Amy Ash
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www.amyash.ca
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Education
2010: University of New Brunswick, Canada BEd
2004: Mount Allison University, Canada BFA
Exhibition History
*denotes a juried exhibition
**denotes an exhibition by invitation
2021: (solo) Mettle, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB (CA)
2020: Projecting the Pluriverse, Third Shift Arts Festival, Saint John, NB (CA)
2019: (solo) Bodies of Work, Visitors, Saint John, NB (CA)
2019: Posing the Pluriverse**, Third Shift Arts Festival, Saint John, NB (CA)
2019: Adventitious Routes & Rhizomes**, Alice McCabe, Museum of the Flat Earth, Fogo Island NL (CA)
2019: A Shared Geometry**, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB (CA)
2019: Haunt**, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB (CA)
2018: Be/Longing**, Gallery on Queen, Fredericton, NB (CA)
2018: Tidal Resonance*, in collaboration with Sara Griffin and Grand Manan Community School, Grand Manan Art Gallery, New Brunswick
2017: (solo) Muscle Wire** with Emma Finn Gerald Moore Gallery, London (UK)
2017: (solo) A Sea of Tiny Factlets** Below 65 Gallery, Maidstone (UK)
2016: (solo) The Engram (Pot Of Gold) **St. Thomas University (CA)
2016: (solo) Without Words What are Facts? **The JAM Factory, Oxford (UK)
2016: Beyond the Image*—Curated by Carlos DeLins for Espacio Gallery, London (UK)
2015: Third Shift* -- Third Space Gallery Contemporary Art Festival. Saint John (CA)
2015: In Motion Open* – Stiwdio Maelor Arts Centre, Wales (UK).
2015: Working Title** – Curated by Christiana Myers, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John (UK)
2014: Faces and Figures – Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts, Fredericton (CA)
2013: Fly By Night* - Gladstone Hotel, Nuit Blanche,Toronto (CA)
2012: The Revaluables (Let Me Count the Ways…)* - Dooryard Arts Festival, Woodstock (CA).
2012: Reaching for the Sky- Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts – Saint John (CA)
2012: Look At Us Now* – Third Space Gallery, Saint John (CA)
2011: Untitled (performance with D’Arcy Wilson) – Summer Lovin’ Arts Series, Saint John (CA)
2011: Re-Collect (solo) – Ingrid Mueller Arts and Concepts, Fredericton (CA)
2011: Kids on the Block – Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts, Fredericton (CA)
2011: Fire Eats Art * – Third Space Gallery, Saint John (CA)
2010: Annual Member’s Show (group) – Struts Gallery, Sackville (CA)
2010: The Fabric of our Lives – Trinity Galleries, Saint John (CA)
2010: Castaways* – Third Space Gallery, Saint John, (CA)
2009: We’re Younger Now than We’re Ever Gonna Be (solo) – Trinity Galleries,
Saint John (CA)
2007: Turning Point **- Saruana Gallery, Kagoshima (JPN)
2006: A Piece of Hesitation ** - Saruana Gallery, Kagoshima (JPN)
2005: Art No Ato ** - Kagoshima (JPN)
2003: Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Emerging Artist Student Series (solo) - Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John (CA)
Residencies
2019: Museum of the Flat Earth, Cultivar residency, Fogo Island, NL (CA)
2019: Constellation Artist in Residence, Third Shift Festival, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB (CA)
2019: Inaugural Curatorial Residency, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB (CA)
2018: Bruno Bobak Artist Residency Program, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB (CA
2016-2018: Mildmay Community Studio residency, CUBITT, London, UK
2017: Muscle Wire: Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
2016: Independent Residency: The Museum of Temporal Curiosities, in collaboration with Alex Warren – Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales, UK
2015: Compelling Telling, masterclass with Mammalian Diving Reflex -The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB
2015: Thematic Residency, Truth, Lies and Lore – The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB
Professional Experience
2021: (upcoming) Learning Curator, The New Brunswick International Sculpture Symposium, Saint John, NB (CA)
2021: (upcoming) Curator, Host, Their Space Gallery, Saint John, NB (CA)
2021: (upcoming) Curator, In Deep, Platform Centre for Photographic and Digitals Arts, Winnipeg, MB (CA)
2020: Instructor, Art4Life and UNBSJ, creative ageing research project, Saint John, NB (CA)
2020: Curator, Harbour, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, NB (CA)
2020: Editor/Publisher, Harbour: A Compendium, published by Amy Ash Art&Engagement, NB (CA)
2020: Writer, title TBA, Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery, Florenceville, NB (CA)
2020: Curator, Circadian, AX Arts & Culture Centre, Sussex, NB (CA)
2019-present: Instructor, The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Saint John, NB (CA)
2019: Curator, Harbour, Saint John Arts Centre & Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Saint John, NB (CA)
2018: Learning Curator, The NB International Sculpture Symposium, Saint John, NB (CA)
2018—present: Workshop designer/facilitator, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB (CA)
2016-2018: Workshop designer/facilitator, Cubitt, London, UK
2014--2018: Workshop designer/facilitator, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
2017: Blueshift workshop designer/facilitator, Institute of Anything, Cubitt, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
2017 : Bound Together Project designer/facilitator, Orleans House Gallery, London, UK
2016: Workshop designer/facilitator, Bar 90, London, UK
2015-16: Curator & Programme designer/facilitator: Youth Uncovered, a year-long youth curatorial project, which includes a series of lectures, workshops and a contemporary art exhibition dissecting the cultural implications of being a young person today.
2015: Curator-Orbits & Occults, an exhibition of international contemporary art, commissioned by Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK (www.orbitsandoccults.com)
2015: Keynote Speaker – Eltham Arts Conference, London, UK
2013-2015: Learning and Participation Curator- Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK
2012: Visual Concept & Award design- The Originals 2012 Saint John Arts Awards Gala
2012: Project Coordinator- PUNCH productions / PUNCH inside, Saint John, N.B.
2012: Vice President & programming Chair- Third Space Gallery, Saint John, N.B.
2011: Vice President, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, N.B.
2011- 2012: NB Arts Board Youth Commission member
2011: Artist-Fred Ross mural project, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B. & Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, N.B.
2010-2011: Art Outreach Coordinator- Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, N.B.
2009-2010: Board Member/events& fundraising chair- Third Space Gallery, Saint John, N.B
2008-present: Art Educator- School District 6, Rothesay, N.B.
2009: Volunteer- Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, N.B.
2008: Volunteer- Continental Drift Film Festival, Saint John, N.B.
2005-2007: Founding member- Saruana Gallery, Japan
Professional Memberships
International Association of Art Critics Canada; Struts Gallery, Sackville, N.B.; Third Space Gallery, Saint John, N.B.; Eye Level Gallery, Halifax; Mount Allison Alumni; ArtsLinkNB, CSEA, NBVEA, Axis Web, NSEAD, SLNAT
Awards
2020: Creation Grant recipient, ArtsNB
2019: Documentation Grant recipient for HARBOUR publication, ArtsNB
2019: Sheila Hugh MacKay curatorial grant for HARBOUR, touring exhibition, NB
2019: Art Smarts grant for Colour World project, JMH High School, Miramichi, NB
2019: Tourism Heritage& Culture grant for The Home/Land, JMA High School, Salisbury NB
2019: Tourism Heritage& Culture grant for A Shared Geometry, GSMS Fredericton, NB
2018: Tuition granted by ArtsLink NB for participation in CATAPULT accelerator programme.
2018: THC grant for Love You When…, Dr A T Leatherbarrow School, Hampton, NB
2018: THC grant for Tidal Resonance, Grand Manan School, Grand Manan, NB
2017: Arts Council England bursary for participation in PLACE EXPLORATION, at Kestle Barton
2016: Grants for the Arts (for Youth Uncovered), Arts Council England
2015: The Peter MacKendrick Endowment Fund for Visual Artists Residency Bursary
2003: Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Emerging Artist Bursary
2000: Saint John Arts Club Bursary
2000: E.B. Pulford Award, Mount Allison University