VIRGINIA MITFORD CV
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EDUCATION
2013 BFA in Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 She danced her way in, Arts Underground Gallery, Whitehorse YT
2017 Alluvium: to wash against, the Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
Alluvium: to wash against, the Confluence Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Dawson City, YT
2014 Interior Erosion, St Michael's Printshop Gallery, St John's NL
Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Natural Connections, new acquisitions to the Permanent Art Collection, Yukon College Innovation Commons, Whitehorse YT
2018 Don Wright Scholarship Allumni Show, First Space Galley at Memorial University, St John's NL
Pause: Watercolour Showcase, e Leyton Gallery of Fine Arts, St John's NL
2017 Dawson Daily News Print and Publishing Festival Exhibit, Gallery of the Yukon School of Visual Arts, Dawson YT
2016 Annual Christmas Show, the Leyton Gallery of Fine Arts, St John's NL
Arts and Letters Awards Exhibition, juried group show, e Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
2015 Maybe, Probably, juried group show, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL 2014 Fresh Prints, First Space Gallery at Memorial University, St John's NL
Members Exhibition, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
Members in Tandem, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
2013 Abandon Ship Fine Art Showcase, The Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax NS
Fine. BFA Graduating Exhibition, Grenfell campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
2012 Arts and Letters Awards Exhibition, juried group show, The Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
2011 Represent! Juried group show, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
Public PERFORMANCES
2017 Dance Recollection, spontaneous performance art event, Sheep Camp on the Chilkoot Trail, AK and BC
2014 Play the Room, collaboration with April White and Stephan Walke at Open Mike Performance Art Event, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
Selected AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant for Fuzzy Foot
2020 Riddle Fence, Visual Arts Contest Honourable Mention
2019 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant for She danced her way in
2018 Advanced Artist Award from the Yukon Government, for She danced her way in
2017 ArtsNL Professional Artist Travel Grant for Let Myself (Go)
Shortlisted: Emerging Artist of the Year, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2016 Shortlisted: Emerging Artist of the Year, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2015 ArtsNL Professional Project Grant for Alluvium, to wash against, Atelier Graff, Montreal
Shortlisted: Large Year Award, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2014 ArtsNL Professional Project Grant for Interior Erosion
St John's City Grant for Individual Artists for Interior Erosion
2013 Don Wright Memorial Scholarship from St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
RESIDENCIES
2022
Residency at Union House Arts, Port Union NL
2018
Artist in the Schools Program, JVC School, Mayo YT
2017
Artist in Residence, Chilkoot Trail Historic Park, Alaska and BC
Artist in Residence, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City YT
2016
Artist in Residence, Project Insertion, a 4 month residency at Atelier Graff, Montreal QC
2015
Artist in Residence, Visiting Artist Program, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013-'14
Artist in Residence, Don Wright Scholarship Residency, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013
Artist in Residence, Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
Selected TALKS/WORKSHOPS
2017
Facilitator of multiple drawing workshops on the Chilkoot Trail, Alaska and BC
Artist Talk at the Visitor Centre, Skagway AK
Artist Talk at Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse YT
Artist Talk at Tombstone Territorial Park Campground YT
Instructor of Bookbinding and Drawing From Feel Workshop at Tombstone Territorial Park YT
Artist Talk/Printmaking demo, the Dawson Daily News Print and Publishing Festival, Dawson City YT
Artist Talk at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City YT
2016
Artist Talk/Open Studio at Atelier Graff, Montreal QC
2015
Instructor of Photo-Transfer Lithography Workshop at St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013
Artist Talk at Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
Instructor of Pinhole Camera Making Workshop and Intro Landscape Drawing
Workshop at Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
2012 Instructor of Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Workshop at Mayo Arts Festival, Mayo YT
Selected PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 to present
Board Member, Friends of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection
2017-2018
Member, Gallery and Residence Committee, the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City, YT
2013-2015
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Eastern Edge Gallery, St Johns NL
Programming and HOLD FAST Festival Committee Member, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
2014
Jury Member, Cox and Palmer Pivotal Point Grant, St Johns NL
Artist Collaborator in Book Arts Research Project, the Columbia College Centre for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Printer for St Michael's Printshop's 40th Anniversary steamroller print event
Printing Assistant for Tom Hammick, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2012-'13
Gallery Assistant, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
PUBLICATIONS/
MEDIA
2020
Article by Karen McColl in Yukon, North of Ordinary Magazine
Interview with Jackie Hong in the Yukon News
Interview on Airplay with Paul Tukker on CBC
2017
Artist profile and artwork published on Akimbo Hit List
Interview with Roch Shannon-Fraser, the Morning Show, CBC Radio 1
2014
Interview with Todd O'Brien, On the Go, CBC Radio 1
2013
Article published in the Western Star, Artist in Residence Enjoyed Her Time At Bonne Bay
Marine Station, by Paul Hutchings
Interview on the Voice of Bonne Bay, Norris Point NL
Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exhibition Text for Sam Kinsley's Evidence of Action, The ODD Gallery (KIAC), Dawson YT, 2018
Exhibition Text for Robert Hengeveld's Where Phantoms Meet, The ODD Gallery (KIAC), Dawson YT, 2017
Riddle Fence, Issue #3, September 2020
Newfoundland Quarterly online, August 2018
The Papermill Press, A Journal of Creative Arts, March 2015
Paragon Press, Journal for Emerging and Established Writers, 2015
Sweet Tooth Zine, Members publication for Art Marathon Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, 2014
Canadian Art Magazine Photography Smart Guide, Winter 2013
The Four O'clock Whistle, The Bay of Islands Free and Independent Magazine, December 2012
Cultural Loss and the Iroquois Ceremony of Healing, The Western Star, Corner Brook, NL, Oct. 8, 2011
Selected COMMISSIONS
Nacho Nyak Dun Store Mural Project, Mayo YT, 2018
Artworks for Statoil office, St John's NL, 2016
Event Poster for March Hare Festival, 2013
COLLECTIONS
The Yukon Permanent Art Collection
Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation Government House, Mayo Yukon
Art Bank, the Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
St Michaels' Printshop Archives, St John's NL
Atelier Graf Print Studio, Montreal QC
Statoil Private Collection, St John's NL
Student Library Collection, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook NL
Student Graduate Collection and Drawing Collection, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
Various Private Collections
VIRGINIA MITFORD CV
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EDUCATION
2013 BFA in Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 She danced her way in, Arts Underground Gallery, Whitehorse YT
2017 Alluvium: to wash against, the Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
Alluvium: to wash against, the Confluence Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Dawson City, YT
2014 Interior Erosion, St Michael's Printshop Gallery, St John's NL
Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Natural Connections, new acquisitions to the Permanent Art Collection, Yukon College Innovation Commons, Whitehorse YT
2018 Don Wright Scholarship Allumni Show, First Space Galley at Memorial University, St John's NL
Pause: Watercolour Showcase, e Leyton Gallery of Fine Arts, St John's NL
2017 Dawson Daily News Print and Publishing Festival Exhibit, Gallery of the Yukon School of Visual Arts, Dawson YT
2016 Annual Christmas Show, the Leyton Gallery of Fine Arts, St John's NL
Arts and Letters Awards Exhibition, juried group show, e Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
2015 Maybe, Probably, juried group show, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL 2014 Fresh Prints, First Space Gallery at Memorial University, St John's NL
Members Exhibition, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
Members in Tandem, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
2013 Abandon Ship Fine Art Showcase, The Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax NS
Fine. BFA Graduating Exhibition, Grenfell campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
2012 Arts and Letters Awards Exhibition, juried group show, The Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
2011 Represent! Juried group show, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
Public PERFORMANCES
2017 Dance Recollection, spontaneous performance art event, Sheep Camp on the Chilkoot Trail, AK and BC
2014 Play the Room, collaboration with April White and Stephan Walke at Open Mike Performance Art Event, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
Selected AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant for Fuzzy Foot
2020 Riddle Fence, Visual Arts Contest Honourable Mention
2019 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant for She danced her way in
2018 Advanced Artist Award from the Yukon Government, for She danced her way in
2017 ArtsNL Professional Artist Travel Grant for Let Myself (Go)
Shortlisted: Emerging Artist of the Year, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2016 Shortlisted: Emerging Artist of the Year, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2015 ArtsNL Professional Project Grant for Alluvium, to wash against, Atelier Graff, Montreal
Shortlisted: Large Year Award, VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Awards
2014 ArtsNL Professional Project Grant for Interior Erosion
St John's City Grant for Individual Artists for Interior Erosion
2013 Don Wright Memorial Scholarship from St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
RESIDENCIES
2022
Residency at Union House Arts, Port Union NL
2018
Artist in the Schools Program, JVC School, Mayo YT
2017
Artist in Residence, Chilkoot Trail Historic Park, Alaska and BC
Artist in Residence, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City YT
2016
Artist in Residence, Project Insertion, a 4 month residency at Atelier Graff, Montreal QC
2015
Artist in Residence, Visiting Artist Program, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013-'14
Artist in Residence, Don Wright Scholarship Residency, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013
Artist in Residence, Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
Selected TALKS/WORKSHOPS
2017
Facilitator of multiple drawing workshops on the Chilkoot Trail, Alaska and BC
Artist Talk at the Visitor Centre, Skagway AK
Artist Talk at Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse YT
Artist Talk at Tombstone Territorial Park Campground YT
Instructor of Bookbinding and Drawing From Feel Workshop at Tombstone Territorial Park YT
Artist Talk/Printmaking demo, the Dawson Daily News Print and Publishing Festival, Dawson City YT
Artist Talk at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City YT
2016
Artist Talk/Open Studio at Atelier Graff, Montreal QC
2015
Instructor of Photo-Transfer Lithography Workshop at St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2013
Artist Talk at Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
Instructor of Pinhole Camera Making Workshop and Intro Landscape Drawing
Workshop at Bonne Bay Marine Station, Norris Point NL
2012 Instructor of Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Workshop at Mayo Arts Festival, Mayo YT
Selected PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 to present
Board Member, Friends of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection
2017-2018
Member, Gallery and Residence Committee, the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City, YT
2013-2015
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Eastern Edge Gallery, St Johns NL
Programming and HOLD FAST Festival Committee Member, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John's NL
2014
Jury Member, Cox and Palmer Pivotal Point Grant, St Johns NL
Artist Collaborator in Book Arts Research Project, the Columbia College Centre for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Printer for St Michael's Printshop's 40th Anniversary steamroller print event
Printing Assistant for Tom Hammick, St Michael's Printshop, St John's NL
2012-'13
Gallery Assistant, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
PUBLICATIONS/
MEDIA
2020
Article by Karen McColl in Yukon, North of Ordinary Magazine
Interview with Jackie Hong in the Yukon News
Interview on Airplay with Paul Tukker on CBC
2017
Artist profile and artwork published on Akimbo Hit List
Interview with Roch Shannon-Fraser, the Morning Show, CBC Radio 1
2014
Interview with Todd O'Brien, On the Go, CBC Radio 1
2013
Article published in the Western Star, Artist in Residence Enjoyed Her Time At Bonne Bay
Marine Station, by Paul Hutchings
Interview on the Voice of Bonne Bay, Norris Point NL
Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exhibition Text for Sam Kinsley's Evidence of Action, The ODD Gallery (KIAC), Dawson YT, 2018
Exhibition Text for Robert Hengeveld's Where Phantoms Meet, The ODD Gallery (KIAC), Dawson YT, 2017
Riddle Fence, Issue #3, September 2020
Newfoundland Quarterly online, August 2018
The Papermill Press, A Journal of Creative Arts, March 2015
Paragon Press, Journal for Emerging and Established Writers, 2015
Sweet Tooth Zine, Members publication for Art Marathon Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, 2014
Canadian Art Magazine Photography Smart Guide, Winter 2013
The Four O'clock Whistle, The Bay of Islands Free and Independent Magazine, December 2012
Cultural Loss and the Iroquois Ceremony of Healing, The Western Star, Corner Brook, NL, Oct. 8, 2011
Selected COMMISSIONS
Nacho Nyak Dun Store Mural Project, Mayo YT, 2018
Artworks for Statoil office, St John's NL, 2016
Event Poster for March Hare Festival, 2013
COLLECTIONS
The Yukon Permanent Art Collection
Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation Government House, Mayo Yukon
Art Bank, the Rooms Provincial Gallery, St John's NL
St Michaels' Printshop Archives, St John's NL
Atelier Graf Print Studio, Montreal QC
Statoil Private Collection, St John's NL
Student Library Collection, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook NL
Student Graduate Collection and Drawing Collection, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Corner Brook NL
Various Private Collections
