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HEATHER PASSMORE
EDUCATION
2003-2004 MFA,Visual Art, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1997-2000 BFA, Visual Art, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1996-1997 School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
SOLO EXHITBITIONS
2012 Gatekeepers, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2011 Form Letters, Populus Tremula, Akureyri, Iceland
2011 Form Letters, The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2009 Heather Passmore, Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norway
2009 Mis-Takes: Disappearing Drawings, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, Canada
2008 Mis-Takes, Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2007 Linoleums, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, Canada
2006 Bikini Project, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
2006 Bikini Project, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
2003 In the Kitschy, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, Canada
2001 In the Kitschy, The Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Canada
SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 Reflexive Animals (with Carrie Walker) SFU Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
2010 Stories From a Flickering Plain, (with Janet Wang) Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courteney
2009 Bearing the Broken Utopian Promise, (with Roja Aslani) A Space Gallery, Toronto
2007 Remakes and Readymades, (with Sarah Massecar) Khyber Institute of Cont. Arts, Halifax
2005 Banlieusard, (with Jamie Hilder) Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Things Matter, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Lademoen Art Nomads, Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norway
2012 Never-Dying Worm, AHVA Library Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
2011 BY ITS COVER, Artcite, Windsor, Canada
2011 Monomania, Trench Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Contemporary Histories: Intersecting Pasts and Futures, AHVA Library Gallery, Canada
2010 Carry On..., 24 hr exhibition curated by Matthew Higgs, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
2010 Socioplastics: Mad is Mad, Lapieza Junk Art, Madrid, Spain
2010 FAX, touring exhibition by iCI, The Drawing Center, New York
2009 Take Your Time, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
2009 The Cast of Shadows, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 Flux, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, Canada
2008 Gifted, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, Canada
2008 Slideluck coCAshow, coCA Centre on Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA
2008 Donkey Skin, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Canada
2005 Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
2004 Lucky 13, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, Canada
AWARDS
2012 Project Assistance for Visual Artists Grant, British Columbia Arts Council
2009 Assistance to Visual Artists: Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2009 Project Assistance for Visual Arts Grant, BC Arts Council
2008 Professional Development: Travel Assistance Visual Arts Grant, BC Arts Council
2007 Project Assistance for Visual Arts Grant, BC Arts Council
2006 Visual Arts Development Award, Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, Canada
2004 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2003 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2003 Andrew MacIntosh Memorial Book Prize in Fine Arts, MFA Prize, UBC, Canada
2002 Ripple Effect Press Anthology Cover Art Competition, First prize, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Helen Pitt Award for Fine Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Florence Muriel Smeltzer Scholarship for Demonstrated Ability in Painting, UBC
1999 Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
1999 Summer Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1997 Sunshine Coast Bursary for Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Manhal, Klara. Things' Matter, Catalogue. Or Gallery, 2012.
Formo, Per, Margrete Abelsen, Lademoen Art Nomads, Catalogue. LKV/Babel Gallery, 2012.
Andreyev, Julie, Peter Culley, Bill Jeffries, Reflexive Animals, Catalogue. SFU Gallery, 2012.
Schwartz, Michael et al. The Cheaper Show, Catalogue. 2011.
Todd, Jeremy. Form Letters, Catalogue. The New Gallery, 2011.
The Western Front: Front Magazine, Artwork. Volume XXII, Number 1, March-April 2011, 6.
Nichol, Todd. Vancouver Review, Cover, Centrefold and Article. Fall 2010, 20-21, 31.
Jeffries, Bill, Vanessa Sorenson. Take Your Time, Catalogue. SFU Gallery, 2010.
Siddiqui, Khadija. Bearing the Broken Utopian Promise, Catalogue. A Space Gallery, 2009.
Birch, Jesse et al. The Cast of Shadows; Parallel Guidebook #3, Catalogue. Access Gallery, 2009.
Article; Art and the Imaginative Promise, Artwork. Issue #2, 2007.
Linoleums, Catalogue. Campbell River Art Gallery, 2009.
Lacayo, Jessie. The Bikini Project, Catalogue. Gallery 101, 2006.
Heather Passmore -Bikini Project, Catalogue. Richmond Art Gallery, 2006.
Selcer, Anne. Banlieusard, Catalogue. Library and Archives Canada Publication, Artspeak, 2005.
RIPE Magazine, Artwork. Summer 2005, 28-29.
Caryl, Jessie. Tickle Your Catastrophe, Catalogue. Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 2004.
Passmore, Heather. Post Script 11, Exhibition Review. Artspeak, 2003.
Passmore, Heather. I Fall to Pieces, Catalogue Essay. Helen Pitt Gallery, 2003.
All Wound Up: Alternative Writing from BC, Cover Artwork. Ripple Effect Press, 2002.
Szewczyk, Monika, Misa Nikolic, J. Todd. Frank, Catalogue. UBC Design Arts Gallery, 2000.
RESIDENCIES
2011 Gestavinnustofa Gilfélagsins á Akureyri (Akureyri Artists Studio) Iceland
2009 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Lademoen Artist Studios), Trondheim, Norway
2007 Oriveden Opisto (Orivesi College of Art) Orivesi, Finland
2000 Resident Artist/Mentor, Elphinstone Secondary School, Gibsons, Canada
COLLECTIONS
2013 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada
2012 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Amnesty International Vancouver/Don Wright, Canada
2009 Artist File and Bibliography at ARTEXTE, Montreal, Quebec Canada
2008 SFU Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
2007 Orivesi College of Arts (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2005 UBC Alma Mater Society Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Canada
1998 Printmaking Permanent Collection, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
ARTIST TALKS
2012 Panel Discussion at AKA Gallery, with Mendel Gallery and U of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
2011 Artist Talk and Podcast. The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2010 Visiting Artist Speaker Series, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies UBC Okanagan
2008 Artist Talk. Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
2007 Visiting Artist. Emily Carr Institute/North Island College, Fall Lecture Series, Courtenay
2007 Artist Talk. Orivesi Art College, (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2006 Artist Talk. Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2012 Lademoen Art Nomads, Lademoen Park, Trondheim Norway
2012 AKA Gallery Billboard, Saskatoon, Canada
2011 VeggVerk, City of Akureyri, Ring Road, Iceland
2010 (Re)Presenting Protest, Amnesty International, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
2008 Burnaby Art Gallery Art in the Libraries Program, Burnaby Public Library, Canada
2005 SUBcultures Mural Project, Alma Mater Society, permanent display, UBC, Canada
2003 Carnegie Centre Centennial Celebration Piece, Vancouver Public Library, Canada
1998 Arts Undergraduate Society Buchanen Mural Competition, University of British Columbia
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2009 Hired to Sessional pool of Kwantlen University College Fine Arts Dept., Surrey, Canada
2007 Visual Arts Instructor. Orivesi Art College (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2006 Hired as a Sessional Instructor for Introductory Studio Art VISA 183, UBC
2005 Guest Lecture for Advanced Painting and Drawing VISA 481, UBC
2003 Guest Lecture. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2001-4 Private Drawing Instructor. Hired by D. Neave, Art History Faculty, Capilano University
AUCTIONS
2012 The Sweetest Little Thing. Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2011 The Cheaper Show No. 10, Vancouver, Canada
2009 The Sweetest Little Thing. Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2009 The Sweetest Little Thing. Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2008 The Cheaper Show No. 8, Vancouver, Canada
2006 Mirror Mirror; Self Portraits Auction and Exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery, Canada
2006 Western Front 33rd Anniversary Art Auction. The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED PRESS, REVIEWS AND TELEVIZED INTERVIEWS
Turner, Michael. "Things' Matter Sets..." Canadian Art Online. posted Jan 3, Winter 2013.
Rubin, Carole. "Extreme and Unconventional Times Two" Coast Reporter. Nov 30 2012
Reynolds, Christopher. "Vancouver Art Gallery Adds..." Vancouver Sun. Nov 9 2012, D2
Christiansen, Per. "Politisk Veggkunst" Adresseavisen. Sept 1 2012, Kultur 8-9.
Christiansen, Per. "Kunstnomader På Plass" Adresseavisen. Aug 25 2012, Kultur 8-9.
Televized Interview. "Gatekeepers" CTV. Saskatoon, SK. May 4 2012.
Fung, Amy. "Never-Dying Worm, AHVA Library Gallery" Post Pacific Post.com. Jan 11 2012.
Griffin, Kevin. "City's Avant-Garde Past on Show..." Vancouver Sun. Jun 25 2011,E11.
Griffin, Kevin. "The Cheaper Show: Top-Drawer..." Vancouver Sun. Jun 23 2011, D16-17.
"Heather Passmore: Rejection, Revised" Canadian Art Online. Spring 2011.
Fung, Amy. "Heather Passmore, Form Letters" Galleries West. Vol 10, No. 1, Spring 2011, 74.
Johnson, Mia. "Heather Passmore: Form Letters" Preview. April/May 2011, 46.
"SFU Gallery Features Mattress Masterpieces" The Georgia Straight. Oct 29-Nov 5, 2009, 58.
"The Art of Chilling Out" Burnaby Now. Nov 4, 2009.
"Preview-Toronto. Rosla Aslani/Heather Passmore" Canadian Art. Vol. 26, No. 2. 2009, 29.
Dault, Gary Michael. "Roja Aslani and Heather Passmore..." The Globe and Mail. June 27,2009.
Skoglund, Inni. "Tre år med Babel-Kunst" Adresseavisen. April 14, 2009.
"Mis-Takes Explores the Politics of Taste, Art" Burnaby Now. Nov. 1, 2008, A17.
DeGrass, Jan. "Passmore Captures Pepper Spraying..." The Coast Reporter. July 19, 2008.
Nagel, Tekla. "(Un)covering Gender Roles" The Journal, Queen's University. Jan. 25, 2008.
"Pick of the Week" New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Jan. 19, 2008.
"Vancouver Artist to Install Exhibition Entitled Mis-takes" Sackville Tribune Post. Jan. 16, 2008.
"Mis-takes on Display" Amherst Daily News. Jan 14, 2008.
Live Televized Interview. "The Bikini Project" Rogers Television 22. Ottawa, May 18, 2006.
Laszo, Krisztina. "Classified Materials..." AABC Newsletter. Vol. 16, No. 1. Winter 2006.
Hoekstra, Matthew. "The Bikini Project" The Richmond Review. Mar. 16, 2006, 1, 16.
Bui, Mai. "Living Histories: Public Art Paints the SUB" The Ubyssey. Jan. 10, 2006, 4-5.
Peck, Aaron. "Archive This..." Doppelganger Magazine. Issue 3, Jan 2006.
Kwan, Vanessa. "Classified Materials" The Georgia Straight. Oct. 20, 2005.
Davidson, Dan. "Yukoner Challenges the Ideas of Art" Whitehorse Star. Nov. 21, 2001, 18.
Berger, Palma. "In the Kitschy" Klondike Sun. Nov. 23, 2001.
Televized Interview. "Second Thoughts" Coast Cable T.V. Sept. 2000.