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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 20
th 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
7
th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2020
6
th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2019
5
th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2019
Canadiana II Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2018
4
th Anniversary Show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2017
Secord Gallery Holiday show, Halifax, NS

2017
3
rd Anniversary show, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, Ontario

2017
The Night, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS

2016
2
nd 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

FIND ME ONLINE

Susan Tooke

Visual & Media Arts
Port Royal
Nova Scotia, B0S 1A0
susan.d.tooke (at) gmail.com
www.susantooke.com

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