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GEOFF FARNSWORTH

b. 1968, Kimberley, British Columbia.

Currently living and working in downtown St. Catharines, Ontario

EDUCATION

The Art Students League of New York, Painting Certificate, New York, NY 1997-2002

Capilano College, Foundation Year, Design & Illustration Program, N. Vancouver, BC 1996-97

Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC 1995-96

Emily Carr, Art Access Program, Vancouver, BC 1995

University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Commerce Degree, Marketing Major, Vancouver, BC 1987-90

Capilano College, Pre-Commerce Year, Vancouver, BC 1986-87

SOLO, TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University, Blurs and Vagueness, St. Catharines, ON Sept. 26 - Oct. 22, 2023

John Mann Gallery, Geoff Farnsworth and Kyle Clements Exhibition, St. Catharines, ON Sept. 23 - Oct. 21, 2023

Niagara Artists Centre, Geoff Farnsworth: Time Mixer, St. Catharines, ON April 2022

13th Street Gallery, Geoff Farnsworth: Water, St. Catharines, ON, April 2 - 30, 2022

13th Street Gallery, Recovery, Three Person Show with Cynthia Chapman, Matt Baden, and Geoff Farnsworth, St. Catharines, ON, April 3 - July 10, 2021

Earl’s Court Gallery, The Painter’s Realm, Dara Adam and Geoff Farnsworth, Hamilton, ON, Jan. 14 - Feb. 15, 2021

The Niagara Pumphouse, Colour Worker, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, October 1 – 31, 2020

Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, ON April 2019

Canvas Gallery, Road Trip, Toronto ON, April 2018

Rise Above, St. Catharines, ON Sept 2018

Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON April – June 2017

Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, ON September 2014

Symposium & Residency Exhibition, Bergen, Norway, August 2013

Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC October 2011

New York University, Collaborative Illustrated Book Project, New York, NY May 2011

Comand Gallery, Buffalo, NY April 2011

A Mano Libera Gallery, St. Catharines, ON March 2010 

Edsvik Konsthall, Peter Dahl, Eva Zetterwall, and Geoff Farnsworth, Stockholm, Sweden September 2008

Red Brick Café, Sis n’ Bro Show III, Guelph, ON 2008

Muse Gallery, Toronto, ON September 2007

Hugh’s Room, Sis n’ Bro Show: Paintings by Geoff and Gillian Farnsworth, Toronto, ON 2006

1080BUS Gallery, Toronto, ON 2006

Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, NY 2000

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

John Mann Gallery, Winter 2024 Group Show, St. Catharines, ON, Jan 6 - Feb 3, 2024

13th Street Gallery, Gallery Artist Group Show, St. Catharines, ON, Dec 3, 2022-March 25, 2023

CIty Hall, Who Are You? Group Show, St. Catharines, ON, Sept 16, 2022 - March 17, 2023

Jordan Art Gallery, Gallery Group Show, St. Catharines, ON, Jan 4, 2023 (ongoing)

Kurbatoff Gallery, Living in Colour, Vancouver, BC, Jan 21 – Feb 23, 2021

Westland Gallery, Gallery Group Show, London, ON, January 2021

13th Street Gallery, Abstracted Together, St. Catharines, ON, Dec. 12, 2020 – Jan 2, 2021

Westland Gallery, Gallery Group Show, London, ON, February 2020

Kurbatoff Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. August 2019

Loch Gallery, Summer Rhythms, Toronto ON July 28 - August 11, 2018

Kurbatoff Gallery, Gallery Artists Group Show, Vancouver, BC Aug 2017

Loch Gallery, Figures of Inspiration, Winnipeg, MB Feb 2016

University of West Indies, From Likeness to Fiction, Trinidad May 24 2015

Rodman Hall, Brock University, From Likeness to Fiction, St. Catharines, ON April 2015

Loch Gallery, Vantage Point, Winnipeg, MB April 2015

Loch Gallery, A Human Presence, Toronto/Winnipeg/Calgary, March 2015

Kurbatoff Gallery, Gallery Artist Group Show, Vancouver, BC, June 2014

Kurbatoff Gallery, Gallery Artist Group Show, Vancouver, BC May 2013

Kurbatoff Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Vancouver, BC August 2010

Loch Gallery, Concepts and Canvas, Toronto, ON March 2010

Loch Gallery, Exploring the Figure, Toronto, ON May 2009

Loch Gallery, Best of the Contemporaries, Calgary, AB Mar. 2009

Loch Gallery, Best of the Contemporaries, Toronto, ON Dec. 2008

Loch Gallery, Young Painters, Toronto, ON July 2008

Edsvik Konsthall, Group Show, Stockholm, Sweden 2006

A.G.O., In Your Face Show, Toronto, ON 2006

William Stephen Gallery, Toronto, ON 2006

Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2006

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto ON 2006

Marci J. Kroft Art Consulting, Toronto, ON 2004-05

Hollis & Knight, Washington, DC 2004-05

Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto, ON 2004

Yaelle Gallery, Toronto, ON 2003

Distillery Art Fair, Toronto, ON 2003

Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY 2002

Balsamo Gallery, Woodstock, NY 2001

Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Ctr., New York, NY 2000

Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY 2000

Port Authority Terminal, New York, NY 1999

Ferry Building Gallery, Faces Show, West Vancouver, BC 1997

Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, BC 1997

Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1996

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2003-present

Chenier Fine Arts, Thunder Bay, Ontario 2007 - present

Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 2010 - present

John Mann Gallery, St. Catharines, Ontario 2020 - present

REVIEWS & FEATURES

Midnight Deer Abstractions, Geoff Farnsworth and Erin Knight. 2024. The Small Walker Press, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University. Edited by Catherine Parayre and Nicholas Hauck. 38 pages, 12 illustrations. Printed in Brno, Czech Republic by Quatro Print

CHCH Morning Live, Gallery feature and interview at Mann Gallery, St. Catharines, ON, Sept.25, 2023

610 CKTB, Live radio interview with Walter Sendzik, St. Catharines, ON, Sept. 26, 2023

CHCH-DT Hamilton Television, Gallery Interview at 13th Street Gallery, St. Catharines, ON, April 2, 2022

Niagara-on-the-Lake Local Newspaper, Geoff Farnsworth: Colour Explodes at the Pumphouse, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Oct.23, 2020

The AVB Podcast on the Road, Studio Interview, St. Catharines, ON, January 2019

The Sound, Arts and Culture Paper for the Niagara Region, Artist Profile, Written by Bart Gazzola, St. Catharines, ON, January 2016

The Sound, Arts and Culture Paper for the Niagara Region, Artist Profile, Written by Bart Gazzola, St. Catharines, ON, July 2015

CFBU Brock Radio, Artist Profile and Interview, St. Catharines, ON Sept. 2014

The Linea, Online Journal for the Art Students League of New York, The Studio Project, New York, NY, Jan 2014

International Contemporary Artists, Vol. II. ICA Publishing, 2011, New York, NY: included in compendium of international painters

The Walleye Arts & Culture Newspaper, Tiffany Jarva, Review for 1st issue, Thunder Bay, ON July 2010

Juxtapoz Magazine Online, Reader Art, Aug. 25, 2008

CBC Radio One, Lupe Rodriguez, Toronto, ON Jan. 2006

Vie des Arts, John Grande, Review for No. 202 Spring 2006 issue, Toronto, ON, Jan. 2006

GRANTS & AWARDS

Symposium & Residency, Marstein Island, Austevoll, Norway, August 2013

Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career Artist Grant 2010

Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant 2007

Get Real Art Gallery, Finalist, Painting Competition, New York, NY 2000

Art Students League of New York, Merit Scholarship, New York, NY 1999

BC & Yukon Community Newspapers,  Graphic Design Scholarship, Capilano College, N. Van, BC 1996

RELATED PROFESSIONAL DUTIES

Part-Time Art Instructor, Niagara College, Graphic Design Program, Welland, ON, 2010-2020

Board Member, Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, ON, 2015-2021

Arts Educator, The Willow Community, Ongoing Occasional Instructor and Guest Presenter, St. Catharines, ON 2018-present

Juror, Brock University, Student Illustrated Story Exhibition, St. Catharines, ON April 2015

Juror, Welland Rose Festival, Welland, ON, Aug 2013

Juror, Brock University, Rodman Hall Final Year Painting Exhibition, St. Catharines, ON 2011

Juror, Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto, ON 2008

Art Instructor, The Painted Turtle, Thunder Bay, ON Aug-Sep 2007