Sharon VanStarkenburg

Educational Background

2018 MFA Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

2007 Master of Fine Arts level studies, New York University, New York, USA

1997 BFA Honourary Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio, Cum Laude, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022    TBA, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, ON

2020    Salon de Refusés Revisited, La Petite Mort Projects, Ottawa, ON

2019    Salon de Refusés, La Petite Mort Projects, Ottawa, ON

2018    Parables of the Daughters, Enriched Bread Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2018    Manna From Heaven, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON,

2015    The Debutantes, Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2015    The Debutantes, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

2012    Apis Regina, Arbor Gallery, Vankleek Hill, ON

2007    Girlhood Jag, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2007    Hope Chest, Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa, ON

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023    Re-Wilding, with Manon Labrosse, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2022    Human Nature, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe, Ottawa, ON

2019    Signal, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2018    Empty Aviary, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa, ON

2017    Working Space, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa, ON

2016    Le pARTy, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2014    Flesh Garden, MILK AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam, NL

2014    Inspiring Change, Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2013    Illustrated Worlds, Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa, ON

2012    National Geographic Goes Ghetto, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2012    Flesh Garden, La Petite Mort Gallery in collaboration with YESSR, Santiago (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Ottawa, ON

2012    Exquisite Corpse, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2012    Moveable Feast, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2011    Shaken, But Not Stirred, Enriched Bread Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2011    Drawn: Contemporary Drawings, Enriched Bread Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2011    A Common Beauty, Heartwood House Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2010    Annual Group Show, Gora Gallery, Montreal, QC

2009    New Year, New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2007    M.A. Student Group Exhibit, NYU, New York, NY

2007    Community Threads, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, ON

2007    Love Me Goodbye (with Meaghan Haughian), Pukka Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2006    New Works, Pukka Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2005    Portraits in Circumstance, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, juried annual contemporary group exhibit, Ottawa, ON

 

Grants and Awards

  • Canada Council Research and Production Grant, 2021
  • Ontario Arts Council Midcareer Production Grant, 2021
  • City of Ottawa Professional Artist Funding Grant, 2020
  • City of Ottawa Professional Artist Funding Grant, 2015
  • Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, 2015
  • City of Ottawa Professional Artist Funding Grant, 2006

 

  • Vermont Studio Center Merit Fellowship, 2021
  • René Payant Award, University of Ottawa, 2018
  • Charles Gagnon Master’s Fine Arts Award, 2018
  • University of Ottawa Graduate Research Travel Grant, 2017
  • Scholarship, University of Ottawa, MFA, 2016
  • First Prize, Visual Arts Prize, University of Ottawa, Juried by Olivier Asselin, Lynne Cohen, Philip Fry, Roland Poulin, Leslie Reid, and Michael Schreier, 1997
  • Deans Honour List, University of Ottawa, 1997
  • Cum Laude, University of Ottawa, 1997
  • Scholarship, University of Ottawa, Visual Arts Program, 1993

 

Bibliography

  • Andrea Fitzpatrick, Extensivity and Vulnerability in the Paintings of Sharon VanStarkenburg, Parables of the Daughters Catalogue, 2018
  • Rose Ekins, Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite: Feminist Abjection in the Artwork of Sharon VanStarkenburg, Parables of the Daughters Catalogue, 2018
  • Art Reveal Magazine, Artist Profile, February 15, 2017
  • Jake Pitre, Artist Profile, Antidote Magazine, September 24, 2016
  • Paul Gessell, “Talk of the Town”, Ottawa Magazine, 2016 edition
  • Fresh Paint Magazine, Featured Artist, USA & UK, issue 10, 2015
  • Peter Simpson, “Powerful Girls Will Not Be Sexualized”, The Ottawa Citizen, September 15, 2015
  • Untitled Publications, Feature Artist, 2014
  • Claire Adas, “Body/Image”, artspan, 2014
  • Tony Lofaro, “Sharon VanStarkenburg: Queen Bee Rules”, The Ottawa Citizen, March 10, 2014
  • Artist Feature, Cu Van Ha, Preston Catalogue, No.8, Ottawa, ON, 2007

 

Residencies

  • TBA (postponed due to Covid) Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
  • 2019 Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France

Teaching Experience

  • Coordinator of the Introduction to Fine Arts program, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, January 2019 to April 2020
  • Professor, Design Studies, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, September 2018 to present
  • Professor, Introduction to Fine Arts, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, January 2018 to present
  • Teaching Assistant in BFA program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 2016 to 2018
  • Instructor, Ottawa School of Art Diploma Program, Ottawa, ON, 2016 to present

Career Related Experience

  • Cofounder/Host of Dr. Sketchy Life Drawing Sessions at The Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, ON, 2009-2014
  • Curator/Administrator of Exquisite Corpse, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2012
  • City of Ottawa Jury Member for City Hall and Karsh Masson Galleries, 2011/2012 Exhibition Season
  • Guest Curator on behalf of The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ottawa, ON, Dutch Courage: Images of Lineage, 2007
  • Apprenticeship with Catherine Richards, Charged Hearts, National Gallery of Canada, 1997
  • Curatorial Assistantship, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Assistant to Sylvie Fortin, Curator of Contemporary Art, 1996-1997
  • Gallery Administrator, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa, 1996-1997