Kristy Gordon

Teaches at New York School of the Arts

Kristy Gordon’s paintings hang in over 500 public and private collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2010, 2013, 2015), an Exceptional Merit Award from the Portrait Society of America (2014), and was a finalist for the Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture (2008, 2013). She holds a master of fine arts degree in painting from the New York Academy of Art, a bachelor of fine arts degree in drawing and painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto), and a diploma in animation from Algonquin college (Ottawa). Gordon has nine years of experience teaching and conducting painting workshops, lectures and classes throughout North America.