GILLIAN GOERZ (pronounced "Jillian Gertz") grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she learned to appreciate space, fresh air, and a thriving art  and drama community.  

Gillian was trained in fine art, graphic design and illustration at the University of Saskatchewan, the Ontario College of Art and Design, and the prestigious school of Life Experience.  Through this she has amassed a large arsenal of skills, including, but not limited to classical painting in acrylic, oil, watercolour and gouache, digital imaging, graphic design for print and web, editorial illustration, portraiture, caricature and cartooning.

Gillian's career has included marketing, copywriting, acting, singing and of course painting, graphic design and  illustration. She currently lives and works as an illustrator, portrait artist and graphic designer in Toronto, Canada.

Exhibitions: 

Romance of the Wheel: Love, Hate & Cycling (relaunch)

October-December, 2011 | Curbside Cycle, Toronto.

Back Breaks Art Show,  at the 11th Annual Bicycle Film Festival

Aug. 10-14, 2011 | The Drake Hotel, Toronto.

Romance of the Wheel: Love, Hate & Cycling

June 3, 2011 | Jet Fuel, Toronto. 

Creative Type No.3

April 21st, 2011 | Palmerston Gallery, Toronto

Paperback Nobodies No More

Dec.10, 2010 | Freedom Clothing Collective, Toronto

Wilfred Wong/Gillian Goerz

June 7, 2010 | Freedom Clothing Collective, Toronto

Show & Tell  - OCAD Plus Grad Show 2010

May, 2010 | Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto

OCAD Retro Show

April 8, 2010 | Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto

Creative Type 2

March, 2010 | 52 McCaul Gallery, Toronto