Megan Hazen
Renfrew, ON 1995 - Based in Burlington, ON
Email: meganhazenartist@gmail.com
Website: meganhazenartist.com
Instagram: @megan_hazen_artist
Facebook: @MeganHazenArtist
EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) with Distinction, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto ON.
2015-16 OCAD University Florence Off-Campus Studies Program, Florence Italy
EXHIBITIONS, ART FAIRS & GALLERY PARTNERSHIPS
UPCOMING May 2024 (Dates tbd) Megan Hazen at St. James Anglican Church, Dundas ON.
UPCOMING Sat. August 24th - EGCC Art Walk 2024, Burloak Waterfront Park, Burlington ON.
UPCOMING Sun. September 8th - Dundas Artisan Market, Dundas Driving Park, Dundas ON.
UPCOMING (Date tbd) EGCC Holiday Artisan Market, Burlington ON.
2023 Artisan Bazaar, The Holiday Inn, Burlington ON.
2023 Clifford's Holiday Market, Clifford Brewing, Hamilton ON.
2023 EGCC Holiday Artisan Market, Appleby United Church, Burlington ON.
2023 EGCC Art Walk, Burloak Waterfront Park, Burlington ON.
2023 Dundas Artisan Market, Dundas Driving Park, Dundas ON.
2023 Art in the Parking Lot, Battlefield Heritage Park, Stoney Creek ON.
2023 Bonnechere Valley Studio Tour, Bonnechere Valley ON.
2023 EGCC Spring Artisan Market, Elizabeth Anglican Church, Burlington ON.
2023 Heart of Ontario Tour: Milton, Country Heritage Park, Milton ON.
2022 The Artisan Bazaar, Royal Botanical Gardens Centre, Burlington ON.
2022 Holiday Artisan Market, Elizabeth Anglican Church, Burlington ON.
2022 July 3rd & Sept 11th. Artisan Bazaar Alfresco Summer Series (outdoor), across from RBG Rock Gardens, Burlington ON.
2022 Elizabeth Gardens Creative Collective presents the Artwalk, Burlington ON.
2021 A Leaf for Life- Fundraiser for the Joseph Brant Hospital with Burlington Artscape, Burlington ON.
2021 August 14 & Sat 21, Handmade House Outdoor Market, Burlington ON.
2021 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) 60th Annual Fair, Online.
2020 Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, Makeful TV & CBC, Toronto ON.
2019 Scarborough Arts, Trades, & Family Festival, Scarborough ON.
2019 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto ON.
2019 Landscape Art Show, MacDonald House, Thornhill ON.
2019 Rosedale Art Fair, Rosedale Main Street (Yonge St.) Toronto ON.
2019 Piece by Piece, Starving Artist St. Clair, Toronto ON.
2019 Fragmented Memories, Morgans on the Danforth, Toronto ON.
2018 Salon of Inclusiveness, Blackcat Artspace, Toronto ON.
2018 Liberty Village Holiday Market, Toronto ON.
2018 Under 100, Northern Contemporary, Toronto ON.
2018 UNA Gallery representing online gallery, Norwich UK.
2018 Piece by Piece, Emerging Artist Gallery, Neilson Park Centre, Etobicoke ON.
2018 Towers to Trees, The Jam Factory, Toronto ON.
2018 Reassembled, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke ON.
2017 Festivus for the Rest of Us, Northern Contemporary, Toronto ON.
2017 Salon of Inclusiveness, Black Cat Artspace, Toronto ON.
2017 Fixate presented by RAW: Natural Born Artists, Mod Club, Toronto ON.
2017 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2017 Next Chapter (Solo), Renfrew ON.
2017 102nd Graduate Exhibition (GradEx), OCAD University, Toronto ON.
2017 Work, #Hashtag Gallery, Toronto ON.
2016 We Are All Precious Snowflakes: Holiday Art Show, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto ON.
2016 Look Inside, OCAD University, Toronto ON
2016 Florence Off-Campus Studies Program Exhibition (Cross Section), OCAD University, Toronto ON
2016 Art 2016, Deep River Library Arts Committee, Deep River ON.
2016 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2016 Cross Section, OCAD University Florence Program, Florence Italy.
2016 Disparate Connections, Mayday Club, Florence Italy.
2015 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2014 So You Want to Be An Artist?, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON.
2014 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2013 Drawing at First Sight, OCAD University, Toronto ON.
2013 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2013 Exhibition Hall Mural, Renfrew ON.
2012 Renfrew Art in the Park, Renfrew Art Guild, Renfrew ON.
2010 Valley Arts Council Juried Show, Pembroke, ON.
RECENT MURAL & COMMITTEE WORK
2023 Joined as Board Member of the Elizabeth Gardens Creative Collective.
2022 SMILEZONE FOUNDATION occassional aid as mural painting assistant for Living Streams Studios, Burlington ON.
2021 Completion of 8 foot x 8 foot mural for private residence (Mountain Mural), Burlington ON.
AWARDS
2019 Favourite Local Artist (Gold), Renfrew Mercury, Renfrew ON.
2017 Graduation with distinction, OCAD University, Toronto ON.
2016 Takao Tanabe Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto ON.
2016 Featured artist, Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation Annual Tree of Lights Holiday Card, Renfrew ON.
2015 Peter Porcal Florence Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto ON.
2015 Renfrew Art Guild Bursary, Renfrew ON.
2014 Finalist So You Want to Be An Artist? Competition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON.
2014 Admaston-Bromley Citizenship Award, upon completion of a mural, Renfrew ON.
SELECTED ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2020 'Renfrew Artist Featured on National Television Show' Sherry Haaima, Renfrew Mercury. Print and online.
2020 'Art Chats' with Marissa Sweet, Instagram Live.
2020 'Inside the Artist's Studio' Live talk with Stefano Bove, Instagram Live.
2020 'Picture Perfect: Makeful TV Launches Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, A New Competition Series Hosted by Sook-Yin Lee'. Blue Ant Media, Toronto ON.
2017 'Something Different: Big Art Book'. Scarborough Arts, Toronto ON.
2017 'Megan Hazen- Fragmented Memories'. The Humming, November Edition, online.
2017 Project 17. OCAD University's DRPT Graduate Catalogue, Toronto ON.
2016 “Young Local Artist Selected for RVH Holiday Card”. Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation Grand Rounds. Published in: The Renfrew Mercury, The Eganville Leader, and renfrewhosp.com. Online and Print.
2016 OCAD University Florence Off-Campus Studies Program Catalogue, Toronto ON.
2014 “National Gallery of Canada Unveils Finalists in its Art Contest for Teens So You Want to Be An Artist?” PR Newswire, online, Ottawa ON.
2014 “15 Paintings Drawings and Photos From Up-and-Coming Teen Artists Across Canada” CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, online.
2014 “Hazen Painting on Display at National Art Gallery” Peter Clark, Inside Ottawa Valley, online and print.
2013 “Splash of Art at the 2013 Renfrew Fair” Steve Newman, Inside the Ottawa Valley,online and print.
References available upon request.