User:Melinda Josie

Biography
Melinda Josie (born 1982) is a Canadian artist and illustrator. She was born in Milton, Ontario, and soon after moved to Muskoka. Here she spent her younger years developing her craft. Her childhood was a happy one, full of picture books and pet bunnies. She attended Sheridan College in Oakville, then moved to Toronto in 2004, where she’s lived and worked since. She apprenticed for four years under fellow artist and illustrator Gary Taxali, from 2005 to 2009.

She is currently working free-lance illustrating children's books, editorial work, creating textile designs, and making fine art for gallery shows and commissions.

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Le Géranium, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Spring Trunk Show, The Workroom, Toronto, Ontario

2009 Life Drawing, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2008 Holiday Trunk Show, The Workroom, Toronto, Ontario

2008 Stay Gold, group exhibit, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2008 Vesne Sontse, Come Up To My Room, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

2007 Noble Fir, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2007 Mittenfists, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2007 Ilavska, Art of Grandmother, Come Up To My Room, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Give a Little Bit, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Skull Fest, Steamwhistle Brewery, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Salons des Indépendants, Supermarket, Toronto, Ontario

2006 Cats are the new Bunnies, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2005 Partridges and Pear Trees, Magic Pony, Toronto, Ontario

2005 Exhibition, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2005 Exhibition, Distillery Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Illustration
She has worked for many publications throughout North America, including most recently New York Weddings, The Walrus Magazine, Red Bull Music Academy City Guide

Children's Books
She fully illustrated "Le Géranium", a French Canadian children's publication, including 45 colour plates. The book was published in the fall of 2009 by Marchand de Feuilles and Bourgeon Publishing, Montréal, Canada.

Press
Sardone, Andrew. “Mittenfists is the Cat’s Meow”, NOW Magazine, August 3, 2007

Balzer, David. “Mittenfists”, EYE Weekly, August 16, 2007

O’Toole, Meighan. “New Print from Melinda Josie”, My Love For You is a Stampede of Horses, June 29, 2009

Valino, Karyn. “Introducing Melinda Josie", Make Something, September 23, 2008

Titanic, Sara. "Artist Studio Visit", NOW Magazine, April 13, 2009