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September 2009 -

Andy's boots that he painted for the Blundstone Boot it up event were chosen to be on display at the Bata Shoe museum and will be on display till Sept.22nd.

August 2009 - Andy is currently working on a project for the BLUNDSTONE Boot It Up Event this October. The boots will be on display at the BATA Shoe Museum for the month of September and then off to The Steam Whistle Brewery for a fundrasing event on October 1st, 2009. Any questions feel free to email me.

Friday April 17th at Hotel Le Germain in Toronto there will be a party displaying the bags created for the runway show of Bustle Clothing.

Any questions feel free to email me.

Thursday April 30th to Sunday May3rd, Andy will have 5 pieces on display at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. There will be a special preview night on Wednesday, April 29th and if you would like to go please contact me for the details.

Bustle Clothing selected Andy and eight other up and coming artists to participate in a project which fuses fashion and art on the runway. Each artist created an original work of art that was constructed into a bag. The bags are part of Bustle’s Fall/Winter 2009 collection, and made their debut during their LG Fashion Week runway show.

Toronto’s Hotel Le Germain will be holding a charity event where there will be an opportunity to view and bid on each artist’s bag in April.

http://www.bustleclothing.com
http://www.lgfashionweek.ca

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Curriculum Vitæ: Andy DeCola

Background
Born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1978
Currently living in Burlington, Ontario

Education
2002 Ontario College Of Art & Design - Diploma in Fine Art
1999 Dundas Valley School Of Art - Foundation Year & Second Year Studio

Solo, Two & Three Person Exhibitions
2006 Gallery Neubacher, "Your Banners Been Hung", May 11 - May 31, Toronto, ON
2005 Gallery Neubacher, "Modern Romance", June 1 - June 25, Toronto, ON
2004 Gallery Neubacher, "Valley Boys", March 4 - 28, Toronto, ON
2003 Gallery Neubacher, "All Things Bright And Beautiful", April 10 - 26, Toronto, ON
2002 Delphic, "Yes, I'm Showing These Again", October 7 - November 9, Toronto, ON
  Mind Control, "Leave The Gun, Take The Canoli", June 15 - June 30, Toronto, ON
2001 OCAD Gallery, "Hell in A Rain-slicker", September 20 - October 13, Toronto, ON
  Gallery 401, "Pop The Cherry", March 27 - April 7, Toronto, ON
1999 Dofasco Gallery, "Untitled", November 7 - December 7, Dundas, ON

Group Exhibitions
2009 Bata Shoe Museum. "Boot it up", September, Toronto, ON
Hotel Le Germain, Bustle Bag Show, April, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Sale, April 30 - May 3, Hamilton, ON		  
2008 Tinku Gallery, "Gallery Artists Group Show", July, Toronto, ON
2006 Sopa Fine Arts, "U8 Event", April 8 - 17th, Kelowna, B.C
2005 The Spoke Club, Fall 2005, Toronto, ON
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, October 28 - November 1, New York City
  Mind Control, "Efficiency 2", Retrospective, October 22, Toronto, ON
  Mind Control, "MIX Magazine presents... Blender2", May 28, Toronto, ON
  Zero to One Studios, "Thoughtcrimez - We Will Destroy", January 30, Kitchener, ON
  Fran Hill Gallery, "The Parrot Project", January 17 - February 7, Toronto, ON
2003 The Fanny Larouche Artspace, "Supernumerary", December 5 - 7, Toronto, ON
  Mind Control, "Efficiency", Retrospective, September 19,Toronto, ON
  Salon JIE, Private Party sponsored by Bombay Sapphire, August 25 - September 26, Toronto, ON
  Gallery Neubacher, "Blister In The Sun" (CONTACT Festival), May 1- 31, Toronto, ON
2002 Art System, "Sell Or Die", April 12, Gallery Fundraiser
  Reactor Art & Design, "Thoughtcrimez - 1 Year Anniversary", March 28 - April 28, Toronto, ON
2001 Atrium Gallery, "Jacks Of All Trades", December 3 - 9, Toronto, ON
  Art System, "Good Medium Bad" - 1 Year Anniversary, January 19 - 27, Toronto, ON
2000 Art System, "The Man Show: Do You Have The Balls?", June 23 - July 1, Toronto, ON

Projects
2009 Blundstone's Boot It Up Event - A Fashion and Visual-Arts Fundraising Celebration to support SKETCH - Working Arts for Street-Involved and Homeless Youth. Created an original painting on a pair of Blundstone Leather boots to be auctioned off for SKETCH.

Bustle Clothing - created a painting that was constructed into a duffel bag to be featured in the LG Toronto Fashion Week runway show on March 17.