Justin Ogilvie is a Vancouver based artist. His practice examines various rifts between traditional and contemporary modes of painting, weaving together pictorial explorations that hover between figuration & abstraction.
EDUCATION
2013 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Alberta
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Hyper-Portraits, Cowichan Art Gallery, Vancouver Island
2025 Spectral Bodies in Three Acts, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
2022 New Work, Pandora Studio, Vancouver
2018 Drifting Parade, Northern Studio, Vancouver
2017 Painting the Absurd, Northern Studio, Vancouver
2015 Figures & Grounds, Northern Studio, Vancouver
2013 Before and Again, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Alberta, Edmonton
2013 B-Sides, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton
2010 Untitled Portraits, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
2008 Continuum, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Radiance, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2005 Dissolve, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2003 The Fine Line, (two-person show with John Dennison), Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Oh Canada!, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
2017 Westcoast Figurative, Gibsons Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2016 Faculty Show, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2015 Westcoast Figurative, Gibsons Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2015 Public Myths Private Dreams, curated by Pennylane Shen, Meccanica, Vancouver
2014 The Fantasy of Representation, curated by Andrew Salgado, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
2013 Faculty Show, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2010 Drawn, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Gallery Fundraiser, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver
2008 What Use Art History, curated by Anne Rosenberg, Municipal Galleries in Comox, Coquitlam and Penticton, BC
2007 The Kingston Portrait Prize, Kingston, ON (juried)
2006 Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto,
2004 Artists Abroad, Egyptian Cultural Centre, Rome, Italy
2003 The Hive: Urban Implications, Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver
TEACHING
2019–Present Co-Founder/ Instructor, Canvas Method Atelier, Vancouver
2013–2017 Sessional Instructor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2012–2013 Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta, Edmonton
2010–2013 Private Instructor, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton
2003–2005 Sessional Instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver
RESIDENCIES
2016 Burton Foundry Residency, Salt Spring Island, BC
2016 Wai Residency, Hornby Island, BC
2015 Manuel Antonio Studio, Quepos, Costa Rica
ARTIST TALKS
2017 Picturing the Unpicturable, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2015 Figures & Grounds, Northern Studio, Vancouver
2013 Before and Again, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton
2013 B-Sides, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton
2012 Contemporary Figurative Painting, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton
MEDIA
2017 Degrass, Jan. ‘Westcoast Figurative: Human Form On Show’. Coast Reporter, January 25
2013 Matejko, Agnieszka. ‘Before and Again’. Vue Weekly, June 26
2006 Cramp, Beverly. ‘The Business of Art ’. The Vancouver Courier, March 8
2005 The Arts Report, CBC Radio, March
2003 Morning Show, Global News, Vancouver, April
COLLECTIONS
Alumni Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton
B & R Racquet Club, Vancouver, Canada
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2010 Arts and Culture Room, Richmond Olympic Oval, Vancouver
VOLUNTEER & DONATIONS
2002-2013 Donating Artist, Art for Life, United Way and Shooting Stars, Vancouver
2010 Adjudicator, Painting Competition, Canadian Federation of Artists
2009 Donating Artist, Access Public Art Gallery, Vancouver
2004-2006 Adjudicator, Scholarship Panel, St. George’s S.S., Vancouver
AWARDS
2013 Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Alberta
2010 Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, University of Alberta
2010 BC Arts Council Tuition Scholarship
2007 Finalist in the Kingston Prize Finalist
1998 Academic Undergraduate Scholarship, Emily Carr University
1997 BC Arts Council Tuition Scholarship