ARTIST CV
Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2018
MA in History of Art
Concentration: Modern/Contemporary
OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2012-2016
BA Hons in Visual and Critical Studies
Minor: Drawing and Painting
Solo Art Exhibitions
2024 Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Kitchener, ON
2020 Parallel Universe, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto ON
2018 The Beast In Me, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto ON
2017 All In A Sea Of Wonders, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto ON
2015 The Abyss Gazes Into You, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto ON
2014 Strange Stories, The Toronto Public Library, Toronto, ON
2012 Preconscious, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto ON
2009 Arrangements, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto ON
2007 Into the Woods, Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto ON
Selected Group Art Exhibitions
2023 Story/Book, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2023 Hiding in Plain Sight, Curated by Rishi Midha for ArtMatch, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 Fall Group Exhibition, Walker Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2021 Ontario Society of Artists 148th Annual Juried Exhibition, Online Exhibition
2020 Group Exhibition, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2019 Art Gems Auction, The Berkeley, Toronto, ON
2016 Why The Fuck Do You Paint, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2016 The Million Dollar Monster Show, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Other Worlds, Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Toronto, ON
2016 The Body Electric, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s (RCPSC) International Conference on Resident Education (ICRE), Niagara Falls, ON
2015 Perspectives, OCADU Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2015 Kinky n’ Queer, Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, ON
2014 Insomnia, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 Bluebeard in Black and White, National Gallery of Canada, Online Exhibit
2014 OCADU Figure Show, OCADU Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2013 Audacious Women, Brockton Collective, Toronto, ON
2013 Ghosts and Goblins, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 At Last, I Am Here, Inclusive Design Research Center, Toronto, ON
2008 Environment Show, Ben Navanee Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Art Affordable, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 XXXmas Erotic Art Show” Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Little Art Show, Hangman Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Buckhorn Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Buckhorn, ON
2005 Mini Art Show, Cossar’s Gallery, Peterborough, ON
2004 Mini Art Show, Cossar’s Gallery, Peterborough, ON
Grants, Art and Writing Awards, Residencies
2022 Honourable Mention, Microfiction Competition, NYC Midnight
2021 Fish Factory Creative Centre Artist Residency, Bankastræti 1, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland
2021 Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2017 School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2016 Medal in Visual and Critical Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 Dorothy Hoover Award for Written Research Involving the Critical Theory of Art, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 Spoke Club Membership Prize, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2015 Emerging Artist Award, OCAD University Scholarship, Toronto, ON
2005 First Place in Oil Painting Division, Buckhorn Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Buckhorn, ON
2003 Honorable Mention in Oil Painting Division, Buckhorn Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Buckhorn, ON
Press and Publications
2022 Artist Feature, New Visionary Magazine, Issue 5, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Our Artist Community | Laura Thipphawong, Gwartzman’s, Toronto, ON
2019 OCADU Alumni Stories, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2018 Laura Thipphawong triumphs over darkness by channeling it into these mysterious paintings, March Mercanti, CBC Arts, Toronto, ON
2018 Links We’re Loving, Meet Canadian artist Laura Thipphawong whose mysterious, monster-filled paintings draw from folklore and childhood memories, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2018 A Day in the Life with Artist Laura Thipphawong, Joel Levy, Toronto Guardian, Toronto, ON
2017 What it Takes to be an Emerging Artist, INSTUDIO, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 Voices in the Dark, Deadbeat Superheroes Album Cover, Toronto, ON
2016 Other Worlds, Exhibition Catalogue, Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Toronto, ON
2016 BA Annual Visual and Critical Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 OCAD University's annual Graduate Exhibition celebrates the class of 2016, Newswire, Toronto, ON
2015 Must See Shows, Now Toronto, Toronto, ON
2013 Audacious Women, Sarah O’Leary, Fresh Print Magazine, Online Magazine, Toronto, ON
2012 RENT, Itamar Jobani: People of the 21st Century, The Turn of the Screw, Laura Thipphawong’s Preconscious, and Paul and Marie, blogTO, Toronto, ON
2008 Artist Feature, In My Bed Magazine, Issue 3 - Foreplay, Toronto, ON
Lectures and Research Presentations
“The Mad Scientist: 19th-century Horror Media and the Origins of a Trope” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. Washington D.C., VA, May 2019
“Death and the Maiden Paintings: Dominance, Submission, and the Fear of Female Sexuality as Represented in Symbolic Art” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association (MAPCA) Annual Regional Conference. Philadelphia, PA, November 2017
“Living Dead Girl: The Symbolically Docile Female Body in 19th-Century Horror Art” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. San Diego, CA, April 2017
“Encounters with the Male Sexual Other in 19th and 20th Century Fairy Tale Literature” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) Annual National Conference. Salt Lake City, UT, October 2016
“Caution and Curiosity: Allegories of Sexual Predation in Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market and Angela Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. Seattle, WA, March 2016
“Avast Me Hearties: Myths and Realities of the Golden Age of Piracy” Small Talk Alternative Academia Lecture Series. Toronto, ON, June 2015
“Reconstructing Collective Memory: Mythological Representation in the Art of Shary Boyle” HASA (History of Art Students Association) Annual Conference – Memoria: Constructions and Interpretations. Toronto, ON, March 2015.
“Gold Pieces” Indigenous Poetics Book Launch. Toronto, ON, November 2014.
“Life is Like a Fairy Tale: Research in Classic European Folklore” Function Speaker Series 6. Toronto, ON, June 2014.
“The Golden Age of Piracy: 17th Century Buccaneers” Nerd Nite XIII. Toronto, ON, March 2012