ABOUT

Ethan Platt (b.2001) is a contemporary Canadian artist reimagining human actuality from a synthetic standpoint. He captures the essence of contemporary life, focusing on idealism, fictive realities, and digital identity. By using reflective surfaces as motif, Ethan Platt creates compositions that blur the lines between the natural and the artificial, inviting viewers to contemplate the complexities of existence in the digital age.

Education

OCAD University | Honours BFA Drawing & Painting (with distinction)| 2019-2023

Exhibitions

The Collective | Visionary Projects | New York, NY | 2023

Fineline Launch | The Drake Hotel | Toronto, ON | 2023

Positive Masculinity | Maison Depoivre | Prince Edward County, ON | 2023

What Remains | Visionary Art Collective | Virtual via NYC | 2023

Emerging Now | Bau-Xi Gallery | Toronto, ON | 2023

Grad Ex 108 | OCAD U | Toronto, ON | 2023

Love in All Forms | Blitz Gallery | Toronto, ON | 2023

Fundraising Auction | OCAD U | Toronto, ON | 2023

Metamorphosis | OCAD U Great Hall | Toronto, ON | 2022 

Archive of Merit: OSA to OCAD U | Ada Slaight Gallery | Toronto, ON | 2022 

Solo Exhibiting Artist | Purple Haze | Toronto, ON | 2021

Sustainable Interventions | Kunstmatrix via OCADU | Online | 2021

Fresh Paint/New Construction | Art Mur | Montreal, QB | 2020

First Self | Kunstmatrix via OCADU | Online | 2020

Awards

Donna MacLean Award | OCAD U | 2023

Hugh Mackenzie Memorial Scholarship | OCAD U | 2022

Richard Lemieux Scholarship | OCAD U | 2019

Media/ Publications

Intel Canada | 2023 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsNyykR_JDs

CP24 Breakfast | 2023 | https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=2679838

BlogTo | 2023 | https://www.blogto.com/arts/2023/05/ocad-gradex-2023/

Radio Canada Television | 2023 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/la-billetterie/site/segments/entrevue/442729/ocad-artistes-etudiants-expsotiion-guitares

Globe News Wire | 2023 | http://bitly.ws/DFPG

The Canadian Business Journal | 2023 | http://bitly.ws/DFPz

Related Experience

Painting Assistant | Samara Shuter | Toronto, ON | 2023

Project 31 Tote Bag | OCAD U CO | 2023

Research Assistant | OCAD University & Ontario Tech University | Toronto, ON | 2021

 FAQs

  • To inquire regarding available original works please email studio.ethanplatt@gmail.com

  • Ethan Platt reviews commission requests. Please inquire via studio.ethanplatt@gmail.com including the requested scale and subject to be considered.

  • Ethan Platt attends alternating exhibitions most frequently in Toronto Ontario. Please Join the mailing list to stay updated on his upcoming exhibitions.