LORENA ZIRALDO
153 Elm Street, Ottawa, Ontario ● Tel. 613-301-0965 ● artist@lorenaziraldo.com
BORN |
Italy |
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CITIZENSHIP |
Canadian |
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EDUCATION
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Major: Painting |
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Minor: Art History |
Art History |
SCHOLARSHIPS
Centennial Scholarship |
Bank of Nova Scotia Fund |
REPRESENTED BY
Ottawa |
Koyman Galleries |
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Halifax |
Secord Gallery |
www.secordgallery.com |
Nova Scotia |
Teichert Gallery |
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Toronto |
James Rottman Fine Art |
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Solo |
Toronto ON |
October 2025 |
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Solo |
Halifax NS |
November 2025 |
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, 17Paintings |
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 Galleries |
Ottawa, ON |
November 2014 |
The Walking Man |
Buckland Southerst Gallery |
Vancouver BC |
November 2013 |
Snapshot |
Secord Gallery |
Halifax NS |
October 2013 |
Hotel California |
Wallack Galleries |
Ottawa ON |
March 2013 |
New Work |
Hotel California |
San Francisco, USA |
December 2012 |
A Conversation Cont … |
Orange Gallery |
Ottawa ON |
January 25, 2012 |
A Conversation w 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 |
Oct. 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
November 2022 |
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Secord Gallery, Halifax |
November 2018 |
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Galerie d'art Blanche, Montréal |
November 2017 |
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Wallack Galleries, Ottawa |
November 2014 |
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Secord Galleries, Halifax |
October 2013 |
REVIEWS
Re:Porter 85 |
Art Appeal (Magazine) |
May 2023 |
Kitchissippi Times |
April 2022 |
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Art & Town |
Video Interview (Destina Hande) |
February 2021 |
The A-Word |
Painterly Pauses: Lorena Ziraldo (Bart Gazzola) |
April 2020 |
The Sound |
Walker Industries Art Competition (Bart Gazzola) |
July 10, 2019 |
The Source |
July 5, 2019 |
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WOTISART? 12 |
House of Cards (Magazine) |
March 2018 |
P.E.I. Living |
Young Girl (Magazine) |
Summer 2017 |
The Ottawa Citizen |
Art Events (Painting Featured) |
November 3, 2016 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Ziraldo’s Bold Colour, Drama …. (Elissa Barnard) |
March 23, 2015 |
The Hill Times |
Artist Paints Queen (Frontpage Portrait) |
November 14, 2014 |
Ottawa Citizen |
The Queen, The PM, Ghomeshi & me (Peter Simpson) |
November 13, 2014 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Ziraldo Paintings Show Sensitive Style (Elissa Barnard) |
October 17, 2013 |
The Ottawa Citizen |
Mother as Artist (Peter Simpson) |
March 28, 2013 |
Rogers TV Ottawa |
Interview latest exhibition Hotel California |
March 28, 2013 |
The Montreal Gazette |
Seated View (Featured painting) |
March 21, 2013 |
Ottawa Citizen |
Favourite Things in Ottawa Art 2012 (Peter Simpson) |
December 27, 2012 |
Bay Area Arts |
San Francisco hotel features work by artist Lorena Ziraldo |
December 7, 2012 |
Argot & Ochre |
Downtown San Francisco Hotel hosts Lorena Ziraldo |
December 6, 2012 |
Ottawa Citizen |
The Best Doors Are the Ones You Can’t See (Peter Simpson) |
November 13, 2012 |
Rogers TV Ottawa |
A Conversation with Painting ... cont (Chiara Marcazzan) |
February 26, 2012 |
The Fulcrum |
Spotlight on Lorena Ziraldo (Ryan Pepper) |
February 8, 2012 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Ziraldo looks @ Us (Elisa Barnard) |
November 6, 2011 |
PatrickJohnMills Blog |
Countering Chaos (Victoria Nolte) |
October 8, 2011 |
The Chronicle Herald |
N.S Beach Exhibition (Elissa Barnard) |
May 2011 |
Halifax Magazine |
Art for Art Sake (Aly Thomson) |
Jan 14, 2011 |
Rogers TV Ottawa |
Girl in Yellow with Friends (Kathy Mueller) |
April 8, 2008 |
The Ottawa Sun |
Girl in Yellow with Friends (Denis Armstrong) |
April 3, 2008 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Ziraldo Queen of Colour (Elissa Barnard) |
February 22, 2007 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Performance in Paint (Elissa Barnard) |
October 30, 2004 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Tiles, tides talk of eternity (Elissa Barnard) |
March 30 2003 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Bowled over by pottery (Elissa Barnard) |
April 28, 2002 |
The Chronicle Herald |
Still Lifes (Elissa Barnard) |
April 28, 2002 |
AWARDS
1st Prize |
Figureworks |
2011 |
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2nd Prize |
Walker Industries Art Competition |
2019 |
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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 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 |
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 |
Sidney NS |
October 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 |
Festival for the Arts |
Whitney Pier |
Sydney NS |
October 2003 |
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition |
Nathan Phillips Square |
Toronto ON |
July 2003 |
Sooke Fine Arts |
Sooke Region Museum |
Victoria BC |
August 2003 |
Small, Smaller, Smallest |
Federation of Canadian Artists |
Vancouver BC |
December 2003 |
Festival for the Arts |
Whitney Pier |
Sydney NS |
October 2002 |
Festival for the Arts |
Whitney Pier |
Syndey NS |
October 2001 |
Landscape, Lasting Inspiration |
Praxis Gallery |
Toronto ON |
June 2001 |
TOAE |
Nathan Phillips Square |
Toronto ON |
July 2001 |
TOAE |
Nathan Phillips Square |
Toronto ON |
July 2000 |
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 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 |
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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 |
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 |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Wallack Galleries x SSO Artists, Ottawa ON |
September 2025 |
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Lead Classes in Drawing & Painting |
Orange Art Galery, Ottawa ON |
January 2023 |
Judge, Children’s Drawing Comp. |
Villa Marconi, Ottawa ON |
2012 and 2013 |
Fundraiser, Tits and Glitz |
Pier 21 |
October 2006, 2007 |
Instruction, CollabArt |
École Victor-Brodeur |
February 2004 |
School Mentor |
Victoria BC |
One Occasion |
Capital City Volunteers |
On-line Auction |
November 2003 |
Fundraiser |
Victoria BC |
One Occasion |
Fundraiser, Tits and Glitz |
Pier 21 |
October 2002 |
Fundraiser |
Halifax NS |
Three Occasions |
Fundraiser, Fool Hearted Gala |
Lord Nelson, Halifax NS |
April 2001, 2002 |
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 |
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: North America, South America and Europe |
Prestige private collections: Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montréal, San Francisco and New York CIty |
MEMBERSHIPS
National Art Gallery, Member, Curator’s Circle |
Art Gallery of Ontario |