Andrew Bonnycastle
Andrew Bonnycastle is a Toronto-based national award-winning visual artist working in watercolour, and oil.
Numerous aspects of urban and rural life are explored in Andrew's works. All explorations are linked by a
common preoccupation with portraying beauty amidst disorder and life that defies adversity and isolation.
Andrew's paintings are allegories, often representing different aspects of the human condition
expressed through portraits of individual buildings and street scenes, both rural and urban.
These are imbued with a sense of the transient, vulnerable nature of our slowly disappearing first generation buildings.
These sublime structures that are the remnants of lives lived and journeys made are coming ever closer to
the one fell swoop of the wrecking ball.
Regardless of their content, all paintings by Andrew are rooted thematically in the desire to recreate experiences of
locality, place and identity. Through this recreation, Andrew strives to penetrate the forces of commercial and social
conditioning by offering works of empathy and humanity that tell a candid story about this land and its people.
Andrew is a member of various art groups including The Village Palettes Art Group and The Markham Guild of Village Crafts.
Andrew's prolific background of creative endeavours include winning the Robert Bateman Get to Know Art Contest and having a painting accepted into the Royal Ontario Museum's permanent collection. He has also been a featured artist on naturecanada.ca and has had work published in Young Voices Magazine and the Robert Bateman Get to Know Calendar.
In 2011 Andrew was the youngest artist to ever show at Toronto's Cedar Ridge Gallery.
Previous Exhibitions and Events
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​​McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Artisan Market
ONLINE EXHIBITION 2021
Whitby Art Show
ONLINE EXHIBITION 2020
McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, 2019
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The Rosedale Art Fair
Toronto, ON, 2019
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McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, 2018
The Rosedale Art Fair
Toronto, ON, 2018
McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, 2017
McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, 2016
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Intrinsic Toronto - SOLO EXHIBITION
Montgomery's Inn Toronto Historic Site
Toronto, ON, 2016
The Overlooked and the Imagined
Andrew Bonnycastle & David Taylor
Cedar Ridge Gallery
Toronto, ON, 2016
McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON, 2015
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McMichael Volunteer Committee's Autumn Art Sale
McMichael Canadian Collection Gallery
Kleinburg, ON, 2014
"Vibrations" Art Sale
Lemonville Community Centre
Stouffville, ON, 2014
"Colourstruck" Art Exhibition
Markham Guild of Village Crafts
Markham, ON, 2014
Creativ Festival Spring 2014
International Centre
Mississaga, ON, 2014
Two Point Perspective
Andrew Bonnycastle & Joan McGiveny
Cedar Ridge Gallery
Toronto, ON, 2014
Creativ Festival Fall 2013
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, ON, 2013
Markham Fair Demonstration and Display
Markham Fairgrounds
Markham, ON, 2013
Markham Group of Artists Summer Exhibition
The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery
Unionville, ON, 2013
"Groups of Seven" Art Exhibition
Studio 51 Gallery
Toronto, ON, 2013
West Rouge Holiday Artisan Sale
West Rouge Community Centre
Toronto, ON, 2012
Markham Fair Demonstration and Display
Markham Fairgrounds
Markham, ON, 2012
"A City In Earnest" Art Exhibition
Toronto Public Library - Leaside Branch
Toronto, ON, 2012
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The Guild Alive With Culture Arts Festival
The Guild Inn
Scarborough, ON, 2012
The Village Palettes Spring Art Exhibition
Lemonville, ON, 2012
"Chosen" Art Exhibition
Studio 51 Gallery
Toronto, ON, 2012
"Rye Bread And Empire Biscuits" Art Exhibition
Andrew Bonnycastle & John Smith
Cedar Ridge Gallery
Toronto, ON, 2011
The Palettes of Whitchurch Autumn Art Show
Lemonville, ON, 2011
Markham Fair Demonstration and Display
Markham Fairgrounds
Markham, ON, 2011
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies Convention
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Toronto, ON, 2011
Robert Bateman Get To Know Art Unveiling
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, ON, 2010
The Palettes of Whitchurch Autumn Art Sale
Lemonville, ON, 2010
Markham Pedestrian Day, Artist's Alley
Markham, ON, 2009
Palettes of Whitchurch Autumn Art Sale
Lemonville, ON, 2009
Spring Art Show and Sale
Markham Guild of Village Crafts
Markham, ON, 2009
The Palettes of Whitchurch Autumn Art Sale
Lemonville, ON, 2008
