QUAN STEELE
Painting • Sculpting • Installation • Performance • Ephemeral Arts
Email: quan@quanteele.ca
Instagram/Facebook: QuanSteeleArts
Education and Mentorships programs
Graphic Design and Production diploma, George Brown College
New Generation Mentorship Program with Judy Major-Gerardin, Burlington Art Centre 2011
Sculpture Mentorship Program with Reinhard Reitzenstein. Burlington Art Centre 2008- 2010
Hot Box Sculpture Mentorship Program with Reinhard Reitzenstein. Joshua Heritage Arts Centre 2010
Professional Associations
Ontario Society of Artists (OSA)
Broken Forest Group (BKG)
Etobicoke Art Group (EAG)
ArtWorks Oakville
Publications
Book article review, Voices of Journey and Voice of Excels, OSA 150 Years anniversary: Breath, Heart, Spirit. 2022
Book of Poetry. Thế Kỷ Của Những Vật Tế. (the world of things) poet LƯU DIỆU VÂN. Văn Học Press. Illustrator. 2021
Book of Poetry. M of December. Poet LƯU DIỆU VÂN. Vagabond Press. Illustrator. 2016
Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2026
Letter to Mother Earth: Between Despair and Hope, chapter five. Toronto Botanical Gardens (TBG). Curator Carmel Brennan. Curated
2025
Standing Up for the Alliston Aquifer, residence. Tiny Township, Midland, Ont. OSA organized.
Hot Sauce and the Under Toad. Group show, Neilson Park Creative Center. Curator invited guest.
Etobicoke Art Group’s 57th Annual juried Exhibition. Etobicoke Civic Center.
ArtWorks Oakville 24th Annual Juried Show. Gallery of the Queen Elizabeth Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville.
Road to Courage, OSA partnership with KASC exhibition. The Joseph P Carrier Gallery. Invited.
2024
Standing up for Temagami Old Growth, White Bear Residency. Organized by OSA.
Letter to Mother Earth: Between Despair and Hope, chapter three. Station Gallery Whitby. Curator Carmel Brennan. Curated and paid an artist fee.
Deforestation/Disruption, an Intervention on the Salish Coast, Vancouver. Invited & paid an artist fee.
Wild Alchemy and the Global Grove, a Broken Forests Group exhibit and tour. Invited & paid.
Letter to Mother Earth: Between Despair and Hope, chapter two. The Geogina Center for Arts and Culture. Curator Carmel Brennan. Curated
2023
Escarpment/Erasure, multi-disciplinary project, Collingwood. Curated & paid an artist fee.
59th juried exhibit, EAG. Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery. Third award.
Letter to Mother Earth: Between Despair and Hope, chapter one. Aurora Town Hall Gallery. Curator Carmel Brennan. Curated & paid an artist fee.
Escarpment/Erasure, multi-disciplinary project, Collingwood. Curated & paid an artist fee.
This Land : The Contemporary View. Duo show. Summer and Grace Gallery.
2022
OSA 150th Exhibition: theme ‘Conversation’. Oriilia Museum of Art and History. Curated
OSA 150th Exhibition: ‘Standing up for Ontario’s Old growth Forest’. Arts & Letters club
OSA 150th Exhibition at Queen’s Park in the Lieutenant’s Suit.
Old Growth: Resurrection/Regeneration/Intervention. High Park. Paid an artist fee
2021
Maskedsnowmen Project. Self Coordinator Virtual community intervention on social media.
21st Annual Juried Show. Artworks Oakville. Gallery and Virtual.
2020
56th Annual Juried Exhibition. EAG. Virtual.
2019
55th Annual Juried Exhibition, EAG. NPPC. Gallery. 2nd award
Expressions of Landscape. Group Exhibit of Twelve OSA Artists. Lakeshore Arts Centre
2017
25th IMPACT juried exhibition, NPCC. Gallery. Honourable Mention
2018
EcoArt, Gallery 1313, Group Show. Curated
54th Annual Juried Exhibition. Etobicoke Art Group (EAG)
2017
25th Annual open Juried show. IMPACT. NPPC. Honourable Mention
Hidden Message. OTTO Gallery. Solo Show.
5th Annual Juried Show Colborne Art Gallery.
144rd Annual Juried Show. Ontario Society of Artist (OSA)
39th Annual Juried Show. Visual Art Mississauga (VAM)
2016
4th Annual Juried Show. Colborne Art Gallery. Jurors Choice Award
52nd Annual Juried Show. Etobicoke Art Group. Honourable Mention.
143rd Annual Juried Show. Ontario Society of Artists. Above Ground Award.
2015
22nd Annual juried Show. Lakeshore Arts. Through the Eyes of the Artist. 1st Award.
142nd Annual juried Show. Order in Disorder. OSA. Life Members Award
51st Annual juried Show. EAG Etobicoke Civic Centre. 3rd Award
2014
50th Annual juried Show. Etobicoke Art Group. Etobicoke Civic Centre. 2nd prize
22nd Annual juried show. Impact, Neilson Park Creative Center (NPCC). 1st Award
21st Annual juried Show. Lakeshore Arts. Giorgio M. Dells Rocco Integrity in Art Award
2013
49th Annual juried EAG Show. Etobicoke Civic Centre. Honourable Mention
2nd Annual juried Show. Fine Art Society Milton(FASM) Show. Milton. Best in the Show
14th Annual Show. ArtWorks Oakville. 3rd Prize and People’s Choice Award
36th Annual Show Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM) 2nd Award.
2012
Verge. New Generation Mentorship Group Show. Burlington Art Centre.
12th Annual Juried Show. ArtWorks Oakville. Honourable Mention
48th Annual juried Art Show. EAG. Etobicoke Civic Centre. Honourable Mention
2011
19th Annual Impact Show, NPCC.
Progression. McMichael Canadian Collection/S.S.F.C. Ont. Prov. Touring Exhibition. Romni Goodwood Arts Centre, Goodwood, Ont. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Haliburton.
2010
Shift Happens. Sculptor Mentorship group Show. Burlington Art Centre.
Hot Box Outdoor Sculpture Project, group Show. Joshua Creek Heritage Centre.
Progression. McMichael Canadian Collection/S.S.F.C. Ont. Prov. Touring Exhibition. Berkana Gallery, Saul Ste. Marie, Gallery in the Garden, Mississauga.
2009
Progression. McMichael Canadian Collection, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Keinburg, Ont.
2007
30th Open Juried Show of Fine Arts. VAM. Honourable Mention
2002
25th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts. Visual Art Mississauga. 2nd Award
6th Annual Juried Show. Lakeshore Arts. People’s Choice Award
2001
49th Annual Juried Show. Colour and Form Society. 1st Award
24th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts. Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM). 2nd Award