSCAD Halifax NS Fall 2015
- Nocturne Art Sales & Rental Halifax NS October 2010-2013
- ManUP University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI, USA July 2012
- Figureworks Orange Gallery Ottawa ON September 2011
- Group ’LOVE’ Patrick John Mills Ottawa ON February 2011
- Beach Secord Gallery Halifax NS May 2011
- I Am Not Afraid Patrick John Mills Gallery Ottawa ON October 2011
- RED Show Cube Gallery Ottawa ON November 2007
- Mayor’s Art Festival Ottawa City Hall Ottawa ON October 2005
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Nathan Phillips Square Toronto, ON July 2005
- Festival for the Arts Whitney Pier Sydney NS October 2001-2004
- Sooke Fine Arts Sooke Region Museum Victoria BC August2004
- Art and Soul Art Auction Eglinton Grand Toronto ON February 2004
- A rose is a rose is a rose Grand Forks Art Gallery Grand Forks BC January 2004
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Nathan Phillips Square Toronto ON July 2003
- Sooke Fine Arts Sooke Region Museum Victoria BC August 2003
- Small Federation of Canadian Artists Vancouver BC December 2003
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Nathan Phillips Square Toronto ON July 2001
-
Landscape – The Lasting Inspiration Praxis Gallery Toronto ON June 2001
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Nathan Phillips Square Toronto ON July 200
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- The Queen (group) Orange Art Gallery Ottawa ON October 2022
- Poetry & Paint ( 2 person) Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2022
- Paper (4 artists) Galerie Blanche Montreal QC November 2021
- Annmarie's Salon des Refuses Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center Dowell, MD, USA March 2019
- Group Exhibition Galerie Blanche Montreal QC December 2018
- Group Exhibition Italian Historical Centre Ottawa ON November 2018
- Anniversary Exhibition Secord Gallery Halifax NS September 2014
- Drive the Cold Winter Away Orange Gallery Ottawa ON February 2014
- Group Exhibition Galerie D’Avignon Montreal QC November 2013
- Small Medium Large Ottawa School of Art Ottawa ON November 2013
- December Exhibition Wallack Galleries Ottawa ON December 2013
- Portrait's Secord Gallery Halifax NS Spring 2012
- New Work Westin Bay Shore Hotel Vancouver BC Spring 2012
- Doorways Wallack Galleries Ottawa ON Fall 2012
- Summer Heat (special invitation) Tay River Gallery Ottawa ON Spring 2011
- I Killed The Group of 7 Patrick John Mills Gallery Ottawa, ON Spring 2011
- Porn Is Not Art Patrick John Mills Gallery Ottawa ON Fall 2011
- New Work Buckland Southerst Gallery Vancouver BC November 2010
- Four New Artists Diana Paul Galleries Calgary AB June 2010
- Small Works Terence Robert Gallery Ottawa ON December 2009
- Small Works Terence Robert Gallery Ottawa ON December 2008
- Group Show IPO Gallery Ottawa ON Summer 2007
- Gallery Artists Secord Gallery Halifax NS Spring 2004
- Interiors Pendulum Gallery Vancouver BC September 2004
- Rembrandt’s Attic Grand Forks Art Gallery Grand Forks BC September 2004
- Cezanne’s Closet Union Gallery Queens University Kingston ON Fall 2004
- Gallery Artists Secord Gallery Halifax NS Spring 2003
- Anniversary Secord Gallery Halifax NS Fall 2003
- Human Image in the Landscape Artropolis Vancouver BC May 2003
- Anna’s Auction Party Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax NS May 2003
- Walking the Dog Avenue Gallery Victoria BC Spring 2003
- Mayday Erotica Xchanges Gallery Victoria BC Spring 2003
- Gallery Artists Secord Gallery Halifax NS Spring 2002
- Landscapes Fran Willis Gallery Victoria BC October 2002
- Alpha Chalk Argyle Fine Art Halifax NS Spring 2002
- Anna’s Birthday Bash (for Queen Victoria) Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax NS Spring 2002
- Still Life Secord Gallery Halifax NS October 2002
- Small Works Argyle Fine Art Halifax NS Spring 2001
- Annual Exhibit Khyber Art Centre Halifax NS Spring 2001
- Anna’s Birthday Bash Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax NS May 2001
COLLECTIONS
- Collection of Scotia McCleod NS
- Bank of Nova Scotia NS
- Art Lease Canada
- The Westin Bayshore BC
- Birnie & Company BC
- WESGROUP BC
- O’Regan Vehicle’s NS
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Europe
- New York City
- South America
- Across Canada.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- National Art Gallery
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Lead Classes in Drawing & Painting Ottawa ON January 2023
- CollabArt École Victor-Brodeur February 2004
- School Mentor Victoria BC
- Capital City Volunteers On-line Auction November 2003
- (Fundraiser) Victoria BC
- Tits and Glitz Pier 21 October 2002, 2006, 2007
- (Fundraiser) Halifax NS
- Fool Hearted Gala Lord Nelson April 2002 and 2001
- (Fundraiser) Halifax NS.
- (Fundraiser) Halifax NS
- Watercolour Workshop Artist Leighton Davis, Halifax NS October 1999
- Workshop Oil Painting with Carol Fraser October 1996
- Oil Painting Toronto Board of Education January-April 1996
- Four Week Workshop Art Through Experience, Atlin BC June-July 1995
- Watercolour Workshop Grand Manan School of Art (NB) with Dawn Strathy September 1993