VISUAL ART & FILM EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design                                  BFA

Alberta College of Art & Design                                       Foundation Year

Douglas College                                                               Part-time

GALLERY/AGENT REPRESENTATION:

          Raw Canvas:  Matthew Kliewer

    1046 Hamilton St Vancouver BC v6b 2r9

    Email: matthew@raw-canvas.com

          Website: http://rawcanvas.com

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:

        2012                                          Balancing Act, Silver Lining & Landscapes, Gallery Gachet

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:        

        2012                                          "Family Px:" Solo Exhibition at Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver BC    

        2010                                          Not My Love(r), Interurban Gallery, Vancouver BC

                                                           Not My Love (r)/buildings, Rhizome, Vancouver BC

                                                          Not My Love (r)/fruit, Rhizome, Vancouver BC

         2009                                         Spoilage, Gallery Gachet, Oct. 9th to Nov 1st

         2007                                          Engaging Disability, Victoria                                               

                                                          Womanly Exhibition, Heaventree Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                                                          Images of Woman, Womyns’ Ware, Vancouver

                                                          A Collection of Female Nudes, Vancouver BC

                                                          Compilation, Vancouver BC  

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:    

        2009                                           Transgressions, Britannia Art Gallery, Oct. 7th to Oct 30th

        2006                                           Compilation, Heaventree Gallery  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:                

        2012                                          The "F" Word, Curated Group Exhibition at Leighdon Art Square, Port Coquitlam

        2011                                          Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC

                                                          Women's Winter Faire, Vancouver, BC

                                                           The Retro Show & Retro Prices 2011, Vancouver, BC

                                                          Firehall Arts Centre , Vancouver BC April 12

       2010                                           Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver BC  

                                                           Downsized, Vancouver BC  

                                                           The Retro Show @ Retro Prices, Vancouver BC

                                                           PNE’s Home Improvement Exhibition Building, Vanc BC

                                                            EcoMadness, Vancouver BC

                                                            Hollyburn Country Club, W. Vancouver, BC

                                                            Rhizome Community Space, Vancouver BC (first show)

                                                            One World Art Show & Haiti Fundraiser, Van BC

                                                            A Collective Response, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver BC

                                                             Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vancouver BC

                                                            Winter Market, Vancouver BC                                   

        2009                                            The Salon at the Crawl, ECC Chapel Arts, Vancouver BC

                                                            Out of Space, Vancouver

                                                            Mad Pride, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver

       2008                                             Amnesty International, 60th Anniversary, Vancouver                                  

                                                            Eastside Culture Crawl

                                                            ReVision, Vancouver       

                                                            The Jem Gallery, Vancouver                                           

                                                            The Drift, Vancouver                                           

                                                           15th Anniversary Show, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver      

       2007                                             Armstrong Gallery/Lookout, Vancouver                                 

                                                            Eastside Culture Crawl       

       2006                                             The Muse, Heaventree Gallery, Vancouver

       2005                                             The Grind Gallery, Vancouver                                      

                                                            In the Hood, The Flower Factory, Vancouver

                                                            Eastside Culture Crawl

                                                            The Drift Opening Gala, Vancouver

       2003                                             Extraordinary Lives:Extraordinary Art, KickstART Vancouver

       2001                                             Outside the Lines, KickstART  Vancouver                              

                                                            Yada Gallery, Vancouver       

                                                            VizAbilities Vancouver       

       2000                                             New Thrills, Illicit Delights, ECIAD Vancouver

                                                            Common Elements: Celebrating Diversity by Exploring

                                                            Commonalties, Pride In Art, Vancouver

                                                            Three Singin’ in the Tree,  Artist Tree Studios, N. Vancouver

CURATOR:

      Co-curator, Kickstart  2012 through Society for Disability Arts & Culture

      Curator, An EastVan Identity, Preview show for Eastside Culture Crawl 2011 @ The Cultch, Vancouver, BC

      Curator for Drawn, Draw, Drawing part of the Drawn Festival 2010 through Gallery Gachet.  Aug 2-9th, 2010

      Co-Curator for Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture Exhibition entitled HEROS during the Paralympics ( March ’10). 

      Produced and Curated The Muse, an evening of women’s work including painting, sculpture, written word, music, and  at      

              ECIAD (now ECU)

      Part of group that curated Raw for the SEARCH grad program #43.  

INSTRUCTOR/FACILITATOR:  

      Artist Talk, Britannia Art Gallery, 2012

      Presenter, The Healing Value of Art Panel, Canadian Psychiatric Association’sConference, Van, BC, Oct 2011

      Demo, Burnaby Arts Guild, Nov 2010

Drawing for the Mature Adult, Jan/Mar 2011, April/Jun 2010, Jan/Mar 2010, May/June 09, April/Jun 11, Oct/Nov 11

      Knowing The Muse.  Facilitated this discussion on creativity in conjunction with Not My Love(r) exhibition at Rhizome April 2010

      Moderator & Speaker.  Grandparents Raising Grandkids in conjunction with Spoilage: Speaking Up for Children of Drug Addicts 

                          Art Exhibit, Gallery Gachet, Oct 2009.

      Drawing Summer 2007 to March 2009 as volunteer, (ongoing weekly drop-in drawing class for the DTES) Gallery Gachet

Expressive Arts Group, September 2007 to present as volunteer, (ongoing group) West Coast Mental Health Network in

                    collaboration with the Richmond Mental Health Team

Speaking of Art, developed and facilitated this monthly discussion group for artists and non-artists alike on art held at Rhizome 

What is Appropriate About Appropriation? organized this day-long workshop along with Artists Legal Outreach and CARFAC

Art & Healing Nov 2007, (workshop) Engaging Disability, University of Victoria, Victoria,

Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Jan 02, (class 10 weeks) Vancouver Parks & Recreation & FCC

Introductory Drawing, Spring, 02, (class 10 weeks) False Creek Community Centre

Introductory Drawing, Summer 02, (class 10 weeks) False Creek Community Centre

Survival Kit for Aspiring Visual Artists Aug 01, (workshop) KickstART! Festival, Vancouver

Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Nov 01, (class 10 weeks) Vancouver Parks & Recreation & FCC

Upcoming/Ongoing:

Painting BootCamp, Jan 12, Vancouver

Drawing for the Mature Adult, Feb/Mar 12, Vancouver

PUBLICATIONS (related to visual arts):

          "Circles"                                      Illustrations for book Circles published June 2010

          "Gord"                                         Preview Magazine, June/July/August 2010

          "Multiplicity"                                The Ear Arts Journal, Dec, 2009

"Mommy and Me Kits"                Heart of the City Festival, Nov, 2009

"Gramps, Raven & I"                   Vancouver Sun, Nov, 2009

"Nana & The Kali Alley Kitty"      Illustrations for book by same name published Oct, 2009

"Dirty Laundry"                            Vancouver Sun, Nov. 2008

"Clown"                                      KCC Newspaper, April 2005

“Dualities”                                   Art Smarts: Inspiration and Ideas for Canadian  Artists with Disabilities, Society for

                                                         Disability Arts & Culture 2002.  

“Theresa”                                    Westender Cover Page, Aug 9-15/2001

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