Artist CV
Sharon Hunter
123A Rue Nadon, Blind River On. P0R 1B0
(819) 855-5424 | blackbirdnortharts@yahoo.ca | www.sharonhunter.ca
Education
2011 Senior Honours Specialist, Visual Arts - Queens University
2007 Bachelor of Education - York University
2004 Bachelor of Fine ArtsOntario College of Art and Design
1994 Diploma, Fine Arts - Ontario College of Art
Selected Exhibitions & Public Art Installations
2022 Souvenir, K.B. Reynolds Mastin, Debajehmujig Creation Centre, Manitowaning
2021-22 Tradition Transformed, Juried Group Exhibition, Carmichael Landscape Gallery, Orillia ON,
2021 kwewog giiwednong, Thunder Bay Art Gallery,
2020 Rhythym 6 Foot Festival, Debajehmujig Creative Centre, Manatowaning, ON
2019 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2018 Annual Art Auction, Thunder Bay Art Gallery
2017 Ontario-Wide Biennial (juried group), Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
Perspectives from Here (juried group), Waddington’s Fine Art Auction, Toronto ON
2014-15 Parallel Route - Highway 17 Billboard Mural Project, Central Algoma District, Ontario
2014 The North Now, 2014 Northern Ontario Juried Exhibition (group),Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Highway 17 Mural, Iron Bridge, Ontario
Black Water (group), White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
2013 Parallel Route (solo), Timber Village Museum, Blind River, Ontario
Summer Show (group), Timber Village Museum, Blind River, Ontario
2012 Mural, Band Office, Attawapiskat First Nation, Attawapiskat, Ontario
Black Water (group), White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
Summer Show (group), Timber Village Museum, Blind River, Ontario
2008 Performance for Terrance Houle, ImagiNative Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
2005-06 Various Inner-city Mural projects, City of Toronto, Ontario
2002 Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
1999 Dress paintings, Tourism Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Divine (group, curator Rae Johnson), Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Propeller Gallery (solo), Toronto, Ontario
1998 Book works, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario
Community-Engaged Arts & Education Projects
2017 Facilitator, Experimental Landscape Painting, 4Elements, Kagawong, ON
Coordinator, “150 Reasons” mural project, Vibe Arts, Toronto, ON
2016 Professional Artist in Residence, MikChiyam, Cree School Board, QC
Facilitator, youth mural project, White Pines Secondary School, Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Facilitator, Community Working Together For Healthy Future Healing Arts, Garden River First Nation, ON
2015 Rivers Speak Project Creative Team Member and Facilitator, Thinking Rock Community Arts, Thessalon, ON
2014-15 Lead Coordinator, Graffiti Reframed project, Arts Council of Sault Ste. Marie & District/ NORDIK Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Facilitator, Pan Am Games youth mural project, Arts Network For Children and Youth, Toronto, On
2012-18 Lead Artist & Proprietor, Black Bird North Arts Studio, Rydal Bank, ON
2004-08 Project Coordinator, inner city youth mural projects, Art Starts Community Arts Cultural Centre,Toronto, ON
Film and Theatre Experience
1996-03 IATSE & NABET Film Unions - Wardrobe (set, truck, sewing, breakdown) and Paint (scenic) Departments
1997 Canadian Film Centre - Wardrobe Designer, Independent Film productions
1994-96 Factory Theatre - Assistant wardrobe designer to Astrid Jansen
Teaching Experience
2019-20 Arts and Culture Wikwemikong Manitoulin ON
2019 Visual Arts (LTO), W.C. Eaket Secondary School, Blind River, ON (Algoma District School Board)
2018 Visual Arts (LTO), Elliot Lake Secondary School, Elliot Lake, ON (Algoma District School Board)
2016 Visual Arts, James Bay Eeyou School, Chisasibi, QC (Cree School Board)
Occasional Teacher (Senior), various schools (Algoma District School Board)
2012-13 Principal & Teacher, Adult Education, Mississauga First Nation, ON
2009-12 Visual Arts, Leadership & Native Studies (grades 9-12), Vezina Secondary School, Attawapiskat, ON (Attawapiskat First Nations Education Authority)
2007-09 Visual Arts (grades 6-12), Linden School for Girls, Toronto ON (Private School)
Juries and Panels
2018 Juror, OAC Northern Arts
2006 Juror, OAC Artists in Education
Awards
2022 OAC Visual Arts Creation Project grant (Mid-Career)
2021 OAC Northern Arts Project grant
2019 OAC Visual Arts Creation Project grant (Mid-Career)
2018 Finalist, K.M. Hunter Artist award
2017 OAC Visual Arts Creation Projects grant (Mid-Career)
OAC Northern Arts Projects grant
OAC Artists in Communities and Schools Projects grant
2016 OAC Chalmers Arts Fellowship grant
OAC Indigenous Artists in Communities and Schools Projects grant
2015 OAC Indigenous Visual Artists' Materials grant
2014 OAC Northern Arts Projects grant
2012 OAC Artists in the Community and Workplace Projects grant
OAC Exhibition Assistance grant
2010 OAC Emerging Artist grant
1999 OAC Artists in Education grant
1996 OAC Exhibition Assistance grant