SIOBHAN HUMSTON

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Solo Exhibitions

2007

  • Sopa Fine Arts 'Stem & Sentinel' Kelowna, BC

2006

  • Halde Gallery ‘Serenity’ Widen, Switzerland

2004

  • DV8 ‘ground/sky series’ Vancouver, BC
  • ARC Gallery, ‘elements’, Vancouver, B.C.

2003

  • Studio Blue Gallery ‘Constellations’ Vancouver, BC

2002

  • Township 7 Winery ‘In Vino Veritas’ Langley, BC

2001

  • Township 7 Winery '10 Step Program!' Langley, B.C.

1999

  • Art Gallery of the South Okanagan ‘'Cycles and Symbols' Penticton, BC

1995

  • Michael Gibson Gallery ‘'Sixty-five Drawings' London, Ontario
  • London Life ‘'Recent Work' London, Ontario


Selected Group Exhibitions

2006

  • Jacana Gallery ‘Sweet Raw’ with Leah Rosenburg, Vancouver, BC
  • ARC Gallery ‘ uncommon passion’ Vancouver, BC
  • Sopa Fine Arts, ‘Elemental’ Kelowna, BC
  • Summit Gallery, Selected Artists Banff, Alberta

2005

  • Jacana Gallery Winter Group Show Vancouver, BC
  • Halde Gallery ‘ Recent Contemporary Works’ Wilden, Switzerland
  • Snap Gallery ‘The Shape of Light’ Three Selected Artists Vancouver, BC
  • Snap Gallery ‘ movement & stillness’ Vancouver, BC
  • Sugar and Sugar ‘rogers, ljubojevic, humston’ Vancouver, BC
  • ARC Gallery ‘un common denominator’ Vancouver, BC

2004

  • Gallery Jones Selected Artists Vancouver, BC
  • ARC Gallery ‘ uncommon light’ Vancouver, BC
  • The Whip ‘Culture Crawl Exhibition’ Vancouver, BC
  • Aion Gallery ‘Art to Carry’ (artist’s book exhibition) Vancouver, BC
  • Exhibit Gallery Inaugural Exhibition Vancouver, B.C.
  • ARC Gallery ‘ uncommon wealth’ (co-produced & co-curated) Vancouver, BC
  • SHED multi media installation ARC building, Vancouver, BC

2003

  • F/X Vancouver Fashion Exchange Artists of the ARC Vancouver, BC.
  • Art Sales and Rental ‘Spring Exhibition’ Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • Studio Blue Gallery Gallery Artists Vancouver, BC
  • Casa Gallery, Gallery Artists, Vancouver, BC.

1998

  • Art Gallery of the South Okanagan 'Okanagan Creates' Penticton, BC
  • Art Gallery of the South Okanagan 'Treasured Chests' Penticton, BC
  • White Gallery ‘Bealart Retrospective’ London, Ontario

1997

  • Figuratively Speaking Independent Group Exhibition Penticton, BC.
  • Between Cultures Selected Group Exhibition London, Ontario

1996

  • The Alternator Annual Member's Exhibition Kelowna, BC.

1995

  • The Big Picture Independent Group Exhibition London, Ontario
  • London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
  • Gibson Gallery Gallery Artist’s Exhibition London, Ontario
  • MacIntosh Gallery ‘Generating Voice’ Five Selected Artists London, Ontario

1994

  • London Art & Historical Museum 47th Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
  • Michael Gibson Gallery 'London Contemporary Artists' London, Ontario
  • London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
  • Forest City Gallery 'Big City Show' London, Ontario
  • Room Twenty-Three Independent Group Exhibition Guelph, Ontario

1993

  • Michael Gibson Gallery Juried Miniature Exhibition London, Ontario
  • Michael Gibson Gallery ‘Contemporary London Artists’ London, Ontario

Education

Crawford College of Art and Design Cork, Ireland 1988-1990

  • Graduated from the four year National Diploma Program majoring in printmaking-lithography and etching and mixed media painting.
  • Attained BFA degree status with written thesis: Lithography: Commercial Printing to Fine Art.

Bealart London, Ontario 1986-1988

  • Completed two-year Special Art Program with major studies in printmaking and photography.

Relevant Experience

2003-2006

  • Coordinated & curated Artist Resource Centre’s ARC Gallery exhibitions ‘ uncommon wealth’, ‘ uncommon light’ & ‘ uncommon denominator’, Vancouver, BC
  • Promotional graphics, PR and press contact for Artist Resource Centre , Vancouver, BC ; co-designed & developed ARC Gallery space
  • Working in collaboration with photographer WendyD on multi-media/installation and book project involving artists who ‘live/work’ ( at home studios)
  • Founding member of SHED, a small group of artists doing installation and performance art intended to expand the voice and thought processes of art
  • Donated paintings to Dress for Success, Theo’s Art Auction - AGSO, Stanley Theatre, Engineers Without Borders & Mingle fundraising art auctions

Ongoing

  • Personal research includes over a thousand slides & forty sketchbooks documenting travels with emphasis on ethnology, symbols, poetry & personal ramblings
  • Music: classical piano (Royal Conservatory Grade Nine), violin, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, bodhran
  • Designed CD covers for Vancouver jazz trio ‘Les is More’ (1999), ‘Julia, Propeller’ (1995) and ‘London Underground’ Compilation CD (1995)
  • Travels in North America, Ireland, Britain, Europe, Russia
  • Teaching adult and children’s art classes/ workshops

1999-2001

  • Member of the Cannery Artist Studio Group, Penticton, B.C

1999-2004

  • Donated paintings to Theo’s Art Auction, the Art Gallery of the South
    Okanagan’s annual fund raising event

1998

  • Developed, managed operations of ‘Art Exchange’, art rental program at AGSO
  • Taught children’s art classes at the AGSO, Penticton, B.C.

1995

  • Taught adult art courses, Masonville Library, London, Ontario
  • Art Coordinator for Independent Art Exhibition ‘Big Picture’, London, Ontario
  • Art Coordinator for London International Children’s Festival, London, ON

Collections

Public and private collections in Canada, United States, England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Australia.

Selected Publications and Press

  • Shaw Cable Vancouver ‘Studio 604’ November 18-21, 2005
  • Vancouver Sun ‘Artist in Residence’ November 19, 2005
  • CBC Radio ‘The Arts Report (Trevor Hughes)’ Aired November 18 & 20, 2004
  • VISION ‘The Vancouver Issue’ [Chinese Publication] January/ February, 2004
  • WESTENDER [Mary Frances Hill] ‘Artscetera’ January 9-15, 2003
  • PENTICTON WESTERN [Sandra Vogel] 'Penticton Artist's Work' April 20, 1999
  • PENTICTON HERALD [Donna Henninson] 'Artist's Work Symbolic' May 27, 1999
  • SCENE MAGAZINE [Sylvia Curtis-Norcross] 'Emblems of a Cultural Dialogue' April 27-24, 1997
  • SCENE MAGAZINE [Avril Flanigan] 'The Big Picture Exhibits New Talent' Dec.14-20, 1995
  • SCENE MAGAZINE [Avril Flanigan] 'Siobhán Humston- Mesmerizing' Oct.5-11, 1995
  • LONDON FREE PRESS [Sue Reeves] 'On Exhibit' Oct.6, 1995
  • SCENE MAGAZINE [Jill Price] 'Generating Voice' July 20-26, 1995
  • id MAGAZINE [S.Hayden/M.Shelstad] 'Generating Opportunity' July 6-19, 1995
  • LONDON FREE PRESS [Joe Matayas] 'Young Artists Experimenting' June 16, 1995

Awards

1995

  • Ontario Arts Council (MacIntosh Gallery) Exhibition Assistance Grant
  • Ontario Arts Council (Forest City Gallery) Exhibition Assistance Grant
  • City of London Arts Bursary

1993

  • Juried Miniature Exhibition (Michael Gibson Gallery) Best in Show Award