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ARTIST CV
EDUCATION
1977-79
The New School for Social Research, Master of Media Studies program
New York City, NY: Animation, photography, film.
1972
Virginia Commonwealth University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
MEDIA ARTS
Public:
2020
Uncommon Common Art, Kings County, Nova Scotia (installation)
2017
Depths of Sorrow, (with L. Pearse and V. MacKenzie), Nocturne, Halifax, NS
2016
Wild at Heart, (with Lukas Pearse, Daniel O’Neill), Nocturne, Halifax, NS
2015
3B: Backlands, Badlands, Burbs, Nocturne, Halifax, NS
2015
Grain by Grain, (with Pearse & MacKenzie) Nocturne, Halifax, NS
2015
3B: Backlands, Badlands, Burbs, Out of the Centre, CFAT, Halifax, NS
2013
Motion Activated, (with Pearse & MacKenzie) ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS
2013
Motion Activated, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2013
Depths of Sorrow, (with Pearse & MacKenzie)nominated for Masterworks Award.
2012
Depths of Sorrow, (with Pearse & MacKenzie) Titanic 100, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS
2012
Depths of Sorrow, Titanic 100, Grand Parade, Halifax, NS
2012
Motion Activated (page 2), Kinetic Studio, Dance Space, Halifax, NS
2011
Motion Activated (page 1), Nocturne, Halifax, NS
2002
Palimpsest of an Interior, (MacKenzie, Pahlke, Bonnemaison) Sir James Dunn Theatre, Halifax, NS
PAINTING
Group Exhibitions
2021
Alone, Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
2019
Anna Leonowens Gallery, works purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank
2016-17
Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
2015
Art Bank Acquisitions, ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS
2007
This is Our Land, Meridian International Centre, Washington, DC
2003
Beyond the Letters, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ON
1997
Far and Wide, Visual Arts Nova Scotia 20th Anniversary, AGNS, Halifax
1996
Face Value: Nova Scotia Portraiture, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1995
North of the Boarder, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama
1994
Far and Wide, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, NS
1992
Subject Matter, Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, AGNS, Halifax, NS
Public Solo:
2010
Up Home, Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NS
2009
Up Home, Black Cultural Centre, Cherry Brook, NS
2009
Up Home, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2007
Brave Jack and the Unicorn, Government House, Halifax, NS
2000
A Seaside Alphabet, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Private Solo
2022
State of the World, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2019
Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts, St. Andrews, NB.
2018
Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2017
Backlands, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2015
Trees and Tides, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
2014
Woodlands and Watersheds, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
2013
Woodlands, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
2011
Transformation, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
2002
Full Moon Rising, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS
Private Group
2021
7th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2020
6th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2019
5th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2019
Canadiana II Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2018
4th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2017
Secord Gallery Holiday show, Halifax, NS
2017
3rd Anniversary show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2017
The Night, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
2016
2nd Anniversary show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2016
Bloom: Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario.
2000
Point Pleasant Park, Provincial Archives, Halifax, NS
1999
Krasdale Galleries, White Plains, NY
1998
Philadelphia Water Color Club, Atlantic City, NJ
1998
Aqueous Open, Pittsburgh, PA
1998
Manhattan Arts International, New York City, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
2013 Lasso the Wind: Aurélia’s Verses and Other Poems, text by George Elliott Clarke, Nimbus Publishing
2010 The City Speaks in Drums, text by Shauntay Grant, Nimbus Publishing
2008 B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet, Sleeping Bear Press
2008 Up Home, text by Shauntay Grant, Nimbus Publishing
2007 F is for Fiddlehead: A New Brunswick Alphabet, text: M. Lohnes, Sleeping Bear Press
2007 Free as the Wind, text by Jamie Bastedo, Red Deer Press
2005 Brave Jack and the Unicorn, text by Janet McNaughton, Tundra Books
2002 Full Moon Rising, text by Joanne Taylor, Tundra Books
2001 A Fiddle for Angus, text by Budge Wilson, Tundra Books
2000 A Seaside Alphabet, text by Donna Grassby, Tundra Books
MEDIA
2016 On Interpreting the Woodland, Interview by E. Foster,Visual Arts News, #38 pgs 26-28
2015 Find Your Nocturne, Adria Young, The Coast, page 16, October 15-21
2014 Into the Woods, Elissa Barnard, Halifax Herald, page D5, May 9
2013 Vivid Colours, Elissa Barnard, Halifax Herald, page D10, September 19
2013 Data Duet, Adria Young, Visual Arts News, page 32, Fall
2013 Interactive exhibit a thrill, Elissa Barnard, Chronicle Herald, G3, June 22
2012 Early memories…Titanic images, E. Barnard, Chronicle Herald, C8-C9, April 7
2012 Art forms meld in movement, Andrea Nemetz, Chronicle Herald, E6 Jan. 13
2011 Sable Island shifts artist’s style, E. Barnard, Chronicle Herald, E4, August 19
2010 The City Speaks in Drums, Susan Perren, The Globe and Mail, F11, August 21
2008 Up Home, Carolyn Zwarenstein, Quill & Quire, pages 49,51, July/August
GRANTS & AWARDS
2019
Nova Scotia Art Bank purchase program
2016
Creation Grant for Wildeornes, Arts Nova Scotia
2015
Established Artist Recognition Award—Visual Arts
2015
Industry Growth, Communities, Culture and Heritage
2015
Nova Scotia Art Bank purchase program
2014
Media Arts Scholarship, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS
2014
Lasso the Wind, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award
2011
Professional Development: Media, Communities, Culture, and Heritage, NS
2011
The City Speaks in Drums, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award
2011
Creation Grant, Motion Activated, Communities Culture and Heritage, NS
2009
Up Home, Best Published Book Award, Halifax, NS
2009
Up Home, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award
2008
Free As the Wind, Alberta Children’s/Young Adult Book of the Year Award
RESIDENCIES & PRESENTATIONS
2016
All Arts Summit, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2016
Mentor—Centre for Art Tapes
2015
Main and Station, Parrsboro, NS
2015
White Rabbit Arts Residency, Upper Economy, NS
2010
Leighton Artists’ Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2008
TD Book Week Tour, Ontario
2005
Labrador Arts Festival, Goose Bay, NFL
2005
TD Book Week Tour, Saskatchewan
2001
Labrador Arts Festival, Goose Bay, NFL
2001
Eastern Horizons: Canadian Children’s Literature, St. John’s, NFL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Parks Canada
National Library of Canada
Nova Scotia Art Bank
St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery
TD Bank
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Canadian Artist’s Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens: President
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Canadian Artist’s Representation Copyright Collective
Centre for Art Tapes
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Susan Tooke
Visual & Media Arts
Port Royal
Nova Scotia, B0S 1A0
susan.d.tooke (at) gmail.com
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