MIKE FANTUZ
1978 Born Guelph, Ontario, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Imagined Homelands, Solo, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
2012 Between Tides, Solo, Christina Parker Gallery St. John’s NL
2010 The Resettlement of Grand Bruit, Solo, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2005 The Loop, Solo Exhibition, Gander Arts and Culture
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Two-Person Exhibition, Revelstoke Public Art Gallery, Revelstoke, BC (forthcoming)
2023 Places We Are Found, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
2021 Where Lights Meet, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Two Perspectives, Gander Arts and Culture, Gander NL
ART FAIRS
2023 Art Toronto, Christina Parker Gallery, Toronto ON
2022 London Exhibition, London UK
2022 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London UK
2022 Affordable Art Fair NYC, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Last Show of the Year, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's NL
2022 The Last Show of the Year, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's NL
2022 Summer Group Exhibition, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 Winter Group Exhibition, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 The Last Show of the Year, Christina Parker Gallery, St John’s NL
2021 Summer Group Exhibition, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2020 Winter Group Exhibition, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2020 Summer Group Exhibition, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 A Year End Celebration, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
2017 Revisiting the Rural, group, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s NL
2010 Arts and Letters, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL Group Exhibit
2009 Arts and Letters, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL Group Exhibit
2009 Craft Council Annual Fair, St Johns Arts and Culture Centre, St. John’s, NL
2008 Craft Council Annual Fair, St Johns Convention Centre, St. John’s, NL
AWARDS
2023 Explore and Create Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2010 Commission for album cover Newman Sound Men’s Choir
2009 Commission for design and presentation of logo art for the Gander Triathlon
2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award, senior division visual art “Delta to the Narrows”
2008 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award, senior division visual art “South Shore Fire, 1901”
2006 Adjudicators Choice, “All around the Circle”, Gander Arts and Culture
2005 People's Choice, “All around the Circle”, Gander Arts and Culture
BIOGRAPHY
2023, AOPA, Portfolio: Mike Fantuz, Painting from a Drone Perspective
2023, West Coast Curated, Collaborating on a Sense of Place With Emilie and Mike Fantuz
2023, Island Arts Magazine, Places We Are Found
2023, Newfoundland Quarterly, Mike and Emilie Fantuz: Places We Are Found
2023, The Telegram, Vivid and Engaging Exhibition
2023, Creative Boom, Emilie and Mike Fantuz evoke as sense of place in their palette knife paintings
2023, Airkule, "Combined Aviation and Art"
2023, General Aviation News, "Picture of the Day: Painting with Drones"
2023, Hyperallergic, "A View From The Easel"
2023, Skies Magazine, "A Journey Through Aviation and Art"2022, Color by Felix Podcast, "Art Connects Us! With Emilie and Mike Fantuz"
2022, Marcus & Millichap Multifamily Group (cover)
2021, Island Arts Magazine, "Palette Painting by Mike Fantuz"
2021, North Shore News, "Massive Murals Dazzle in West Vancouver"
2021, Opus Art Supplies, "The Creative Life of Emilie and Mike Fantuz"
2021, Never Call Me Again Podcast, "Fantuz Artist & Aviator"
2019, Border Crossing Magazine, “The Oil Paintings of Michael Fantuz”
2014, Radio Canada International, Interview with Marc Montgomery
2013, Arabella Magazine, “Artist to Collect”, Kylie Serebrin
2012 Riddlefence issue 19 art contributor
2010 The Telegram, Visual Arts Top Ten, Joan Sullivan
2010 The Telegram November 2010, review for solo “Settled”, Joan Sullivan
2010 The Newfoundland Herald, “A Portrait of Resettlement”, Sarah Shepperd
2009 Interview with Gander Beacon, Arts and Letter Award
2005 Interview with CBC radio Michael Aucoin for “The Loop”
2005 Skywave’s Gander, television interview with Gina Brown for solo show “The Loop”
PUBLIC ART
2021, West Van Odeon Theatre Mural, Commissioned by the Ambleside Dundarave BIA, West Vancouver, BC
COLLECTIONS
City of St. John's
Fortis (BC and NL)
Fortis Newfoundland and Labrador
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Delta Hotel, St. John's, Newfoundland
Memorial University Permanent Collection
Newman Sound Mens Choir
Central Health Foundation
Gander Hospital
Town Square Family Dental, Gander
Gander Massage Therapy
Marco Construction
Private collections across Canada, United States, Norway, Italy, England