Cherie Leung
hello@cherieleung.com
Education
2025 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University
2005 Masters - Legal Studies, Carleton University
2003 Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto
Group Exhibitions
- May 12-17, 2025 (upcoming) – Transmission: A Transatlantic Project Exploring Innovative Modes of Exhibition, The Millbank Tower, London (UK)
- May 1-31, 2025 (upcoming) – Interwoven identities: Intersectionality in Asian Mental Health, Stackt Market, North Hall Gallery, Toronto
- April 21-30, 2025 – Transmission: A Transatlantic Project Exploring Innovative Modes of Exhibition, Stackt Market, North Hall Gallery,Toronto
- April 17 – August 31, 2025 – Abstraction Exhibition – Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto
- March 30 & May 17, 2025 – Stones Across Cultures: A Sustainable Art Exchange, Toronto & Osaka, Japan
- March 17 – April 17, 2025 – Interwoven identities: Intersectionality in Asian Mental Health, Hong Fook Mental Health Association, Toronto
- January 2025 – Pentimento 2, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- December 2024 – Alchemy, Spirit, Matter,4th Fl., OCADU, Toronto
- November 2024 – Cabaret Night!, OCAD University, Toronto
- September 2024 – Caves to Creatures, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- September 2024 – Global Designs and Artchives Show, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- February 2024 - Come Hang with Us, OCAD University, Toronto
- February 2024 - Embodied Narratives: Unveiling the Stories Within, OCAD University, Toronto
- November 2023 - Pentimento, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- November 2023 - A Breathing Room for the Spirit, OCAD University, Toronto
- September 2023 - Global Designs and Artchives, Volume 1, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- March 2023 - Come Hang with Us, OCAD University, Toronto
- October 2022 - Abstract Show, OCAD University, Toronto
- October 2022 - First Self Portrait: Cultural Appropriation, OCAD University, Toronto
- April 2022 - The Archive of Merit: From the Ontario Society of Artists to OCAD, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- February 2022 - Plus One, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
- December 2021 - Pablo's Salon, Esperanto Gallery, Markham
- December 2021 - Holiday Smalls, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
- August 2021 - Papier Exhibition, Esperanto Gallery, Markham
- July 2021 - Salon des Refusés, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
- June 2021 - Inaugural Show, ArteMbassy Gallery, Toronto
- April 2021, Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto
- Spring 2021 - Private Lives, OCAD University, Toronto
Artist Talks and Workshops
- January 2025 – Embroidery Workshop, OCADU International
- November 2024 – Artist Talk with 2nd Year Painting Studio students, OCAD University
- June 2024 – 2-day Weaving Workshop – Churchill Heights Elementary School
- September 2023 – Abstraction, Bayview Glen HS
Residencies
- May 2024 - Chiang Mai, Thailand, Preservation and Perseverance: Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Practice in Thailand
- June 2023 - Oaxaca, Mexico, An Intensive Cultural Immersion in Oaxacan Art, Craft & Design, Generating Connection & Creative Research
Grants and Achievements
- 2025 –OCADU Drawing and Painting Medal Winner
- 2025 – Barford Family Bursary (merit-based)
- 2024– OCADU nominee to the Yale-Norfolk Summer Residency Program
- 2024 – Government of Canada Global Skills Opportunity Program
- 2024 – Barford Family Bursary (merit-based)
- 2023 – Frances Ziegler Memorial Scholarship (for top average, 3rd Year), OCAD University
- 2023 – Government of Canada Global Skills Opportunity Fund
- 2022 – Sandy McQueen Memorial Scholarship (for top average, 2nd Year), OCAD University
Other
- February 2023-ongoing - Founding member of the OCADU Mature Student Collective
- March 2025 – present – VP Academic & Provost Curriculum Research & Development Committee (Faculty of Art student representative)
- March 2024 – June 2024 - Faculty of Art Search Committee for a Tenure-Track position in the Drawing and Painting Program, Contemporary Painting and Decolonization (student representative)
- September 2022-May 2023 – OCADU Peer Mentor
- August 2021 – December 2021 – Gallery Committee Member, Artist’s Network (jurying, curating, and hanging exhibitions at the Leslie Grove Art Gallery, Toronto)