Communications: Art, Media, Theatre

Biographical Details

• Vanier Discipline or Program Teacher, Communications: Art, Media, Theatre
• Diploma, Certificate Institution: Grace Hospital School of Nursing, Windsor Ontario
  Diploma: 1968 Registered Nurse Diploma
  Program: Nursing
• Undergraduate Degree Institution: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  Diploma: 1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts
  Discipline: Studio Art
• Graduate Degree Institution: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  Diploma: 1989 Graduate Diploma in Art Education – Teaching Permit
  Discipline: Art Education
• Graduate Degree Institution: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  Diploma: 1994 Master of Fine Arts
  Discipline: Painting and Drawing

Professional Experience

• Teaching 1989-1991 Kahnawake Mohawk Survival School, Kahnawake, Quebec
  1990-Present CEGEP Vanier College
• Other 1968-1975 Registered Nurse in Operating Rooms in Windsor and Toronto, Ontario and Geriatric Nursing in Bedfordshire, England

Professional Activities

• Publications - Selected Art Reviews

  Salac-Ashforth, Debra. “Tracing residue”. Eyelevel Brochure, Oct 1997.
  Mueller, Megan. “City Focus: Toronto”. ARTnews, May 1996, pp. 65-66.
  White-Beatty, Dawn. “Jeanne Masterson: Scar Tissue II”. Source of Print, Apr 1996, p. 10.
  Klassen, Cynthia. “Artist Portrays Scars and Open Wounds”. View, Apr 25-May 1, 1996, p. 5.
  Fulton, Tom. Radio Interview with Penelope Steart, curator “Lineaments and Matter”. On The Arts, CJRT-FM, Toronto, Ontario, Mar 13, 1996.
  Winik, Terry. “Review: Scar Tissue”. Modern Fuel, Feb 1995, p.2.
  Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Douleur et Plaisir des Cicatrices”. Skol: Livret d’Exposition, 1994, pp. 23-27.
  Catchlove, Linda. “Beyond Words”. Hour, June 16-22, 1994, p. 24.

• Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions:
  

  1998 Galerie Verticale, Laval, Quebec “Lineaments and Matter”
  1998 Galerie Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec, “Lineaments and Matter”
  1997 Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, “residue”
  1996 A.K.A. Artist’s Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, “residue”
  1996 A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Lineaments and Matter” (with Kathleen Sellars, Newfoundland)
  1996 Hamilton Artist’s Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, “Scar Tissue II”
  1995 Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, “Scar Tissue”
  1994 Galerie Dare-Dare, Montreal, Quebec, “Dislocation”
  1993 Galerie Skol, Montreal, Quebec, “(In)Visible Histories”
  1992 Galerie Bourget, Montreal, Quebec, “Autopsy”
  1990 Complexe Du Canal (Galerie Bleu), Montreal, Quebec, “Interior Landscapes”
  Selected Group Exhibitions:
  1995 Boutique Jacob, Montreal, Quebec, “The Feminine Viewpoint”
  1995 Niagara Artist’s Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario, “Territories and Antagonisms”
  1992 Galerie X at Galerie VAV, Montreal, Quebec, “Overdale Revisited”
  1991 Galerie Bourget, Montreal, Quebec, “Four Painters”
  1991 Galerie X at Monument Nationale, Montreal, Quebec, “Les Voix”
  1991 Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec, “Women’s Week Show”
  1991 Galerie X at Papeterie St-Amand, Montreal, Quebec, “Fibres”
  1989 Galerie VAV, Montreal, Quebec, “Quaker Arts”

• Awards/Honours

  1993-1994 B-Grant {Long Term – Artistic Practice}, Ministere de la Culture du Quebec

  1991-1993 FCAR Scholarship, Fonds Pour La Formation De Chercheurs Et L’Aide A La Recherche

• Other Extensive travel and research throughout Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania