| art by Meghan Hildebrand | Canadian Abstract Artist |
Curriculum VitaeEDUCATION 1997-01, Kootenay School of the Arts, Mixed Media diploma. 2000-01, Nelson, BC 1999-00 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Halifax, NS 2002 Island Mountain Arts. Painting workshop with Norman Yates. Wells, BC 2009 Cranberrian Arts. Painting workshop with David Alexander, Powell River, BC 2010 Artreach. Painting workshop with Val Nelson, Powell River, BC
AWARDS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS 2004 Canada Council Travel Grant 2002 BC Festival of the Arts, awarded scholarship for Island Mountain Arts workshop with Norman Yates 2001 BC Festival of the Arts, Regional Judge's Choice
COMMISSIONS 2002-11 Shambhala Music Festival, event artwork 2002,04 Nelson Wine Festival, promotional painting 2003 Kootenay Moving Pictures Festival, event artwork Numerous private commissions since 1996
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 2007 Yukon Territorial Government Permanent Collection 2003 Grand Forks Art Gallery, permanent collection 2000 Nelson Museum Permanent Collection 1999 Kootenay School of the Arts Permanent Collection 1990 Yukon Territorial Government Permanent Collection
DONATIONS 2011 Japan Disaster Fundraiser, Powell River, BC 2010 "Picture the Cure" Gerry Thomas Gallery, Calgary, AB 2008 Unicef's "Unite With Art, Unite Against AIDS" Vancouver, BC 2006 Watchdog Benefit Bash, Powell River, BC 2005 Canadian Cancer Society Annual Gala, Winnipeg, MB 2005 ALS Society of Canada,"Splash of Blue” ALS fundraiser Sugar & Sugar, Vancouver
EXHIBITIONS, Selected Group 2011 Storytelling, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2011 Sparkelhaus, Madrona Gallery, Victoria, BC 2009 Fusion Collusion, The Red Room Gallery, Powell River 2008 Mima at the Bay, The Bay. Vancouver 2007 You Are Here, KSA Alumni, Touchstones Nelson, Nelson, BC. 2006 Down By the Mill, Rodmay Hotel, Powell River, BC 2005 Emerging Yukon Painters, Yukon Arts Centre Gallery, Whitehorse, YT 2003 Annual Group Show, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC 2002 BC Festival of the Arts, Surrey, BC 2002 Painting Our Past, Nelson Museum's Permanent Collection, Nelson, BC 2002 Fresh, BC's emerging artists, the Art Ark, Kelowna, BC 2002 Urban Landscapes, Artspace Gallery, Calgary, AB 2001 Traverse: Bridging the Gap, Avens Gallery, Canmore, AB 2001 BC Festival of the Arts, Fort St. John, BC 2001 Centrifugal Force, Kootenay Public Gallery, Castlegar BC 2000 New Beginnings, ODD Gallery's premiere show, opened by Canada's Governor General. Dawson City, YT
EXHIBITIONS, Selected Solo 2010 Rivers & Logs, Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON 2010 Rivers & Logs, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB 2009 Forever-Your-Friend, Dab Gallery, Victoria, BC 2008 Friendship Station, The Red Room Gallery, Powell River, BC 2008 Manitou, The Art Ark, Kelowna, BC 2008 Don't Cut Off the Leg Because You Need Red Paint! Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC, also Yukon Arts Centre Gallery, Whitehorse, YT. 2007 The October Prober, The Red Room Gallery, Powell River, BC 2007 The Last Upper, The Red Room Gallery, Powell River, BC 2007 Zero Point Recipes, Dancing Bear Inn, Nelson, BC 2006 Incomes & Outcomes, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC 2006 Last Seen on the Shore, Guild Hall, Whitehorse YT 2006 Dark Lights, Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna, BC 2006 Animal, Vegetable, Minimal, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2006 Pacifico, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC 2005 Splash of Blue, Sugar and Sugar, Vancouver, BC 2005 Nelson Artwalk, All Seasons Café, Nelson, BC 2005 Metropollination, Galerie Gora, Montréal, Quebec 2004 Carnivorous Apparatus, Monny’s Art Gallery, Vancouver BC 2004 Megalopolis, ODD Gallery, Dawson City YT 2003 Mega Subgropolis, Grand Forks Art Gallery,Grand Forks, BC 2003 Zip Code a la Mode, Monny's Art Gallery, Vancouver BC 2002 Ho-Ho-Hold the Payments!, All Seasons Café, Nelson, BC 2001 Tender Moments, Glacier Gallery, Nelson BC 2000 New Works, Guild Hall Gallery, Whitehorse YT 1999 New Works in Assorted Colours, Glacier Gallery, Nelson BC
PRESS 2011 Edmonton Journal, May 2011, "Eclectic, Often Chaotic Works by Norgate, Hildebrand Featured in Edmonton Show" 2010 Canadian Interviews, "Putting Life in the Paintings" 2010 Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Carlton University, "Happy as Colours" 2009 Victoria Times Colonist, May 2009, "Paintings Evoke Enchanted Childhood" 2008 Powell River Peak, August 13, 2008, "Paintings require close examination" 2008 The Whitehorse Star, March 25, 2008, "New Exhibit Dawns" 2008 North Islander, Feb. 19. 2008, "C.R. art exhibit a maze of visual wonder" 2008 Campbell River Mirror, Jan. 16, 2008, "Artists weave magic" 2006 Edmonton Journal, April 30, 2006, "Abstract balancing act" 2006 Event, May 10, 2006, Kelowna BC, "Scarred Beauty" 2006 Powell River Peak, Sept. 6, Powell River BC, "Hotel Houses Works of Art" 2005 The Whitehorse Star, January 14, 2005, Whitehorse YT, “Three Young Yukon Artists Display Personal Works” 2004 The Klondike Sun, February 10, 2004. Dawson City YT, “Megalopolis” 2003 Nelson Daily News, November 28, 2003, Nelson BC, “Meghan’s Megalopolis” 2001 Nelson Daily News, February 14, 2001, Nelson BC,“Hildebrand Exhibit a Big Success” 1999 Nelson Daily News, April 7, 1999, Nelson BC “A Bright Spark at Glacier Gallery” |