C'NT Programming - Lissa Robinson
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2005 MFA, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk.
1994 BFA with Distinction, Painting, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Ab.
WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES & RESIDENCIES
2003-4 Re-Thinking Exhibitions, seminar-style course including lectures and 3-day symposium produced by Joan Borsa, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sk
2003 Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: A Symposium on Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Calgary, Ab.
2001 A Thousand Words Exactly: a practical workshop on writing about the visual arts for publication by David Garneau, The New Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
1994 9 week artist-in-residency program, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1994 Karen Finley, Performance Art Workshop, ACAD, Calgary, Ab.
CURATING
2003 Science Boy & the Golden Age, a collaborative exhibition with Paul Robert and M.N. Hutchinson,
Stride Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
2003 Put On (co-curated by Lissa Robinson and Mark Clintberg), Exhibition and Screening of video works by Sadie Benning, Jason Mombert, Alexandre Perigot, Sandy Plotnikoff, Smith & Stewart, Yoko Takashima, a co-production between Stride Gallery and the Art Gallery of Calgary in conjunction with One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Ab
WRITING & PRESENTATIONS
2005 Shifting Perspectives: Panorama, Pleasure and the Spectacle of the New Age, catalogue essay for the exhibition Science Boy & the Golden Age
2004 Smother, essay for Surfacing Journal: Downtown, p. 8-9, Summer 2004, Vol. 25, Issue 2
2004 Performing Elegy, The Art of Rebecca Belmore, paper presented at the 37th Annual Comparative Literature Symposium, Memory & History: Cultural Representations of Displacement & Genocide, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2003 Guest Speaker, ACAD 200 (professional development), lecture on Stride Gallery and the role of artist-run galleries, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Ab.
2001 Glimmer, Harcourt House Gallery, Essay for Suzanne Franks’ exhibition Glimmer, Edmonton, Ab.
Appropriation: Alchemy or Commodity?, Curatorial Statement, The New Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
2001 Visiting Artist (speaker), Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, Ab.
2001 Guest Speaker, ACAD 200 (professional development), panel discussion on Stride Gallery and the role artist-run centres, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Ab.
1999 Visiting Artist, artist talk, Mercer Union, Toronto, On.
RELATED WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
BlackFlash Magazine, Saskatoon, Sk. (2005)
Managing Editor
Visiting Artist Committee, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk. (2003-2005)
Technical Assistant for Lectures; Grant Writing; Scheduling Studio Visits
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk.
Instructor, ART 141.3 Foundations in Sculpture (Fall Session, 2004)
The Stride Gallery, 1004 MacLeod Trail SE, Calgary, Ab.
Gallery Director (2001-2003)
The City of Calgary, Arts Committee, Calgary, Ab.
External Committee Member (2001 - 2003)
Calgary Professional Arts Alliance, Calgary, Ab. (2002 - present)
Secretary
Victoria Park Gardens Project: an artist-in-residency program, Calgary, Ab.
Jury and Committee Member (2000 - 2002)
The Alberta College of Art and Design
Marker – Liberal Studies (2001 – 2003)
Truck Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
Board of Director, Personnel Liaison (1999-2001)
The Alberta College of Art and Design
Various Positions (1998 – 2001):
Clerk, Continuing Education (registration, data entry, payments, mailing)
Cashier, Bookstore (retail sales, inventory, processing student fees)
Clerk, Registrar’s Office (processing student information, filing, mail)
Receptionist, Main Lobby (switchboard, information services, typing, courier)
Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
Gallery Technician/Administrative Support (1998-2000)
The New Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
Board of Directors (1995 – 1998)
Programming Committee (1997-1998)
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005 By Whatever These Pink Things Mean, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, Sk
2002 dreambodies (Suzanne Franks & Lissa Robinson), Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2001 Clotted Bodies & Other Ghostly Matters, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Ab
1999 Ida’s Secrets, Mercer Union, Toronto, On.
1996 Ida’s Secrets, Truck Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
1995 Nest, +15 Window, Performing Arts Centre, Calgary, Ab.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Currency, ArtCity Visual Arts Festival, Visual Arts Society, Calgary, Ab.
2003 Daring Confessions, curated by Alexandra Stratulat, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sk.
The Dress Show, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ
Footnotes, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Traveling Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery, Ab.
2002 Red Shoes, The Estate, Calgary, Ab.
2001 28at69, hosted by Judy Cheung, 20 Brockton, #13, Toronto, On.
2000 Trace, curated by Diana Sherlock for the ArtCity Festival, (IMCA), Calgary, Ab.
REVIEWS & CATALOGUES
2003 Stratulat, Alexandra. Daring Confessions, brochure, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sk.
Beavis, Lynn. Dress, Catalogue produced for The Dress Show, Ellen Gallery, Montreal, PQ
The Ellen Gallery, Programming Brochure, image insert, The Dress Show, Ellen Gallery, Montreal, PQ
Friede, Eva. Velvet Shoes and Steel Dresses, Fashion Notebook, The Gazette, Montreal, PQ, April 20
Redfern, Christine. Looks are everything. Montreal Mirror, May 1 - 7
2002 Preview, The Sackville Tribune Post, September 11
2002 Fenniak, Maureen, Best of 2001, Visual Arts Section, Vue Weekly, January 3 – 9
2001 Sherlock, Diana. Trace, Catalogue produced for the Arts Festival, Calgary, Ab., (still in production)
Fenniak, Maureen. The Girl with the Red Velvet Shoes, Vue Weekly, Edmonton, Mar. 8-14
Bouchard, A. Gilbert. Body & Sole, The Edmonton Journal, February 25
1999 McAffee, Dionne. Mass Hysteria, Essay for brochure, Mercer Union, Toronto, On.
1996 Garneau, David. Resonation Chamber, Essay, Truck Gallery, Calgary, Ab.
Williams, Zoe. One Map Through Ida’s Secrets, Essay, Truck Gallery, Calgary, Ab
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 Professor, Art 141.3 Foundation in Sculpture
2003-05 Guest Instructor for the following classes:
ART 211.6, Painting and Related Work II, for Professor Patrick Traer
ART 211.6, Painting and Related Work II, for Professor Alison Norlen
ART 431.6, Special Studies Painting and Related Work II, for Professor Alison Norlen
ART 112.6, Drawing I Foundation, for Patrick Traer
ART 112.6, Drawing I Foundation, for Alison Norlen
ART 412.6 Drawing and Related Work II, for Patrick Traer
Teaching Assistant, Art 141.3 Foundation in Sculpture
Substitute Instructor for Wayne Giles 3rd & 4th Year MADT students, Alberta College of Art and Design
2002 Guest Juror, Third-year jury critique for Sculpture Department at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Ab.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2006 B Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2003-05 Graduate Scholarship, Graduate Studies-Fine Arts, U of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk.
2005 Tom and Dorothy Boyd Trust in Fine Arts: Travel Award
2004 Alberta Foundation for the Arts – Visual Arts Study Grant
2004 Presidents Fund – Travel Award
2004 Canada Council for the Arts—Travel Grant
2002 Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Visual Arts Project Grant
2000 Canada Council for the Arts—Travel Grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts—Creation/Production Grant
Alberta Foundation for the Arts—Visual Arts Project Grant
1994 Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship
1994 Skowhegan Tuition Scholarship
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