Sherrill Girard is a Canadian artist who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She works from a studio located in the Art Deco RCA Building in St. Henri, a burgeoning urban arts quartier in south Montreal. She has traveled extensively and painted and exhibited internationally in Canada, the UK, Europe, the United States and Japan. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Sherrill received her art education at a number of institutions, including the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Ontario College of Art, the University of Guelph and recently Dawson College in Montreal.

Sherrill Girard is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures Sculpteurs du Quebec, as well as several other arts organizations. Using the mediums of paint and photography, Sherrill is currently exploring and painting the wilderness of the Quebec Laurentians as well as the urban backstreets, buildings and railyards of urban Montreal.

Publications and Awards:
Société Canadienne de l'Aquarelle, Le XXIVe Salon,Prix Jean-Paul Ladouceur, May-Sept, 2007
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs du Quebec, First Prize, Medal d’Or, Technique Distincte, November, 2006
International Artists' Magazine Finalist: "Flowers and Gardens" Competition, April, 2006
International Artists' Magazine Publication "100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens", 2004
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, 1998-2007, First prize Watercolour, 2003, Honourable Mention Hallmark Canada Watercolour Award 2000
Florart 2000, International Arts Council of Japan, Awaji Island, Japan, Higashi-Ura Mayor's Prize for Watercolour, May, 2000

Selected International Exhibitions
Exposition Internationale, Argenton-Sur-Creuse en Berry, France, August, 2007
26 Exposition Internationale, Brazilia
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec Salon d’Automne, First Prize, Medal d’Or, Technique Distincte, November, 2006, 07
Recent Watercolours: Painted Penguin Gallery, Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK, September, 2005
International Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, Hinoshimi Gallery, Kobe, Japan, June - August, 2000
Traveling exhibition of several Municipal Museums and galleries of major cities in Japan
Hinoshimi Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Kobe, Japan, 2000
11th Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1996

Selected Juried Exhibitions
Société Canadienne de l'Aquarelle Salon, May - Sept, 2007
Festival Internationale Montréal en Arts, June – July, 2006
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, July, 1998-05
Annual Juried Miniature Show, Gibson Gallery, London, First Prize - 1995, Ontario, 1995-99
Landscape - The Lasting Impression, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1997-99, Honourable Mention - 1997

Selected Solo Exhibitions
The Chroma Variations, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, July, 2001
The View From Here, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, 2000
Water's Edge, Ashton - EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario, September, 1999
The Awakening Earth, Williams Mill gallery, Glen Williams Ontario, May, 1999
An Exhibition of Mixed Media Paintings, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario, 1998
Waterdance, Williams Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ontario, 1997
First Light, EVICTA, Toronto, Ontario

Selected Organizations
Galerie L’Envol, Rue 372 Ste-Catherines Montreal
The Arts Club of Montreal
Le Cercle des Artistes Peintures et Sculpteurs de Quebec
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, elected member

EDUCATION
2005 Dawson College,Montreal, Quebec, Digital Photography 1
1993 - 1995 - Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Printmaking, part time studies
1988 - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Fine Art
1986 - 1988 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985 - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, part time studies
1973 - 1977 - University of Western Ontario, Honours B.A., Deans Honour List
1972 - H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, Post Secondary Fine Art