Svea Ferguson
Biography
Svea Ferguson is a Calgary-based sculptor with a BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design. Her work was included in the 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Walter Phillips Gallery, and has been shown at Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Stride Gallery, Herringer Kiss Gallery and the Esker Foundation in Alberta, and at Division Gallery and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in Toronto. She was named the provincial recipient for the 2015 BMO 1st Art! Prize. Her work is included in numerous private collections and the permanent collections of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and TD Canada Trust.
EDUCATION
2015 BFA with distinction (Drawing) Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary AB
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Penumbra (upcoming), Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB
2019 Basement, Kyle Marks Projects, Calgary AB
The Felt Works, CCAI Courthouse Gallery, Carson City NV
2017 Body Worship, The Holland Project, Reno NV
2016 passing through/stay awhile, Ledge Gallery at Arts Commons, Calgary AB
Like Affections, project space at Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary AB
Self-Exposures, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
2015 airtime, project space at the Esker Foundation, Calgary AB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Extraordinary Objects, Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
2017 For the Time Being – 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery Of Alberta
and the Walter Phillips Gallery
2016 Art Athina with AKA Artist Run Centre, Athens GR
Mercer Multiplier, Mercer Union, Toronto ON
2015 2015 BMO 1ST Art! Exhibition, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto ON
Surface and Stratagem, Division Gallery, Toronto ON
DEMO TAPE by WRECK CITY, Calgary AB
ACAD Grad Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary AB
Could It Be, We’ve Surpassed Material Expectations, Stride Gallery, Calgary AB
2014 Hand Pic’d, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Calgary AB
2013 Phantom Wing, King Edward School, Calgary AB
Wreck City: An Epilogue for 809, Calgary AB
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019 Materials Girl – Interview with Chris Lanier for Double Scoop, NV
breath, sigh, heave – The Felt Works exhibition text, written by Pierette Kulpa
2017 For The Time Being – 2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue
2016 Top Tabs, Canadian Art Online (Spring 2016)
2015 Inside The Banff Centre’s Artist Studios, Avenue Magazine (October 14, 2015)
Interview with Elizabeth Diggon (airtime), The Esker Foundation
airtime, The Esker Foundation exhibition text, written by Shauna Thompson
New Optimisms? Stride Gallery exhibition text, written by Danielle St. Amour
2013 Wreck City Makes Ruins Right by Leah Sandals, Canadian Art Online (April 2013)
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2018 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity - Fall BAiR
Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2017 The Horizon Alumni Award, Alberta College of Art and Design
2016 Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – The Biennial Sessions
Vermont Studio Centre Residency Fellowship, Johnson VT
2015 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity - Fall BAiR
Provincial Recipient (AB), BMO 1st Art! Student Art Competition, BMO Financial Group
Nominee, ACAD Board of Governor’s Award
Ignac & Karla Herskovic Memorial Grad Show Prize, Alberta College of Art & Design
2014 Louise McKinney Post Secondary Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
COLLECTIONS
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
TD Canada Trust
Private Collections