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LISA MAYES:

Edmonton, AB

EDUCATION:

2023 M.F.A. Art & Design, Intermedia University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

2023 The University of Galway, An Cheathrú, Carraroe, Ireland (Summer)

2021 B.F.A. Studio Arts, Minor Art Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 

2023 CodesWitcher, MFA Solo Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Edmonton

2023 Know Thyself; 23 & Myself, Virtual Reality/ Interdisciplinary Project, FAB Gallery, Edmonton

2022 Emerging Artists Unleashed, The Alberta Society of Artists

2021 Black Every Day, Exhibitions of selected works, Art Gallery of Alberta

2020 I Am From Here, Exhibition of selected works, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton

2020 The Green New Deal, Nuit Blanche, Montreal

2019 Charmed Luck, Nuit Blanche, Montreal

2016 5 Artists One Love, Art Gallery of Alberta 

2016 5 Artists One Love, Scott Gallery, Alberta 

2016 5 Artists One Love, Latitude 53, Alberta 

2012 Noosphere, REPower Private Exhibit, Montreal 

2012 5 Artists One Love, Art Gallery of Alberta 

2010 5 Artists One Love, Tu Art Gallery, Edmonton 

2009 LITITUP, Radha, Vancouver 

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: 

2022 Burren College of Art, Artist Residency, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

2020 Instagrammer-in-Residence, Articule, Artist-run Centre, Montreal, QC 

2019 The Pine Collective, Montreal, QC 

AWARDS/GRANTS

2023 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), FGSR, Edmonton, AB

2023 Irish Language Award, Ireland Canada University Foundation, Ireland

2022 Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements, University of Alberta, FGSR, Edmonton, AB

2022 Walter H John’s Graduate Fellowship, University of Alberta, FGSR, Edmonton, AB

2022 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada),Lost Lineages: Intercultural Landscapes Within

2022 The Alberta Society of Artists’ Graduate Scholarship, Calgary, Alberta

2021 Melba Sadler Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

2021 Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Award, Internship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

2019 Conseil des Arts du Montréal, Travel Grant 

2017 Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts, Travel Grant 

2016 University Women’s Club of Montreal, Bursary 

TEACHING PRACTICE:

2024 Assistant Professor, Studio Arts: Painting & Foundations MacEwan University, Canada

2024 Assistant Lecturer, Media Art: Digital Media 350 I, University of Alberta, Canada. Winter

2023 Teaching Assistant, Media Art: Digital Media 350 I, University of Alberta, Canada. Fall

2022 Teaching Assistant, Media Art: Digital Media 450 II, University of Alberta, Canada. Winter

2021 Teaching Assistant, Media Art: Extended Studio 351 I, University of Alberta, Canada. Winter

2021 Teaching Assistant, Media Art: Digital Media 351 II, University of Alberta, Canada. Fall

2021 Critical Representations of Discrimination and Gender Stereotypes, Moderator, Portraitx/Raison d’art, Internship, Montreal, Canada

2019 Water Colour| Pastels Painting, The Pine Collective, Montreal, Canada  

RESEARCH PRACTICE:

2023 Know Thyself, Virtual Reality/ Interdisciplinary Project, University of Alberta, Canada. Research Assistant

2022 Lost Lineages: Intercultural Landscapes Within, A/R/Tography and Ethnographic research in Ireland, Scotland and France. Summer 2022, Lead Researcher, *ongoing project

2021 Critical Representations of Discrimination and Gender Stereotypes, Research Assistant, Portraitx/Raison d’art, Internship, Montreal, Canada

Languages:

French, 2017 in progress

Mvskoke, 2022 in progress

Irish, 2022 in progress