-Biography-
Born in Scarborough, Ontario.
Curtia Wright is a multidisciplinary Fine Artist, Mural Artist and Arts Educator based in Toronto, Ontario. She received her BFA at OCAD University in the Drawing and Painting program in 2015. Her murals fuse elements of fantasy, sci-fi and surrealism with vibrant transportive colours used to animate their environments. Her work uses the human figure to showcase narratives often centring around her lived experience. The work she creates looks at mental health, metaphysics, and the ephemerality of dreams and memory through a sci-fi lens. She has collaborated on public art projects with Community organizations, Commercial and Private mural commissions across Canada and Internationally.
-Education-
2010 Ontario College Certificate ; Art and Design foundations, George Brown College, Toronto, On
2015 BFA OCAD University, Toronto, On
-Solo Exhibitions-
2022 – Finding Paradise in Hell, 389 Roncesvalles Ave / Likely General, Toronto, On
2019 – Through Rose, 1684 Queen St West/ Margin of Eras Gallery, Toronto, On
-Group Exhibitions –
2023 – A psionic hope, an astonishing dream / Trinity Square Video, Toronto, On
2022 – Grand Opening Show, 420 Roncesvalles Ave / Northern Contemporary, Toronto, On
2021- Contain, https://www.deadprojects.ca / Dead Projects
2021 – No Danger in being enacted, 514A Annette St / The Run Gallery, Toronto, On
2019 – Present Being, 156 Augusta Ave/ Samara Contemporary, Toronto, On
2019 – Waabandiwag, 2-303 Lansdowne Ave/ Xpace, Toronto, On
2019 – Pair-A-Dice, 348 Ryding Avenue, Unit 103 / Cassandra Cassandra Gallery, Toronto, On
2019 – I Go There Most Often, 1444 Dupont Street / OUR Gallery, Toronto, On
2019- A Complete Change of Form Into a More Beautiful or Spiritual State ,1134 Dupont Street / Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, On
2019 – Dont @ Me, 317 Dundas St West / Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2019 – Converging Passages, 918 Bathurst / 918 Bathurst, Toronto, ON
2018 – Burnt Umber, 1684 Queen St West/ Margin of Eras Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 – Critical Mass, 358 Gordon St / Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph , ON
2018 – Vision, 277 Augusta / White House Gallery, Toronto , ON
2018 – Terms and Conditions, 1684 Queen St West/ Margin of Eras Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 – Long Winter, 206 Beverley St / Polish Combatants Hall, Toronto, ON
2017- Woman’s Kit Regeneration, 100 McCaul St / OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2017 – Undermine, 277 Augusta, Toronto ON
2017- No Vacancy, 1859 Kingston Road / Scarborough Arts, Scarborough, ON
2017- Mines is Yours, Yours is Yours, 56 Neilson Dr / Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto Ontario.
2017- Those Who Dance, 277 Augusta / White House Studio Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2016- Night Glow Fabric , 187 Augusta Ave / Will’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2016- OH SO T.O, 86 Miller St / Katzman Contemporary , Toronto, Ontario
2016- Ike; Afro Futurist Art Show, 1226 Queen St W / Northern Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
2016- Political Candy, 223A Augusta Avenue / Studio 223A, Toronto, Ontario
2016 – Future 33 , 563 Dundas Street / Younger than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2016 –Black Toronto 2116 & Black Canvas 101, 585 Dundas St E / Daniel Spectrum, Toronto Ontario
2015 – Enough, 1292 Bloor St W, Toronto / DBeatstro, Toronto, Ontario
2015 –VIP YTB Gala and Art Party, 563 Dundas Street East / Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2015 – Why the @#&! Do You Paint, 1214 Queen Street West / Gladstone Hotel , Toronto, Ontario
2015 – Reversion: A figurative and portrait art Exhibition , 876 Bloor St. W/ Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 – Omit Limitation Presents: Virtue – a female creative exhibit, 1176 St.Clair Ave West/ STUDIO1176, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 – Scratching Where it’s Itching, 563 Dundas Street East / Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 – Bazaar by Bratlist, 876 Bloor St. W/ Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 – Black Siren Ent. Presents: WOMEN IN MUSIC & ARTS (WIMA), 214 Wright Street / Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 –100th OCADU Grad show (Grad Ex), 100 McCaul/ OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario.
2015 – Black Future Month 3015, 100 McCaul/ OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario.
2014 – OCADU Festival of the Body, 100 McCaul / OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario.
2013 – Ocadu Figure Show, 100 McCaul / OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario.
2011 – Contemporary Art Exhibit, 225 Confederation/ Cedar Ridge Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2010 Drawgasmic Art show, 2720 Cherokee/ Arts Dimensions Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
MURAL WORK
-Independent Mural Work-
2024- Art on Barton House, 91 Barton Ave, Toronto, ON
2024- SunnyDayz Mural Festival ; Enveloped in light, Ponca City, Oklahoma
2023- East Meets West Mural Project, Chinatown Toronto
2023- Milk N Honey mural for Perpetratin’ Realism: 1990s Black Film, TIFF Lightbox 350 King St West, Toronto, On
2023 – Mamma Nature for Wet Paint Mural Festival, Tamarindo, Costa Rica
2022- 10 Years of Start Alleyway Jam ‘New Dawn’, Street Art Toronto, Queen and Brookfield St, Toronto, On
2022 – BUMP Mural Festival ; Violet King Mural, 827 12th Ave SW, Calgary, AB
2022 – Come As You Are; Uniquely You, JVN, Queen and Broadview, Toronto, On
2022 – Black Joy Mural, Presented by Footlocker, Converse Canada and LNDMRK ,Queen and Abell, Toronto, On
2022 – All City Shine, Downsview Park, 40 Carls Hall, North York, On
2021 – As We Walk, Downsview Park Ground Mural, 70 Canuck Ave, North York, On
2021 – KJ Bit Laneway Jam, Toronto, On
2021 – AlphaBud Cannabis (ABC Co.), 1186a Woodbine Ave, East York, On
2021 – Love Letters, Collaboration with BSAM Canada and STEPS Initiative for Waterfront Toronto, Toronto, On
2021 – Lansdowne Underpass, Lansdowne and Dundas, Toronto, On
2021 – Shutters, Big On Bloor Installation, Collaboration with June Kim, Lansdowne and Bloor
2021 – Out for A Stroll, Scarborough Sign Mural, Temporarily placed at Scarborough Town Centre, Scarborough, On
2021 – Make A Wish, Breakaway Community Services Laneway Fundraiser, Dundas st west and Sheridan, Toronto, On
2021 – Celebrating Black Queer Lives, STEPS INITIATIVE x NIA Centre, 529 Oakwood Ave, York, On
2021 – Soul Rebel Cannabis, 2416 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, On
2021 – Adams Pub, 1760 Victoria Park Ave, North York, On
2020 – Take it Outside, Collaboration with Foot Locker Canada, Dovercourt and Bloor, Toronto, On
2020 – Bellbox Mural, Saulter at Queen St East beside Ralph Thornton Community Centre, Toronto, On
2020 – NutHouse Sidewalk Mural, 1256 Bloor St W, Toronto, On
2020 – Shoreham Cycle Track Barrier Mural, Toronto, On
2019 – KJ BIT Light Up Laneway Project, Toronto, On
2019 – Kensington Market Laneway Jam , 156 Augusta Ave, Toronto, ON
2019 – Bell Box ‘Legends of Queen Street West’ Mural Project, 373 Queen St W, Toronto, ON
2019 – Womxn Paint, Finch Avenue West between Islington Ave and Kipling Ave North Etobicoke, On
2019 – David Suzuki Foundation and Street Art Toronto Laneway Project, Toronto, On
2019 – Through Rose ‘Kappa’ Mural, Toronto, On
2018 – Dudebox Cook out, Toronto, On
2018 – Womxn Paint, Dundas & D’Arcy, McCaul to Beverly, Toronto, On
-Community Mural Work-
2024 – Royal York Bridge Mural Mentorship Project , 832 Royal York Rd, Etobicoke, On
2024 – JAYU Mural Mentorship program at Black Creek Farm, 4929 Jane St, North York, On
2023 – ‘Better Together’ Malton Youth Hub – Johnathan Davis Centre,3545 Morning Star Dr, Mississauga, On
2022- ‘Our Crowns’ Little Jamaica mural with STEPS Initiative and Cultural Hotspot, Oakwood and Strader Ave, Toronto, On
2022- Nia Centre for the Arts and CW Jeffery’s CI Highschool Mural
2021- On-Site; Mentorship Mural Project with NIA Centre and STEPS Initiative
2017 – Steps Initiative; Public Art Toronto In partnership with TNO and Metrolinx
2014 – Community Centre 55, 97 Main St #55, Toronto, ON
2011 – Harbourfront Community Centre
2010 – Mural Routes via Tropicana Youth
2009 – Art Starts – Graffiti Transformation Project 2008 – Mural Routes in cooperation with ANC (Action for Neighborhood Change) – Amnesty International Project