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Angela Snieder is an artist and educator living in Edmonton, Alberta. She received her BFA from York University in Toronto, Ontario and has recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking at the University of Alberta. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, and has taught both in the University and in the wider community. Her art practice is based primarily in photography methods and photo-based printmaking, and explores themes of land and place as well as relationships between physical and psychological spaces.

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EDUCATION
 
2017      
Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Art, Specializing in Printmaking. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
 
2013      
Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art (Summa Cum Laude). York University, Toronto, ON.

2011      
CEFLE: Certificat d’Enseignement du Français Langue Étrangère (Certificate to Teach French as a Foreign Language). Université du Québec à Montréal, QC.
 
RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS
 
2015    
  • Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship in Art and Design (AFA). University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2014      
  • Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2013      
  • Summa Cum Laude. The highest academic distinction upon BFA graduation. York University, Toronto, ON.
  • Curry’s Art Award. The 10th Annual Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  • Nomination for the BMO 1st Art! Student Art Competition. York University, Toronto ON.
2012      
  • State Hermitage Museum Young Artists Residency Program. One of two Visual Arts students chosen to represent York University in a two week immersive visual art program in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • Senior Print Media Award. York University, Toronto, ON.
  • York University Continuing Student Scholarship. York University, Toronto, ON.
2011       
  • Juried Leasing Prize. Open Art Show, Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • York University Continuing Student Scholarship. York University, Toronto, ON.
2010       
  • York University Undergraduate Bursary. York University, Toronto, ON.
2010-13   
  • Dean’s Honour Roll. York University, Toronto, ON.
2008       
  • Entrance Scholarship. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2017        
  • Obscura. MFA printmaking exhibition, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
2014        
  • Substance and Void. The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC.
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2017 - 18       
  • Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition. International juried printmaking exhibition. Robert L. Ringel Gallery and the Stewart Center Gallery at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana).   
2016        
  • Schmoozy. Annual Fundraising Exhibition, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB.
2015        
  • 2015 SNAP Members Show. Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP), Edmonton, AB.
  • Schmoozy. Annual Fundraising Exhibition, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB.
  • Destabilizing Dystopia. Art and Design Graduate Student Association art exhibition with guest artist Peter von Tiesenhausen. Dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton, AB.
  • Biblioteca Alexandrina International Biennale for Miniature Graphics. International juried exhibition of miniature print works. Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.             
2014         
  • Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE VIII). International juried exhibition and catalogue of miniature print work. Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC; Dunderave Print Workshop, Vancouver BC; UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC; SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
  • Print Affair: Pretty Paper. Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP), Edmonton, AB.
  • Open Studio 100 Prints. Open Studio’s annual juried exhibition and fundraising gala. Palais Royale, Toronto, ON.
  • Miniprint Finland 2014. International juried exhibition of print work from 37 countries. Coordinated by the Graphic Artist Association of Lahti. Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland.
  • International Print Exchange and Exhibition 2014. Arnica Artist Run Centre and Kamloops Printmakers Society, Kamloops, BC.
2013        
  • Winter Open House. Ground Zero Printmakers Society, Victoria, BC.
  • The 10th Annual Print Show. Juried exhibition. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  • Disjunct. Juried Visual Art graduation exhibition. Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON.
  • Open House. Year end senior exhibition. Goldfarb Centre for the Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • Transference. Senior print media exhibition. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • Portraits and Figures. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
2012        
  • Art Semester at the Hermitage. Gallery of the Hermitage Youth Center at the Hermitage State Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • Under 30 at 30. Juried exhibition. The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON.
  • Four Portrait Artists. Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • Psychopomp. York University, Toronto, ON.
  • Precipitant. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • A Study of Landscape. Two person exhibition with Matthew Tarini. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON. 
2011        
  • Open Art Show. Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.
  • You. Us. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.
  • Moulting. York University, Toronto, ON.
2010        
  • Summer Ashes. 103 Harrison, Toronto, ON. 
 
EMPLOYMENT

2016-17      
  • Teaching Assistant (TA). Assistant in Undergraduate Word and Image Printmaking studio course, supervised by Jill Ho-You. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Graduate Research Assistant (GRA). Gallery Assistant in the Fine Arts Building Gallery (FAB), supervised by Blair Brennan. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2016      
  • Co-Instructor. Photopolymer Gravure Printmaking Worskshop. Society of Northern-Alberta Printmakers (SNAP). Edmonton, AB.
  • Instructor. Introduction to Etching course at the Society of Northern-Alberta Printmakers (SNAP). Edmonton, AB.
  • Principal Instructor. Undergraduate Art Fundamentals studio course. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2015        
  • Digital Print Assistant. Printing digital files and preparing printed pages for the University of Alberta 50th Anniversary Printmaking Portfolio, entitled From Time to Time. Supervised by Professor Emeritus Walter Jule. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Lab Assistant (LA). Assistant in Undergraduate Bookmaking course through the department of Design, supervised by Gillian Harvey and Sue Colberg. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Lab Assistant (LA). Assistant in Undergraduate Relief Printmaking studio course, supervised by Nick Dobson. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2014        
  • Graduate Research Assistant (GRA). Gallery Assistant in the Fine Arts Building Gallery (FAB), supervised by Blair Brennan. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • Lab Assistant (LA). Assistant in Undergraduate Art Fundamentals studio course, supervised by Jill Ho-You. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
2011-12     
  • Specialty Camps Art Leader. Esquimalt Camps and Recreation, Victoria, BC.
2010        
  • Creative Director. Tamwood International Language Camps, Vancouver, BC.
 
COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER WORK
 
2014        
  • Read-In Week Volunteer Reader. University of Alberta graduate students visit local Edmonton elementary schools and read to students ages 5-15, with the goal of encouraging literacy in children of the community.
2011         
  • Mural Project. École Victor-Brodeur, Victoria, BC. 
2008      
  • Mural Project. On Edge Fitness Gym, Sarnia, ON. 
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
2013       
  • Series of Map drawings published in Ethnographic Music book Performing Gender, Place, and Emotion in Music (Global Perspectives), co-edited/written by Louise Wrazen, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Department at York University, Toronto, ON.
 
MEDIA
 
2012       
  • Interview and article of two-person exhibition A Study of Landscape with Matthew Tarini. York University, Toronto, ON. “Landscaping your Fine Arts Experience”. Excalibur, York University’s Community Newspaper. http://www.excal.on.ca/landscaping-your-fine-arts-experience/