EDUCATION

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2004 | Master of Arts – Creative Writing/English Literature | Concordia University | Montreal, PQ

1998 | Bachelor of Arts – Cultural Studies/English Literature | Trent University | Peterborough ON

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PUBLICATIONS

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2024 | Elbow Room, Paulie Amoré, Polyamory, Wish You Were Here, FLORIDA

2023 | How to Survive Falling off a Balcony, The Keeping House: An Elegy, Coming Over for Coffee, Pants to Fuck & Die In, Laugh Track for Dying, No One Ever Told Me Anything, In the Tea Room/In the Keeping Room, The Metaphysics of Harriet Kitchen & Other Scenes, The Nevermind House: A Cautionary Tale, Dishes: A Cautionary Tale, Lu, The Shoe Tree, There’s a Time, Frankly P., Fish + Moon, The Farmhouse, You’re an Animal​

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SHORT FILMS​

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2024 | Keys, The Teenage Bear, Quintessential Croissant, Typecast, Reels of Reinvention, Gorilla Sue

2023 | Frankie Cracker Slacks, Park Bench, Bathtub, Polyamory, Maisie's Place, Aunty Danny Panties, Crêpes, Can-Can, Carnival, Suburbia, Dinner Party, Graphite Spider

2022 | The Playwright, 1991, The Metaphysics of Harriet Kitchen

2021—2024 | The Lucci Collection

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EXHIBITIONS

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2026 | Rock Paper Scissors | PS Guelph + The Art Gallery of Guelph | Guelph, ON
2025 | The Word on The Street | Toronto, ON

2025 | Eden Mills Writers’ Fest | Eden Mills, ON

2025 | Collective Year Off Pop-up | Red Brick Café | Guelph, ON

2024 | J.Lorito + Collective Year Off Pop-up | Rural Commons | Erin, ON

2023 | PUNK | Rural Commons | Erin, ON

2020 | In the Clouds | Farmhouse Gallery | Halton Hills, ON

2019 | Art Room | Noodle Gallery |Alton, ON

2017 | Fly Me to The Moon | Noodle Gallery | Alton, ON

2016 | Powerhouse | Farmhouse Gallery | Halton Hills, ON

2016 | Storybook Houses | Red Door Gallery | Georgetown, ON

2015 | Supercrawl | Hamilton, ON

2015 | Autumn Exhibition | Noodle Gallery | Alton, ON

2013 | Hello, Sunshine | UofT Faculty Club | Toronto, ON

2012 | Creative Spark | Guelph, ON

2012 | Stitch ‘n’ Kitsch | Kitchener, ON

2012 | I.art.the Sandbox | The Sandbox | Toronto, ON

2011 | Hey, Hey Mama | Farmhouse Gallery | Halton Hills, ON

2010 | An Odd & Fanciful Notion | Farmhouse Gallery | Halton Hills, ON

2008 | Black and White Show | Main Street Inn Gallery | Georgetown, ON

2008 | Intervention | J. Lorito Gallery | Glen Williams, ON

2007 | Still, Works by J. Lorito and E. Moran | J. Lorito Gallery | Glen Williams, ON

2007 | Studio Tour | Artisan’s Gallery | Milton, ON

2007 | Garter | Halton Hills Arts week | Glen Williams, ON

2006 | Seen | Junction Arts Festival Juried Show | Toronto, ON

2006 | Artists Among Us | The Gallery | Georgetown, ON

2006 | Contemporary Works in Water Media | Streetsville Gallery | Streetsville, ON

2006 | Collective Works by Jeannette Lorito and Stephanie Fielding | Cucina | Toronto, ON

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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2026 -- 2005 | Writer | J. Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2026 -- 2005 | Painter | J. Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2026 -- 2005 | Photographer | J.Lorito | Halton Hills,  Ontario

2026 -- 2005 | Designer | J.Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2026 -- 2005 | Filmmaker/Director |J.Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2024 -- 2003 | Editor | J. Lorito | Halton Hills, ON

2023 -- 1989 | Illustrator | J. Lorito | Canada

2021 -- 2014 | Campaign Director | Go Rocco | Online

2021 -- 2010 | Online Gallery Operator | J.Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2020 -- 2010 | Gallery Curator/Art Agent | J.Lorito | Halton Hills, Ontario

2019 -- 2005 | Consignment Artist | Halton Hills, Ontario

2013 -- 2005 | Co-creator Jelee Cards | Ontario

2008 -- 2005 | Artist/Curator | Lorito Gallery | Glen Williams, ON

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ARTIST TALK + SPEAKER

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2017 | Speaker | Fertile Future: An Evening of Hope | Hart House, Toronto, ON

2015 | Promotor/Educator | Canada am Live TV

2015 | Speaker | Fertile Future: An Evening of Hope | Brickworks, Toronto, ON

2014 | Promotor/Educator | The Mott’s Radio Show

 

GRANTS

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2006 | Ontario Arts Council | Arts Education Project: Raise an Artist – helping us all see differently | Halton Hills + Regent Park

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TEACHING

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2026 -- 2006 | Founder + Director + Arts Educator |The Raise-an-Artist Project | Halton Hills, ON
2026 -- 2020 | Private Arts Educator | Halton Hills, ON

2026 – 1991 | Private Writing Instructor | Ontario

2020 -- 2018 | Co-Founder + Arts Educator | Raise-a-Lifelong-Learner | Halton Hills, ON

2012 | Photovoice Workshop Facilitator | Leogane, Haiti

2012 -- 2010 | Creative Writing Instructor | Brisbane Public School | Erin, ON

2005 | English Professor | National Penghu Institute of Technology | Penghu, Taiwan

2004 | Journalism Workshop Instructor | King’s College | Halifax, NS

2003 -- 2002 | Art Therapy Instructor| La Salle Elementary School | Montreal, Quebec

2003 – 1993 | Art Program Director | Marygrove Camp | Penetanguishene, ON

2001 – 2000 | Photography Instructor| St. Paul School | Toronto, ON