Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

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”