Shane Arsenault is a graduate from the Alberta College of Art + Design, where he obtained a Bachelor of Design majoring in Photography in 2015. Shane has exhibited in and around Calgary since 2008 including the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta. He is the recipient of the Rosalee Heibert Memorial Endowment and the Student Excellence Award from the Alberta College of Art & Design (2015), the Lamphouse Endowment for the Arts Fund - Emerging Artist Bursary in 2011 and the Rotary Club Art Competition, Canmore, Alberta in 2010. In 2015, Shane Arsenault self-published a book of Fine Art Architectural Photography titled “Facades”.
“Plane Space” focuses on the patterns of architectural facades while still providing recognition to the intimate details they reflect; in turn, provoking an exploration on how these facades interact with us, and how their forms reflect the way we live. These photographs are printed onto brushed silver aluminum which gives the images the gleam and luster of an architectural facade while increasing their physical presence beyond one dimensional imagery to actual object.
Education:
2011 – 2015 Alberta College of Art & Design
Photo Major, Bachelor of Design
Group Exhibitions:
2015 “Embodiment” - Joint Show, Loft 112, PAG
2015 "Mentors" - Joint Show, Artpoint "Red Gallery"
2015 "Blindspot", ACAD Main Hall - Calgary, Alberta
2015 “RAW: "Visionary", Standard - Calgary, Alberta
2014 Amnesty International Travel Imagery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2014 Seities: “Theme: Streets”, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, Alberta 2013
NOMAD Founder Show, NOMAD Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2013 Through The Lens "A Retrospective", The Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta
2013 "Stop Making Sense", ACAD - Calgary, Alberta
2012 Amnesty International Travel Imagery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2009 – 2010 Through The Lens, The Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta
2008 – 2009 Through The Lens, The Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta
Solo Exhibitions
2016 “Plane Space”, HK INCUBATOR, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2014 “Facades", Marion Nicoll Gallery Main Space, Calgary, Alberta
2014 “Face to Face", NOMAD Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Self-Publication:
2015 'Facades' / Fine Art Architectural Photography, 40 page hardcover book
2011 ‘Around’ with Photography by Shane Arsenault, 64 Page local and travel photography; hardcover book
Publications:
2014 Flesh & Bone, 5 Page Spread, Vol 5.
2014 Seities “Theme: Streets”, (Bi-Annual Issue)
2013 "Through the Lens", Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
2010 – 2011 Monument Snowboard Collection, (Annual Issue)
2010 – 2011 Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Website Publication (December)
2009 – 2010 Student Life Series, CRPS (Canadian Rockies Public Schools)
2009 Highline Magazine, (Summer Issue)
Awards in the Arts:
2015 Rosalee Heibert Memorial Endowment
2015 Student Excellence Award, Alberta College of Art & Design
2011 Lamphouse Endowment for the Arts Fund, Emerging Artist Bursary
2010 Rotary Club Art Competition, Canmore, Alberta
2010 Raven Awards Scholarship, Canmore Collegiate High school
2008 – 2009 Artspeak Young Artist, Canmore, Alberta
Related Employment Experience:
2014 Through the Lens – Darkroom Instructor, (Annually)
2013/14 Founder/Curator/Treasurer of NOMAD Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2012 Fast Forward Weekly Magazine, Calgary, Alberta (December - Present)
2010 Rocky Mountain Outlook Newspaper, Canmore, Alberta (May – October)