Curriculum Vitae
Sherri Chaba
EDUCATION
| 2007 | MFA Drawing and Intermedia, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2003 | BFA University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2001 | Fine Art Diploma, MacEwan Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2010-2015 | Lead Artist, Nina Haggarty Center for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2005-2011 | Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2008-2015 | Art Collection Coordinator, MacEwan University |
| 2011 | Instructor Outreach, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB. |
Selected Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 | Retreat, Art Gallery of St. Albert - St. Albert (catalogue) |
| 2011 | The Silence of Chaos, Art Gallery of Alberta - RBC New Works Gallery, Edmonton, AB. (catalogue) Scene Unseen, Multicultural Center Public Art Gallery, Stony Plain, AB. Life-Line, Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2010 | Kaleido Family Arts Festival, Public Art Installation, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2007 | Vestiges: Fragility of Being, MFA Thesis Exhibit, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2005 | Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery, Stony Plain, AB. |
| 2004 | A Greater Presence than Absence, Diamond Springs Seniors Lodge, Redwater, AB. |
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Witness, duo collaboration with Lyndal Osborne, Strathcona County Art Gallery@501, Sherwood Park, AB. (catalogue) |
| 2008 | Oil, Science and Soil, duo collaboration with Lyndal Osborne, Capital Arts Building, Edmonton, AB. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2014 | Cross Contamination, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2013 | Ramble in the Bramble, Edmonton Arts Council - Whitemud Park, Edmonton, AB. 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2012 | Curiosities: A Fast and Dirty, Travelling Exhibition Edmonton, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2011 | Farm Show: Growing, collaboration with Lyndal Osborne, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB. Friends of the Library, Rutherford Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Elemental Titanium: 22, Harcourt House Arts Center, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2010 | a Renaissance, collaboration with Lyndal Osborne, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB. Staff Infection, The Stollery Gallery, Nina Haggerty Center for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. Repetition, The Stollery Gallery, Nina Haggerty Center for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2009 | Kaleido, The Stollery Gallery, Nina Haggerty Center for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. Diversity 2009, Visual Arts Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2008 | re-drawing the line, group, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2007 | Shift, group, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario. - Juried Selection. Roots, group, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB. Visual Thinking, group, Art Gallery of Alberta, Margaret Brine Gallery, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2004 | Elemental Inspiration, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB. - Juried Selection. |
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
| 2011 | Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2007 | University of Alberta Collection, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2001 | Student Association, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB. MacEwan Bookstores- Artery, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB. |
SELECTED AWARDS
| 2006 | Gordin J. Kaplan, Edmonton, AB. Mary Louise Imrie, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2003 | Florence Andison Friedman Award, Edmonton, AB. |
| 2001 | Student Association Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB. MacEwan Bookstores Artery, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB. |
| 1998 | Harry Wohlfarth Memorial Award, Edmonton, AB. |
SELECTED REVIEWS
| 2013 | Review - Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada – Lyndal Osborne and Sherri Chaba by Agnieszka Matejko, Sculpture-A Publication of the International Sculpture Center, vol 32 No. 4, May 2013, pp 79-80. |
| 2013 | News From Here - The Art Gallery of Alberta's 2013 Biennial by Frederick Kroetsch, CTV Alberta Primetime, February 19, 2013. |
| 2013 | Viscous Visions, Alberta Views, March 2013, Volume 16 Number 2, page 47. |
| 2012 | Installations probe effects of oil industry on landscape by Janice Ryan, Edmonton Journal, July 19, 2012, E8. |
| 2011 | A Gentle Seduction by Carolyn Jervais, Vue Weekly, April 13, 2011, Issue #808. |
| 2011 | Sherri Chaba, by Ross Bradley, Galleries West, Spring 2011, Volume 10 no. 1, page 26. |
| 2008 | Getting politics down to a fine art by Gilbert Bouchard Edmonton Journal August 22, 2008, D8. |
CATALOGUES
| 2013 | 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: The News From Here, by Nancy Tousley, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. (95p) |
| 2012 | Witness, by Steven Harris, Strathcona County Art Gallery @501, Sherwood Park, AB. (20p) |
| 2011 | The Silence of Chaos, by Melinda Pinfold, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. (16p) |
| 2003 | Made Ready, FAB Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB. (pp 20-21) |
| 2001 | Confluence, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB (p 29) |
SELECTED GRANTS
| 2014 | Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
| 2012 | Alberta Creative Development Initiative |
| 2009 | Edmonton Artist Trust Fund (Edmonton Arts Council) |