Rooms and Vehicles
  Customs, Habits, and Rituals (Dawson City)
  Voids and Solids
  Single, Double, and Transfer
  Wols Photo/Mirror Hybrid Paintings
  Seed/Sand Photograms
  Bio
   Statement
  Curriculum Vitae
Sean Alward - Selected Works
 

Education
 

MFA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Exchange Semester, Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY.

BFA , Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax N.S..

 

Selected Exhibitions
 

2010 In The Corner Behind the Wall, 304 Days , Vancouver, B.C.. related

Pedestrian Colour, , Slideroom Gallery, Victoria, B.C. Curated by: John Luna.

2008 Anonyme Zeichner No.9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian, Berlin, Germany.

Blutenweiss: Anonyme Zeichner N°8, MeinBlau, Berlin Germany.

2007 Little Landscapes and Miniature Worlds" Richmond Art Gallery fundraiser, Richmond B.C.

The Lab, Kwantlen Art Gallery, Surrey, BC.

2006 Plein Air Vancouver, various locations around Vancouver BC, recorded by City of Vancouver video archives and Province newspaper, Vancouver, BC.

2005 Return to Sender, Gallery 69, Vancouver, BC.

Sean Alward/Ryan Taber, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

New Faculty, Kwantlen Art Gallery, Surrey, BC.

2004 Doppelganger, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC.

2003 Let’s Get Lost, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Faculty Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

2002 Suite, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, BC.

Dogwood, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

 

Bibliography
 

2010 Pedestrian Colour, Luna, John, Slideroom Gallery exhibition essay, Victoria, B.C.

2009 Soft Plywood and Torn Daydreams, Walker, Meg, Yukon News.

2005 Sean Alward and Ryan Taber: A Conversation, Martin, Philip, Or Autumn Quarterly, Or Gallery, Vancouver BC.

2004 Elizabeth Mackenzie Reunion/ Sean Alward Doppelganger, Laurence, Robin, Georgia Straight, Vancouver BC (April 1, 2004).

What Do You See, Hopkins, Michelle, Richmond News, Richmond B.C..

2003 Let’s Get Lost” exhibition catalogue, Todd, Jeremy, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC.

I Fall To Pieces, Passmore, Heather, Let’s Get Lost exhibition publication, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC.

2002 Location Notes, Szewcyk, Monika, Dogwood exhibition catalogue, Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

 

Writing & Publications
 

2008 Viewing, Robert Gelineau: Kwantlen Art Gallery; catalogue essay, see pdf

Matthew Brown: Tracey Lawrence Gallery; Border Crossings, May 2008, see pdf

2007 Neo Rauch, Neue Rollen: Prague Rudolfinum; Art Margins: Contemporary Central and Eastern European Visual Culture, Winter 2007-08, see pdf

2006 Etienne Zack: Equinox Gallery; Canadian Art, Fall 2006, see pdf

Headlands, New Paintings by Stephanie Aitkin; C Magazine, Spring 2006, see pdf

 

Grants & Awards
 

2009 Travel Grant, Canada Council,

Project Grant, Canada Arts Council,

2007 Project Grant, BC Arts Council,

2004 Project Grant, BC Arts Council,

2003 VADA (Visual Arts Development Award),

2001 B.C. Arts Council Senior Scholarship,

 

Teaching Experience
 

2006-07 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC.

2004-10 Painting and Drawing Instructor , Shadbolt Center for the Arts, Burnaby, BC.

2004-07 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Kwantlen University College, Dept. of Fine Arts, Surrey, BC.

2002-04 Painting and Drawing Instructor, University of British Columbia, Dept. of Art History: Visual Art & Theory, Vancouver, BC.

2001-2002 Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia, Dept. of Art History: Visual Art & Theory, Vancouver, BC.

 

Residencies
 

2009 Artist Residency, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City Yukon.

 

Artist Talks
 

2009 Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, , Dawson City, Yukon.

2007 Emily Carr College of Art and Design ,

2006 University of British Columbia,

2005 Emily Carr College of Art and Design,

2004 Richmond Art Gallery, , Richmond BC.

2003 Helen Pitt Gallery, , Vancouver, BC.

2002 University of British Columbia,

Belkin Gallery, , Vancouver, BC.

 
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