Brenda Kim Christiansen
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Website - brendakim.com
Education
MFA Painting, University of Alberta, 2008
BFA Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2004
Diploma, Fine Art Program, Grant MacEwan College, 2002
Selected Exhibitions
2013
groupThe Travellers:Facing North, Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, Edmonton AB
2012
soloThe Premise of Nature, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton AB
soloTwice Removed, Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery, Stony Plain AB
groupThe Travellers:Facing North, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NT
2011
groupArtificial, Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert, AB
groupCode, University of AlbertaMuseums Gallery, Timms Centre, Edmonton AB
groupRecharged, Harcourt Gallery, Edmonton, AB
groupVernissage, Evanescence Gallery and Art Studio, High River, AB
2010
groupStaff Infection, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
groupArtist as Teacher, Teacher as Artist, TD Education Centre Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
groupEarthscapes, Artshab Studio Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2009
soloEmma Lake: Encounters, Lando Gallery, Edmonton AB
groupEdmonton Contemporary Artists Society 17th Annual Ex., Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
groupDiversity, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008
groupEdmonton Contemporary Artists Society 16th Annual Exhibition, Common Sense, Edmonton, AB
groupTwenty:20, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
groupWorse Things Have Happened to Better People, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
soloInaugural Exhibition, Lando Gallery, Edmonton AB
soloResonant Landscape, Graduate Thesis Show, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta,
Edmonton AB
juriedRe-drawing the Line, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2007
trioRoots, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
juriedVisual Thinking, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2006
groupFast Forward, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB
juriedDiversity III, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Exhibitions, cont.’d
2005
juriedHere and Now: Current Drawings, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
soloCat on a Hot Tin Roof, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004
soloPresence, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
soloPresence II, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
juriedNSCAD Emerging Artists, Argyle Fine Arts, Halifax, NS
groupGraduation Exhibition 2004, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
groupAnnual SSFA Exhibition, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003
groupAnnual SSFA Exhibition, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
groupFigure Painting Workshop, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2002
groupTo the Walls, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
groupUnderground Underglass, Graduate Show, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB
Permanent Collections
University of Alberta
Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton AB
City of St. Albert AB
Awards and Grants
2009 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant
2007 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant
2007 - Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award
2007 - GSA Professional Development Grant
2006 - Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship
2006 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant
2006 - Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship
2006 - Alberta Advanced Education Graduate Student Scholarship
2005 - University of Alberta Master’s Scholarship
2003 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant
Related Teaching and Work Experience
2008, current - Lead Artist, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts
2010 -2012 - Contract Instructor, Continuing Education, Grant MacEwan University
2006 – 2011, 2013 - Contract Instructor, University of Alberta, Department of Art & Design
2010 - Mentor/Facilitator, VASA, Visual Arts Studio Association, Critique workshops, St. Albert, Alberta
2007 - 2010 - Art Educator, Art Gallery of Alberta
2008 - Assistant Artist, ESAS, Edmonton Student Art Society, Summer Landscape workshop
2004 - 2005 – Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS: Education, outreach and
membership coordinator
Professional Activities
2009, 2011 - Emma Lake Artists Workshop, Saskatchewan – participant
2011, current - Board of Directors, Visual Arts Alberta Association
2008 - 2010 - Board of Directors, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta
2006 - 2008 - Board of Directors, Visual Arts Alberta Association
2004 - 2005 - Board of Directors, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Presentations
2010 – Unwrap the Research Conference, City-Region Studies Centre. Visual representation:
"Traces," an exhibition of paintings reflecting the changing face of the landscape within
the community of Ft. McMurray
2010 – Visiting Artist, Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, Alberta
2010 – Oil and the Arts, classroom presenter, University of Alberta
Reviews
- Avenue Magazine, January 2010
- Edmonton Journal, November 27, 2009
- SEE Magazine, Edmonton, February 21, 2008. Polaroids in a strange land by Mandy Espezel and Jill Stanton. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
- VUE Weekly, Edmonton, February 14, 2008. Christiansen’s scarred landscapes comfort by Agnieszka Matejko. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
- Edmonton Journal, Arts Section, February 8, 2008. Expanding the Vocabulary of landscape by Gilbert Bouchard. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
- Saint City News, St. Albert AB, August 3, 2007. Getting back to their roots. Review of Roots exhibition at Profiles Gallery.
- Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2006. Cutting-edge art flows from students’ research by Gilbert Bouchard, review of the Fast Forward exhibition at FAB Gallery.
- The Chronicle Herald, Halifax NS. March 13, 2004. A Garden of Delights, article on select NSCAD graduates exhibiting at Argyle Gallery.
Published Works
- Alberta Construction Magazine, Spring 2010. Painting reproduced on cover and inside.
- Redrawing the Line. Exhibition catalogue for the 2007 show at the AGA gallery included reproductions of work and excerpt from artist’s statement.
- EnRoute, Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, August, 2004. Works chosen to accompany award-winning poetry for the feature article, CBC Literary Awards.
- 20th Century Prints. Works from Permanent Collection. Authored the section, Glossary of Print Techniques. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2004
Brenda Kim Christiansen, mfa
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Website - brendakim.com