Sara Graham • Toronto, Ontario
sara@citymovement.ca • www.citymovement.ca
Professional Training
2006 MFA, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
1997 BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1994 Attended the Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions (*indicates a two person exhibition)
2010 The London Series, Museum London, London, Ontario
The London Series, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario
2009 The Department of Systems Oversight 1968 – 1973. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Department of Systems Oversight 1968 – 1973. Convenience Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 New Systems Require New Structures, Bilton Contemporary, Red Deer, Alberta
New Systems Require New Structures, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario
2007 The West Montrose (Un)Covered Bridge Project. Kitchener-Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario
2006 The Department of Systems Oversight 1968 – 1973. Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
2004 Bromley’s Bluff. The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Gridding the Landscape.* Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
2002 Superurban Scenario.* Eastern EDGE, St. John’s, Newfoundland
A City Scenario, Struts, Sackville, New Brunswick
Suburbia. Combine, Calgary, Alberta
2001 Open Cities. Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1999 StreetFinder. Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
StreetFinder. Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1997 In between. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 Tracing.* Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Group Exhibitions
2010 Empire of Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
2008 RIG: Designs for the Fuel Transition, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto International Art Fair, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario.
Parkdale International Art Fair, Convenience Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2007 Never Been to Tehran, Travelling to San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Center, Auckland, NZ, Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (Downtown Electronic Billboard), Parkingallery, Tehran, Iran
Carnard Development Group. Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario
Urtopia, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Friendly Greeting, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario
Happy Birthday, (inagural exhibition), MKG127, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Buildings that Spin, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Intangible Evidence.The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St John’s, Newfoundland
2004 Tracing one warm line. The Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
Littoral Documents. Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Surrealestate.YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Civic Liberties. Articule, Montreal, Quebec
Spread. Artweek Festival 2003 presented at Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2002 Carrying On. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Elsewhere. Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Wreck Room. Art Systems Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Volumes: Sculptural Artist’s Books. Ceperley House Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
2000 Trace. Artweek Festival 2000 presented at IMCA, Calgary, Alberta
Ex Libris. Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Multiple & Editions. KIT, Calgary, AB. Organiser: The Forest Lawn Collective, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Bookmarks. AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Summer Books. The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
New Artists/ New Works: Transformations. Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Bookworks. Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario
1997 US/ CANADA Student Print Exchange. Traveling to Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York and Tennessee. Organised by Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
1996 An Inspiration of Ducks. Sackville Public Library, Sackville, New Brunswick
Awards/ Grants
2009 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant
Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Grant
2008 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2007 Toronto Art Council Grant
2006 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, Ontario
2005 Arthur D. Latornell Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, Ontario
2004 Entry Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, Ontario
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Art Project Grant
2002 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
Canada Council for the Arts C Grant
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Art Project Grant
2001 Canada Council for the ArtsTravel Grant
2000 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Art Project Grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts C Grant
Canada Council for the ArtsTravel Grant
1997 Endowment Fund Scholarship, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Centennial Fund Scholarship, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Collections
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
Private collections
Visiting Artist Talks
2010 Moderator for Alessandro Petti, Urban Field Speaker Series, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario
2007 City as Canvas, Panel Discussion moderated by Christoper Hume, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario
2004 The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Dawson City, Yukon
Struts, Sackville, New Brunswick
2001 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
2000 The University of Calgary, Fine Art Department, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Residencies
2002 The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Dawson City, Yukon.
2000 Big City, Residency program, The Banff Arts Centre, Banff, Alberta
Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Related Professional Experience
2010-2011 Instructor, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario.
2006-2008 Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Gallery Assistant, Toronto, Ontario.
2002-2003 Board Member at Truck gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2002 Playful Thoughts, curated group show at Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 -2004 Paul Kuhn Gallery, Gallery Registrar, Calgary, Alberta
1999 -2000 Art Gallery of Calgary, Communications Assistant, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Glenbow Museum, Communications Administrative Assistant, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Glenbow Museum, Art Technician Assistant, Calgary, Alberta
1998 -2000 Canadian Art Galleries, Assistant Director, Calgary, Alberta
Catalogues & Publications
2009 Dyhuis, Peter, Department of Systems Oversight 1968-1973, exhibition publication, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax.
2008 Knechtel, John, Ed. FUEL, Alphabet-City. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2008.
2004 McCabe, Shauna, Littoral Documents, exhibition catalogue, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown.
2003 Livesey, Graham, Civic Liberties, exhibition publication, Articule.
Priegert, Portia, Gridding the Landscape, exhibition publication, Alternator Gallery.
2002 Bebris, Ilze, Volumes: An Exhibition of Sculptural Books, exhibition publication, Ceperley House Gallery.
Sowiak, Christine, Elsewhere as good a place as any…, exhibition publication, Trianon Gallery
1999 Burns, Kathryn, New Artists/ New Works: Transformations, exhibition catalogue, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary.
Dykhuis, Peter, StreetFinder, exhibition publication, Stride Gallery, Calgary.
Bibliography
2010 Balzer, David. "MOCCA presents an Empire that just might have been built in a day." Eyeweekly, Toronto (June 30)
Hartland-Rowe, Sara. "Sara Graham: Department of Systems Oversight." Cmagazine 105, Toronto (Spring)
Vaughan, R.M. "The future is dystopian, but the buildings have modern feelings." Globe and Mail (Review), Toronto, p. R4, (July 1).
2008 Dault, Gary Micheal. “Sara Graham at MKG127.” Globe and Mail (review), Toronto, p. R20, (March 1).
Fung, Amy. “Prairie Artsters.” Vueweekly, Edmonton, (May 15).
2007 “Floating office, storefront aquarium part of 2007 Nuit Blanche.” CBC Arts Online, Toronto, (May 10).
Crabb, Michael. “Nuit Blanche takes culture to the streets.”, National Post, p. AL3, (October 1)
Dault, Gary Micheal, “A Graphic Work that simply won’t hold still.” Globe and Mail (review), Toronto, p. R13, (September 1).
Goddard, Peter, “Summer in the city of dreams.” The Toronto Star, Toronto (August 23)
Reid, Robert, “Five takes on one place.” The Record, Kitchener-Waterloo, p. C1, (January 20)
Sandals, Leah, “Do the White Night Right.” National Post, p 10, (September 29)
Tennant, John, “’What if…’ Artist bridges past to present.” Business Times, p. 6, (March 6)
2006 Goddard, Peter, “Proof that buildings are not inanimate objects.” The Toronto Star, Toronto, p. H14, (August 12)
Dault, Gary Micheal, “Wonder is an open book.” Globe and Mail (review), Toronto, p. R11, (August 5).
Jager, David, “Playing Architect.” Now Magazine, Toronto (August 10 - 16, Vol. 25 No. 50).
2004 Nadia, Janet, “Urban sprawl provides inspiration.” Calgary Herald, Calgary (May 8,).
2003 Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Stop ou encore?”, Voir, Montréal (20-26 November).
Priegert, Portia, “Gridding the Landscape”, Artichoke Magazine, Vancouver (Fall, volume 15, number 2).
Thurnbull, Glenna, “Lines on the landscape”, Showcase, Kelowna (May 8- 14).
Tousigant, Isa, Presents of mind, hour magazine, (December).
2002 Black, Anthea, Spreading the art around, FFWD, Calgary (October)
Genest, Michele, “Dawson’s ‘human scale’ supports artist’s vision”, The Yukon News, Whitehorse (August 26).
Lowe, Lezlie, In the Bedroom Community, Mediapipe Aliant Telecom, (March 20).
2000 Cronin, Ray, Sara Graham: StreetFinder, ARTSatlantic 65, Charlottetown (Winter).
1999 Cronin, Ray, “Maps a new source of interest to artists”, The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton (June 26).
Laviolette, Mary-Beth, “New works emerge from hearts and minds of two generations.” Calgary Herald, Calgary (March 20).
Severson, Anne, The Upwardly Mobile, Where Calgary, Calgary (May).
Walton, Mark, “Anti-paintings, nooses, un-maps and cool jewellery”, FFWD, Calgary (March 4)
Sara is represented by MKG127, Toronto, Ontario.
