Contact
E-mail: hillarymontanamatt [@] gmail [dot] com
Instagram: @ whyhighway_
CV
(b. 1990, Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Canada)
Lives and works in Guelph, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Vitrine works 2016, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2016 Chances and Dangers, Gallery A, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Two-person Exhibitions
2024 Self-titled (with Paula McLean), Stadium Projects, Guelph, ON
Group Exhibitions
2024 Carry On, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON *co-curated with Cindy Hill and Vida Beyer
2023 FLOORPLAN, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON
2019 RE:MEMBER, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
2019 from here, with you there, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON, curated by Henry Heng Lu
2018 Got It for Cheap, L'INCONNUE, Montreal, QC *traveling exhibition
2017 Group Show, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2015 Rest Area, Carrier, public parking lot on Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada
2014 99th Graduating Exhibition, OCAD University, ON
2013 Moment Forever, Sculpture/Installation thesis show, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON
2012 Post Order, Forgetus Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 By the Pound, Sleeping Giant Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Retro Show, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Residencies
2019 Spark Box Studio, Prince Edward County, ON
2017 BAiR Visual + Digital Arts residency, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Publications
Featured Artist interview, Otherwise Studios, February 2022
'Simplicity in Complexity' interview with Raechel Bonomo, Robert McLaughlin Gallery Blog, November 2016
'The And' OCAD University Sculpture/Installation thesis catalog, April 2013
Academic Awards & Grants
2024 Graduate Travel, Research, and Creation Fund, College of Arts, University of Guelph
2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2024 Ron Shuebrook Graduate Scholarship
2024 Canadian Federation of University Women Graduate Scholarship in Studio Art
2023 Graduate Travel, Research, and Creation Fund, College of Arts, University of Guelph
2020 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2019 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2016 Professional Development, Canada Council for the Arts
Teaching
2024 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, SART*1060 Core Studio, University of Guelph
2024 Juror, JR JAS (Juried Art Show), School of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph
2024 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, SART*1060 Core Studio, University of Guelph
2023 University of Guelph Graduate Student Assistantship, Visiting Artist and Speaker Series, University of Guelph
2019-2020 Artist Educator, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON
2019 Mentor, Guelph Emerging Artist Mentorship Program, RBC Emerging Artist Project
Fairs
2019 Being Singular Multiple, zine, print, and art book fair, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
Education
(2025) MFA, Studio Art, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2014 BFA Sculpture/Installation, OCAD University, Toronto, ON