Adria Mirabelli
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BASED IN MILAN, ITALY.
Education
2023, certificate in sustainable analysis, voiz academy, usa
2022, Master in shoe design, polimoda school of fashion, Florence, Italy
2020, sneaker essentials CERTIFICATE, fashion institute of technology, new york, usa
2015, BFA, Major Drawing and Painting, Minor Material Art and Design, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
2014 - 2015, Independent Study in The Art of Paper making under artist Wendy Cain, ocadu, Toronto, Canada
2013, Visiting Student Program, Fine Arts, Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, Paris, France
Awards/Grants
2022, winner, global footwear awards, Category: artistic footwear, worldwide
2022, winner, global footwear awards, Category: up-and-coming female footwear designer, worldwide
2020, RECIPIENT, RBC FUTURELAUNCH SCHOLARSHIP, TORONTO, CANADA
2020, RECIPIENT, SPOONFLOWER STUDENT PROJECT GRANT, USA
2018, Regional Semi-Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition, Toronto, Canada
2015, Recipient, Creative Entrepreneurship Grant, Ministry of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2013, Joubin-Selig OTSS Bursary Award, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
Exhibitions
SALON, Group Exhibition, Patel Gallery, October 2019 - January 2020, Toronto, Canada
An Index, Group Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, June - September 2019, Toronto, Canada
2019 XPACE Fundraiser, Xpace Cultural Centre, June 2019, Toronto, Canada
Regional Semi-Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition, Artscape Sandbox, August 2018, Toronto, Canada
2018 XPACE Fundraiser, Xpace Cultural Centre, June 2018, Toronto, Canada
Holding (Flora), Window Installation, Cutler + Gross, April 2018, Toronto, Canada
Reclaim Your Space, Mimp Magazine Launch, 366 Dundas, April 2018, Toronto, Canada
Exhibiting Artist, 2/Edition, Toronto International Art Book Fair 2017, October 2017, Toronto, Canada
GXXRLS, Group Exhibition, Blank Canvas Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, October 2017
Spring Abundance (Window Installation), Site Specific Installation, The Drake Hotel, May 2017-September 2017, Toronto, Canada
2017 XPACE Fundraiser, XPACE Cultural Centre, June 2017, Toronto, Canada
Heart On Presents: Earth Angel, Group Exhibition, The Drake Hotel, May 2017, Toronto, Canada
Out of the Frame [work], Juried Group Exhibition, Narwhal Contemporary, April 2017, Toronto, Canada
Layers, Group Exhibition, Partial Gallery Pop-Up, 1446 Dundas W, April 2017, Toronto, Canada
Light Bath, Site Specific Installation, Akin Vitrine Gallery, March 2017, Toronto, Canada
I Feel It Again, At Once, Installation Zone at The Artist Project 2017, February 2017, Toronto, Canada
Featured Artist, Partial Gallery Booth, Toronto International Design Show 2017, January 2017, Toronto, Canada
Emerging Artists Space ~ Featured Artist, Neilson Park Creative Centre, November 2016, Toronto, Canada
Actual Love, Solo Exhibition, Samuel J Zacks Gallery, October - November 2016, Toronto, Canada
LOVESICK, Group Exhibition, FREE SPACE, October 2016, Toronto, Canada
ARTIFACTS: Akin X Project Gallery Group Show, Project Gallery Studios, September 2016, Toronto, Canada
Sweet 16, Group Exhibition, Blank Canvas Gallery, August 2016, Toronto, Canada
States of Being: A Collaborative Project with Yana Verba, XPACE Cultural Centre, June - August 2016, Toronto, Canada
2016 XPACE Fundraiser, XPACE Cultural Centre, June 2016, Toronto, Canada
Hold onto Me, Site Specific Installation, XPACE Cultural Centre, May 2016, Toronto, Canada
Some attempt at rendering my fears of y(our) falling apart, Gallery 1313 Window Space, April 2016, Toronto, Canada
If You Hang Around Long Enough, Everything Comes Back, Artscape Youngplace, January 2016, Toronto, Canada
VERSUS, The Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, August 2015, Toronto, Canada
Styrofoam Palace, Group Exhibition, 416 Gallery, August 2015, Toronto, Canada
100th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, May 2015, Toronto, Canada
A Two Week Marriage, Group Exhibition, Transit Space, OCADU, November 2014, Toronto, Canada
If These Walls Could Talk, Group Exhibition, Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, May 2014, Toronto, Canada
LIMINALITY, Group Exhibition, Pave D’Orsay Gallery, May 2013, Paris, France
Workshops
Experimental Drawing Workshop, The Gladstone Hotel, August 2017, Toronto, Canada
Residencies
Artist In Residence, The Hotel lucia, november 2021, portland, oregon, usa
Artist In Residence, The Museum of Contemporary Art, September 2018 - September 2019, Toronto, Canada
Artist in Residence, The Roundtable Residency, August 2015, Toronto, Canada
Bibliography
Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, States of Being, exhibition essay, XPACE Cultural Centre, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Press
Professional cv available upon request
