Donna Akrey
80 West Avenue North, Hamilton Ontario L8L 5C2 289-698-0604 [email protected] http://www.donnaakrey.com/
University Employment
2018-present McMaster University, Sessional Faculty SOTA
2012 –present Brock University Part Time Faculty MIW School of the Arts - Foundation, Drawing, Sculpture, Advanced Art Practice
2012-13 McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario. Sessional Instructor-Communication Studies and Multimedia
2007-12 Concordia University Montréal, Quebec. Assistant Professor Studio Arts Department
2006 University of Windsor, Ontario. Sessional Instructor Foundation and Third Year Sculpture
2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax, N.S., Instructor. Sculpture
2000 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax N.S., Teaching Assistant: Foundation Studio, Visual Culture Tutorials, Fine Art Studio, Introduction to Sculpture
Other Employment
1998-present Visual Artist
2016/18 Hamilton Rehabilitation Centre. Project development and instructor for Proof Positive-Print Art in the Community 2015 Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts-Culture for Kids Program-Art Educator
2015 Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville-Art Instructor
Education
2000-2002 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax, N.S. MFA
1996-1998 Concordia University Montreal, Quebec. BFA Degree with distinction 1994-1996 Simon Fraser University Vancouver, B.C. Visual Art Major
1992-1994 Douglas College, B.C. English Literature, Creative Writing, Anthropology
Exhibitions
2018 Hamilton Now: Object Art Gallery of Hamilton
(F)NOR Collective @ 7a11d, Toronto
Universal Remote. Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
Escarpment as Muse Hamilton Public Library
Translations: work from the Makerspace Hamilton Public Library
2017 Also Also Curated by Marcie Bronson Rodman Hall, St. Catharines
Dead Dad collaboration with Yvette Poorter FOFA Gallery Concordia University
Never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon (F)NOR. Hamilton Artist Inc
Artspin Hamilton collaboration with (F)NOR
Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Windsor collaboration with (F)NOR and as HPU with IN/TERMINUS
2016 Cloud-Supercrawl Hamilton
(L)Herbes-Hundred Dollar Gallery, Hamilton (collaboration with (F)NOR)
2015 Universal Remote- Niagara Artist Centre, St. Catharines Ontario (solo)
TH&B United-with Margaret Flood-270 Sherman, Hamilton Ontario (group) Disfigureitout -Hundred Dollar Gallery, Hamilton (duo)
Stories of the City-group show IN/TERMUS research group, Windsor Ontario Hamilton Biennale 2015. Hamilton Ontario (group)
2014 The 2014 Windsor-Essex Triennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Windsor Re-Re-Duo with Jo-Anne Balcaen, Dr. Disc, Hamilton (duo)
Market Value with (F)NOR, Hamilton, Ontario. (collaboration with collective) 52 PICK-UP ALL NUIT LONG , STUDIO 303, Montreal, Quebec (group)
2013 Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition with (F)NOR. Orillia Museum of Art & History. Opposing Assemblage with (F)NOR, collaborating with TH&B, YouMeGallery, Hamilton
Art Fest -Artcite Gallery Windsor Ontario (group)
Open Book Show -Book Club Gallery, Hamilton Ontario (group) 2012 Art Walk Exposed-King William Public Art- Hamilton Ontario (group)
Projet Carte Postale Laval - Laval Postcard Project !-Galerie Verticale. (group)
Odyssey part of ‘Art Souterrain’ Montreal (group)
Re-Duo with Jo-Anne Balcaen at La Fin du Vinyl, Montreal (duo)
Secret Garden with Yvette Poorter and Annika Grill-TENT: Rotterdam Centre for Fine Arts
2011 PHEW Monastiraki, Montreal, QC (solo)
2010 Vague Terrain -Natural & the Manufactured exhibition for the ODD Gallery, Dawson City
Telepathic Drawing Sessions with Jon Knowles/Leah Garnett, curated by Rebecca Duclos,
Articule, Montreal (collaboration)
2009 OH with Janine Miedzik as part of Contact Photography Festival, Toronto (collaboration) 2008 STOCK/LOONIELAND Third Space, St. John, NB (solo)
2007 SHOWROOM AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (solo)
Too Many Words Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC (group) 2006 All About Everything Lebel Gallery, Windsor, Ontario (group) 2005 You're My Obsession Third Space Gallery St. John, N.B. (group)
Massive Response Eastern Front, Toronto, Ontario (group) Staywarm Atelier Frankfurt Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany (group) In Excess Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. (group)
2004 Trap/Door Opening Trap/Door Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (group)
Panning for Utopia with Yvette Poorter KIAC Dawson City, Yukon (collaboration)
2003 Versus Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (duo)
Ten Things At Once Rad’a Gallery, Montreal, Quebec (group) HAVENWOODPOINTEGREENTERRACE-INC Truck Gallery Calgary, Alberta
2000 Oasis Struts Gallery, Sackville, N.B. (solo)
Palindrome with Yvette Poorter Quartier Ephemere Montreal, Quebec
Residencies and Artist Talks
2019. Panel artist talk at AGH-part of Hamilton Now
2018 Hamilton Peramulatory Unit at Art and Social Strata Conference Hamilton 2017 Workshop and talk at McGill University-Hamilton Perambulatory Unit 2016 Artist Talk for Supercrawl Hamilton 2016
WalkingLab Residency-blog. June-August
2015 Living Arts Hamilton podcast http://hamiltonartscouncil.ca/livingarts/podcast/donna-akrey#t=0:04.481
Visiting Artist Series McMaster University
Artist talk-Niagara Artist Centre
2013 Artist Talk at NAC-In the Works: Art Talk Series
2010 Artist Talk at Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YT
2009 Artist talk at Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Residency ‘Knock on Woods’ Montreal, Quebec
2007 Artist talk at AKA Gallery, Saskatoon
2006 Artist in Residence, Church Basement Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon 2004 Artist talk at University of Lethbridge, Alberta
Artist in residence, Church Basement Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon Artist in residence, KIAC, Dawson City, Yukon
Awards
2019 OAC Creation Grant
2017 City of Hamilton Established Artist Arts Award 2016 City Enrichment Fund, Hamilton
2013 Ontario Arts Council Travel Grant (F)NOR 2007 Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant 2003 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2001 Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship
2000 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
1998 Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts Development Award/Concordia University Outdoor Sculpture Award
Publications
2017 Catalogue-Downtown/s—Urban Renewals Today for Tomorrow The2017Windsor-EsexTriennialofContemporaryArt 2017 included in TIME & PLACE publication, Hamilton Ontario
2016 Catalogue-Possible Futures: What is to be done? Art Gallery of Windsor
2015 included in TIME & PLACE publication, Hamilton Ontario
2015 included in SECRET LIFE-a publication by QUIET SPELL
2014 included in Hamilton Arts and Letters publication Issue 7/2 Fall/Winter 2014-2015 2000 “Oasis/Place” published by Intrepid Tourist Press, January.
1999 “short story of hello” published by Intrepid Tourist Press, March.
1998 “Mok Up” published by Intrepid Tourist Press, November.
Reviews and Writings and Press
2017 http://bartgazzola.com/reviews/also-art-also-play-also-absurd-donna-akrey-at-rodman-hall/
2010 McLaughlin, Byrne, http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-it/2010/09/02/natural-and-manufactured/
2007 Global Television News interview, Saturday March 3.
2003 Black, Anthea. “Donna Akrey’s havenwoodpointegreenterrace-inc.” Latitude 53, Issue 5 p11.
2001 Lowe, Leslie. “Ethel Mars and Lady Stratheden” reviewed in the Coast Magazine, May 31-June 7 p
2000 McCleod, Dayna. “Conversion Stories-A Silo/A Boarding House/ A Foundry” Mix Mag. V. 26
2000 McCleod, Dayna. “Rearranging the Furniture; Palindrome turns everything upside down” Hour Magazine
Activities
2018 co-founder of New Committee
2016-present Board Member Centre3
2015 ZINEPOSIUM HAMILTON 2015-founder/organizer
2014-present Zula Music and Arts Hamilton. Organizing music performances in Hamilton 2014 Hamilton Perambulatory Unit (HPU) KM2.1 Walks. Month of March
2014-present Big Brother and Sisters Canada
2013-2016 Board Member Hamilton Artist Inc
Member of Art Collective (F)NOR
Co-Founder of HPU-Hamilton Perambulatory Unit 2011 Participant at EXPOZINE 2011
Portfolio Review at ELAN, Montreal
2005 Ministry of Walking art collective
2003-05 Board of Directors. The New Gallery, Calgary 2002-05 Production Member. EMMEDIA, Calgary 2003-05 Volunteer. Truck Gallery, Calgary
2003-05 Volunteer. Stride Gallery, Calgary
Collections
Vancouver International Film Festival Main Office, Monastriaki, Montreal, Brock University
Upcoming
HPU will deliver a workshop in Tokyo as part of the 2019 Cartography Conference
Last Days of Ice and Snow. Site specific group exhibition, Hamilton, Ontario
