born 1978 in Toronto, Canada

Scott Everingham is a painter who manipulates paint the way a writer may use a collection of words - translating the language into a visual explanation of what is around him, and attempting to develop landscapes and environments that are at once representations of paint, and life. Much of his painterly process is influenced by fiction: literature, film, and imagery that surrounds him. This allows a freedom to occur directly on the canvas - where most of his ultimate choices take place, with his preparation occurring while reading or viewing.

Slowly the spaces he is singularly involved in become metaphors for the structure, balance, and hope of his own life, yet each work is alive with time (or lack thereof), light, and movement. Often upheaval ensues - perhaps as an allegorical approach to insecurity, distrust, or the inability to completely understand death. In the end, it's a visual story-telling that expresses how paint can describe a mental state while suggesting that the audience is an active participant.

Scott Everingham holds a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, and an MFA from the University of Waterloo, and was a semi-finalist in the 11th and 12th RBC Painting Competitions. He recently won a Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant, and had his work Dear Life purchased by the Canada Council Art Bank. He lives and works in Toronto.

www.scotteveringham.com

Education

2009 MFA, University of Waterloo
2004 BFA, NSCAD University
2002 Diploma, Fanshawe College Fine Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 Solo Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Canada
2011 Stirring Up Stagnant Time, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Canada
2010 Assembly, Artery Gallery, Kitchener/Waterloo, Canada
2009 Scott Everingham, Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto, Canada
2009 Based on a True Story, Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 Mysteries, Beers Lambert Contemporary Art, London, UK
2011 Eponymies, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Canada
2011 Launch, Meghan Fish Contemporary, Halifax, Canada
2010 Too Late for Apologies, Le Secet Museum, Rotterdam/Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 New Colour, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Canada
2010 Wonderland, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010 Group Invitational: Featuring New Select Artists, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York NY
2010 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Fresh Paint, New Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2009 Storm of Painters, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 4th KW/AG Biennial, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada
2009 Good Question, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, Canada