{{Infobox artist | name = Penelope Stewart | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | alma_mater = York University, Toronto State University of New York at Buffalo | field = | training = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | website = {{URL|http://penelopestewart.ca}} }}
'''Penelope Stewart''' is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist whose work encompasses installation, sculpture, photography and paper-based projects.<ref name=Walters>{{cite web |url=http://canadianartjunkie.com/2013/02/22/the-beeswax-architecture-of-penelope-stewart/ |title=The Beeswax Art of Penelope Stewart |last=Walters |first= J |date=February 22, 2013 |website=canadianartjunkie.com/ |publisher=Canadian Art Junkie |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
==Biography== Stewart was born in Montreal. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University, Toronto and a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Buffalo.<ref name=Larocca>{{cite web |url=http://www.gladstonehotel.com/tag/penelope-stewart/ |title=Get to Know: Penelope Stewart |last=Larocca |first=Andi |date= August 7, 2012 |website=www.gladstonehotel.com/ |publisher= Gladstone Hotel |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
==Artistic career== Stewart is known for her installation work that often examines themes such as architecture, volume and space.<ref name=Fabo/><ref name=Joliette/>
In February 2013, Stewart was the Artist in Residence at Ganna Walska Lotusland in Montecito, California.<ref name=Licata>{{cite web |url=http://art.buffalo.edu/2013/01/31/penelope-stewart/ |title=Penelope Stewart, MFA 2007, Artist in Residence at Ganna Walska Lotusland |last=Licata |first=Domenic J. |date=January 31, 2013 |website=art.buffalo.edu/ |publisher= |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> While there, her exhibition ''Swarm'' showcased architectural wall coverings made entirely from bees wax.<ref name=Walters/> She used the medium once more in 2014's ''Vanitas''.<ref name=Schechter/>
==Major exhibits== *''Canopy'', Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta - January 14 to February 12, 2005<ref name=Fabo>{{cite web |url=http://www.stride.ab.ca/arc/archive_2005/penelope_stewart_main/penelope_stewart.htm |title=Penelope Stewart:''Canopy'' |last=Fabo |first=Andy |date=2005 |website=www.stride.ab.ca/ |publisher=Stride Gallery |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Ou *''Outside the Walls'', Musée d'art de Joliette, Joliette, Quebec - July 4, 2009 to August 2, 2009<ref name=Joliette>{{cite web |url=http://www.museejoliette.org/en/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/outside_the_walls |title=Penelope Stewart: Outside the Walls |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=www.museejoliette.org/en |publisher=Musée d'art de Joliette |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> *''Vanitas'', Koffler Galleries, Toronto, Ontario - June 26 to August 31, 2014<ref name=Schechter>{{cite web |url=https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/art/the-bees-knees/ |title=The Bee's Knees |last=Schechter |first=Fran |date=July 6, 2014 |website=nowtoronto.com |publisher=Now |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kofflerarts.org/exhibitions/2013/11/14/penelope-stewart/ |title=Penelope Stewart: Vanitas |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website=kofflerarts.org/ |publisher=Koffler Gallery |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
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