Shows + Workshops

Current & Upcoming

• May - June — Colborne Street Gallery — Fenelon Falls, ON

  Solo exhibition — Cast-off: botanical casts of overlooked species

  Show Opening Artist Talk & Demo Saturday May 2 in Fenelon Falls

• Workshops at Tranquility Trails Farm — Pickering, ON

  • Saturday July 18, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Botanical Casting

  • Saturday Aug 8, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Lavender Wreaths

  • More 2026 workshop dates to be announced soon…

    See Tranquility Trails Farm website for full workshop descriptions and pricing

Selected Past Shows & Exhibitions

• 2026 FRESH 2026 — ARTWRK/ — Canadian Online Gallery

• 2025-26 Rare Form: Juried Exhibition (Juried, group) — Station Gallery — Whitby, ON

• 2025 Spring Fine Art Show (Juried, group) — Arts on the Credit — Mississauga, ON

• 2024 The Maker’s Hand (Juried, group) — Prince Edward County Arts Council — Wellington, ON

• 2024 Soft and Wild (solo) — Colborne Street Gallery — Fenelon Falls, ON

• 2024 Annual Juried Show — Scugog Arts — Port Perry, ON

• 2024 Pelham Art Festival — Pelham / Niagara Region, ON

• 2024 The Art of Sustainability: Juried Exhibition (Honourable Mention) — Ontario Tech University — Oshawa, ON

• 2023-24 Life’s Moods: Juried Exhibition — Station Gallery — Whitby, ON

• 2023 Beyond Craft: Juried Show — Latcham Art Centre — Stouffville, ON

• 2023 Flora & Fauna: We’re All Connected (duo) — Ontario Shores Gallery — Whitby, ON

• 2023 Art in the Garden — Glass Eagle Studios & Creative Garden Centre — Minden, ON

• 2023 Juried Exhibition — Latcham Art Centre — Stouffville, ON

• 2022 Wrap It Up — Haliburton School of Art + Design — Haliburton, ON

• 2015 Juried Photography Exhibition — Pine Ridge Arts Council - Ajax, ON

• 2015 Near & Far — Forest Brook Community Gallery — Ajax, ON

• 2014 RMG Exposed Photography Exhibition (Top 10 Finalist) — Robert McLaughlin Gallery — Oshawa, ON

Selected Past Workshops & Artists Talks

• 2025-2026 Creative Arts Workshops — Tranquility Trails Farm — Pickering, ON

• 2023 Juried Exhibition — Latcham Art Centre — Stouffville, ON

• 2021 Cripping the Story (funded by Ontario Arts Council) — StoryCentre Canada — Toronto, ON

• 2017 Advancing Global Health Using the Arts and Media — Student Global Health Forum — Brock University — St. Catharine’s, ON

• 2006-08 I WAS HERE: Photo Blogging Project / Hand-held: Health and Homelessness (funded by National Film Board of Canada) — NFB, Toronto Public Health, St. Michael’s Hospital — Toronto, ON

Selected Publications

• 2023 Fortin R. A Work In Progress — PineRidge Arts Council — ArtScene — September/October Issue (page 10)

• 2023 Fortin R. Drawing & Painting Botanicals: Connecting Creatively with Nature — The Lion’s Tooth — March Issue

• 2014 - Fortin R, et al. I WAS HERE: Young Mothers who have Experienced Homelessness use Photovoice — Global Health Promotion

Gallery Representation + Collections

• Colborne Street Gallery

• Preston Gallery

• Tranquility Trails Farm

Private and corporate collections in Canada, United States and Europe

read more — CV.