Education
2010 | Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, England - Master of Art Business
2009 | University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario - Master of Fine Arts - Studio Art
2008 | The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London, England
Summer semester: Painting 2 and 3
2007 | Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning , Oakville, Ontario Postgraduate Certificate in New Media Design
2006 | Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hon)
2005 | Lorenzo de' Medici Institute of Art, Florence Italy, Summer semester: Independent painting credit
2004 | Lorenzo de' Medici Institute of Art, Florence Italy, Summer semester: Intermediate painting credit
2003 | Queen's University Venice Summer Art School, Venice Italy. Summer semester: "Art and Architecture of Venice" credit
Solo and Two Person Exhbitions
2009 | Performative Gestures, Render Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2005 | Sim.pa.ti.co. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 | Fresh Paint, New Construction, Art Mur, Montreal QC, Canada
2009 | Good Question, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora ON, Canada
2008 | Forbidden Fruit, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2007 | Black and Gold Gala, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
2007 | Exposure, The Artery Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
2007 | Graduate Student Exhibition, ECH Front Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2006 | A Splash of Colour, Gallery Rufus, Oakville, Ontario
2006 | 41st Art in the Park The Oakville Art Society, Oakville, Ontario
2006 | 22nd Annual Art Fair Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario
2006 | BFA on View ’06 Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
2006 | How Much Would You Say This Weighs? Ontario Hall, Kingston, Ontario.
2005 | 40th Art in the Park. Oakville Art Society, Oakville, Ontario
2005 | Nine Lives. Common Ground Coffee House, Kingston, Ontario
2005 | Variations on the Domestic. Ban Righ Center, Kingston, Ontario
2004 | Junction Arts Festival. Toronto, Ontario.
2004 | 39th Art in the Park. Oakville Art Society, Oakville, Ontario.
2004 | Hot. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
2004 | ACE Queen’s. Arts and Enterprise Exhibition, Kingston, Ontario.
2004 | Short Cuts. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario.
2003 | Mirror. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario.
Awards and Achievements
2009 Sotheby's Institute of Art Scholarship
2008 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2008 University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship
2008 Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship
2008 University of Waterloo Arts Graduate Enhancement Scholarship
2007 Centre for International Governance Innovation Art Award
2007 University of Waterloo Arts Graduate Enhancement Scholarship
2007 Taiga Building Products National Scholarship of Academic Excellence
2006 Dean’s Honour List, Queen’s University
2005 Dean’s Honour List, Queen’s University
2004 Dean’s Honour List, Queen’s University
2004 Taiga Forest Products National Scholarship
2002 Queen’s Entrance Honours Merit Award
2002 Miller Thomson Foundation National Scholarship
2002 Petro Canada Art Achievement Award
2002 Ontario Scholar
2002 Design Competition Winner – Queen’s ArtSci 06 Crest
Professional Experience
2008 Sessional Instructor, FINE 120 Introduction to Drawing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2008 Guest Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Fine 319 Contemporary Art, "The Visual Language of Feminist Painters: A Pathway to the Subjective Feminine”
2007 Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON, FINE 120 Introduction to Drawing
2007 Web Producer for FLARE, Canada’s Fashion Magazine, Rogers Publishing Ltd., Toronto
(June 2007- present)
2007 Mirandaart. Fine art practice (from 2003)
2007 Mirandesign. Freelance web design (from 2006)
2005 Freelance mural artist, faux finish/interior painter and colour consultant - summer
2004 Decorator’s assistant with “Art of Faux” in Burlington, Ontario creating customized wall finishes and murals in private and commercial settings – summer (2002 – 2004)
2002 Mould making assistant with “Industrial Art”, Oakville, Ontario creating latex moulds for production of commercial sculptures in a variety of media including plaster, concrete and latex
– summer
2001 Art Instructor with HannArt Summer Camp, Oakville, Ontario providing a creative art curriculum for children aged 5 to 12 and providing instruction in drawing and painting – summer 2001.
Volunteer Experience
2007 Event Coordinator for Sheridan New Media Design Graduate Show “The Departure Lounge”
2005/06 Member of the Union Gallery’s Programming Committee
2004/05 Member of the Board of Directors of the Union Art Gallery in Kingston, and Chairperson of the Gallery’s Development Committee
2003/04 Member of the Union Gallery’s Marketing and Promotion Committee
2002/03 Member of the Union Gallery’s Exhibition Installation Committee
2001/02 Director of a charity fashion show, Elements of Us, Oakville, Ontario
2002 Curator of the Queen Elizabeth Park Art Exhibition, Art in Focus
Bibliography
Dewolfe, Stacey. "Heated Spaces." Montreal Mirror 4 June, 2009.
Byrnes, Sabrina. Oakville Beaver Artscene 9 August, 2006. (photo)
Smusiak, Cara. “Nine Lives of Art.” The Queen’s Journal 4 Mar. 2005: 16.
"Communicant” and “Out of the Shadow” (oil paintings by Miranda Urbanski) in The Queen’s Undergraduate Review,Vol. 17. 2005: p. 61 and 64.
“Reciprocity” (an oil painting by Miranda Urbanski) in Splash! Artists of the Year, 2005.
Collections
Centre for International Governance Innovation Permanent Collection, Waterloo
Queen’s University Department of Art Print Collection
Queen’s University Department of English
Private Collections, Oakville, Toronto, Ottawa and New York
Digital Applications
Photoshop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
Flash
HTML
