EDUCATION 

2006 – 2008 MFA-Interdisciplinary, Visual Arts (Studio) and Critical Theory

(All coursework completed, Thesis defense September 2008, current GPA: Excellent Standing)

University of British Columbia – Okanagan, Kelowna, BC

1983     B.F.A., Visual Arts, University of Regina

·     Graduated with Distinction

1982       B.A., History, University of Regina

 

 

2000    Diploma, Arts Management & Administration, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta

 

ACADEMIC COMMITTEES

2008    Dean’s Graduate Advisory Committee Member/Graduate Student Council, UBCO

         Faculty Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) Graduate Representative, UBCO, Curriculum

 

RELATED EDUCATION:

·     2008  UBCO Ethics Workshop

·     2007  WHMIS Safety Certificate

·     2000  Arts Administration, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta

·     2000  E-Commerce, OUC/DVA workshop

·     1999  Internet Training, Web site design

·     1998, 1993  Board Training, Organizational Assessment

·     1998  Web-site Marketing, BC Museums Association

·     1988  Macintosh SE Word processing

·     1987  Desktop Publishing, Pagemaker

·     1986  Insurance and appraisals, Sask. Museums Association

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND COLLOQUIUMS

 

2008    March 14-16, A Necessary Violence: Deconstructing Ann Hamilton's tropos, Critical and Creative Graduate Student Conference in Communication and Culture, Negotiating the Liminal: Moving Between and Beyond Boundaries, Barriers and Borderlands, joint conference between York University and Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.

 

March 13-14, Guest Speaker, Compilation of 3 Video art pieces, entitled (mis)Remembrances: Two Girls, Efficiency Apartment and Heart Lake at the 3rd Annual Graduate Conference, Memory as Medium: Experience, Exchange, Representation at Carleton University, Ottawa,ON.

 

March 5, REDUX: Ghostly Familiarities in Marina Abramovic's Seven Easy Pieces: Re-performing Performance Art at Performa '05, Cultural Hauntings Conference, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC.

 

March 11, Surfin' Grrrl: Riding the Wave and Navigating the F-word in the 21st Century, Research Week, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC.

 

2007    January, A Necessary Violence: Deconstructing Ann Hamilton’s tropos, History’s Fictions Graduate Conference, UBC-O, Kelowna, BC

March, Research Week, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, UBC-O, Kelowna, BC

 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2006-08 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, BC

ARTH 131 Art History, 17th Century – Late 19th  Century

ARTH 141 Contemporary Art History, 20th & 21st Century

 

2007    Collaborative Project NAPA NORTH, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC

Preliminary research for Napa North project in collaboration with lead artist Henry Tsang, and Susan Bizecki. The project focused on tourism development in the Okanagan Valley as a whole, particularly in relation to the wine industry, agri-tourism, First Peoples involvement, commercial developers, government participation and initiatives, etc.

 

2007      SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Drawing 1: VISA 121     Fall 2007 Session

 

2007      SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

VISA 101 2-D Foundation 1            Summer and Fall sessions

 

2003-2006 Fugitive Gallery     Owner/operator

 

2005-06 MJO Communications

 

2005 INSTRUCTOR, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC (formerly University College of the Cariboo)

INTRODUCTION TO Oil Painting VISA 185

 

2004 INSTRUCTOR, University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC (Currently Thompson Rivers University)

INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS 172

INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS 182

 

1989 – 2001 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CURATOR, Vernon Public Art Gallery Society

 

1996          Juror, BC Festival of the Arts, Princeton, B.C.

 

1998           Juror, BC Festival of the Arts, Sorrento, B.C.

 

1987 – 1989 Curatorial Assistant/Registrar, Dunlop Art Gallery           Regina, Saskatchewan

 

1986-1987 Resource Librarian Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Saskatchewan

 

1982 Research Assistant, Saskatchewan Archives, Regina, Sask.

 

1985 – 86     PAINTING INSTRUCTOR, University of Regina, Extension Department

 

1984 – 85     RESIDENT ARTIST/INSTRUCTOR, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, Regina, Sask.

 

1980 – 83 Ceramics Student Assistant, University of Regina, Regina, Sask.

 

EXHIBITIONS

2008               (forthcoming) Counterv(e)il: Truth, Apostasy and the Anxious Object,

                  MFA candidate graduating thesis exhibition, FINA Gallery, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC

                  Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC (2 part exhibition)

 

                  (mis)Remembrances: Two Girls, Efficiency Apartment and Heart Lake

March, Compilation of 3 Video art pieces, 3rd Annual Graduate Conference, Memory as Medium: Experience, Exchange, Representation, Carleton University, Ottawa,ON.

 

2007            Thompson Rivers University Short Film & Video Festival, October, Kamloops, BC

 

VOX/VOCE & Residual Museum, January, Video Installation, UBC-O FINA Gallery,

University of British Columbia, Kelowna, B.C.

 

2006            WILD WESTERN NARRATIVE, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, B.C.

WILD WESTERN NARRATIVE, The Old School House Gallery, Qualicum, B.C.

 

2004-2006      ESCAPE ARTISTS, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                           MOST WANTED, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                  WINTER BLUES, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

AVANTE GARDENING SHOW, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                  VENUS RISING, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                  THE NEXT SHOW, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                  SOMETHING FISHY, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                  SHIFT, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

                           FUGITIVES, Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

 

2001–Present/Ongoing ~ Work Carried by the ART ARK, Kelowna, BC

 

2004            WINE AND ROSES, Okanagan Wine Festival, Prospera Place, Kelowna, BC

 

2003            NOW YOU SEE US, Inaugural exhibition of Fugitive Gallery, Vernon, BC

 

2002            Canadian Naturally Gallery, Lake Louise

 

2001            Uniquely BC Juried Marketplace, Vancouver Gift Show

 

1999            smallMATTERS  Member’s Exhibition of Miniature Art

Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

 

1992, 2001, 2003        Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Vernon Art Gallery, Donating artist

 

1988            Saskatchewan Open

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Greg Curnoe, Juror

                 

                  Exchanges

Hamilton Artists Inc. Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

Curator: Joan McNeil

 

1987            Neutral Ground Exchange Exhibition

Articule Gallery, Montreal, Quebec

                          

                  Groundwork, Juried Exhibition

Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

         Neutral Ground Benefit Exhibition

Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

1986            Passages (solo exhibition)

Joe Moran Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Erica Grimm-Vance, Curator

 

1985            Alternating Currents

Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

         Urban Landscapes

Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

1984            Prints & Drawings

Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society, Regina, Sask.

 

         Urban Landscapes

Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

1983            BFA Graduating  Exhibition (solo exhibit)

Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Studio PMC, Winter 2002 issue, Feature article of recent work (American publication)

Grain Magazine: Literary and Visual Arts

Spring 1989 issue, Regina, Saskatchewan

 

SELECTED Curatorial Publications

q   Leonhard Epp (Ceramics/Sculpture)

q   Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante (Architectural Ceramics)

q   Bob Kingsmill (Ceramics/Murals)

q   Axel Ebring (Historical Potter)

q   Mike & Anne Young (Ceramics, murals)

q   Gisele Amantea (Installation)

q   Lorne Beug (Murals, sculpture, installation)

q   Ted Godwin (painting)

q   Roy Kiyooka (painting)

q   Rudolfo Morales (painting)

q   Romare Bearden (painting)

q   Anne Kipling (Drawing, painting)

q   Rhonda Neufeld (printmaking, installation)

q   Bryan Ryley (painting)

q   Toni Onley (painting)

 

SELECTED LECTURES

1989 – 2001 In association with the Vernon Public Art Gallery

2000    Vernon Rotary Club Guest Speaker

1999    Kalamalka Rotary Club Guest Speaker   

1997    Vernon Rotary Club Guest Speaker

1995    Vernon Rotary Club Guest Speaker

Kalamalka Rotary Club Guest Speaker

Knights of Pythias Guest Speaker, Kinsmen Guest Speaker

1993    University Women’s Group Lecture Series:

An Overview of the Development of Contemporary Art

1993    Salmon Arm Art Gallery: Developing a public art gallery in your community

1992    Board Development Workshop: Salmon Arm Gallery

1990    Silver Star Rotary Club Guest Speaker

1990      Alternator Gallery Artist Run Centre: Developing an Artist-run Centre

 

AWARDS/COMMISSIONS

         2007 – 08       Graduate Fellowship, UBC-Okanagan

2006 – 07       Graduate Fellowship, UBC-Okanagan

1992             Festival of the Arts, Program/Catalogue Design

1986             City of Regina Visitors Awards, series of 8 paintings

COLLECTIONS

·     NCR Canada/Sperry Rand corporation

·     City of Regina

·     University of Regina

·     Dr. Keith Anstead, Regina, Sask.

·     Dr. Morris Schumiatcher, Regina, Sask.

·     Numerous private collections, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia

 

Current COMMERCIAL VENUES:

The Art Ark, Kelowna, B.C.

 

PUBLIC SERVICE    

·     1999 – 2002  Board of Directors, Downtown Vernon Association

·     1999 – 2002  Board of Directors, Vernon Tourism

·     1995 – 1998  Volunteer consultant, with Stephen Thorne, Okanagan Cultural Corridor Initiative

·     1999 – 2001  Board of Directors, BC Museums Association

·     1992 – 1995  Board of Directors, Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society

·     1992              Board of Directors, BC Festival of the Arts, Vernon

·     1982 – 1989  Board of Directors, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre

·     Programming Committee, NGARC

·     1982 – 1983  Vice-President, Visual Arts Student Society

·     1981 – 1982  President, Visual Arts Student Society

 

Memberships (Current and Past)    

·     Association of Cultural Executives

·     Canadian Art Museum Director’s Organization CAMDO

·     British Columbia Museums Association

·     Downtown Vernon Association

·     Canadian Museums Association

·     Greater Vernon Chambre of Commerce

·     Vernon Women in Business

·     Vernon & District Performing Arts Association

·     Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Honorary Lifetime Member

·     The Alternator Gallery, Artist Run Centre, Kelowna, BC