GIOVANNINA COLALILLO
Jo-van-knee-nah Co-lah-lee-low

Illustrator • Artist • Designer

 
 

Giovannina Colalillo, is a Toronto-born artist and Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) graduate. She developed a unique painting style with Caran d'Ache’s Neocolor II Aquarelle water-soluble wax pastels to produce truly remarkable results with vivid colours, energetic fluid styles, and dynamic concepts.  For her quick, fresh line style, she utilizes an ink dry brush technique overlaid with splashes of colour washes. She continually combines and experiments with traditional and digital mediums.

Sharing her enthusiasm and passion for art through programmes and workshops provides her with the opportunity to give back to the art community. Especially rewarding is the Arts Infused Learning approach to learning, helping students engage with the school curriculum by communicating their understanding through visual art.

Her award-winning images have been featured worldwide in a variety of commissions.  Editorial publications, include; Cosmopolitan Magazine, Forbes Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.  In book publishing, some of the books she has illustrated are; Heads or Tails? by Rigby Books, Smoke! by Cengage and Teach Me Torah by Behrman House. In addition, she has produced advertisements and promotions for Ameritech, Kellogg’s, Manulife Financial, Mobil Exxon Oil, and Visa, among others.

Please view the Partial Client List for more.

Giovannina relishes each project as a journey into an intriguing new adventure to create vivid, dynamic, expressive art. 

Art Instruction

Arts Infused Learning (AIL), Arts Smarts Program, Durham District School Board: Creativity Conference,

Artist-in-Residence, King Library

East York Board of Education

King Museum Heritage & Cultural Centre

Montessori Country School

Parks & Recreation: Etobicoke, King, Mississauga

North York Board of Education: Summer Studio

Ontario Arts Council: Arts in Education Program

Schomberg School of Art

Toronto District School Board

York Regional District School Board

York University: ArtsStarts Program

Art Exhibits | Awards

UNITY IN DIVERSITY EXHIBIT,  Museum of Dufferin, Mulmur, ON, June 11- August 13, 2022
Presented by Dufferin County Multicultural Foundation

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EXHIBIT, King City, ON, March 5 to April 16, 2022
Presented by King Heritage & Cultural Centre

THE GRACKLE, Schomberg, ON, 2010-present, 
Various artwork exhibiting ongoing

DOUBLE VISION EXHIBIT, PAPERMILL THEATRE & GALLERY, Toronto, ON, May 2019
1st place winner popular vote & 2nd place juried vote
Presented by CAPIC - Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

RED BULL ARTS GALLERY, Detroit, MI, USA, June 2018
Presented by Illustration ICON 10

DOUBLE VISION EXHIBIT, PAPERMILL THEATRE & GALLERY, Toronto, ON, May 2018
1st place winner popular vote & 2nd place juried vote
Presented by CAPIC - Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

DOUBLE VISION EXHIBIT, PAPERMILL THEATRE & GALLERY, Toronto, May 2016
1st place winner popular vote
Presented by CAPIC - Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

DOUBLE VISION EXHIBIT, ARTA GALLERY, Toronto, ON, May 2015
1st place winner.
Presented by CAPIC - Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

ARTS INFUSED LEARNING/ARTSSMARTS/AIR/ at DDSB Education Centre Atrium, Durham, ON, 2007, 2013, 2014 
Presented by Durham District School Board, Ontario Arts Council

CULTURE DAYS "Take the Drawing Challenge!" KING MUSEUM, King City, ON, 2013 
Presented by Culture Days Program

ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL, ARTISTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, various schools southern Ontario, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016

ART-IN-THE-LIBRARY / ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, Schomberg, ON, 2010 
Presented by King Township Library, King Public Library, funded by, The Leonard and Gabryela Osin Foundation

WHODUNIT? OCADU MYSTERY ART AUCTION & SALE, OCADU Toronto, ON, 2008, 2009, 2010 
Presented by OCADU

SCHOMBERG SCHOOL OF ART, A Main Street Christmas, Schomberg, ON, 2006, 2007, 2008
Presented by Schomberg School of Art

CREATIVESHAKE AWARDS, USA
Gold Award for Corporate Illustration, 2006
Corporate Illustration, 2006
Editorial Illustration Series 2006
Corporate Illustration, 2007
Corporate Illustration, 2008
Editorial Illustration, 2008

ITALIAN MOLISE ART EXHIBIT & LECTURE PRESENTATION, Villa Columbo, Toronto, ON, 2007 
Presented in honour of Italy’s Molise Regione Presidente (Premier) Michele Iorio

AIGA ARIZONA ART AUCTION, Arizona, USA, 2006 
Proceeds to Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center’s new Campus for Exceptional Children, and AIGA Arizona’s student and professional programming. Presented by the AIGA

ILLUSTRATION FAIR, Rogers Communications, Toronto, ON, 2006 
Presented by Rogers Publishing

A QUESTION OF TRUTH, THREADS OF TRUTH II, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, ON, 1997
Presented by the Ontario Science Centre

ARTSTARTS, York University-Fine Arts building, Toronto, ON, 1997 
Presented by ArtStarts Program and York University

CAPIC EXHIBIT, CITY-TV STUDIOS, Toronto, ON, 1995 
Presented by CAPIC Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications

CAPIC EXHIBITS, at various galleries, Toronto, ON, 1993, 1994
Presented by CAPIC Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications

EDUCATION WEEK EXHIBITION, Creative Artist in School, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto ON, Spring 1994 
Presented by North York Board of Education

KENNETH R. WILSON AWARDS, Silver Award, Canada, 1992
Modern Purchasing Magazine, Rogers Publishing/Maclean Hunter

YONGE EGLINTON CENTER ART SHOW, Toronto, ON, 1990 
Presented by Canadian Tire Corp

OCADU EXHIBIT & AWARDS, FOUNDATION AWARD 1984, GRAD EX Toronto, ON, 1987,
Presented by Ontario College of Art & Design University

Partial Client List

CORPORATE/ADVERTISING/PROMO
• American Arbitration Association
• AICPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• AMA, American Management Association
• Ameritech
• Anacomp
• Bloorview Children's Hospital
• Bergen Brunswig Corp
• Caixa de Galicia, Spain
• Canadian Tire Corporation
• Children's Aid Society
• Consumers Gas
• Cornell Law School
• DLA Piper, Piper Rudnick LLP
• Ernst & Young
• Fairweather Ltd
• General Motors
• Gillette
• Glade Neutralizer
• Grafton Fraser Apparel
• Guardian Drug Stores
• Children's Aid Society
• Holiday Inn, Intercontinental Hotels
• Jackson Park Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Kellogg’s
• Kos Media
• La Salle Bank
• Lender’s Bagels
• Lipton's
• Manulife Financial
• Milwaukee County Zoo
• Mobil Exxon Oil
• NAPRA National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
• Olympia & York Developers
• Ontario Federation of Labour, International Woman's Day
• Pharma Plus Stores
• Puerto Rican Day Parade
• Randy River
• SC Johnson
• Silk & Satin
• SSCIM, University of California Irvine
• Staples, Business Depot
• Steelcase Chairs
• Suffolk, Virginia Travel
• Sun Trust Bank
• Taco Bell
• Timex
• Title Plus Insurance
• TD Bank (Toronto Dominion Bank)
• Verio
• Villeroy & Boch
• Visa
• VMLY&R, Young & Rubicam

EDITORIAL
• Accident Prevention Magazine, IAPA
• America West Airlines Magazine
• American Woman Magazine
• Arizona Living Magazine
• Benefits Magazine
• BodyWorkings Magazine
• Business Finance Magazine
• Canadian Grocer Magazine
• Canadian Living Magazine
• Canadian Lawyer Magazine
• Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal
• Canadian Printer Magazine
• Canadian Retailer Magazine
• Challenges Magazine
• CIO Magazine
• Cosmopolitan Magazine, NY
• Cosmopolitan Magazine International
• Discount Merchandising Magazine
• eBusiness Journal
• EnRoute Inflight Magazine, Air Canada
• EP&T Magazine
• ETFO Voice Magazine, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario
• Financial Post
• Foodservice & Hospitality Magazine
• Forbes Magazine
• Guardian Goodhealth Guide
• Globe & Mail Newspaper
• Hotellier Magazine
• Info Systems Executive Magazine
• IT for Industry Magazine
• Ivy Business Journal, Western University Business School
• LAWPRO Magazine
• Marketing Magazine
• Modern Purchasing Magazine,
• Medical Post Magazine
• Modern Woman Magazine
• National Magazine
• Nutrition Post
• O.P.S.T.F., NEWS Magazine
• OPUS360 Freeagent.com
• Patient Care Magazine
• Penton Media
• Pharma Plus Magazine
• Pharmacy Business Magazine
• Pharmacy Post Magazine
• Pharmacy Practice Magazine
• Physicians Financial News
• Salon Magazine
• Smart Health Magazine
• Thomson Healthcare Com.
• Today’s School Magazine
• Transcontinental Media
• Tribute Magazine
• Tucson Home Magazine
• USTA MAgazine
• Your Business Magazine
• Your Convenience Manager (YCM) Magazine 
• The Wall Street Journal

PUBLISHERS
• Behrman House Publishing “Teach Me Torah”
• Basstoy International Corporation
• B.C.S. Communications
• Bill Communication
• Canada Law Books
• Cengage Learning “Smoke”
• CCMC Communications
• Custom Communications
• Design Business Printing
• Dovetail Communications
• Duke Communications
• Freeman Communications
• Fulcrum Publications
• GCR Publishing
• Goodman Media Group
• Harcourt Brace
• Hearst Corporation
• Hearst International
• Houghton Mifflin, HMH
• Irwin Publishing
• Keith Communications HealthCare
• Kostuch Publications 
• Lakeview Publications
• Laurentian Publications
• LeapFrog Books
• Llewellyn Worldwide
• Macmillan Comm
• MacFadden Publishing
• Maddden Publishing
• McGraw-Hill 
• McMurry Publishing
• Miller Sports Group
• Nelson Publishing
• Oxford University Press
• Pearson Education
• Peter Li Education Group
• Plesman Communications
• Prentice Hall Publishing
• Rigby Books “Heads or Tails”
• Rogers Media Publishing
• Salon Communications Inc. 
• Simmons Boardman Publishing
• Standard & Poor’s Pub.
• Thomson Healthcare Com.
• Toronto Board of Education, Educational Books
• Wiley & Sons Publishing