Shantael Sleight - Artist

 
Shantael M. Sleight
e-mail: shantaels@hotmail.com
website: www.shantaelsleight.ca

Education
Summer Series Figurative Painting Course, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta. 2009
BFA Painting, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta. 2000-02
BFA (transfer), Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta. 1998-00
BA, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta. 1994-95


Professional Development
Alberta Society of Artists member, Edmonton, Alberta. 2006-present
Photography Basics Course, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta. 2004
Art Therapy Course, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta. 2002
Practicum with Art Therapist, Calgary, Alberta. 2002
Visual Arts Facilitator, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta. 2000
Fine Arts Council Member, Calgary, Alberta 2005 - present
CARFAC member - 2005 - present



Solo Exhibitions
Snapshots of Wind, Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 2008
(caw)l, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Sept. 2008
What the Wind Moves, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Aug. 2008
Crows, Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 2007
This Place, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Sept. 2006
The Crow Studies, Langham Art Gallery, Kaslo, BC, March 2006
The Crow Series, NeXtfest Sugarbowl Café, Edmonton, Alberta, June 2003
Figurative Works, Lazy Loaf & Kettle, Calgary, Alberta, May 2003



Selected Group Exhibitions
Eastside Studio Crawl, Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, Alberta, 2002-08
Triangle Art Show & Sale, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 2004
Painting & Drawing Graduate Show, Artspace, Calgary, Alberta, 2002.
BFA Graduating Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 2002.
Fourth Year Painting Show, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, 2002.
Miniature Show and Silent Auction, Marion Nicholl Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 2001.
Pushing The Envelope, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, 2001.
Lacombe Art Show, Community Hall, Lacombe, Alberta, 2000.
Student Show, Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta, 2000.


Commissions
Magpies, private collector, Calgary, Alberta, 2008
Untitled Crow, Alberta Wildlife Sanctuary, 2006
Raven's Home, local collector, Calgary, Alberta, 2004.
Untitled, local collector, Premiere Travel, Calgary, Alberta, 2004.


Publications
Mary Christa O'keefe, By air and by sea, Vue Weekly Magazine
(Edmonton, September 25, 2008)

Mark Weber, Crows wield a certain 'brilliance', Red Deer Express
(Red Deer, December 5, 2007)

This Place - Artist Talk
(Calgary: August 2006)
Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Arts Alive, CKUA Radio Interview
(Calgary: July 2006)
Karoline Czerski

Filing Station, issue 33
(Calgary: August 2005)

Gilbert A. Bouchard, Nextfest Art exhibits prolong their stay, Edmonton Journal
(Edmonton: June 20, 2003)


Awards
Summer Series for the Arts grant 2009
Millennium Scholarship 1999-02
KITE Award of Excellence 1999-02
Ian & Hope Cooke Travel Scholarship 1999
Heinz Jordan Supply Scholarship 1999
Visual Arts Society Logo Award 1999