Sherrill Girard is a Canadian artist who has recently moved to Montreal, Quebec.  She paints in her studio located in  the Art Deco RCA Building in St. Henri in Montreal, an burgeoning urban arts area in south Montreal.  Sherrill has traveled extensively and painted and exhibited internationally in Canada, the UK, the United States and Japan. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, Europe, the U.S. and Asia.  Sherrill received her art education at a number of institutions, including the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Ontario College of Art, the University of Guelph and recently Dawson College in Montreal.

Sherrill Girard works in watercolour, oil, encaustic and photography. She is a signature member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, and her large, explosive watercolours of nature include landscapes, close-ups of flowers and leaves, and seasonal images that radiate luminous colour and light.  Currently Sherrill is exploring the wilderness of Quebec Laurentians as well as the urban backstreets, buildings and railyards of urban Montreal.

Publications and Awards

• Societe Canadienne de l'Aquarelle, Le XXIVe Salon, May - September 2007 - Prix Jean-Paul Ladouceur
• Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs du Quebec, November 2005 - First Prize, Medal d'Or, Technique Distincte
• International Artists' Magazine Finalist: "Flowers and Gardens" Competition, April 2006
• International Artists' Magazine Publication "100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens", 2004
• Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, 1998 - 2007 - First prize Watercolour, 2003, Honourable Mention Hallmark Canada Watercolour Award 2000
• Forart 2000, International Arts Council of Japan, Awaji Island, Japan, May 2000 - Higashi-Ura Mayor's Prize for Watercolour

 

Selected International Exhibitions

• Exposition Internationale, Argenton-Sur-Creuse en Berry, France, August 2007 - 26 Exposition Internationale, Brazilia
• Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec Salon d'Automne, November 2006, 2007 - First Prize, Medal d'Or, Technique Distincte
• Recent Watercolour: Painted Penquin Gallery, Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK, September 2005
• International Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, Hinoshimi Gallery, Kobe, Japan, June - August 2000 - Traveling exhibition of several Municipal Museums and galleries of major cities in Japan
• Hinoshimi Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Kobe, Japan, 2000
• 11th. Annual Internationl Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1996

 

Selected Juried Exhibitions

• Societe Canadienne de l'Aquarelle Salon, May - September 2007
• Festival Intenationale Montreal en Arts, June - July 2006
• Toronto Ourdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, July 1998 - 2005, 2007
• Annual Juried Miniature Show, Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario, 1995 - 1999 - First Prize - 1995
• Landscape - The Lasting Impression, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1997 - 1999 - Honourable Mention - 1997

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• The Chroma Variations, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, July 2001
• The View From Here, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, 2000
• Water's Edge, Ashton - EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario, September 1999
• The Awakening Earth, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, May 1999
• An Exhibition of Mixed Media Paintings, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario, 1998
• Waterdance, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, 1997
• First Light, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario, 1997

 

Selected Organizations

• Art@RCA member
• Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec
• Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, elected member
• St. Laurent Des Arts, Montreal
• Ontario Crafts Council

 

Education

• 2005 - Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Digital Photography 1
• 1993 - 1995 - Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Printmaking, part time studies
• 1988 - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Fine Art
• 1986 - 1988 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1985 - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, part time studies
• 1973 - 1977 - University of Western Ontario, Honours B.A., Deans Honour List
• 1972 - H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, Post Secondary Fine Art