MADDY  KNOTT​
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  • Drawing • Painting
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  • Artist Statement
  • CV
Education
2015- 2017                        Master of Fine Arts
                                            UVic, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
                                            MFA in Sculpture

2013- 2015                        Bachelor of Fine Arts
                                            NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
                                            BFA, minor in Jewellery Design 
 
2011-2013                          Visual Arts Diploma
                                             Camosun College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
                                             University transfer program                                          

​​Solo Shows  
2020                                     Flower Head and the Peachy Pet, City of Victoria Storefront Program, Victoria, BC.

2017                                      Pet Shop, Ministry of Causal Living window space, Victoria, BC, Canada.   
2017                                      
Dressing Up Daydreams, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Victoria, BC, Canada.   
2016                                      The Girl Who Turned Herself Upside Down, Audain Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada.

2015                                      Construct / Destruct, Studio 206, Halifax, NS, Canada.


Group Exhibitions
2018                                        Makeshift: Contemporary Textiles Festival, The Atrium, Victoria, BC, Canada.
                                                 Back to School Special, The OU Gallery, Duncan, BC, Canada.                                                                                                                                        Under|Where, The OU Gallery, Duncan, BC, Canada.

2017                                       Fool's Day, The Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC, Canada.
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2016                                      Casino Series: One, Pop up show, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
                                               NSCAD 2016 Graduation Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
                                               
Makeshifter, The Audaine Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada.
                                              Out of The Dark, Studio Robazzo,Victoria, BC, Canada.

2015                                      Fallow Gallery, Sea Port Market, Halifax, NS, Canada. 
                                              Starfish Walking Jewellery Exhibition, Port Gallery NSCAD, Halifax, NS, Canada.
 

2014                                      Coal or Gold, Bridge Centre for Arts and Technology, Dartmouth, NS, Canada.
                                              Skins/Shells/Substance, Port Gallery NSCAD, Halifax, NS, Canada.

                                              Shapes You Ought to Know, Port Gallery NSCAD, Halifax, NS, Canada.

2013                                      The Daily Things We Do, Pop-up Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada.

2012                                      Dr.Sketchy, Fort Street Cafe, Victoria, BC, Canada.
                                              Out of the Grey, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada. 

Teaching Experience
2019 -Present                      Assistant Instructor /Studio technician, Argentum Jewellery School, Victoria, BC.
2019                                       Studio assistant/ Instructor assistant, Hands On Pottery, Victoria, BC.
2017                                       Teaching assistant UVic, Art 117: Introduction to Observational Drawing, 1.5 units.
2016                                       Sessional Instructor UVic, Art 201: Drawing, 1.5 units.
2015                                      Teaching assistant for Art 150: Introduction to Contemporary Art Theory, 1.5 units,
                                               The University of Victoria.

Professional Experience
2019                                      City of Victoria Public Art Selection Panel, Victoria, BC.
2017                                       Founder of Dive•Bar•Designs Jewellery company, Online Store. 
                                                Graduate Student Society, Visual Arts representative, University of Victoria. 
                                                Artist Talk, Art 151: Introduction to Contemporary Art, UVic.        
                                                Graduate Student Society, events committee member, University of Victoria.
                                                Teaching assistant for Art 117: Introduction to Observational Drawing,1.5 units, The University of Victoria.
2016                                       Sessional Instructor UVic. Art 201: Drawing, 1.5 units.
                                               Co-Curator for the group show Iterations, Victoria, BC.

                                               Teaching assistant for the Graduation Exhibition at the University of Victoria.                                                  
2015                                      Teaching assistant for Art 150: Introduction to Contemporary Art Theory, 1.5 units. University of Victoria.
2013                                       Coordinator for the group show Shapes You Ought Know, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2012                                       Studio Assistant / Ceramic apprentice for Faro Sullivan at Dirty Girl Studio, Victoria. BC, Canada.

Awards/Scholarships          
2017/2016                            UVic Graduate Award, University of Victoria 
2014                                       British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship 
2013                                       Jessie Allan Forsyth Memorial Scholarship Portfolio Award
                                               NSCAD First Impressions Transfer Student Scholarship
                                               The Victoria Visual Art Legacy Award
2012                                       Jessie Allan Forsyth Memorial Scholarship for Commendable Achievement

Public Works
2015                                        Co-Artist for public piano installation, Play Me HFX, Halifax, NS.

Press
2019                                        Boulevard Magazine, Issue Feb/March 2019, print and online, Victoria, Canada. 
2017                                        4 Birds on a Rock, Vancouver Island lifestyles blog, featured jewellery designer, Online.
​2016                                        Maake Magazine: Issue Three, print and online, Pennsylvania, United States.

Publications
2017                                        University of Victoria Masters of Fine Arts Graduate catalogue.
2016                                        Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Graduate catalogue.
2013                                        Camosun College Art is a Person bus project, images displayed on public transportation, juried, Victoria, BC.

​Volunteer Experience 
2018-Present                       Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
                                                Alzheimer's Society of British Columbia
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