Vaughn Gillson

Vaughn Gillson Bio

I am a full-time artist living and working in a rural community in southern Ontario, Canada. My paintings reflect a personal response to figurative subjects as interpreted through my sensations and experiences of the world and my life. I followed classical art studies with artists in Toronto and at the Art Students' League in New York and before that, studied theatre design at the National Theatre School in Montreal. My work has been represented in galleries in the Greater Toronto Area, Maryland and Alabama, and resides in collections in Canada, United States and England.
After having spent seven years in Montreal where I studied theatre design at National Theatre School and later was employed as head of the wardrobe department at Centaur Theatre, I switched focus from the collaborative milieu of performance art to personal creative expression through sculpture and painting. My relocation from Montreal to Toronto at this time helped the transition. I wanted a fresh environment in which to find a new direction in art and participated in an assortment of non-structured courses and programs that allowed me to experiment with styles and art principles. It was a beginning that encouraged intuition more than skill a...

Classical drawing and painting
studied under artist John Michael Angel, Toronto

Art Students’ League, New York
studied under artists Frank Mason and Robert Beverly Hale

Fine art program Art’s Sake, Toronto
Fine art program Three Schools of Art, Toronto

Set and costume design & construction
National Theatre School, Montreal

Instructional Design Certificate in Training & Development
Ryerson Polytechnical University

Knowledge Management, Design and Display of (website) Information
University of Toronto

Grade 8 piano
Grade 2 musical theory Royal Conservatory of Music, Western Conservatory of Music

Summer & Grace Gallery "The Power of She" Oakville, ON
Central Ontario Art Association "Perceptions" Harriston, ON; "Cross Section" Castle Kilbride, Baden, ON
Minto Arts Council "Country Horizons" Harriston, ON
Toronto Art Expo Toronto, Ontario
Dizegno, Instruction for visual art Toronto, Ontario
Gallery 133, Toronto, Ontario
Brannagh Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Impressions Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama
Sandy Snelgrove Gallery, London, Ontario
Discovery Galleries, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Scheider & Associates, Toronto, Ontario
Westmount Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Gallery-on-the-Lake, Buckhorn, Ontario
Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Toronto, Ontario
Multi-disciplinary International Conference on Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario
Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario