Anita Cazzola

A N I T A   C A Z Z O L A  /  C V 

EXHIBITIONS 

2025

Flax Ecologies - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS - Curated by Kirstie McCallum
Flax Ecologies - Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design - Sydney, NS - Curated by Kirstie McCallum

2024

Flax Ecologies - Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, NS - Curated by Kirstie McCallum
Scraps - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS - Curated by Cortney S. Cassidy 
H'arts 2024 Season Exhibition - H'arts, Annapolis Royal, NS 
FLOURISH Festival - Stage Installation - Fredericton, NB

2023

SOFAAR Members Exhibition - ARCAC Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, NS
Anita Cazzola & Jenna Kessler - Flora Hall Gallery, Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal, NS

2022

Homecoming - Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON - Curated by Erin Szikora
On Walking: Rhythm, Repetition, Movement - Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON - Curated by Na'ama Freeman

2021

Botanical Reclamation: Infinite Balance - Outdoor Exhibition - Ontario Reformatory Lands
Waving a Flag through a Window - Video projection at 10C - Guelph, ON
Sewing Stewardship - Group exhibition with Jenna Kessler and Christina Kingsbury, curated by Lore Arts - Guelph, ON
How to Hold You Back Together (Improvised Performance) - IF 2021 - International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (University of Guelph)
Guelph Arts Council’s ‘Art on the Street’ - Guelph, ON
Finding the Grid - Window Installation at 10 C - Guelph, ON

2016-2020

Botanical Reclamation: An Installation Honouring the Resilience of Plants - Outdoor Exhibition - Guelph, ON
UNMADE - Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON, Cur. Jill Price - Group Exhibition
Objects of Tension and Release - Open Field Collective - Circulating in Guelph, ON and Toronto, ON
Soft Mapping - Solo Exhibition - Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, ON
GradEX 103 - OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Soft Mapping at 'Our Greenbelt: Celebrating Wellington County' - Guelph, ON 
All Girls to the Front - Group Exhibition - Take Time, Guelph ON

PUBLIC EVENTS AND INTERVENTIONS 

(Upcoming) Textile Circularity Map - Collaboration with Fashion Takes Action, Threading Change, Rosebud Studio, and more. Coming 2027. 
Creative Reuse Lab - Solacene + Mani D'oro + Nerdy Girls Farm + Annapolis Valley Waste Management - Kentville, NS - 2026
Mending Clinic - FLOURISH Festival - Fredericton, NB - 2024
Mending: Utility & Healing - Workshop Series - H’arts - Annapolis Royal - 2024
Colour & Nourishment: An Edible Natural Dye Workshop - The Cordwood Studio, Perth, ON - 2023
Mending & Repair for Knitwear - 3 week course - Honeybee Folk School - Fredericton, NB - 2023
A point and a line makes a curve, then a circle - Collaborative weaving performance at Nuit Blanche - Toronto, ON - 2022
Mending Clinic - Presented by the Cloth Care Collective at Nuit Blanche - Toronto, ON - 2022
Dye Plants in Curious Spaces - Online Archive - 2021 
Mending Club - Host of bi-weekly mending gatherings - Toronto, ON (2019), Guelph, ON (2020) 
Sad Mattresses - Lead contributor - Online Photo Archive 2018-2021
Community in-the-round Conversation: On Plants, Resilience, and Craft - Guelph, ON - 2021
A Ceremony in Defiance for the Plants - Communal Intervention - Guelph, ON - 2021 
Dye & Medicinal Plant Walk Series - Howitt Park, Ontario Reformatory Lands, Eramosa River - With Planting Radiance - Guelph, ON - 2021 
Botanical Reclamation: Natural Dye Workshop Series - Ontario Reformatory Lands, Howitt Park, Guelph Outdoor School - Guelph, ON - 2021
Mending a Hole: Knit Garments - Mending workshop - Gladstone Hotel - Toronto, ON - 2019 
Mending a Hole: Learning a Practice of Repair - Mending workshop - Gladstone Hotel - Toronto, ON - 2019 
Mending a Hole - Mending workshop - The Tare Shop - Halifax, NS - 2019 
All Things Will Soften - Site-specific installation performance - Leslie St. Spit - Toronto, ON - 2018 
DIY Clothing Repair - Gladstone Hotel - Collaborative - Toronto, ON - 2017 
Community Mending Workshop - Take Time - Guelph, ON - 2017 
Invasion - Public Installation - Guelph, ON - 2016 

RESIDENCIES 

Ross Creek Centre for the Arts - Canning, NS - 2024
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design - Fredericton, NB - March 2023
Guelph Artist in Residence - Guelph, ON - 2021
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Deer Isle, ME - August 2019

ARTIST TALKS 

On Coming Home: A Conversation with Anita Cazzola, Laura Grier, Justine Woods, and Erin Szikora -  Art Gallery of Guelph - 2022
Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners - Dye Study Group - 2021
Artist in Residence talk for the City of Guelph - 2021 
Botanical Colors Feedback Friday Artist Talk - 2021 + 2023
OCAD University Sculpture and Installation Thesis Class Artist Talk - 2019

EDUCATION 

2018 // BFA with Distinction / OCAD University / Sculpture & Installation, Minor in Material Art and 
Design (Textiles) 

AWARDS/GRANTS 

Nomination - Innovator of the Year -Divert Nova Scotia MOBIUS Awards - to be announced in 2026
Nomination - Visual Artist of the Year - East Coast Music Awards- 2026
Ontario Arts Council - Creation Grant (The Lifers) - 2024
Annapolis Region Community Arts Council - Annual Scholarship - 2023
Ontario Arts Council - Multi and Inter-Arts Projects (Soft Walls Collective) - 2022
Ontario Arts Council - Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists - 2021
Guelph Artist in Residence - City of Guelph - 2021
Jane Graham Memorial Award - Guelph Arts Council - 2020
Ontario Arts Council Touring Grant (The Lifers, Samson Wrote, Tragedy Ann) - 2020
Work-Study Scholarship - Haystack Mountain School of Craft - 2019 
Career Launcher Fund - OCAD University - 2019 
Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Across Canada Grant (The Lifers) - 2019 
Accessing Field Placement Fund - OCAD University - 2018 
Nomination - Canadian Folk Music Awards New/Emerging Artist (The Lifers) - 2018 
Folk Music Ontario Website Design Award (The Lifers) - September 2018 
Nomination - Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award (FMO & OAC) for "Sister" (The Lifers) - 2018 
Ontario Arts Council Touring Grant -  Sisterhood of Sound Tour with Annie Sumi (The Lifers) - 2018 
FACTOR Artist Development Grant (The Lifers) - 2017 
Wayne Lum Scholarship - OCAD University - 2017 
Sully Corth Memorial Fund Sculpture Scholarship - OCAD University - 2016
Dean’s Honour List, OCAD University - 2015-2018 
Dean’s Citation for Creativity - Ryerson University - 2014    

AFFILIATIONS 

Artistic contributor - Cloth Care Collective - 2019 - Present 
Artistic contributor - Soft Walls Collective - 2019 - Present 
Member - Guild of Canadian Weavers - 2018 - Present 
Member - Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners - 2020 - 2022

RELATED EXPERIENCE 

Textile Repairer & Empathizer - Mani D'oro - 2021 - Present
Designer - “The Bulletin” - Guild of Canadian Weavers - 2021 - Present
Editor - “The Bulletin” - Guild of Canadian Weavers - 2019 - 2021
Studio Assistant - Meghan Price - 2018 - 2020
Studio Assistant - Adam David Brown and Kristiina Lahde - 2017 - 2020 
Gallery Attendant - MKG127 (Toronto, ON) - 2018/19 (Assistance during Art Toronto) 
Exhibition Assistant - Spaces Like That - OCAD U Sculpture/Installation Thesis Exhibitions - 2018

GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN

The Lifers “Honesty” - Visual identity & concept, album artwork, layout, web design, merchandise design and creation, costume and set design - 2024-25
Ethan Cohn & Sebastián Greschuk “Ensemble Infinity” and “Infinity EP” - Album artwork & concept - 2023 (collaborative project with Sam Boer)
Ganga’s Room Art Therapy - Child therapy website design and graphics - 2023
Basset - Band website design - 2022
Katherine Fischer - Songwriter website design - 2021
Aaron Dolman "Are you here to help?" - Album artwork - 2021 (collaborative project with Sam Boer)
The Strumbellas "My Home is You" - Single artwork - 2020
Meghan Price & Suzanne Nacha "Boulder Kites & Their Construction" - Graphic design and illustration - 2018/19 
The Strumbellas - Tour poster - 2019
Moonfruits and Piper & Carson - "Salt and Steam" Tour poster - 2019
Shawn William Clarke - Tour poster - 2019
Katherine Fischer "Home" - Album artwork illustrations - 2019
Samson Wrote "Pigeon" - Album artwork, layout and concept - 2019
Annie Sumi and Piper Hayes - "Root Bound Tour" - Poster design - 2019
Tragedy Ann "Matches" - Album artwork, layout, and merchandise design - 2018
The Lifers “Honey Suite” - Album artwork, layout, promotional material, t shirt, patch and print design - 2018
Annie Sumi “In the Unknown” - Album layout, graphics, poster and t shirt design - 2017
Olivia and the Creepy Crawlies - T shirt design - 2017
Annie Sumi & The Lifers “The Wildflower Tour” - Poster - 2017
Yellow House Music Festival - Poster and promotional material - Collaborative - 2016
Alessia DiCesare (Bottlecap Press) “How the Heartache Humbled Me” - Book cover and illustrations - 2016
The Lifers “Out and In” - Album artwork, layout and promotional material - 2016
Sam Boer “Crossed Legs EP” - Album layout - 2016
The Lifers “Set the Sails” - Album artwork and layout - 2015