Artist

studio@carasawka.com

Manager of Shore Hall Studio & Gallery, Summerville, West Hants County, Nova Scotia

Education

2008:    MFA Studio Arts, Sculpture; Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2003:    BFA Sculpture; University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
2001:    Arte Sotto un Tetto, Florence, Italy; semester abroad

Professional Endeavours

2022 – present: Vice President of the Avon River Arts Society

2023: Instructor for Form and Materials course, NSCAD University

2015-17: Arts Nova Scotia Grants to Individuals, Circus of Life project, Creation Grant

2015:    SOFA Chicago Educational Mission, Craft Alliance/ Métiers d’arts, Chicago, IL

2010:   Self-directed Residency, Visual Arts, Winter, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta

2010:   Independent Arts Grant, Visual Arts, funding for program at the Banff Centre, Saskatchewan Arts Board

2009:   Sculpture Department, Artist Residency, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

2008:   Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center Visual Arts Residency, Johnson, Vermont, USA

2008:   Can Serrat International Art Center Artist Residency, El Bruc, Spain

2006-7:   MFA Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Montréal

2005:   Visual Arts Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board

2004:   Global Stone Workshop, Marina di Carrara, Italy

2003:   Visual Arts Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board; Individuals sculpture series

Selected Exhibitions

2019-2023: Shore Hall Studio & Gallery summer exhibitions, including annual community art exhibitions

2024: Great Little Art Show, Artist’s Landing Gallery, Avon River Heritage Museum, Avondale, NS, frequent participant for over a decade

2023:  Long Winter Nights ARAS members show, coordinator and participant, the Bread Gallery, Brooklyn, West Hants, NS, frequent participant for over a decade

2021: Transpose, group exhbition, The Ice House Gallery, Tatamagouche, NS

2017:   Circus of Life; solo sculpture exhibition, 2nd story, Cedar Centre, Windsor, Nova Scotia

2013:   Love Me; image of sculpture printed on flag, DMZ International Installation Art Exhibition, seokjangri Art Sculpture Park, South/North Korean Border

2011:   it’s (not) all about you (now The Collective); solo sculpture exhibition, Chase Exhibition Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2010:   Thread-Bound; group exhibition with theme based on ‘the stitch’, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

2008:   Collision 4; MFA group thesis exhibition, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Québec

2007-8:   Ignition 4; MFA group exhibition, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal

2006-7:   ‘SCAM’ Small City Art Museums tour; selected works from the Individuals series included in group touring exhibition visiting the Art Gallery of Swift Current, Estevan Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Prince Albert, Esplanade Art Gallery, Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, and the Kelowna Art Gallery