Ronnie Clarke
b. 1995
Toronto, Ontario / London, Ontario
contact@ronnieclarke.com
b. 1995
Toronto, Ontario / London, Ontario
contact@ronnieclarke.com
Education
2013-2017 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honors Specialization in Studio Art, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2009-2013 - Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Scholar, French Immersion Certificate, Aurora High School, Aurora, ON
2009-2013 - Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Scholar, French Immersion Certificate, Aurora High School, Aurora, ON
Selected Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances
2021 - Matrix of Mobility: Networks of Objects and Exchange, University of Toronto, ON, (online)
2020 - Ronnie Clarke: SUNWALK, Hotspot, Artcite Windsor, Windsor, ON (online)
- Online is the new IRL, curated by Katie Micak & Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival 2020:Online Edition
- LIMINAL: Interstices Between and Betwixt, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 - Member’s Show, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Very Careful, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
- connection_found, OCAD University Graduate Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Resistance, The 7th Annual Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, ON
- Booksbooksbooks, The Brandscape, Toronto, ON
- BAU Feature, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- DON’T @ ME, with Black Artist’s Union, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2018 - Lost and Found, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Artist multiple project, for Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Smash the Patriarchy, with Younger Than Beyoncé Gallery in support of YOKO ONO: The Riverbed, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
- Between Us and You, The Arts Project, London, ON
- screen grab, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2017 - Every Breath You Give Can Be A Cloud, with Younger Than Beyoncé Gallery for AGO First Thursdays: Calling all Familiars, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
- Common Goods, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- prosthetic Pavilion, curated by Darko Vukić, The Wrong, Digital Art Biennale, 3rd edition
- Culture Days on Dundas + Nuit Blanche, London, ON
- Satellite Award Exhibition, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Do you remember the acid cloud?, screening as part of JOUEZ, BIG on Bloor Festival of Arts and Culture, Holy Oak Stage, Toronto, ON
- Sole Purpose, Xpace Cultural Centre, External Space, Toronto, ON
- TONE Festival, accompanying JOOJ: Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, Ratio, Toronto, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Fellow Feeling, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
- TEASER_, Good Sport, London ON
- Doored 28, Curated by Life of a Craphead, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON
- Fifteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2016 - Keepers, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Mixer, by Christof Migone as part of 21C Festival, in partnership with MOCCA, Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
- SOUL, Rhythm and Art: Black Students’ Association, AROMA, London, ON
- TRAP CARD, The Arts Project, London, ON
- Confessions and Reflections: Ethnocultural Support Services for Black History Month, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
- Video Fever - fourth annual juried showcase and screening, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
- Fourteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2015 - Surface Tension, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
- Vidio Conflux Screening, Dundas Video, Toronto, ON
- Hit, by Christof Migone as part of The Work of Wind exhibition curated by Christine Shaw, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
- You Could Make an Onion Cry, Satellite Project Space, London, ON (performance)
- Bile Sister Presents: Mary Ocher, JOOJ, Baby Cages, Ronnie Clarke, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON (performance)
- Nuit Violette, Western University, London, ON
- Lilith Flair II, The Steady, Toronto, ON (performance)
- Xpace Video Screening II, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Western Undergraduate Film Festival, Wolf Performance Hall, London Central Library, London, ON
- Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2014 - Yes/No: Sound/Image Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON (performance installation)
2013 - Dada Cabaret: A Sculpture, Installation and Performance Event, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON (group performance)
- Aurora Youth Art Show, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2020 - Ronnie Clarke: SUNWALK, Hotspot, Artcite Windsor, Windsor, ON (online)
- Online is the new IRL, curated by Katie Micak & Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival 2020:Online Edition
- LIMINAL: Interstices Between and Betwixt, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 - Member’s Show, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Very Careful, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
- connection_found, OCAD University Graduate Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Resistance, The 7th Annual Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, ON
- Booksbooksbooks, The Brandscape, Toronto, ON
- BAU Feature, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- DON’T @ ME, with Black Artist’s Union, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2018 - Lost and Found, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Artist multiple project, for Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Smash the Patriarchy, with Younger Than Beyoncé Gallery in support of YOKO ONO: The Riverbed, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
- Between Us and You, The Arts Project, London, ON
- screen grab, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2017 - Every Breath You Give Can Be A Cloud, with Younger Than Beyoncé Gallery for AGO First Thursdays: Calling all Familiars, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
- Common Goods, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- prosthetic Pavilion, curated by Darko Vukić, The Wrong, Digital Art Biennale, 3rd edition
- Culture Days on Dundas + Nuit Blanche, London, ON
- Satellite Award Exhibition, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Do you remember the acid cloud?, screening as part of JOUEZ, BIG on Bloor Festival of Arts and Culture, Holy Oak Stage, Toronto, ON
- Sole Purpose, Xpace Cultural Centre, External Space, Toronto, ON
- TONE Festival, accompanying JOOJ: Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, Ratio, Toronto, ON
- Xpace Annual Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Fellow Feeling, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
- TEASER_, Good Sport, London ON
- Doored 28, Curated by Life of a Craphead, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON
- Fifteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2016 - Keepers, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- Mixer, by Christof Migone as part of 21C Festival, in partnership with MOCCA, Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
- SOUL, Rhythm and Art: Black Students’ Association, AROMA, London, ON
- TRAP CARD, The Arts Project, London, ON
- Confessions and Reflections: Ethnocultural Support Services for Black History Month, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
- Video Fever - fourth annual juried showcase and screening, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
- Fourteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2015 - Surface Tension, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
- Vidio Conflux Screening, Dundas Video, Toronto, ON
- Hit, by Christof Migone as part of The Work of Wind exhibition curated by Christine Shaw, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
- You Could Make an Onion Cry, Satellite Project Space, London, ON (performance)
- Bile Sister Presents: Mary Ocher, JOOJ, Baby Cages, Ronnie Clarke, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON (performance)
- Nuit Violette, Western University, London, ON
- Lilith Flair II, The Steady, Toronto, ON (performance)
- Xpace Video Screening II, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
- Western Undergraduate Film Festival, Wolf Performance Hall, London Central Library, London, ON
- Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON
2014 - Yes/No: Sound/Image Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON (performance installation)
2013 - Dada Cabaret: A Sculpture, Installation and Performance Event, Artlab Gallery, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, London, ON (group performance)
- Aurora Youth Art Show, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
Experience
2019 - Music Contributor, Posey Magazine, Toronto, ON
2017 - Digital Art Resources Intern, Department of Visual Arts, Western University, London, ON
- President, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Gallery Attendant, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO
- Work published in Occasus Literary Journal
2016 - Community Outreach and Cultural Events Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- President, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Vice President of Communications, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2015 - Community Outreach and Cultural Events Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Vice President of Communications, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Work published in Symposium (II,II)
- Gallery Attendant, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2014 - Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2013 - Communications Coordinator, Willowgrove, Stouffville, ON (media, graphics, photography)
2017 - Digital Art Resources Intern, Department of Visual Arts, Western University, London, ON
- President, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Gallery Attendant, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO
- Work published in Occasus Literary Journal
2016 - Community Outreach and Cultural Events Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- President, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Vice President of Communications, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2015 - Community Outreach and Cultural Events Coordinator, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Vice President of Communications, Visual Arts Supporters Association, UWO
- Work published in Symposium (II,II)
- Gallery Attendant, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
- Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2014 - Social Media Coordinator, Autism Awareness Western, UWO (media, graphics, photography)
2013 - Communications Coordinator, Willowgrove, Stouffville, ON (media, graphics, photography)
Awards and Recognitions
2016 - The Gordon R. Thompson Award, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- The Margaret Rand Memorial Award, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Ivey Foundation Continuing Awards in Studio Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Bess A. Hewitt Scholarship, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
2015 - Ivey Foundation Continuing Awards in Studio Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Benjamin Noble Scholarship, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Dean's Honor List, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Third Prize, Western Undergraduate Film Festival, Wolf Performance Hall - for "Self-Control"
- AJE Faculty Award Prize, Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery - for "Self-Control"
2013 - The Western Scholarship of Excellence, The University of Western Ontario
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, The University of Western Ontario
- Alliance of Educators for Black Students Award in recognition of Arts Achievement, Aurora High School
- The Margaret Rand Memorial Award, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Ivey Foundation Continuing Awards in Studio Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Bess A. Hewitt Scholarship, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
2015 - Ivey Foundation Continuing Awards in Studio Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Benjamin Noble Scholarship, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Dean's Honor List, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The University of Western Ontario
- Third Prize, Western Undergraduate Film Festival, Wolf Performance Hall - for "Self-Control"
- AJE Faculty Award Prize, Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Artlab Gallery - for "Self-Control"
2013 - The Western Scholarship of Excellence, The University of Western Ontario
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, The University of Western Ontario
- Alliance of Educators for Black Students Award in recognition of Arts Achievement, Aurora High School
Press
2021 - Frequencies, feature in Circular Logics by Megan MacLaurin, Canadian Art, Spring 2021, Vol. 38/1
2020 - Ronnie Clarke, Backlight, writing published by See Collective, London, ON
2018 - Tie it Off & Count Again, work featured in exhibition catalogue by Rowan Lynch
2017 - 2017 Critic’s Picks, Terence Dick for Akimbo
- Ronnie Clarke, Sole Purpose, Exhibition Essay by Whitney French, Xpace Cultural Centre
- Work reviewed in VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Terence Dick for Akimbo
- Work reviewed in VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Margaux Smith for Digital Tattoo, University of British Columbia
2016 - Ronnie Clarke: lover of people, maker of things, profile and interview for The Western Gazette
- Artist talk, PechaKucha Night Markham Vol.11, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Where Have all the Poets Gone?, performance and artist interview with Sook-Yin Lee for CBC’s DNTO
- Black History Month: Black Creatives, work and interview for The Western Gazette
- Art School Smart Guide, work featured in Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2016 Edition
2020 - Ronnie Clarke, Backlight, writing published by See Collective, London, ON
2018 - Tie it Off & Count Again, work featured in exhibition catalogue by Rowan Lynch
2017 - 2017 Critic’s Picks, Terence Dick for Akimbo
- Ronnie Clarke, Sole Purpose, Exhibition Essay by Whitney French, Xpace Cultural Centre
- Work reviewed in VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Terence Dick for Akimbo
- Work reviewed in VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Margaux Smith for Digital Tattoo, University of British Columbia
2016 - Ronnie Clarke: lover of people, maker of things, profile and interview for The Western Gazette
- Artist talk, PechaKucha Night Markham Vol.11, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Where Have all the Poets Gone?, performance and artist interview with Sook-Yin Lee for CBC’s DNTO
- Black History Month: Black Creatives, work and interview for The Western Gazette
- Art School Smart Guide, work featured in Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2016 Edition
Residencies and Talks
2020 - "soundscape", Virtual Project Presentation, Holding Space Series, LOMAA
- Artist talk, Mayor's Celebration of Youth Arts, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2019 - 7th Annual Roundtable Residency, Online Resident, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, ON
- Artist talk, bealART, London, ON
2017 - Summer Student Residency, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2016 - Artist talk, PechaKucha Vol. 11, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Performance and Drawing Workshop for Art Revolution (ages 7-10), Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Artist talk, Mayor's Celebration of Youth Arts, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2019 - 7th Annual Roundtable Residency, Online Resident, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, ON
- Artist talk, bealART, London, ON
2017 - Summer Student Residency, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2016 - Artist talk, PechaKucha Vol. 11, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
- Performance and Drawing Workshop for Art Revolution (ages 7-10), Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
Curatorial
2017 - MEGAPHONE, curated with The Visual Arts Supporters Association, Satellite Project Space, London, ON
2016 - Disposition, curated with The Visual Arts Supporters Association, Concourse Gallery, London, ON
2016 - Disposition, curated with The Visual Arts Supporters Association, Concourse Gallery, London, ON