curriculum vitae - artist | for information on Book Mill Press cards, please see links above
Jill McCubbin
b. 1968, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lives and works in Almonte, Ontario, Canada
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2 March 2019 - 25 June 2019
Five paintings - 8008 Lingerie, Heritage Mall, 14 Mill Street, Almonte ON
26 April 2015 to Summer 2016
Selected paintings - Palms coffee shop, 78 Mill Street, Almonte ON
June 10 to August 12, 2014
Long gone: a day, Aug. 15, 1924, in the life of Almonte & Ramsay Townships – Art in the Manor Gallery, Fairview Manor, 75 Spring Street, Almonte ON. Opening reception: Thursday, June 12, 7:00PM
October 17 to December 10, 2013
Don't needle the seamstress – Almonte New Town Hall Chambers Gallery, 3131 Old Perth Rd. (until November 11) then at the Corridor Gallery, Almonte Public Library, Almonte ON, until December 10, 2013
June to August 2013
Combinations, Crinolines & Clotheslines: paintings that reveal unfamiliar artifacts & re-imagine the nearly forgotten stories of an Ottawa Valley mill town, at the Norah Hughes Gallery in the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) in Almonte, Ontario
October 2012 to January 2013
Sheep in Sheeps' clothing – paintings at Palms Coffee Shop, 78 Mill Street, Almonte ON
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
5 October 2018 - 5 February 2019
Sisters exhibition with Beth McCubbin. Selected paintings (paper doll outfits!) at Mississippi Mills Municipal Offices Gallery and then at Mississippi Mills Public Library, Almonte Branch, Corridor Gallery
9-10 August 2014
23rd Juniper Island Art Festival – Stony Lake Pavillion, Lakefield ON
April 2014 - April 2015
Three dress maker form paintings part of the juried Art Rental & Sales program at the Ottawa Art Gallery, Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa ON
April 2014
STOP YOUR PIGS FROM STRAYING! featuring animals in visual art. Opening/meet the artists: Friday April 4, 7-9pm at General Fine Craft, Art & Design, 66 Mill St., Almonte ON
September 14, 2013 to January 31, 2014
Building Peace, presented by the Diefenbunker Museum and One World Dialogue (OWD). The exhibition launched with a presentation and reception in celebration of International Peace Day on Saturday, Sept. 14. – Bank of Canada Vault, 100 Level of the Diefenbunker, 3911 Carp Road, Carp ON
August 2013
22nd Juniper Island Art Festival – Stony Lake Pavillion, Lakefield ON
June 2013
RIDE ON: BICYCLE MONTH GROUPSHOW – General fine craft, art and design, 63 Mill Street, Almonte ON
October 2012
Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour – Almonte, Blakeney and Clayton ON. Jill was a guest at studio stop #10, Richard Skrobecki Pottery, 323 Hope Street, Almonte ON
August 2012
21st Juniper Island Art Festival – Stony Lake Pavillion, Lakefield ON
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2013 Yarn twisting machine (beware!) to Art in the Manor (AIM) Fairview Manor, Almonte ON (a large work, acrylic and etching, across two wood panels, roughly 8 feet wide by 5 feet tall)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2013 Ontario Arts Council (OAG), Exhibition Assistance program
2012 Not so still life with bicycle chosen as the signature work by Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month
2009 Popular Choice, awarded at 18th Juniper Island Art Festival
2003 People’s Choice Award at Add Pizzazz exhibit, Art Nuvo Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2013 Steve Reside, Almonte ON
Bob Kurus, Almonte ON
2012 Ingrid Kadoke, Almonte ON
2010 Al and Jeri Lunney, Almonte ON
Patricia Yaremchuk and Graham Perry, Ottawa ON
2005 Mary and Terry Lumsden, Almonte ON
2004 Robynne and Charlie Eagan, Ottawa ON
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
Millstone News - Story time! Introducing Cards for Readers & Will-be-readers – July 2019 (also published in theHumm
theHumm June 2014 – Arts, Entertainment & Ideas – Long Gone: A Day in the Life from 1924 (page 16)
The Millstone – Long gone: Summer art show at Fairview Manor (May 29, 2014)
The Ottawa Citizen, Art exhibits: from Oct. 24 to 31 (Oct. 26, 2013) and an image of my painting, Venus de Milo II, is among the photos that accompany this article
The Millstone – a community newspaper for the Mississippi Mills area, Jill McCubbin at the Chambers Gallery – October 16 to November 12, 2013 (Oct. 18, 2013)
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum newsletter (Summer 2013) page 1 and page 4
Ruralist, Try a Day in Almonte (July 31, 2013) Ruralist is a beautifully designed and fun to read blog .
Almonte / Carleton Place EMC, New MVTM Exhibit Features Art, Artifacts, "Yarns" (June 6, 2013)
The Millstone, Itchy combinations exhibition by artist Jill McCubbin at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (May 31, 2013)
The Millstone, Mississippi Mills bicycle month chooses signature artwork (June 2012)
theHumm – Arts, Entertainment & Ideas, Jill McCubbin – Archivist of Emotions (May 2004)
(The above is my selected professional artist CV. For a complete history of exhibitions etc. and my full resume, please send me an email.)