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Katie Pretti (born July, 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an artist working in mixed media on canvas.

Graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design Fine Arts Diploma (with Honours) in 2004 with a major focus in printmaking.

Prices of current work $1,800 - $9,000

"“Music drives my process, so I’m almost always in headphones while working. The playlist for my most recent body of work included Portishead, Liturgy, the Knife, and Trust.”"

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
 * Swoon, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto
 * To Sublime, COME, Buenos Aires

2011
 * Reckless Abandonment, ctrllab, Montreal

2010
 * The Vanitas, Gallery 111, Toronto

2009
 * Spleen and Ideal, LE Gallery, Toronto

2008
 * Something That Matters, LE Gallery, Toronto
 * Collusion, LE Gallery, Toronto

2007
 * Damsels and Distress, LE Gallery, Toronto
 * Grander Failures, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011! ! Highly Desirable, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto ! ! Introducing Matt Bahen & Katie Pretti, James Baird>Pouch Cove, Newfoundland ! ! Courvoisier Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto ! ! New Work, Jennifer Leskiw Contemporary at Piet Colaert, Antwerp ! ! Home, Paralleled, ctrllab, for Art Matters, Montreal ! ! Le Sept, LE Gallery, Toronto 2010! ! Psychic Space, Loose Canon Gallery, Hamilton ! ! Bloodletting, LE Gallery, Toronto ! ! The Maker, part of Printopolis, Toronto ! ! Cause & Effect, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto 2009 !! Remains to be Seen, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto ! ! Permeate, The Music Gallery, Toronto ! ! LE Cinq, LE Gallery, Toronto 2008 !! Valentineʼs Day Show, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver 2007 !! Mulled Mix, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver ! ! Standard Formʼs First 3 Books, Art Metropole, Toronto ! ! May Invitational, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver 2006 ! Le Trois, LE Gallery, Toronto ! This Distance, LE Gallery, Toronto ! Manifold Project, OCAD: Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2005 Hard Drawing, Lehmann Leskiw Fine art, Toronto ! The Drawing Room, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver ! XXX, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto SPECIAL PROJECTS 2009! Fresh Picks V1E14, Vantage Art Projects, Vancouver 2008! ! This Means War, Window Installation, The Bay, Toronto 2007 Sonority of Words, Limited Edition Artist Book, published by Standard Form, Toronto 2006! ! False Hope, Satchel Gallery c/o Anitra Hamilton, Toronto SELECTED GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES 2012! ! Visual Artists Grant, Ontario Arts Council ! ! Residency, COME, Buenos Aires 2011! ! Residency, ctrllab: Montreal Art House, Montreal ! ! Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council 2010 !! Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council ! ! Project Room Resident, The White House, Toronto ! ! Visual Artists Grant, Ontario Arts Council ! ! Visual Artists Grant, Toronto Arts Council ! ! Printmaking Residency, Spark Box Studios, Picton Katie Bond Pretti me@katiebondpretti.com www.katiebondpretti.com PRESS, PROFILES, AND INTERVIEWS 2012! ! Artists in Conversation, Artist Talk with Betty Ann Jordan, SoHo House, Toronto ! ! Pareidolia, Trish Boon: In Conversation with Contemporary Canadian Art, Oct. 8 ! ! 120 Seconds with Katie Pretti, www.artsync.ca 2011! ! We Tell Ourselves Stories, www.wetellourselvesstories.com, Caitlin Durlak ! ! Introducing Matt Bahen & Katie Pretti, Current Vol. 13, Iss. 9, Alexandra Baird ! ! Paint by Numbers, Elle Canada No. 117, Katie Addleman 2009 !! Editorʼs Picks: All the Single Ladies, Magenta Magazine Online Vol. 1, No. 1 ! ! View on Canadian Art, Jul. 10, Andrea Carson 2008! ! Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, The Magenta Foundation, Toronto ! ! Artist Gallery, BlogTO, www.blogto.com/artists/, Nov. 2008, Rannie Turingan ! ! Pretti Gets Sensual, Now Magazine Vol. 28, No. 11, Leah Sandals ! ! Artists to Watch, Inside Entertainment Canada, Sep. 2008 ! ! Artist File, Canadian House & Home Vol. 30, No. 6, Betty Ann Jordan ! ! Artist Profile, Our Neighbourhood Magazine Jun. 2008, Dr. Matthew Follwell 2007 !! Eye Candy, Eye Weekly, Dec. 13, 2007, David Balzer ! ! Fair Maidens, Elle Canada No. 77, Lori Seymour 2006 !! LE Galleryʼs Young Blood, Now Magazine Vol. 26, No. 11, David Jager SELECTED AUCTIONS AND ART FAIRS 2012! ! Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto 2010 !! Live Auction - Who Done It, OCAD, Toronto ! ! Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, The Carlu, Toronto 2009 !! Live Auction - Who Done It, OCAD, Toronto ! ! Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, The Carlu, Toronto ! ! September Online Auction, Heffel, Toronto ! ! Select Sale, Ritchies Auctioneers, Toronto ! ! 2008 !! Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, The Carlu, Toronto ! ! Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto 2007 !! Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto ! ! Art With Heart Auction, supporting Casey House Foundation, The Carlu, Toronto ! ! NYC Art Book Fair, NYC ! ! Creative Art Gems, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto ! ! ! ! Norman Burgess Memorial Fund Silent Auction, Canadian Music Centre, Toronto SELECTED COLLECTIONS SoHo House: Toronto Femmarte TD Canada Trust The National Gallery of Canada Richard Ivey George Hartman