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

Residencies / Grants

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

2023 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