ACHIEVEMENTS

Awards/Recognition:

2026 Private opening and viewing with the Honorable Marc Miller, Canadian Minister of Arts + Culture, Michelle Chawla, CEO and Director and Sarah Gamble, VP,  Canadian Arts Council, Department VP/Leads of Mexican and Canadian Embassy, OCAC Professors and Students at “Día a Día/Day to Day” exhibition, #Hashtag Gallery, Mexico City (Mexico) 

2024 City of Hamilton, Art Creator Award, (Canada)

2023 City of Hamilton Heritage Art Architecture Award, (Canada)

2024 Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) Appointed Member, (Canada)

2015-2026 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), (Canada)

2017 Best in Show, Art on the Street, Guelph (Canada)

2008 Best Visual Artist, Best of Hamilton awards, H Magazine, (Canada)

2008 First Prize, Junction Juried Art Exhibition, Toronto, (Canada)

2008 Best-in-show, Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto, (Canada) 



Juried Exhibitions + Artist Engagements

2026 ¡viva color! Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Solo Exhibit (2025 & 2026 Mexico residency)

2026 ¡viva color! Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Artist Talk 

2026 Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan Station, “In the Spotlight”, Solo exhibition

2026 Paints Ontario - Juried Exhibition - "Organized Chaos" + "Annex"

2026 SCA International Juried Exhibition -"Annex"

2026 #Hashtag Gallery, Mexico City, “Dia a Dia”- Joint Show with Harumi Tanimoto

2026 Dundas Valley School of Arts, Dundas, ON (Canada)- Juried "Cohort" 

 

2025 Art Gallery of Mississauga – Annual Juried Exhibition – “Slumber”

2025 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brantford – Biennial Juried Exhibition - “Vintage Charm”

2025 Globe Studios – Holiday Joint Art Exhibition, Kitchener, ON

2025 Society of Canadian Artists - Juried Exhibition “Rikchariy (Awaken, Peru)”

2025 Society of Canadian Artist-International Juried Exhibition “Estructura (Structure)”

2015-2026 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) Toronto (Canada)–Juried Exhibition

2025 #Hashtag Gallery, Mexico City (México), Solo Show – “Shadow. Text. Colour”

2016-2026 Dundas Valley School of Arts, Dundas, ON (Canada)

2022-2026 SOCIAL SPACE, Pop-Up Art Events, Various (Canada)

2024- 2025 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts Gallery, Group Show, San Francisco (USA)

2010-2025 Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) - Art Sales, Hamilton, ON (Canada)

2024 Architectural Lines - Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON (Canada)

2022-2021 McMichael Canadian Art Gallery, Kleinberg, ON (Canada)

2021 & 2010 The Artist Project (TAP), Toronto, ON (Canada)

2020 One of A Kind (Spring) Show, Toronto, ON (Canada)

2020 Earls Court Gallery - Count 10, Hamilton, ON (Canada)

2018 The Shifting City - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (Canada)

 


Selected Press:

2026 Hamilton Spectator, Creative Power of Gordon Leverton, ¡VIVA COLOR!

Why This Artist Paints the Parts of a City You Walk Right Past - Artwork Archive, July 2025, Artist in Residence Global Artwork Archive, July 2025

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE), Toronto (Canada)

SD Voyager - San Diego, Urban Artists, July 2025 & Jan 2023

Soboart Magazine, Summer Edition, 2024 Double Edition No. 24+25

Create! Magazine, Spring Edition, 2023

Featuring "Built", Jack Reacher, Prime/Netflix,  TV series, 2023

Curated by the Jealous Curator, Toronto Online Art Fair, 2020

Artist Profile, The Woven Tale Press Vol VII, #1, New York, 2019

Big Brother Canada TV Show, 2017

One Artist at a Time, profile, urbanicity magazine, May 2016

Artist Profile, West of the City Magazine, May/June 2014

Abstract & Urban, profile, Hamilton Magazine, Spring 2014

Hart House Review, University of Toronto, Coach House Press, 2014

Portfolio Review, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Fall/Winter 2013

Gallery Crawl, Fran Schechter, Now Magazine, Toronto, 2012

Artworks to Salve the Wintry Canadian Soul, R.M. Vaughn, The Globe & Mail, 2010

House Painting on a Whole Other Level, Dave LeBlanc, The Globe & Mail, Aug. 2009

Riverdale’s Walk of Frames, Davida Aronovitch, The Globe and Mail, 2009

Hamilton Artists Establishing Their Presence, Jeff Mahoney, Hamilton Spectator, 2009


Residencies:

2027 Coming Soon!

2026 Mexico City, Oaxaca, Mexico (self directed)

2025 Guadalajara and Lake Chapala, Mexico (self directed)

2014 Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada Stephen Brunt (by invitation)


Collections:

The Hamilton Club, Hamilton (Canada), Private Collection - Vintage Charm

MacIssac Gow LLP, Oakville Canada) Private Collection  - Slumber and Rikchariy (Awaken)

Clifton Blake Asset Management, Public Collection (13 Artworks), Toronto (Canada)

 

Reichman Family, Private Commission, Toronto (Canada) 

IG Financial, Public Collection acquisition (Ongoing - 10 artworks), Toronto (Canada)

Ron Joyce Foundation, International (Personal and Public Collection)

CCH Pounder Actress, New Orleans, USA, (Commission, Private Collection)

Sarah Betzer, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities I Professor of Art History, University of Virginia, USA, (Private Collection)

City of Toronto - Mayor Office, Toronto, Canada, (Public Collection)

City of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada)

Bank of Montreal, Public Art Archive Collection, Toronto, Canada (Public Collection)

Hughes + Cooper, Hamilton, Canada, (Public + Private Collection)

Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, Canada, (Public Collection)

dpAI architects, David Premi, Hamilton, Canada, (Private + Public Collection)

Lamont Law, Hamilton, Canada, (Public + Private Collection)

Michael Clark Law, Hamilton, Canada, (Public + Private Collection)

First Ontario Credit Union, Canada (Public Collection)

Nycomed Canada, Various (Private Collection)

Big Brothers of Canada, Canada (Public Collection)

Carstar,  Mercanti Management Inc, Sam Mercanti (Private Commission) Hamilton, Canada, (Private Collection)

 

Private/Personal International Collections: Mexico City, Mexico; California, San Francisco, Texas, New York, Philadelphia, Boston,; Australia; New Zealand; Azores, Portugal; and collected in various locations throughout Canada and internationally