Brenda Kim Christiansen is being represented by the Peter Robertson Gallery in Edmonton.

EDUCATION

EXHIBITIONS

2009
group, Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society 17th Annual Exhibition, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
group, Diversity, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2008
group, Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society 16th Annual Exhibition, Common Sense Gallery, Edmonton, AB
group, Twenty:20, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
group, Worse Things Have Happened to Better People, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
Solo, Inaugural Exhibition, Lando Gallery, Edmonton AB.
Solo, Resonant Landscape, Graduate Thesis Show, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB.
Juried, Re-drawing the Line, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

2007
Trio, Roots, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB.
Juried, Visual Thinking, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

2006
Group, Fast Forward, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
Juried, Diversity III, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, AB.

2005
Juried, Here and Now: Current Drawings, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB.
Solo, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, NS.

2004
Solo, Presence, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Solo, Presence II, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Juried, NSCAD Emerging Artists, Argyle Fine Arts, Halifax, NS.
Group, Graduation Exhibition 2004, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Group, Annual SSFA Exhibition, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.

2003
Group, Annual SSFA Exhibition, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Group, Figure Painting Workshop, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.

2002
Group, To the Walls, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS.
Group, Underground Underglass, Graduate Show, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2009 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant
2007 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant
2007 - Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award
2007 - GSA Professional Development Grant
2006 - Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship
2006 - Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant
2006 - Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship
2006 - Alberta Advanced Education Graduate Student Scholarship
2005 - University of Alberta Master’s Scholarship
2003 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sessional Instructor, 2006 to present, University of Alberta, Department of Art & Design
Instructor 2007-2009, Art Gallery of Alberta: "Art Express", a class for special needs adults.

WORKSHOPS

2009 - Emma Lake Artists Workshop, Saskatchewan

REVIEWS

• SEE Magazine, Edmonton, February 21, 2008. Polaroids in a strange land by Mandy Espezel and Jill Stanton. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
• VUE Weekly, Edmonton, February 14, 2008. Christiansen’s scarred landscapes comfort by Agnieszka Matejko. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
• Edmonton Journal, Arts Section, February 8, 2008. Expanding the Vocabulary of landscape by Gilbert Bouchard. Review of MFA thesis exhibition.
• Saint City News, St. Albert AB, August 3, 2007. Getting back to their roots. Review of Roots exhibition at Profiles Gallery.
• Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2006. Cutting-edge art flows from students’ research by Gilbert Bouchard, review of the Fast Forward exhibition at FAB Gallery.
• The Chronicle Herald, Halifax NS. March 13, 2004. A Garden of Delights, article on select NSCAD graduates exhibiting at Argyle Gallery.
  
  

PUBLISHED WORKS

• Redrawing the Line. Exhibition catalogue for the 2007 show at the AGA gallery included reproductions of work and excerpt from artist’s statement.
• EnRoute, Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, August, 2004. Works chosen to accompany award-winning poetry for the feature article, CBC Literary Awards.
• 20th Century Prints. Works from Permanent Collection. Authored the section, Glossary of Print Techniques. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2004
  
  

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Peter Robertson Gallery
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