Nuit Blanche. Interactive Performance Participation, 2023

education

  • Masters of Fine Arts (Studio and Creative Research) Degree, University of Calgary. Calgary, AB. 2020

  • Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree, Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK. 2014

Awards

  • Dean’s Entrance Award Scholarship - University of Calgary, 2018

  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant, 2019

  • Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, 2019

  • Shortlisted for the Aegis Award SSHRC Grant, 2018

  • Honourable Mention- International Art Prize. Art Show International Gallery, 4th Annual Figurative Competition, Los Angeles, California, 2022

  • Finalist Award- Global Painting Competition. Global Painting Conclave. 1st Annual Portrait Painting Competition, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2022

Exhibitions and Performances

  • Mostly Functioning Artists -Group Exhibition, Little Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2018

  • Minorities in Diversity - Group Exhibition, MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB, 2018

  • Intimate Mythologies - Solo Exhibition, Little Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2019

  • The 17th Annual Seattle Erotic Arts Exhibition- Group Exhibition, Gallery Erato, Seattle, WA, 2019

  • #Hashtag Unicorn#- Solo Exhibition, Gallery 621, Calgary, AB, 2019

  • Erotic Art London- Group Exhibition, OXO Gallery, Bargehouse Wharf, London, United Kingdom, 2019

  • Absolute Integrity- Performance and Solo Exhibition, Arnatt Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2019

  • Written Here - Solo Exhibition, Little Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2019

  • The DLA Piper Annual Fine Arts Exhibition- Group Exhibition, Jamieson Place Winter Gardens, Calgary, AB, 2020

  • ONE Calgary’s Why We Love Women- Group Exhibition, MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB, 2020

  • The 18th Annual Seattle Erotic Arts Exhibition- Group Exhibition, Gallery Erato, Seattle, WA, 2020

  • Koel 310 Exposition: Delicious Body- Group Exhibition, Koelmalaan 310 Gallery, Alkmaar, Netherlands, July 2021

  • The 34th Annual Winter Exhibition- Group Exhibition, Mann Gallery, Prince Albert, SK, 2022

  • Neon Nostalgia- Group Exhibition, Gallery 525, Saskatoon, SK, 2022

  • 4th Figurative - Group Exhibition, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2022

  • The Magic is Back - Group Exhibition, Stumbletown, Saskatoon, SK, 2022

  • MAI Institue Takeover- Group Performance Exhibition Participant. Queen Elizabeth Hall. London, United Kingdom. 2023

  • Beautiful Taboo - Solo Exhibition. The Guild Studios, Saskatoon, SK. 2024

Residencies

  • Royal College of Art and Design. London, United Kingdom. February 8- March 25, 2020

  • European Cultural Centre. Task-Based Performance and Material Relations with Katja Hilevaara. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom. June 2-23, 2020

  • Marina Abramovic Institute. Long-Durational Performance art and the Abramovic Method. Karyes, Greece. May 02-11, 2023.

Conferences And PuBlications

  • Reconsidering Creations. Rosza Centre, University of Calgary. December 10, 2019

  • Smith, Colleen A.J. “Excised Internals: Figurative Art in the Pandemic Era.” Canadian Journal of the Surgical Humanities. Fall 2020 https://medicine.usask.ca/documents/surgery/humanities/jsh-fall2020.pdf

  • Smith, Colleen A.J. “Autonomous Taboo: The Art of Tattoo and the Feminine.” Wholife Magazine. Vol. 29. Issue: 2. 2023

  • Smith, Colleen A.J. “The Provocative Gift: Silence as Performance in Spartan Greece.” Wholife Magazine. Vol. 29. Issue: 3. 2023

  • Smith, Colleen A.J. “Friars Break the Fast.” In Medias Res. “Reflections Issue.” January 2021

  • Artist Talk: Drawing the Self. Knowing the Self. A Reflective Intimate Mythology. ART NOW Visiting Lecture Series. Calgary, 2021.