Paul Byron, M.A., D.T.A.T.I.
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PH16 – 260 Wellesley St East / Toronto, ON M4X 1G6 / Phone: (647) 344-5146
EDUCATION
Diploma in Art Therapy (DTATI), Toronto Art Therapy Institute (TATI)
MA (History of Art), University of Toronto
BA (Art History), McMaster University
BA Hons (Studio Art), McMaster University
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2009
2007
2006
SELECTED WORKS & PERFORMANCES
I am appointed to the PATCH Project’s (May 2014) and Art Starts (Dec 2014) rosters of artists.
2014 The CV Files - ongoing public art/performance, various venues.
2014 The Presence of Absence (Fallow Fields), proto-art, St. James Town, Toronto.
2014 Soxamaphone – mural for Huely Socks, at BizMedia Studios, Toronto.
2014 5 Hours with Hound – paraperformance w. Sue Maziarz & Siggy. Riverdale Farm, Toronto.
2014 #whatinspiresU –Community Mural, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Nuit Blanche, Toronto.
2014 Click Click, Match Match – w. Jamie James and S. Astrid Bin, London, England
2014 Arbeitsmoral – paraperformance, Münich & Nuremberg, Germany and Salzburg, Austria.
2014 Double Give - portrait project at St James Town Arts (SJTA) Pavilion, Open Streets TO.
2014 A Headache Halfway Through - live painting w.CNH, Sunday in the Park, Toronto.
2014 Facebuck - performance (PB & J Presents), Figment Toronto.
2014 玄奘 (Swan Song) - live painting performance for TCCSA, Chinatown Festival, Toronto.
2014 Sound of the Crowd – live painting w. the PATCH Project, Cultura Festival, Toronto.
2014 Jive Obelisk - StreetART’s Outside the Box, Front St. and Blue Jays Way, Toronto.
2014 St James Town Banner Project – outdoor banner project, Toronto.
2014 From Cave Art to ArtCave – collaborative outdoor projection with ArtCave, Toronto.
2013 Wellesley St. Bell Box - Bell Box Mural Project, Wellesley Community Centre/TPL.
2012 Walking in St. Jamestown – outdoor banner project. Winner, First Prize. Toronto.
2011 Pedestrian Portraits - Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays, Toronto.
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2014 Starry Day – Art therapy project with Hong Fook Mental Health Association, concluding
exhibition at North York Baptist Church, Toronto.
2014 The Yellow Pages Project – w. Vicki Clough. Sustainable art drawing project and OCAD
U’s first entry in Culture Days. OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto.
2014 Welcome Home - Youth mural project, Winner of the BMO Seeds Fund Award,
Neighbourhood Arts Network, St James Town, Toronto.
2014 Chinatown Festival - Art Exhibition of the Toronto Cross-Cultural Association’s Women’s
Support Group on the theme of Chinese-Canadian identity.
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2014 Art in a Blender – For 100-in-1 Day, Art installation with youth from Community Corner and
Central Neighbourhood House.
2014 The St. James Town Banner Project - Project Designer/Lead Artist. Collaborative
community outdoor banner project. Duties: project design, fundraising, overseeing weekly
community art making sessions, supervising student assistants. Conducted in part as the Major
Research Project component of my Art Therapy diploma, a detailed academic study of the St.
James Town area demographic and the role of creative arts in community mental health is a
further product of this work.
2014 The Paper Doll Project – Two-part project including an on-site installation and portable
works (wearable pins) coordinating with women’s movement, One Billion Rising,Toronto.
Central Neighbourhood House Women’s Club April 2014.
COMMERCIAL PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
1996 – present. Professional caricature services to private and major corporate clients.
2011 TANTRICK GRUVYARD graphic novel, currently in production
2014 Huely Socks, Series 02 (Toronto Street Artists), design: Skwigliwinxx. Time-lapse video of
Mural (“Soxamaphone”) and designer socks viewable here: http://huely.com/pages/series-02
2011 D-Spyzer album cover, Fascism Takes a Holiday
2009 Champions of the Garden Games, Children’s Book (Online: Amazon, Barnes & Noble)
(Book Trailer)
2004 Eros and Olympia, commissioned for Blue Angel Gallery, Hamilton.
2003 Where Went the Maestro?, for Dundas Valley School of Art yearly auction
2000 Haunted Castle, walk-in exhibit for Brantford Farm’s Hallowe’en Open House
1998 Mural, Hamilton Police Community Centre, w. artist Luke Pruden
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Seens from Everyday Life, McMaster University, Hamilton.
2005 Raw, Ferguson Cottage, Cambridge.
2004 Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Toronto.
2001 Garden Party and Art Show, Sisters of the Precious Blood, Hamilton.
Group Exhibitions
2014 Take Home The Unknown (SAVAC Fundraiser), The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
2014 Huely Socks Launch Party, Goodfellas Gallery, Toronto.
2014 St James Town Launch Party, Toronto.
2006 SUMMA Group Show. Graduating Class Studio Program, McMaster University, Hamilton.
2004 Pagan Pride Show, Blue Angel Gallery, Hamilton.
2004 Citywide Student Show, City Hall, Hamilton.
2004 Mother’s Day Show (w. Conrad Furey, Bill Powell), Main Street Gallery, Hamilton.
2004 Exhibition of the Visual Arts Program, Student Centre, McMaster University.
2003 DVSA Student Show. Dundas Valley School of Art.
2000 Sheridan Student Show, Sheridan College.
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COLLECTIONS
North York Arts, Toronto, Canada.
Toronto Cross-Cultural Services Association, Toronto, Canada.
Private Collection - Prof. Elizabeth Legge
Private Collection - Prof. Mark Cheetham
Blue Angel Gallery, Hamilton, Canada.
BIBLIOGRAPHY & MEDIA
2014 Video interview with Katie Chats at North York Arts-Toronto Centre for the Arts partnership
gala.
2014 The Bulletin community newspaper, front page article on BMO Welcome Home project :
“Ancient art, mural project show talent”:
2012 Neighbourhood Arts Network article, “Spotlight on St. James Town”
PUBLICATIONS
“The View from Sunday Morning No. 4,” Proceedings of the Canadian Art in International
Perspective Seminar. Archived in the Jack Chambers Fonds, Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto,
Ontario.
“Antlered Icon: The Deer Image in Syncretic Buddhist Art,” Proceedings of the First International
Undergraduate Symposium in Art History. Portland State University / Portland Art Museum –
Portland, Oregon. 2006.
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND DISTINCTIONS
2014 Platform A (Art Starts) Microgrant: “MirrorMe” youth painting project, w. Poonam Sharma
2014 BMO Seeds Fund Award (Neighbourhood Arts Network) for “Welcome Home” youth mural
2012 First Prize Entry, Walking in St James Town Banner Project
2010 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined)
2007 Millenium Scholarship, McMaster University
2006 Dean’s Honour List, McMaster University
2006 Centre for Leadership in Learning Travel Grant, McMaster University
2004 Senate Scholarship, McMaster University
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
I have been a speaker and invited guest lecturer on topics in the Arts at Canadian and US
institutions including the University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art & Design, the
Southwestern Conference on Popular Culture (Albuquerque), Carleton, Brock, Portland State,
and Harvard University.
BACKGROUND IN ARTS EDUCATION
Sessional Instructor - University of Toronto, Sept – Dec 2009
Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto, Sept 2007-Apr 2011
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Ontario College of Art & Design, Sept – Dec 2009
McMaster University, Sept 2005 – Apr 2007
COURSE LIST
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Representing Religions: The Rise of States, World Religions, and Art Patronage, Fall
2009 (responsible for original curriculum design)
Introduction to Cinema Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, Winter 2011
But Why is it Art?, University of Toronto Scarborough, Fall 2010.
North American Consumer Culture, University of Toronto Mississauga, Fall 2010.
Introduction to Visual Culture and Communication, University of Toronto Mississauga,
Winter 2010, Winter 2009, Summer 2009.
Exploring Key Questions in Humanities, University of Toronto Scarborough, Winter
2010.
From Print to Digital: The History of Media and Technology (1450-present), University of
Toronto Scarborough, Winter 2010.
Introduction to Art History, University of Toronto Mississauga, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall
2007.
Signs, Referents, and Meaning, University of Toronto Mississauga, Fall 2009.
Art of the Northern Renaissance, Ontario College of Art & Design, Fall 2009.
History & Evolution of Typography, Ontario College of Art & Design, Fall 2009.
Architecture: Rituals and Monuments, University of Toronto, Winter 2009.
Art and Civilization at the Dawn of the Italian Renaissance 1200-1400, McMaster
University, Winter 2007.
Introduction to the Study of Art, McMaster University, Winter 2006.
Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, McMaster University, Fall 2005.
Art Teacher - TAIE International School, Aug-Oct 2010
International Academic School, Apr-June 2009
(Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto)
In these positions I taught high school art courses (Grade 9-12, Ontario Ministry Curriculum)
including both studio and art history components.
Art Instructor – Lolart Enjoy Education, Feb 2008-Aug 2009
Artsarama, Jan – March 2009
Explore After 4, Jan 2008 – March 2009
Kohl Gallery, Oct-Nov 2008
Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre
Sky Dragon Centre, Jan-Apr 2005
Assistant Instructor- McMaster University (Painting), Jan-Apr 2005
Art Consultant, Art Strollers, Jan 2009 – 2010
Outside of longer held teaching positions, I have taught individual classes and workshops to a
wide age range at a variety of venues, including the YMCA, the Hamilton Public Library, and
Canadian Mental Health.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: TEACHING
Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificate Program, University of Toronto, 2009
COMMUNITY ART POSITIONS
Arts Facilitator – (March 2014 – present), Toronto Cross-Cultural Services Association. Lead
weekly art sessions with the Women’s Support Group.
Program Facilitator – (March–July 2014), Community Corner.
Artistic Coordinator – (January 2014-present), Central Neighbourhood House. Co-facilitator of
the Mandarin Women’s Club and Arts Project Leader for CNH programs.
Artist Coordinator (July 2013 – present), St. James Town Arts (SJTA), Steering Committee
Member. Duties include liaising with artists, arts organizations, and instructors in our creative
programming series; program and project development; social media relations; and fundraising
research/grant writing. SJTA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stjamestownarts
PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
Visual Arts Workshop – Consulting Artist, Community Corner, May 2014 – present.
Creative Youth Seminar – Toronto Cross-Cultural Services Association - Feb 2014
Topic: “Exploring Identity in Multicultural Society”
Language Exchange - Community Corner, St. James Town Seniors Group – Oct– Dec 2013.
Assist a Mandarin-speaking seniors group in different aspects of language development.
Art & Storytelling (Comic & Cartoon Workshop) - Through St. James Town Arts, November –
Dec 2013.
Life Through Art –Community Matters Toronto, Women’s Group, August – October 2013.
Art & Language - Art & Language’ is an original course I am developing that inspires
communication skills through the non-verbal medium of art, and provides opportunities for
English language practice in a program that addresses stresses and socially isolating aspects
associated with the language barrier. To date the program has been developed with Chinesespeaking audiences, in tandem with my own study of Mandarin language, but may benefit any
language group. January 2014 – present.
ART THERAPY
Art Therapy Provider – (July 2014 – present), Hong Fook Mental Health Association.
Program: ‘Mindfulness Through Art’
Student Art Therapy Facilitator – Community Matters Toronto, July 2013 – Nov 2013
Toronto General Hospital, March –Aug2013
The Lighthouse Centre, Aug 2013
Gilda’s Club, March – July 2013
D.A.R.E.Addictions Program, July 2012-June 2013
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Baycrest, Jan-June 2013
House of Compassion, Jan-Apr 2013
Youthdale Treatment Centres, Sept-Dec 2012
Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, Nov 2012
My clinical work has included Immigrant & Refugee Outreach (Community Matters
Toronto/Lighthouse), Eating Disorders (TGH), Cancer Care (Gilda’s Club), Substance
Addictions (D.A.R.E.), Geriatrics (Baycrest), Mental Health (House of Compassion), At-risk
Youth in a psychiatric setting (Youthdale), and Aboriginal (HRIC) populations.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CLINICAL
Workshop – “Narrative Therapy with Children and Youth: Imagery and Metaphor in Externalizing
Conversations” – Nov 2014. Series: Narrative Mornings with Oolagen / Oolagen Youth Mental
Health
Workshop: “Self-in-Relationship Psychotherapy” – Nov 2014, Continuing Education for CRPO
Competencies. Run by Alliance of Psychotherapy Training Institutions (APTI) - Adler
Workshop – “Going Public with Narrative Therapy Ideas and Practices” – Feb 2014. Series:
Narrative Mornings with Oolagen / Oolagen Youth Mental Health
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Canadian Art Therapy Institute – Professional Member, Oct 2014 – present.
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