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Education
Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, B.F.A. Drawing and Painting         2015
Academy of Realist Art, Toronto               2010 – 2012
Earl Haig S.S. Claude Watson Visual Arts Major, Toronto,               2011
Avenue Road Art School, Toronto,           2000 – 2001
Awards
2013 – May Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant second award
2011 – Dec. Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2010 – Mar. 7, "Best of Show Certificate" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2009 – Nov. 13, "Best of the Best, 2010 Fair Poster Design Competition" Fine Art Showcase Prize Winner, Toronto ON, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
2009 – Mar. 15, "Muskoka Student Certificate of Inspiration" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2008 – Nov. 16, "The Best of the Best" Fine Art Showcase 8th Prize Winner, Toronto ON, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
2008 – Aug. 12, "Sobey Art Award" Nomination by Donald Stuart, O.C., O.Ont., R.C.A.
2008 – Feb. 23, "Muskoka Resident’s Certificate of Admiration" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
2015 – Aug. 20 – Sept. 3, "Exhibit" Southampton ON, Southampton Art Gallery
2012 – Aug. 2 – 16, "Age of Exploration" Southampton ON, Southampton Art Gallery
2009 – Apr. 1 – 30, "Sweet Victory" Toronto ON, Victory Café
2008 – Aug. 1 – 13, "Exhibit"  Southampton ON, Southampton Art Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2017 – Dec. 3 – 6, "Aqua Art Miami" Miami FL, Reference: Contemporary
2017 – Mar. 30 – Apr. 2, "Affordable Art Fair" New York NY, Reference: Contemporary
2016 – Nov. 3 – 9, "Yorkville Village Arts Festival" Toronto ON, OCAD University
2016 – May 13 – 15, "Echo Art Fair" Buffalo NY, Reference: Contemporary
2016 – Mar. 30 – Apr. 3, "Affordable Art Fair" New York NY, Reference: Contemporary 
2015 – Apr. 29 – May 3, "100th Graduate Exhibition" Toronto ON, OCAD University
2015 – Jan. 15 – 25, "Festival of the Body" Toronto ON, OCAD University
2014 – Jun. 14 – Jul. 4, "The Travelling Art Show" Toronto ON, Gallery 814
2014 – May 17 – Jun. 21, "The New Masters" Toronto ON, Academy of Realist Art Exhibit
2014 – Apr. 9 – 18, "Retrospective Exhibit" Toronto ON, OCAD University
2014 – Mar. 27 – Apr. 2, "Reversion: A Figurative and Portraiture Exhibition" Toronto ON, Moniker Gallery
2014 – Feb. 25 – Mar. 7, "Figurative Exhibition" Toronto ON, OCAD University
2013 – Dec. 3 – Feb. 3 2014, "3 Generations" Toronto ON, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery
2013 – Sept. 10 – 11, "Markdale Autumn Art Festival" Markdale ON
2012 – Nov. 17 – 18, "Duo Show" Toronto ON, Windsor Art Studios
2012 – May 12 – 20, "Ardour Eruption 12" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2012 – Mar. 26 – 30, "Not A Drop To Drink, Water Politics and Scarcity in 21st Century" Toronto ON, Munk School of Global Affairs
2011 – Nov. 4 – 13, "Fine Art Showcase" Toronto ON, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
2011 – Feb. 26 – Mar. 6, "Ardour Eruption 11" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2010 – Jul. 1 – 24, "Coming About" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2010 – May 5 – 19, Propeller Art Gallery Group Exhibit, Toronto ON 
2010 – Feb. 27 – Mar. 7 "Ardour Eruption 10" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2009 – Nov. "TheBest of the Best: Fine Art Showcase" Toronto ON, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
2009 – Sept. 29 – Oct. 27, Meaford Cultural Centre, Meaford ON
2009 – Jul. 4 – 5, "Art Fest on the Bay" Meaford ON, Meaford Harbour
2009 – Jun. 20 – Jul. 5, "Back To Nature" Paisley ON, Nature’s Millworks      
2009 – May 13 – 24, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto ON
2009 – Mar. 19 – 22, "Toronto Art Expo" Toronto ON, Visual Arts Ontario
2009 – Mar. 7 – 15, "Ardour Eruption 09" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2008 – Nov. 7 – 16, "Royal Agricultural Winter Fair" Toronto ON
2008 – Jul. "Bruce County Art Show" Tiverton ON, Bruce Nuclear Power Plant
2008 – Feb. 15 – 23, "Ardour Eruption 08" Bracebridge ON, Chancery Art Gallery
2007 – Nov. 9 – 11, Windsor Art Studios Art Exhibit, Toronto ON
2007 – 1og8 Gallery, Iceland. Online International art show
2007 – Mar. Windsor Art Studios Art Exhibit, Toronto ON
2005 – Nov. Windsor Art Studios Art Exhibit, Toronto ON
Selected Events
2013 – Jan. 30, Presented Wynton Marsalis portraits "Ella" and "Duke" Lincoln Centre, New York NY
2011 – Apr. Published in book "International Contemporary Artists"
2011 – Apr. 2, Presented Dr. Jane Goodall with sketch, R.O.M. Earth Day, Toronto ON
2011 – Jan. 21, Presented Nikki Yanofsky with portrait "Ella Fitzgerald" Toronto ON
2010 – Nov. Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Artist Presentation Painting, Toronto ON
2010 – Jul. 28, "Live with Joe" Port Elgin ON, Live Radio interview On 98 The Beach
2010 – Jan. Painted mural, Port Elgin Public Library, Port Elgin ON
2010 – Jan. Painted ceiling tile, Meaford Hospital fundraiser, Meaford ON
2009 – Nov. Winner of 2010 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Poster Design Competition And Fine Art Showcase Artist Presentation, Toronto ON
2009 – Jul. 4 – 5, "Art Fest on the Bay" Meaford Harbour, Meaford ON 
2009 – Jun. 15, "Sounding Board" Port Elgin ON, Live Radio interview On 98 The Beach
2009 – Jun. 12, Presented Actress Carol Burnett with "Winter in Chesley" Canon Theatre, Toronto ON
2009 – Apr. 18, Presented Artist Robert Bateman with "The Crusader" R.O.M. Earth Day, Toronto ON
2008 – Nov. "Whodunit?" Two Fundraiser Donations, Toronto ON, OCAD University
2008 – Nov. Presented Actor Christopher Plummer with "Prussian Cavalry Battle of Waterloo"
2008 – Aug. "Artisans Village" Art Demonstrator at 150th Anniversary Festival, Southampton ON
2008 – "Sobey Art Award" Nomination by Donald Stuart, O.C., O.Ont.,     
2008 – Jul. 28, "Sounding Board" Port Elgin ON, Live Radio interview On 98 The Beach 
2007 – Nov. "Whodunit?" Fundraiser Donation, Toronto ON, OCAD University
Bibliography
- the YorkGuardian “Art Exhibit Spans Generations” Dec 26, 2013 p3
- Artist Portfolio Magazine Anniversary II p.95
- View: Mississauga’s Condo Lifestyle Magazine October 2012, p.26
- 98 the Beach Radio, “Live Radio Interview with Dusty Hill” August 2, 2012
- International Contemporary Artists Book 2011, ICA Publishing, N.Y.N.Y. 2011
- Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Show Guide, “Official Fair Poster”, Nov. 2010 Pp1&2 www.royalfair.org
- CTV News, “The Big Picture-Courtlandt Swartz”, Toronto, October 29, 2010
- TorontoStar, “Young artist mounts up for love of learning, history” Oct. 28, 2010  
- 98 theBeach Radio,” Live Radio Interview”, July 28, 2010
- Zoom Student Film Festival catalogue, “Ranger Danger”, May 12, 2010, p. 11
- Centennial Journalism’s Weblog, “Young Artist Wins Contest to Design 2010 Royal Winter Fair Poster”, by Kaitlynn Ford, Nov. 18, 2009  
- 98 theBeach Radio, “Soundingboard, Live Radio Interview with John Divinski” June 15,2009
- Destinationsand Discoveries, “Back to Nature-Courtlandt Swartz”, Special Ed 82 2009 p.20
- York Guardian, “Artwork of teen artist on display at Victory Cafe”, March 20, 2009 p.7
- Inside Toronto, “Teen artist presents workto Christopher Plummer” Nov. 8, 2008, art 58123
- Destinations and Discoveries,” Discoveringthe Past - the Art of Courtlandt Swartz” July 2008 
- Shoreline Beacon “Courtlandt Swartz: A Painting Prodigy on display in Southampton” Aug 6   
- 98 the Beach Radio, “Soundingboard, Live Radio Interview with John Divinski”, July 28, 08
Collectors
Mr. Wynton Marsalis Artistic Director Jazz at Lincoln Centre New York, N.Y.
National Film Board of Canada Exec. Offices
Humber College Jazz Department
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington DC.
Artist / Naturalist Robert Bateman O.C.
Actor Christopher Plummer C.C.
Dr. Jane Goodall
Actor Carol Burnett
Actor Dick Van Dyke
Mr. James Fleck O.C.
Deputy Chair TD Financial Mr. Frank McKenna O.C.
Dr. David G. Knott and Ms. Francoise Girard
CEO Indigo Books Heather Reisman
Mrs. Lorraine Monk O.C.
Mr. Donald Stuart C.M., O.Ont., R.C.A.,
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion C.C.
Author and Illustrator Barbara Reid O.Ont.
Author Jeff Lindsay
Musician Nikki Yanofsky
Alan Tonks, MP.
Keller Williams Realty Inc.
Brand Concept Source Solutions Inc. Toronto
Firefly Books Inc.
Port ElginPublic Library

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