Artist Heidi Maddess

Heidi Maddess- Artist Statement

I feel the constant chafing of my uncomfortable skin: two degrees off course and dragging.

If one could isolate that space, that damaged chromosome in words, in an image, then perhaps one could restore order by naming. Fugitive Pieces: A Novel. By Anne Michaels. McClelland + Stewart Ltd. Toronto ON Canada, 1996.

I am exploring how personal demons – shadows – thread themselves through sensibilities of physiological, emotional and psychological landscapes. During two artist residencies I was initiated into the mythologies and landscape of my Icelandic heritage, in which mythical forces are believed to have a real physical presence.

Formal elements used to support this idea include using traditional drawing materials of graphite, charcoal and ink for variation of line, occasionally photo collage, as well as ink/graphite washes and watercolours all of which are scanned at various stages and composed to be printed digitally on archival Rag paper.

During my struggles with illness, all assumptions of self have been stripped away. Demons occupy spaces of peripheral vision and are at times tricksters purposefully keeping me off balance. At other times they are beacons for reintegrating dissociated fragments of self. If you dream about wrestling with the devil, it may only be yourself you are wrestling with.

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Education

2009 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA USA , Masters of Fine Arts Degree with Honours

2000 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD), Vancouver BC, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree

2000 Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC , Liberal Arts Academic Electives

2000 ECIAD, Vancouver BC, Visual Arts Major – Diploma of Fine Arts

1999 Edinburgh College of Art and Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND Elected for position of Exchange Student

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2010 Body, ConradWilde Gallery, Tucson AZ

2010 Flow, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Vancouver BC

2009 Titanic Piano, Traveling Exhibition, San Francisco CA

2008 Dualities, Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2008 S P A C E S, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2008 The Texture of Space, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA US

2007 Often I shoot myself. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2007 Rituals. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2007 Semblance. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2007 Chow Fun. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2007 Connecting With Intimate Scapes, Place des Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC

2006 Fall Forward, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2006 Reflections on human habitation, Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA

2004 Members Show, Vertigo Gallery, Vernon BC

2004 Postcard, Columbia Street Studio, Vancouver BC

2003 Defining Abstraction, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

2003 Red, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2002 V Day – Until the Violence Stops, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

2002 V Day – Until the Violence Stops, Performing Arts Centre, Vernon BC

2002 Blue, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2002 Three, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2002 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

2002 DIVA Collective, The Art Ark, Kelowna BC

2001 Small Matters, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

2001 Art Market, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2001 Domestic Pageantry – Explorations of the Mundane, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC

2000 Starving Artist Show, Independent, Vernon BC

2000 Exotic-Erotic, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC

2000 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

2000 ECIAD BFA Graduation Exhibition, ECIAD, Vancouver BC

1999 Xchange, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC

1999 Painting + Drawing Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art and Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND

1999 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

1998 Collections International, St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design RUSSIA

1998 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

1998 What is Print?, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC

1997 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

1997 First Year Exhibition, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC

1997 Beyond Borders Juried Exhibition, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA USA

1996 District Scholarship Exhibition. High School, Vernon BC

Professional Experience

2010 Online Tutor – Art History – Okanagan College
2007–present Coordinator of Student Recruitment – Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD)
2007+2008 Teaching Assistant (summer semester) – San Francisco Art Institute
2006 International Student Recruiter – Simon Fraser University (SFU)
2005–2006 International Intern, Admissions + Recruitment + Retention – Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design (ECIAD)
2005 Assistant, Admissions + Recruitment + International Office – ECIAD
2004-2005 Recruitment Liaison, Admissions + Recruitment – ECIAD
2003-2004 Assistant - Admissions + Recruitment + Continuing studies – ECIAD
2002-2003 Assistant English Teacher – Kaizu Senior High School, Japan
2000-2002 Reforesting – Summit Reforestation
1999-2000 Monitor and Tour Guide – ECIAD
1996,1997 Manager, Satellite Gallery + Curatorial Assistant – Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC

Teaching Experience

2008 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
- Drawing (Senior level – Random Order + Chance) Selected as the teaching assistant for visiting instructor Brad Brown (Senior Drawing - Play, Random order + Chance) organized room and equipment bookings, researched pertinent artists with visual slides, disseminated scheduling and project information, and co-facilitated intensive critiques. This senior level undergraduate drawing course consisted of one fourth year undergraduate and six gradate students, from various disciplines of New-Genre, Photography, Painting, and Drawing.
2007 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
- Drawing (Senior level – Narrative Drawing)
  As Teaching Assistant for Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton I actively engaged with students daily to discuss their conceptual framework and their visual articulations through project driven drawing. This senior level Narrative Drawing course was within undergraduate studies with three graduate students registered. I lead class when the instructor was absent I am comfortable with facilitating critiques which, include both undergraduate and graduate students.
2002-2003 Assistant English Teacher – Kaizu Senior High School, Japan
- English – Oral communication (instructor of record)
  Teaching High School English (ESL) in Japan required overcoming many communication barriers. Presentations for the classroom and school assemblies were necessary. While teaching I assessed students’ abilities, researched, devised and implemented educational lesson plans, which resulted in high student interest for learning English.

Publications

“Winter show has Fire & Ice”, NewsTrove.com, January 9, 2005
“Fire & Ice”, The Fraser Valley Guide, January 5, 2005
“Coming to the Maple Ridge Art Gallery in January...” The Bugal, December 29, 2004
“Iceland through an artist's eyes”, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, December 22, 2004
“Christmas comes to the gallery”, The Vernon Morning Star, December 6, 2001
“Driven to Abstraction”, The Vernon Sun Review, October 28, 2000

Catalogues

2008 Icelandic National League Calendar
2007 Icelandic National League Calendar
2005 Evolution Catalogue, Emily Carr Institute
2000 Graduation Catalogue, ECIAD

Awards

1997 Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship
1996 Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship
1996 Topham Brown Memorial Scholarship
1996 Vernon District Scholarship – Category of Art
1996 Vernon Secondary Alumni Scholarship

Collections

Canadian Embassy of Iceland, City of Salmon Arm, and in private collections throughout Canada, USA, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Scotland and France.

Residencies

2004 Gil Society Akureyri Artist Residency, Akureyri, ICELAND
2003 SIM artist Residency, Reykjavik, ICELAND

Conference Presentations

2009 BC Council for International Education Summer Seminar, Victoria BC, Workshop: Opportunities in Latin America
2009 BC Council for International Education, Vancouver BC, Workshop: Engaging the Millenials: what’s next? Beyond Blogs and Podcasts
2008 Kwantlen Park Secondary, Surrey BC, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education
2008 Whatcom Museum of History of Art, Bellingham WA USA, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education
2007 Lord Byng Health, Career + Planning Conference, Vancouver BC, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education
2007 Bellevue College Admissions Info Night, Bellevue WA USA, Workshop: Advising the Visual and Performing Artists Pathway to Education

Professional Service and Activities

2008-09 Selected member - CIS Canadian Higher Education Committee
2008-09 Selected chair of sub committee for CIS-CHEC re-branding
2008-09 Selected adjudication member for the One World Scholarship for study in BC, Irving K Barber-BC Scholarship Society + Victoria Foundation
2008-09 Selected sub committee for CIS-CHEC scholarship adjudication
2008 WES International Credential Evaluation workshop, Vancouver BC
2008 Effective Leadership – Emily Carr University
2008 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC
2008 CARFAC Member
2007 Supervisory Skills The Basics, Simon Fraser University
2007 Supervisory Skills Recruitment and Selection of Staff, SFU
2007 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC
2007 CARFAC Member
2006 WES International Credential Evaluation Workshop, San Francisco US
1999 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC
1998 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts. Caetani House, Vernon BC
1997 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts. Caetani House, Vernon BC



	Heidi Maddess- Artist Statement I feel the constant chafing of my uncomfortable skin: two degrees off course and dragging. If one could isolate that space, that damaged chromosome in words, in an image, then perhaps one could restore order by naming. Fugitive Pieces: A Novel. By Anne Michaels. McClelland + Stewart Ltd. Toronto ON Canada, 1996. I am exploring how personal demons – shadows – thread themselves through sensibilities of physiological, emotional and psychological landscapes. During two artist residencies I was initiated into the mythologies and landscape of my Icelandic heritage, in which mythical forces are believed to have a real physical presence. Formal elements used to support this idea include using traditional drawing materials of graphite, charcoal and ink for variation of line, occasionally photo collage, as well as ink/graphite washes and watercolours all of which are scanned at various stages and composed to be printed digitally on archival Rag paper. During my struggles with illness, all assumptions of self have been stripped away. Demons occupy spaces of peripheral vision and are at times tricksters purposefully keeping me off balance. At other times they are beacons for reintegrating dissociated fragments of self. If you dream about wrestling with the devil, it may only be yourself you are wrestling with. Resume Education 2009 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA USA , Masters of Fine Arts Degree with Honours 2000 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD), Vancouver BC, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree 2000 Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC , Liberal Arts Academic Electives 2000 ECIAD, Vancouver BC, Visual Arts Major – Diploma of Fine Arts 1999 Edinburgh College of Art and Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND Elected for position of Exchange Student Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions 2009 Synchronicity, Queen Elizabeth Theater Mezzanine Gallery, Vancouver BC 2009 Vernissage, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA USA 2007 Memories Persist, Gallery Fourteen, New Westminster BC 2006 Icelandic Whispers, Kootenay Art Gallery, Castlegar BC 2006 Fate Must Find Someone to Speak Through, Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland BC 2006 The Experience Is Most Truthful, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2006 Wisdom is Welcome, Wherever it Comes From, SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm BC 2005 Fire & Ice. Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge BC 2004 Icelandic Inspirations, Columbia Street Studio Gallery, Vancouver BC 2004 For All That Was Given, Delgan Gallery, Akureyri ICELAND 2003 Icelandic Whispers, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik ICELAND 2003 New Works, Vertigo Gallery, Vernon BC 2003 Reflections of Japan, Armstrong Public Art Gallery, Armstrong BC 2003 Internal Comforts, Rapunzels, Vernon BC 2002 Internal Comforts, Rapunzels, Vernon BC 2001 Recent Inspirations, The Verve, Vernon BC 2001 Ingest & Digest, Bean Scene, Vernon BC 1999 Landscapes of the Interior, ECIAD Student Services, Vancouver BC 1999 Memoirs of a Tree Planter, Connections, Vernon BC 1999 Memoirs of a Tree Planter, Vernon Art Gallery – Outreach, Vernon BC Group Exhibitions 2010 Body, ConradWilde Gallery, Tucson AZ 2010 Flow, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Vancouver BC 2009 Titanic Piano, Traveling Exhibition, San Francisco CA 2008 Dualities, Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2008 S P A C E S, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2008 The Texture of Space, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA US 2007 Often I shoot myself. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2007 Rituals. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2007 Semblance. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2007 Chow Fun. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2007 Connecting With Intimate Scapes, Place des Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC 2006 Fall Forward, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2006 Reflections on human habitation, Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA 2004 Members Show, Vertigo Gallery, Vernon BC 2004 Postcard, Columbia Street Studio, Vancouver BC 2003 Defining Abstraction, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2003 Red, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2002 V Day – Until the Violence Stops, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2002 V Day – Until the Violence Stops, Performing Arts Centre, Vernon BC 2002 Blue, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2002 Three, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2002 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2002 DIVA Collective, The Art Ark, Kelowna BC 2001 Small Matters, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2001 Art Market, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2001 Domestic Pageantry – Explorations of the Mundane, North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC 2000 Starving Artist Show, Independent, Vernon BC 2000 Exotic-Erotic, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC 2000 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 2000 ECIAD BFA Graduation Exhibition, ECIAD, Vancouver BC 1999 Xchange, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC 1999 Painting + Drawing Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art and Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND 1999 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 1998 Collections International, St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design RUSSIA 1998 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 1998 What is Print?, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC 1997 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC 1997 First Year Exhibition, ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC 1997 Beyond Borders Juried Exhibition, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA USA 1996 District Scholarship Exhibition. High School, Vernon BC Professional Experience 2010 Online Tutor – Art History – Okanagan College 2007–present Coordinator of Student Recruitment – Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD) 2007+2008 Teaching Assistant (summer semester) – San Francisco Art Institute 2006 International Student Recruiter – Simon Fraser University (SFU) 2005–2006 International Intern, Admissions + Recruitment + Retention – Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design (ECIAD) 2005 Assistant, Admissions + Recruitment + International Office – ECIAD 2004-2005 Recruitment Liaison, Admissions + Recruitment – ECIAD 2003-2004 Assistant - Admissions + Recruitment + Continuing studies – ECIAD 2002-2003 Assistant English Teacher – Kaizu Senior High School, Japan 2000-2002 Reforesting – Summit Reforestation 1999-2000 Monitor and Tour Guide – ECIAD 1996,1997 Manager, Satellite Gallery + Curatorial Assistant – Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC Teaching Experience 2008 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA Drawing (Senior level – Random Order + Chance) Selected as the teaching assistant for visiting instructor Brad Brown (Senior Drawing - Play, Random order + Chance) organized room and equipment bookings, researched pertinent artists with visual slides, disseminated scheduling and project information, and co-facilitated intensive critiques. This senior level undergraduate drawing course consisted of one fourth year undergraduate and six gradate students, from various disciplines of New-Genre, Photography, Painting, and Drawing. 2007 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA Drawing (Senior level – Narrative Drawing) As Teaching Assistant for Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton I actively engaged with students daily to discuss their conceptual framework and their visual articulations through project driven drawing. This senior level Narrative Drawing course was within undergraduate studies with three graduate students registered. I lead class when the instructor was absent I am comfortable with facilitating critiques which, include both undergraduate and graduate students. 2002-2003 Assistant English Teacher – Kaizu Senior High School, Japan English – Oral communication (instructor of record) Teaching High School English (ESL) in Japan required overcoming many communication barriers. Presentations for the classroom and school assemblies were necessary. While teaching I assessed students’ abilities, researched, devised and implemented educational lesson plans, which resulted in high student interest for learning English. Publications “Winter show has Fire & Ice”, NewsTrove.com, January 9, 2005 “Fire & Ice”, The Fraser Valley Guide, January 5, 2005 “Coming to the Maple Ridge Art Gallery in January...” The Bugal, December 29, 2004 “Iceland through an artist's eyes”, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, December 22, 2004 “Christmas comes to the gallery”, The Vernon Morning Star, December 6, 2001 “Driven to Abstraction”, The Vernon Sun Review, October 28, 2000 Catalogues 2008 Icelandic National League Calendar 2007 Icelandic National League Calendar 2005 Evolution Catalogue, Emily Carr Institute 2000 Graduation Catalogue, ECIAD Awards 1997 Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship 1996 Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship 1996 Topham Brown Memorial Scholarship 1996 Vernon District Scholarship – Category of Art 1996 Vernon Secondary Alumni Scholarship Collections Canadian Embassy of Iceland, City of Salmon Arm, and in private collections throughout Canada, USA, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Scotland and France. Residencies 2004 Gil Society Akureyri Artist Residency, Akureyri, ICELAND 2003 SIM artist Residency, Reykjavik, ICELAND Conference Presentations 2009 BC Council for International Education Summer Seminar, Victoria BC, Workshop: Opportunities in Latin America 2009 BC Council for International Education, Vancouver BC, Workshop: Engaging the Millenials: what’s next? Beyond Blogs and Podcasts 2008 Kwantlen Park Secondary, Surrey BC, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education 2008 Whatcom Museum of History of Art, Bellingham WA USA, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education 2007 Lord Byng Health, Career + Planning Conference, Vancouver BC, Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education 2007 Bellevue College Admissions Info Night, Bellevue WA USA, Workshop: Advising the Visual and Performing Artists Pathway to Education Professional Service and Activities 2008-09 Selected member - CIS Canadian Higher Education Committee 2008-09 Selected chair of sub committee for CIS-CHEC re-branding 2008-09 Selected adjudication member for the One World Scholarship for study in BC, Irving K Barber-BC Scholarship Society + Victoria Foundation 2008-09 Selected sub committee for CIS-CHEC scholarship adjudication 2008 WES International Credential Evaluation workshop, Vancouver BC 2008 Effective Leadership – Emily Carr University 2008 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC 2008 CARFAC Member 2007 Supervisory Skills The Basics, Simon Fraser University 2007 Supervisory Skills Recruitment and Selection of Staff, SFU 2007 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC 2007 CARFAC Member 2006 WES International Credential Evaluation Workshop, San Francisco US 1999 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Caetani House, Vernon BC 1998 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts. Caetani House, Vernon BC 1997 Art Donation Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts. Caetani House, Vernon BC





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