Jason Frizzell holds a Diploma in Art and Design from Red Deer College, a BFA from the University of Calgary and a MFA from the University of Victoria. Jason has been a RDC faculty member since 1998, teaching in the areas of Drawing, Visual Fundamentals, Printmaking, and Sculpture and was Dean of the School of Creative Arts until 2019. He has exhibited prints, drawings, and sculpture nationally and internationally and was included in the 2015 Alberta Biennial at the Art Gallery of Alberta.

 

Frizzell’s exploration of undefined narratives and uncertain relationships are rendered in 1:87 scale. The sculptural dioramas feature imaginary environments, architectural spaces, and miniature tableaus that explore themes of isolation, transition, denial and discovery.

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Academic Credentials

MFA (University of Victoria), 1998

BFA (University of Calgary), 1996

 

Academic Appointments

Continuous Faculty Member Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 2005 - Present

Sessional Faculty Member Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 2001 - 2005

Part-Time Faculty Member Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 1999 - 2001

 

Administrative Appointments

Dean, School of Creative Arts Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 2015 - 2019

Interim Dean, School of Creative Arts Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 2014 - 2015

Chair, Visual Art Program Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, 2008 - 2013

 

Selected Professional Group Exhibitions  

2019       BLACK , Herringer Kiss Gallery , Calgary, AB 

2016       Generations: 50 Years of Art at the University and Beyond, Nickle Galleries , Calgary, AB

 2016      Landscapes Reconstructed, Whyte Museum of the Rockies, Banff, AB

 2015      Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art,     Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

 2013      Reflections from a Century: Artists of Central Alberta, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB

 2012      10 Magnificent Sculptors, Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB

 2007      New Work: Jason Frizzell and Andrea Dettmar, Bilton Centre for Contemporary Art, Red Deer, AB

 2004      Northern Regions Art Project, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan

 2003      International Art Exhibition, Porto Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan

  

Selected Professional Solo Exhibitions

2022       We’ll Build a Palace Among the Ruins, Gallery 501, Edmonton, AB  (*Upcoming Summer 2022)

 2021      And We Will Dream of El Dorado, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

 2017      Worn Out Shoes and Back Page News, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

 2016      Dead Cities, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB

2015       And to the Garden the Serpent Come,  Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

 2005      Topic of Cancer, Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer, AB  

 2003      24-Hour Roadside Redemption, Sensory City, Red Deer, AB

 2000      13 Steps to the Gutwagon, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB

 2000      J Frizzell’s 4-in-1, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, AB

 

Reviews

Mandel, Charles. “Step right up, folks...”, The Edmonton Journal May 26, 2000

Hahn, Carl, “Cancer Ordeal Inspires Art.”, The Red Deer Advocate March 23, 2005

Michelin, Lana, “Strange Worlds.”, The Red Deer Advocate April 9, 2015

White, Richard. “Dreaming of El Dorado”, Galleries West Magazine January 10, 2022