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CURRICULUM VITAE

www.ahmrivandeborne.com | @artbyahmri

www.otherwisestudios.com | @otherwisestudios

EDUCATION

 

2015-19 Bachelor of Arts Honours with Distinction, University of Guelph, Candidate in Studio Art (major), Art History (minor) and French Studies (minor)

 

LIVE VISUALS AND COLLABORATIONS

2024 (Upcoming) Market Haunt, Live visuals, Farmers' Market, Guelph ON

2024 catching through, Video commission and collaboration, Ed Video Media Arts Centre x Royal City Brewing Co.

2023 Seeing Sounds, Live responsive visuals with Silas Chinsen, Lumen, Waterloo ON

2023 KW Art Hop, Live responsive visuals with MOONBEAN, Kitchener ON

2022 Scotty Season, Album Art Series, Music by F.Scott

2022 Materia, Music video, Music by Peirs Oovali

2021 Improvisation Festival, International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

2021 Elements, Multi-media audio-visual installation, Caledon ON

2021 Respond // Response, Live interactive installation, LumenLite, Waterloo ON

2021 SmackJive: Enter The Funkiverse Release Show, Live visuals, Good Company Productions, Kitchener ON

2021 Live at Langen Studios with Jaguar Sun, Live visuals, Kitchener ON

2021 Overcast Train, Music Video, Music by Pete Spring

2021 Live @ 44: Jaguar Sun x Ahmri Vandeborne, Live visuals and set design, Good Company Productions, Kitchener ON

2020 Bumaroo Sessions - Missy Bauman, Art creation and design, Bumaroo HQ, Guelph ON

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

2021 Indirectly Direct, N/A Gallery, Guelph ON

2020 Left to Your Own Devices, Silence, Guelph ON

2019 Look Back, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2019 Inter(re)act, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2019 45.5411418, -80.2505353, Capacity 3 Gallery, Guelph ON

2018-19 43.5440570, -80.2486052, 10 Carden, Guelph ON

2018 This is Not a Landscape, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 43.5311724, -80.2273678, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2017 Double Take, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2023 Hoop-La!, N/A Gallery, Necessary Arts, Guelph ON

2022 Hoop-La!, N/A Gallery, Necessary Arts, Guelph ON

2021-22 SHOW.21, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge ON

2021 Hoop-La!, N/A Gallery, Necessary Arts, Guelph ON

2021 Clubhouse T.V., Alice Street Clubhouse, Guelph ON

2021 Temporary Collection, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph ON

2020 Hoop-La!, N/A Gallery, Necessary Arts, Guelph ON

2019 This Idea Was Given to Me by a Thousand People (Who Are These People), Boarding House Gallery, Guelph On

2019 1/12, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2019 51st Juried Art Show, Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph

2018 Bonhomie, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 Shared Space, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 Fractured Remnants, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 Close Quarters, 10 Carden, Guelph ON

2018 [ir]regular + [ir]rational, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 50th Juried Art Show Top 10 Exhibit, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2018 50th Juried Art Show, Zavitz Hall, Guelph ON

2017 Painting IV Group Show, Silence, Guelph ON

2016 49th Juried Art Show, Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph

2016 49th Junior Juried Art Show, Alexander Hall, University of Guelph

2015 Black & White, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2019 - present Owner & Co-Founder, Otherwise Studios, Guelph ON

2024 - present Cultural Programs and Events Coordinator, City of Guelph, Guelph ON

2024 Guest Critic, Drawing IV Final Critique, University of Guelph

2024 Mentor, Guelph Emerging Artists Mentorship Program, Guelph Arts Council

2023 Mentor & Community Facilitator, Art in a Just Recovery, Art Not Shame

2023 Mentor, Guelph Emerging Artists Mentorship Program, Guelph Arts Council

2022 Mentor, Guelph Emerging Artists Mentorship Program, Guelph Arts Council

2020/2021 Co-coordinator & Facilitator, Co-Create Residency

2020 Communications and Events Assistant, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON

2020 Mentor and Community Facilitator, Art in Hard Times Virtual Mural Project, Art Not Shame

2019-20 Community Engagement Assistant, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph Ontario

2017-19 Gallery Assistant - Art Collections Candidate, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph ON

2019 Coordinator, Guelph Emerging Artist Mentorship Program, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON

2019 Coordinator and Leader, Art on the Street Walking Tours, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON

2019 Coordinator and Leader, Art Walking Tours Doors Open Guelph, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON

2018 Artist in Residence, 10C, Guelph ON

2018 Conference Assistant, Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Niagara ON

2018 Research Assistant, Bachinski/Chu Print Study Collection Digitization Project, University of Guelph School of Fine Art and Music, Guelph ON

2017 Mural Artist, Central Student Association Bike Centre, University of Guelph

2016-17 Mural Artist, London Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital, London ON 

RESIDENCIES AND GUEST TALKS

2023 Panelist, Opportunity Knocks, School of Fine Arts and Music and Guelph Arts Council

2022 Artist Talk, Community Collaborations, Art$Pay

2022 Artist TalkShow. 21, Cambridge Art Galleries

2021 Artist in Residence, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph ON

2021 Guest Talk, Connecting Circles, 10C Shared Space

2021 Guest Talk, Trade Secrets, The Gathered Gallery

2020 Invited Presenter, Trade Secrets "How and Why to Build a Community", The Gathered Gallery

2020 Panelist, Opportunity Knocks, Art Gallery of Guelph and Guelph Arts Council

2018 Artist Talk, 10 Carden, Culture Days Guelph

SELECTED VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2021-2023 Public Art Advisory Committee, City of Guelph, Guelph ON**

2020-22 Communications Committee Member, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON**

2018-19 Co-Coordinator, Juried Art Show, Guelph ON*

2019 Site Decor Crew Member, Hillside Festival, Guelph ON

2019 MFA Specialized Studio Liason, Dasha-Shenkman Lecture and Open Studios, University of Guelph School of Fine Art and Music

2015-2019 Studio Art Social Media Manager, University of Guelph School of Fine Art and Music

2018 Classroom Assistant, L’Art Visuel (Grade 9 French Visual Arts), John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute

2018 Chair, [Ir]regular + [Ir]rational, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON*

2018 Head of Installation, Junior Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2015-18 Gallery Coordinator, Fine Arts Network, University of Guelph*

2017/18 University of Guelph School of Fine Art and Music Representative, Portfolio Review Day, BealArt of H.B. Beal Secondary School, London ON**

2017 Gallery Coordinator Assistant, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph ON

2017 Coordinator, Juried Art Show Top 10 Show, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2017 Install Assistant, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2017 Monitor and Sales Assistant, Print Show and Sale, Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph

2016 Collaborations Coordinator, Fine Arts Network, University of Guelph*

2016 Assistant, Art for Education, Malala Fund, University of Guelph

2015 Coordinator, Up for Debate Art Auction, OXFAM Guelph, University of Guelph

 

*Elected

** Appointed

ASSESSMENT AND ADJUDICATION

2024 Juror, 10C Juried Art Show, Guelph ON

2023-present Art Curation Committee, Silence Sounds, Guelph ON

2021-2023 Guelph Artist in Residence Jury, Public Art Advisory Committee, Guelph ON

2022 Art on the Street Juror, Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON

2018 Hiring Committee Member, CLA position Print Collection, University of Guelph

2016/17 Art in the Bullring Juror, University of Guelph

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

 

2018 Spaces of Wonder, Wonder of Space, Archival and Special Collections Exhibition Space, University of Guelph

2018 Points of Encounter, Mackinnon Hall, University of Guelph

2018 Nightmares and Contemplations of God: Wonder in the Eighteenth Century Through Print, Bachinski Chu Print Study Collection, University of Guelph

2017 Spotlight on Design, Mackinnon Hall, University of Guelph

2017 Juried Art Show Top 10 Exhibit, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph ON

2015-17 Art in the Bullring, Bullring Café, University of Guelph

AWARDS AND COMMUNITY RECOGNITION

2023 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2021 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2015-19 Dean’s Honour List, University of Guelph

2019 Drawing Award Nominee, BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition

2019 Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation Printmaking Prize, University of Guelph

2019 College of Arts Student Union Award, University of Guelph

2019 Drawing Award, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2019 Specialized Studio Award, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2018 University of Guelph Bursary

2018 Volunteer Award, College of Arts Student Union, University of Guelph

2018 College of Arts Student Union Book Award, University of Guelph

2018 Sixth Place, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2018 Volunteer Award, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2017 Extended Practices Award, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph

2016 First Year Award, Juried Art Show University of Guelph

2016 Volunteer Award, College of Arts Student Union, University of Guelph

2015 Authier/Golland Scholarship in Studio Art, University of Guelph

 

PUBLICATIONS

2022 John B. Aird Gallery, Painting, Online

2021 Cambridge Art Galleries, SHOW.21, Online

2021 Rachel Hickey, Good Company Productions, Jaguar Sun x Ahmri Vandeborne Collaboration Creates Sensory Dreamscape for Live Virtual Show, Online

2020 Anam Khan, Guelph Today, Guelph artists paired during quarantine showcase works of art online, Online

2020 Toque Magazine, The Little Red Book, Cai's Picks - People & Places, Print

2019 Specialized Studio, This Idea was Given to me by a Thousand People, Print

2019 Christina Smylitopoulos, Spaces of Wonder, Wonder of Space: Encountering the Eighteenth Century Through Image, Object, and Text, Print

2019 Kaleidoscope, Issue 13, Print

2018 Julie Raje, Artists in Close Quarters, Guelph Arts Council

2018 Jane Litchfield, Guelph Arts Council, When you support Guelph Arts Council, you support people like Abby Nowakowski and Ahmri Vandeborne, Online

2018 Kaleidoscope, Issue 12, Print

2018 Kaleidoscope, Issue 11, Print

2016 University of Guelph Impact Report, Inspiring the Next Generation, Online

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