ANNABEL BIRO

Education

   2020/present              Civil Engineering Technology Diploma Program at Fanshawe College, London, ON

   2017                             BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS

   2013                             Art Program at H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, ON

 

Solo Exhibitions

   2018/2019                  Pending, Chives Window Space, Halifax, NS

   2018                            Sheltered (dis)connection, Permanent Installation located on BUAP’s (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla)                                          Visual Arts building, Private Collection, Puebla, Mexico

   2017                            Functioning, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

 

Group Exhibitions

    2020                           Shadbolt AIR Exhibition, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Atrium, Burnaby, BC

    2019                           Instructors Show, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Atrium, Burnaby, BC

    2018                           NSCAD ALL IN, The Treaty Space Gallery, Halifax, NS

    2018                           Echoes, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS

    2018                           BREAKTHROUGH Exhibition, Robert Langen Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON

    2017                           BMO 1st Art Exhibition, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, ON

    2017                           Starfish Student Art Award Exhibition, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

    2017                           2017 Graduation Exhibition, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

    2017                           Too Many Dinner Parties!: NSCAD Ceramics Showcase, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

    2016                            Pencils Down: NSCAD Ceramics Show and Sale, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

    2016                            3 Months with Fornax: NSCAD Ceramics Department Year End Show, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

    2016                           A Glass Half Full, The Craig Gallery, Halifax, NS

    2013                           UPwithART Show, Unity Project, London, ON

 

Artist Residencies

   2019                            Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Ceramic Artist Residency, Burnaby, BC (August 6 - September 13)

   2018                            NSCCD Summer Professional Development Residency, Halifax, NS(June 28 - August 30)

   2018                            Arquetopia International Artist Residency, Puebla, MX (April 2 - May 14)

   2016                            Medalta Student Residency, Medicine Hat, AL (May)

 

Professional Activities

   2020                            Artist Presentation, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Atrium, Burnaby, BC

   2019                            Instructor, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Preschool Clay Classes, Burnaby, BC

   2018                            Participating Artist, Nocturne: Art at Night Festival, Halifax, NS

   2018                            Instructor, NSCAD Extended Studies Ceramics Youth Classes, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

   2018                            Presenter, International Visiting Artist Presentation, BUAP’s (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) Fine and                                          Digital Arts School, Puebla MX

   2017                            Co-Lecturer with Vanessa Vaughn, Student Perspectives: If the Clay Fits…A Call for Criticism in Ceramics Education,                                            Future Flux: NCECA Conference 2017, Portland, OR

   2016                            Instructor, Market @ Medalta: Kids’ Clay Program, Medicine Hat, AL

   2016                            Vendor, NSCAD Holiday Pop-Up, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

 

Awards and Scholarships 

   2017                            BMO 1st Art Regional Winner, BMO, Toronto, ON

   2017                            Starfish Student Art Award Finalist, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

   2016                            2016 Medalta Student Residency Award, NSCAD University and Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, AL

   2015                           Wilfred Moore Bursary, Ceramic Shape and Surface: Workshop with Joan Bruneau, Lunenburg School of the Arts,                                               Lunenburg, NS

   2013-2017                 Professor David B. Smith Creative Innovators of Tomorrow Scholarship, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

 

Press Publications and Catalogues

   2017                           BMO 1st Art Catalogue, 1 image, Published by BMO Financial Group, Toronto, Ontario

   2017                           BMO Financial Group. “BMO 1st Art! .” Canadian Art Magazine Fall 2017: The Idea of History, 15 Sept. 2017,                                                           canadianart.ca/magazine/ (Magazine)

   2017                           Belanger, Joe. “BealArt Grad Amoung BMO Prize Winners.” The London Free Press, 6 Nov. 2017.                                                                               http://www.lfpress.com/2017/11/05/bealart-grad-among-bmo-prize-winners  (Newspaper)

   2017                           Arsenalt, Tim. “NSCAD Grad Annabel Biro Represents N.S. Nationally.” The Chronicle Harold, 27 Sept. 2017.                                                           http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1506924-nscad-grad-annabel-biro-represents-n.s.-nationally  (Newspaper)

   2017                           2017 NSCAD Viewbook Cover, 1 image and biography, Published by NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

   2017                           Free Coffee, 1 image, Published by NSCAD Student Collective, Halifax, Nova Scotia

   2017                           2017 Graduation Catalogue, 1 image, Published by NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

   2016                           Bernard, Elissa. “At the Galleries: Ceramics Question Genre”, The Chronicle Herald, January 21, 2016.                                                                       http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1336178-at-the-galleries-ceramics-question-genre (Newspaper)