Meenakashi Ghadial, (b. 2001, CAN)
EDUCATION
2024 Queen’s University, Bachelor of Education
2023 Queen’s University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Minor in Art History
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2023 Hoopla Press and Gallery, Waterless Lithography with Alejandro Arauz
2022 The Rome Workshops, Indirect Painting with Dan Hughes
DUO/SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Love ends. But what if it doesn’t? Union Gallery, Kingston, ON (duo)
2023 Emergence Gallery, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON (solo)
2023 Lounge Gallery, Domino Theatre, Kingston, ON (solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Artist Residency Exhibition, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston, ON
2024 Storefront Art Gallery, Juvenis Festival, Cataraqui Centre, Kingston, ON
2024 Women’s Art Show, Trellis Centre, Kingston, ON
2024 Why Do You Create? Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga, ON
2024 Side by Side, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 RE:MEMBER Show and Sale, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
2023 OKWA Annual Exhibition, Kingston, ON
2023 Face to Face Portrait Exhibition, Gananoque Arts Network, Kingston, ON
2023 Gallery 35, VASA Arts Festival's Of Catharsis and Healing Exhibition, Brampton, ON
2023 A Summer Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2023 Pride Youth Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON
2023 Storefront Art Gallery, Juvenis Festival, Cataraqui Centre, Kingston ON
2023 Offline 4th Year Exhibition, Ontario Hall, Kingston ON
2023 [B]ettter [F]utures [A]head, Union Gallery, Kingston ON
2023 Cézanne’s Closet, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2022 Winter Closure Display, Kingston School of Art, Kingston, ON
2022 Show of Smalls, Art Noise Art Gallery, Kingston, ON
2022 Mixed Media 12x12, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON
2022 Bathroom, Fabricated Gallery, instagram.com/fabricated_gallery
2022 Cézanne’s Closet, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021 Honestly, Glory, and Possibility: Queer Experiences of Gender, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021 I still see your ghost standing in my room, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021 Hope Survived, Ontario Hall Queen’s University, Kingston ON
2020 One Time Only Art Gallery Experience, Mitchell Hall, Kingston, ON
2019 Form 2.0, Isabel Bader Centre of the Performing Arts, Kingston, ON
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Co-curator, Close to Home, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021 Curatorial and Project Team: Intimacies, Union Gallery
RESIDENCIES
2024 Inaugural Artist Residency, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston, ON
2023 Long Days Residency, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 BA Fine Art/Painting Yr3 Professional Development Talk, Residency Applications as an Emerging Artist, University of Arts London Camberwell College of Arts,
London, UK
2024 Work Experience Placement, BA Fine Art: Painting course based at Camberwell College of Arts with Raksha Patel, London, UK
2024 Teacher Candidate, AVI2O: Visual Art, NAC1O: Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures, NBE3U/C: English: Understanding
Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices, Gananoque Secondary School, Gananoque, ON
2023 Teacher Candidate, AVI2O: Visual Art, NAC1O: Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures, NBE3U/C: English: Understanding
Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices, Gananoque Secondary School, Gananoque, ON
2023 Student Teacher, Grade 8 Visual Art, Lakeshore School, Kingston, ON
RESIDENCIES
2024 Inaugural Artist Residency, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston, ON
2023 Long Days Residency, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS
2024 Cross Year BA Painting Talks, Fine Art Education from a Canadian Perspective, University of Arts London Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2023 RE:MEMBER Interview, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
2023 Long Days Residency Artist Talk, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, ON
2022 Panelist, Inquiry @ Queen’s Undergraduate Research Conference, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021 Studio Visit, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2023 Chair, Student-Led Fundraising Committee, Union Gallery
2023 Visual Arts Council Advisory Group, Queen’s University
2023 Co-Chair: 4th Year Exhibition, Queen’s University
2023 Selections Committee: Gentle Disruptions, Union Gallery
2022 Hiring Committee: Gallery Director, Union Gallery
2020 Programming Committee, Union Gallery
GRANTS/AWARDS
2024 Elliott Travel Fellowships in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2024 First Place Award Winner at VAM’s Why do you create? Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga, ON
2023 Third Place Award Winner at OKWA Recent Works Exhibition, Organization of Kingston Women Artists, Kingston, ON
2023 Winner of Emergence Gallery Exhibition at Pride Youth Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON
2022 Winner of Elizabeth Greenshields Award in Drawing and Painting, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, QC
2021 Drawing/Painting Award at Hope Survived Exhibition, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Undergraduate Review Volume 35
2024 Collective Reflections Volume 11
2023 YouthOrganize Anthology, LGBT Youthline
2023 Syphon Volume 8, Tenderness, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre
2023 Collective Reflections Volume X
2023 Ultraviolet Magazine Volume 27
2022 Perspectives on Gender, Equity and Politics, Cover, vol. 1
2021 Collective Reflections Volume 8