William Lazos

Fine Artist - Photorealist - Muralist

Williams Biography

William Lazos Portrait
 
  Born in Cairo, Egypt.
   
Education
1983 O.S.S.D. - George Vanier Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1984-1988 A.O.C.A. - Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   
Awards
1987 Stanley Furnival Tuition Scholarship, Ontario College of Art.
1992 1st Place Portraiture, National Fine Art Competition.
1997 People's Choice Award, Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peel.
   
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Real Paintings, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   
Exhibitions
1984-1986 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1987 An Exploration of Painting at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1988 Protorealism I, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1989 3rd Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1989 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1990 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1991 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1992 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1993 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1994 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1996 Group Exhibition, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA.
1997 Here's Looking At Me, Kid, Artists Look At Themselves, Art Gallery of North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1997 High Resolution Hyper-Realism, Low Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1997 Group Exhibition, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA.
1999 Annual Holiday Special: Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario.
2002 International Art Convention Airbrush Show, Milan, Italy.
2002 Wildlife: Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Art Callery of Ontario.
2002-2003 From Fine Art to Kitsch: A Celebration of CNE Art Since 1879, Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2003 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2004 New Realism II, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA.
2004 Group Exhibition, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2005 Group Exhibition, Plus One Plus Two Gallery, London, England
2006 Really Real, Douglas Ubell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2006 Holiday Glow, Engine Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2007 Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Reception Wall, Columbus Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2008 "Sex On The Beach And Other Earthly Delights" Gallery Moos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   
Art Rentals
  Artwork Exhibited In Art Gallery of Ontario Rental and Sales Gallery.
   
Lectures / Seminars / Teaching
2002 Don Valley Society of Artists
1999-2002 Art Starts Community Centre
2002-2003 George Brown College
2004-2006 Toronto School of Art
2009 George Brown College. Mural painting course
   
Commissions
1992-Present Painted over 200 Murals in Toronto and beyond
1993 Six Murals for Artist Frank Stella At the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1997 Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Queen West Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2002 Mural for Artist Rebecca Baird, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   
Publications
1996.06.01 Cohen, Joel H. "Larger Than Life."Airbrush Action pg.18-23
1997.04.24 Hume, Christopher. "None of This is Really Real."
The Toronto Star; Sec;C pg.14
1999.11.01 Withers, John P. "The Painting On the Wall"
Signs of the Times: pg. 98-99
2003.04.01 Airbrush Art + Action: pp. 4 - 16, 42, 43.