Curriculum Vitae __________________________________________________________________________________
Education
1993 MFA (Printmaking; Drawing Minor), Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1988 BFA (Art; Painting), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1985 Diploma of Art and Design, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Awards / Scholarships
2006 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2003 Art Ventures Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Innovation Fund, President's Office, University of Manitoba
1997 Visual Arts “A” Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
Travel Grant, College Art Association
Short Term Project Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
1986 Alberta Culture Study Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Recidivism, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
2003 Recidivism, Manitoba Printmakers Society, Winnipeg, MB
Diario, St. John’s College, Winnipeg, MB
2000 Olio, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB
Passages, National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, SK
1998 Exalt Fax & Other Techno Sirens, ACE Art, Winnipeg, MB
1997 Mystery Bruises, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
Bruises, Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND
1995 Ten Gallon Hat, Window Project, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
1994 "It was a Difficult Decision ...", The Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB (Catalogue)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Is it Baroque?, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2006 Mediated, Clarion University Gallery, Clarion, Pennsylvania
2004 Resident Printmakers, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2002 Manitoba Printmakers in China, Xian, China
Off-Site, P.K. Gallery, Cooperstown, ND
Crossed Borders, Reineke Gallery, Fargo, ND
2001 Willagio, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1996 Canadian Portfolio 96, Southern Graphics Council, West Virginia & Windsor, ONT
1995 Rootin Tootin Roundup!, The Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery II, WSU, Pullman, WA
Northwest Juried Art '92, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Wa. (Catalogue)
Northwest Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Art Centre, WA
1991 Pracownia, Galeria Po (10 Canadian Artists), Galerii Biblioteki Wojewodzkic, Zielona Gora, Poland
Visual Language Unbound: Young Artists' Drawings Canada/Poland, The Works Festival, Edmonton
Some New Alberta Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Alberta Printmakers Society, The Works Festival, Edmonton, AB
Visiting Artist Presentations/ Workshops/ Residencies
Universidad Anáhuac del Sur, Mexico City 1998
Pracownia, Galeria "Po", Zielona Gora, Poland 1991
Poznan Academy of Art, Poznan, Poland 1991
Panel Session Chair, College Art Association, Toronto, ONT 1998
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1993
Minot State University, Minot, ND 2000/1997/1996
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC 2000
Langara College, Vancouver, BC 2005
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2002
Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB 2002
National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, SK 2000
Mentoring Artists for Womens Art, Winnipeg, MB 2002/1998
Arts West Summer Art Program, MB 2002 - 2004
Printmaking Residency, Hannaher's Inc. Print Studio, Fargo, ND 2004
Printmaking Residency, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB 2006
Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB 1997
Professional Associations & Activities
Board of Governors & Works of Art Acquisition Committee, Winnipeg Art Gallery 2001 - 2003
Board of Directors: Stride Gallery 1989 - 1995
Core Collective: ACE Art 1996- 1999, Vice President 1998
Co-Organizer, MPA PanAm Print Exhibition 1999
Mentor, Foundation Advisory Program, MAWA 2002-2003
Mentor, Distance Mentorship Program, National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, SK 1999-2000
Curator, “Numbered Company; Print-based Works From Alberta”, Gallery 111, Winnipeg, MB 1996
Juror: Manitoba Arts Council B Grant 1997
Juror: Arts West Annual Exhibition 2002 - 2003
Juror: Manitoba Arts Council 2005
Teaching
2004 - present Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
1995 - 2003 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, AB
Summer 1999 The University of Lethbridge, AB
Summer 1996 The University of Calgary, AB
Summer 1995 Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
Summer 1993 The University of Calgary, AB
1991 - 1993 Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Other Employment in the Arts
1993 - 1995 Graphic Design, Calgary, AB
1995 Interim Administrator, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
1993 - 1994 Co-Facilitator, Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB
1989 - 1991 Director, The Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
1988 - 1989 Assistant Director, Kensington/Paperworks Galleries, Calgary, AB
1988 Curatorial Assistant, The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1983 - 1986 Art Slide Librarian and Curatorial Assistant, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Selected Bibliography
Armstrong, Gwen "Recidivism", Stride Gallery Brochure, September 2004
Barham, S. “Fresh Evidence of Liveliness”, Winnipeg Free Press, Jan. 9, 1999
Gogarty, Amy “Medusa Gets a Laugh: Theorizing Feminists Humour in Contemporary Canadian Art”, excerpted in Inversions, MAWA, 2002
Karlinsky, Amy "Printmaking stages a comeback on Martha Street", Winnipeg Free Press, Oct. 9, 2003
Kowslovski, Votek Pracownia, Galeria “Po”, Zielona Gora, Poland, 1991.
Ouellet, Shelley “It was a Difficult Decision...”, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 1994 (essays by S. Ouellet, J. Will and M. Zarowny).
Turner, Susan Critical Distance, Ace Art, April, 1998.
Collections
• Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Manitoba Heritage and Culture
• St. John’s College, University of Manitoba
• University of Winnipeg
• Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
• Air Canada
• Videon Communications Ltd., Winnipeg & Edmonton
• Grey Advertising, Mexico City
• Private Collections in Canada, U.S.A. & Mexico
