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 Talk, Show. 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