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Kate Jackson is a visual artist based in Canada. She recently finished a 3 year artist residency at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. Her work has been shown at numerous galleries across Canada and internationally and is part of many private collections. Jackson has received awards for her work including The Artist Project Untapped Award 2009, The Helen Frances Gregor Scholarship -2008, OCC Scholarship-2008, and Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Best in Show - 2007. Jackson studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design in the Material Art and Design Program (1999-2006) and also the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1999). She lived and worked at The Banff Centre from 2009 to 2011 and now calls Toronto her home city.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

CV - Kate Jackson

EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES


2006 -09 - Harbourfront Centre Craft Studio, Artist Residency, Textile Studio

2006 - Ontario College of Art and Design, Material Art and Design Program

1999 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Foundation Studies Program

1997 - George Brown College, Assaulted Women’s + Children’s Counselor + Advocate Program



AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2013 - Craft  Project Creation and Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2012 - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2009 - Untapped Artist Award, The Artist Project

2008 - Helen Frances Gregor Scholarship, Ontario Crafts Council

         - OCC Scholarship, Ontario Crafts Council

2007 - Best of Show, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

         - Best Decorative Arts Award (tied with David Thai), TOAE

2006 - Fibre Award – Honorable Mention, David Kaye Gallery, TOAE

         - Friends of Fibre Award, Ontario College of Art and Design

         - Ellen Adams Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design

2004 - D. Kristjanson/Purchase Award, Ontario College of Art and Design



PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

2013 - Silence Doesn't Paint the Depth of Quiet in That Room, Studio Huddle, Toronto

2010 - Art of Craft, Museum of Vancouver, British Columbia

2009 - Unity & Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea

2008 - Fibreworks 08, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge

         - Mores Revealed, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

         - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square

         - Update, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
           (remounted at Gallery 990 OCC, Toronto ON)

         - Best of 2007, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto

2007 - Shadowbox Silent Auction, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto

         - New Artists, The Guild Shop, Toronto

         - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square

         - Last Night I Dreamt I Was..., (collaboration with Suzanne Carlsen), Harbourfront Centre

         - Small Talk, OCAD and travelling

         - Five, Group Show, Durham Art Gallery, Town of Durham

         - Best of 2006, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto

2006 - Shadowbox Silent Auction, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto

         - Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

         - NEXT, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

         - Queen West Arts Crawl, Toronto

         - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square

         - Out of the Madness, Group Show, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

         - Annual Student Exhibition, OCAD, Toronto

2004 - Social Somatic, Group Show, OCAD Gallery, Toronto

2003 - The Sew Sew Group Show, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto



LECTURES and WORKSHOPS

2009 - Fragile Embroidery Workshop, CICB, Cheongju, South Korea

2009 - Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Ontario College of Art and Design

         - Artist Talk, Ontario Craft Council

2008 - Viva Voce, Harbourfront Centre



RELATED EXPERIENCE

2008 - Artist Educator, Luminato Festival

         - Textile Instructor, Harbourfront Centre Craft Studio

2007 - Teacher, Craft Education Workshops, Harbourfront Centre

2003 - Art Teacher, Toronto Parks and Recreation

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