ABOUT

Fiona Freemark is a photo-based artist who lives and works in Toronto. She graduated with a BA Honours in Studio Art from McMaster University in 2012. In 2018, Fiona was selected to participate in the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence program at Fool’s Paradise, supported by the Ontario Heritage Trust. In 2022, her solo exhibition, Sunset Watch, was featured as a Core Exhibition of the 2022 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Her work has been included in the Snap! Live Auction (2015/2016/2019) and Art with Heart for Casey House (2017/2019). Her work is held in the RBC Collection and the corporate collection of Timbercreek. Fiona is a member of Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography. A selection of her work is available in the AGO's Art Rental program. She is represented in Toronto by Dianna Witte Gallery.

EDUCATION

2023 Certificate, Front-End Web Development, Juno College of Technology, Toronto, ON
2012 B.A. Honours, Studio Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 Sunset Watch, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON
             A Core Exhibition of the 2022 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
             Presented with support from the Ontario Arts Council.

2018 In Waves, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017 In-Between, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2016 Fiona Freemark & Casey Roberts, Two Person Exhibition, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Transit, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON

2022  Summer Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2021  The Heart is a Muscle, Feb 12th - Mar 27th, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2021  Window Activations, Hamilton Artists Inc, Jan 19th- Feb 1st, Hamilton, ON

2021  Visual Arts Mississauga 43rd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Online Exhibition, Mississauga, ON

2020 Holiday Group Show, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2020 Fossil Record curated by Tatum Dooley, General Hardware, Toronto, ON

2020 Visual Arts Mississauga 42nd Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

2019 Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2018 Summer Salon, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2018 First Light at FCP Gallery curated by Parts Gallery, FCP Gallery, Toronto, ON 2017 Summer Salon, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017 Winter Salon, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2016 Holiday Group Show, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2016 Group Exhibition, Hamilton Audio Visual Node (HAVN), Hamilton, ON

2014 Summer Salon, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2014 Canadian Icons, Leslie Jones, Toronto, ON

2013 Holiday Group Show, Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2013 Roncy Rocks, Juried Exhibition/Music & Art Festival, Toronto, ON

2012 Wise Up, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON

2012 Idiosyncrasy, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON

2012 Bridges & Barriers, TedX McMaster, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON 2012 InsideOUT, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON

2012 Freedom: The Veritas Forum Maze, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

ART FAIRS / AUCTIONS

2023 Art with Heart Silent Auction for Casey House, Toronto, ON

2022 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2021 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2020 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2019 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2019 Art with Heart Silent Auction for Casey House, October 8th, 2019, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2019 SNAP! Live Auction for the Aids Committee of Toronto, March 21, 2019 at Arcadian Court, Toronto, ON

2018 Art Toronto with Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017  Art Toronto with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017  Art with Heart Silent Auction for Casey House, October 17th, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2016  Art Toronto with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2016  SNAP! Live Auction for ACT (Lot #8), Toronto, ON

2015  LOVE Art Fair with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2015  SNAP! Live Auction for the Aids Committee of Toronto, Toronto, ON

2015  LOVE Art Fair Press Preview with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2014  LOVE Art Fair with Parts Gallery, Toronto, ON

RESIDENCIES

2018  Doris McCarthy Artist-In-Residence (Ontario Heritage Trust), Scarborough, ON

2018  Emerging Artist Award - One Week Residency, Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON

GRANTS

2021  Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant

COLLECTIONS

RBC Collection

Timbercreek

PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

2019 Visi Magazine, Fiona Freemark’s Hand-Cut Photographs, by Michaela Stehr, posted on January 11, 2019

2018  Booooooom!, “Ottawa Valley” by Artist Fiona Freemark, Editor’s Picks, posted on November 21, 2018

2017  Designlines Magazine, 5 Exciting Local Artists We Met At Art Toronto 2017 by David Agnew posted on November 2, 2017

2017  CREATE Magazine Issue #5 (In Print + Online Blog Post), July 3, 2017

2012  Wise Up SUMMA 2012 (Catalogue), co. authored by the McMaster University graduating class

2012  InsideOUT (Catalogue), essay by Judy Major-Girardin

Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council for their generous support.