Matthew Tarini

Matthew Tarini is a realist painter currently living in Edmonton, Alberta where he teaches in the Fine Arts department at the University of Alberta. Matthew began his art education at a traditional art academy before earning his Bachelors of Fine Art at York University and Masters of Fine Art at the University of Western Ontario. Working mostly in oil paint his subject matter consists of cityscapes, landscapes and figurative work. Matthew has had four solo exhibitions in Toronto and London, Ontario and has been included in numerous group exhibitions across Canada. He has done private and public commissions, including the portrait of the Dean of Dentistry at the University of Toronto and has appeared on the television show Star Portraits where his work was selected by the comedian, Sean Cullen, for his private collection. His work is in public and private collections across Canada and internationally. Public collections include York University, the University of Toronto, and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. In 2015 Matthew received the Elisabeth Greenshields grant and he was one of thirty finalists in the Canada’s Kingston Prize portrait competition.

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