Education
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting Major, Art History Minor. OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Awards/Recognition
2012 Untapped Emerging Artist, The Artist Project Toronto
2011 Donna MacLean Award for Life and Portrait Study
2010 Av Isaacs Award for Contemporary Drawing and Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Once Upon a Fever Dream, Cry Baby Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2017 Tropicana Wasteland, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Modus Operandi, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2023 7th Anniversary Show, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2022 Le Monde Naturel, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2022 Grand Opening Art Exhibition, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2021 Cry Baby Gallery x Stackt Market, Stackt Market. Toronto, Ontario.
2021 Group Show, Cry Baby Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2019 Holiday Show, Illegallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2018 Children of God Annual Gathering, Costume House. Toronto, Ontario.
2018 Spectra, Helikon Gallery. Denver, Colorado.
2018 CAKE, Darren Christopher Projects. Toronto, Ontario.
2017 Pop Up, Clouds Art + Coffee. Koenjikita, Tokyo.
2017 ARTATTACK, Annual Art Auction, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.
2017 Anniversary Show, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2016 Summer '16, Project Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2016 Grl Paradise, Shua Space. Jersey City, New Jersey.
2016 Fake Geek Girls Like Us, Annex Art Centre. Toronto, Ontario.
2016 Throwback Thursday, Northern Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
2016 Summer Pals, Camp Gallery. Montreal, Quebec.
2016 Camp is a Tender Feeling, Camp Gallery. Montreal, Quebec.
2016 Future 33, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2013 Contemporary Countenance; Modern Portraiture, Creatures Creating. Toronto, Ontario.
2013 Humans: 6 Skews on the Figure, Canadian Fine Arts. Toronto, Ontario.
2013 Ethereal Beings; an alternative perception, Creatures Creating. Toronto, Ontario.
2013 Summer Colour, Canadian Fine Arts. Toronto, Ontario.
2012 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Gallery 1313,
2012 The Next Generation, Canadian Fine Arts. Toronto, Ontario.
2012 Lady Parts, Creatures Creating. Toronto, Ontario.
2012 Paint Rocks, Drawing and Painting Fundraiser, OCAD University. Toronto, Ontario.
2012 The Artists Project Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Building. Toronto, Ontario.
2011 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Mississauga, Ontario.
2011 20 Something Else, Creatures Creating. Toronto, Ontario.
2011 stART, Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2010 It’s A Wrap, XPACE Cultural Centre. Toronto, Ontario.
2010 Smut, 98 Baldwin. Toronto, Ontario.
Press
2022 Instagram Changed, but the Artists Using it Didn't, CBC Arts.
2021 Shanna Van Maurik, GALPAL Productions.
2021 Watch how Shanna Van Maurik maps out her magical oil paintings, CBC Arts.
2017 Cotton Candy Fever Dream, Art File Magazine.
2017 Studio visit with Shanna Van Maurik, Art Maze mag.
2017 Catch-up With Shanna Van Maurik, Hayley's World.
2016 Artist of the Month, Clutch PR.
2016 Live Fast Mag, Art Crush: Shanna Van Maurik.
2016 Lexiquette, Shanna Van Maurik: Talking with Paint.
2012 Modern Toronto, Shanna Van Maurik - New Work 2012, May 31st.
2012 iChannel, The Artist Project, Video Interview.
2012 Live With Culture, Artist project Taps Emerging Talent.
2012 The Globe and Mail, February 18th Issue.
2011 Chronicle Herald, Studio 21 Exhibits Art from Students Across Canada, April 1st issue.
Publications
2019 Studio In The Sky, In Her Studio.
2018 August 2018 Issue, Pikchur Magazine.
2017 Love It, Iromono Market. Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Girls, Honey Mi Honey. Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Summer 2017 Issue, Art Maze Mag, United Kingdom.
2011 stART Exhibition Catalogue, Outstanding Student Work from Universities Across Canada.
Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2011 Sketch, The Magazine of OCAD University, Fall issue.
2011 Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalogue, Mercedes Benz Financial Services.
2011 OCAD Drawing and Painting Fourth Year Catalogue.