AMBERA WELLMANN b. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

EDUCATION

2016 MFA, University of Guelph, ON
2011 BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, NS
2010 Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2018 Forthcoming, WAAP, Vancouver, BC
2018 Forthcoming, Projet Pangée, Montreal, QC
2018 Forthcoming, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary AB
2017 Slipper, Ambera Wellmann & Shary Boyle, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Recent Works, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary AB
2016 Clay Pigeon - Dupont Projects, Toronto ON
2013 Embers, Page and Strange Gallery, Halifax NS
2012 Uncanny Valley, Page and Strange Gallery, Halifax NS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Sanctuary for Families, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Weird Woman, Sunday Takeout, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Sondra Meszaros
2017 19th Annual RBC Painting Competition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
     Come As You Are, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC
Now Playing, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary AB
2016 18th Annual RBC Painting Competition, Power Plant, Toronto ON
   Triada: Arte Con Swing, Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar, Veracruz, Mexico, Curated by Scott McGovern
     The Third Thing, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON, Curated by John Haney
     A Specific Amalgam of Spirit and Dirt, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Curated by Keeley Haftner
   Lack of Transmission, Yam Lau, Toronto, ON, Curated by Claudia Piepenbrock
2015 Autofeeling, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto ON
     All the Single MFAs, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON
No Pressure, Capacity 3 Gallery, Guelph ON, Curated by Patrick Cruz
2014 So It Goes, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
     Capture, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax NS, Curated by Tom Smart and Peter Dykhuis
2013     Roar, NSCAD Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax NS
Clouds, Page and Strange Gallery, Halifax NS
만원전 (10,000 ₩), Gallery Golmok, Seoul South Korea
The Sex Show, Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
2012     ERI5, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax NS
This is Paradise, Ingrid Mueller Gallery, Fredericton NB
2011     BMO 1st Art!, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto ON
I Spy, VANS Corridor Gallery, Halifax NS

ART FAIRS

2018 Material Art Fair, Ed Video, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Toronto ON
2016 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Toronto ON

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2018 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2017 Winner, 19th Annual RBC Painting Competition
   Project Grant to Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts
   Ontario Arts Council Emerging Visual Artist Grant
2016 Finalist, 18th Annual Canadian RBC Painting Competition
     Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award
     Canadian Federation of University Women's Scholarship
   Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2015 SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Creation Grant
   University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
2014 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph
   College of the Arts Dean's Scholarship, University of Guelph
Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
   CSCE Emerging Artist Award Finalist
   Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2013     Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant
Artist in Residence Arteles Creative Centre, Finland
2012     Nova Scotia Department of Communities Culture and Heritage Creation Grant
2011      BMO 1st Art Regional Winner
Starfish Properties Award - First Runner Up
2010     NSCAD University Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence
Beacon Securities Scholarship
Takao Tanabe Painting Scholarship
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship
2009 Nova Scotia Talent Trust Endowment
Robert Pope Painting Scholarship
2008 Robert Pope Foundation Scholarship
Millennium Foundation Scholarship

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

2017 CBC Arts, RM Vaughan, Fall 2017
"Interview with Ambera Wellmann" Jessica Baldanza, Studio Beat, Fall 2017
"The Surreal Body: Ambera Wellmann's Instagram" Tatum Dooley, Canthius Feminism & Literary Arts, Winter 2017
"These Extremely Uncomfortable Photographs are Guaranteed to Make You Squirm", VICE, Cosette Schulz, Winter 2017
2016   "Art in 2016: A View From Toronto", Merray Gerges, Canadian Art Magazine, December 2016
   "Beauty and the Deferring and Balancing Beast", Meeka Walsh, Border Crossings Issue 135, Vol. 35, No.3
   "Ambera Wellmann's Paintings and Posts", Jonathan Rotsztain, Visual Arts News, Fall 2016
   "Atlantic Dispatches", Meredith Briden, Billie Magazine, Vol.2 Issue 1, Fall 2016
2016 RBC Painting Competition Exhibition Catalogue
     The Pleasures of Density - Richard Rhodes
2015 Autofeeling Exhibition Catalogue with Essays by Jasmine Reimer & Aaron Weldon
2014 "Magic and Realism", Aaron Weldon, Visual Arts News, Summer 2014
"Capture 2014: Nova Scotia Realism", Doug Pope, Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2014
"Realism Up For Grabs", Elissa Barnard, Chronicle Herald
Dalhousie University Art Gallery - Capture: Nova Scotian Realism Exhibition Catalogue
2013 "Head in the Clouds" Julie Sobowale, The Coast
"Artists Show Penchant for Overcast Skies", Elissa Barnard, The Chronicle Herald
2012 "Uncanny Valley Creeps", Allison Saunders, The Coast
"Arts and Life", Elissa Barnard, The Chronicle Herald

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015 Painting I, Teaching Assistant (Professor Monica Tap), University of Guelph, ON
Drawing I, Teaching Assistant (Professor Monica Tap), University of Guelph, ON
2014 Foundation Studio 1050, Teaching Assistant (Professor Sandra Rechico), University of Guelph, ON
2012 Figure Painting, Workshop Demonstration (Patrick Rapati) Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS
2009 Beckwith Painting Workshop, Instructor & Coordinator, Oxford, NS
2007 Sacred Art with Heart, Instructor, Halifax, NS

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS & ARTIST TALKS

2016 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, NS, Painting Lecture
2016 TrépanierBaer Gallery, AB, Artist Presentation

COLLECTIONS

Margaret and David Fountain
Nova Scotia Art Bank
RBC Corporate Collection
Stewart McKelvey Firm