GURPREET SEHRA

Gurpreet Sehra is a multidisciplinary artist who works in traditional and nontraditional media: painting, printmaking and video. In her work, she is interested in exploring conceptions of gender, as related to Sikh-Punjabi diasporic communities.

 

EDUCATION:

2012               M.F.A., Multidisciplinary, University of Manitoba

2009               Honours B.A., Art & Art History and Sociology, University of Toronto and Sheridan College

WORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

2012-2013     Sessional Instructor-Art Now, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2011-2013     Administrative Assistant, MAWA, Winnipeg

2012               Presenter/Panelist, Our Journeys Conference, The Sikh Feminist Research Institute (SAFAR), Vancouver

2012               Installation Attendant, My Winnipeg: There’s No Place Like Home, Plug In, Winnipeg

2012               Workshop Participant, Inflatable Robotics Arts in Canada with Chico MacMurtrie, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2012               Organizer, Artist Talk: Artist-Run Centres in Winnipeg, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2012               Presenter/Panelist, Sikholars Conference, State University of California, San Francisco

2012               Master Class, Workshop with Huma Mulji, Mentoring Artist’s for Women’s Art (MAWA), Winnipeg

2011-2012     Committee Member, Appropriations Committee, Faculty Council (to present) and Library Committee

2011               Co-curator, International Film Series, South Asian Studies Forum, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2011              Speaker/Conference Organizer: Perspective on South Asia, South Asian Studies Forum, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2011               Archivist, Intermedia International, Winnipeg

2011               Jury Member, Print You Sucker, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg

2011               Instructor, Drawing Workshop, Community Arts Ontario, Toronto

2011               Sessional Instructor- Drawing 1, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg

2011               Installation Attendant, Jayce Salloum’s the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart, Plug In, Winnipeg

2010-2011     Teaching Assistant- Painting 1, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg

2010               Archival and Administrative Consultant, South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), Toronto

2010               Installation Attendant, Luminato Festival of the Arts and Creativity, Toronto

2009               Community Outreach Coordinator, Climate Action Network, Toronto

2009               Community Art Mentorship, SAN, Toronto

2009               Art and Art History Program Archivist, Sheridan College, Oakville

2009               Blackwood Gallery Digital Exhibition Archivist, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga

2009               Art Instructor, Blackwood Gallery Running with Scissors Art Camp, Mississauga

2009               Participant, University of Toronto Graduate Show Panel Discussion, Mississauga

2009               Art Instructor, Reidmount School, Mississauga                                   

2007-2009     Exhibition Coordinator, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga

2005-2008     Teaching Assistant- Painting 1, U. of Toronto and Sheridan College, Oakville

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2013               Images Festival, screening of ‘King Kong’, Toronto

2013               Video Rental Store, ODD Gallery, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City

2012               Trip the Light Fantastic, Zsa Zsa West, Winnipeg

2012               In Flux, School of Art Gallery, Winnipeg

2012               Nouvelle ‘Peg II, Gurevich Fine Art, Winnipeg

2012               IT’S A SMALL, SMALL WORLD, Family Business Gallery, New York

2011               much was decided before you were born … but not everything, Gallery One One One, Winnipeg

2011               CAFEX: Current Affairs Exchange, University of Toronto, Toronto

2010               50 to 500, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg

2010               When Lions Roar II, Sikh Activist Network, Toronto

2010               Art School Dismissed: Teacher’s Pet, The Shaw Street School,  Toronto

2010               She is Honour (Solo Show), Punjabi Daily Office, Mississauga

2009               Open Mic Night, Punjabi Community Health Services, Mississauga

2009               Remember ’84, York University, Toronto

2009               One Panth, Chandni Hall, Brampton

2009               A Journey to the Self and Back, Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto      

2009               When Lions Roar, Sikh Activist Network, Toronto

2009               As Much As Possible, Minnow and Bass Gallery, Toronto

2009-2010     Chancellor’s Exhibition, University of Toronto Chancellor’s Office, Toronto

2009               Both/And: What is Beyond Multiculturalism?, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto

2009               Didactic, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga

2009               This That and The Other, Erindale Theatre, Mississauga

2008               Movement (Juried Show), The Production House, Toronto

2008               Naked Egg, Erindale Theatre, Mississauga

2007               Family, Sheridan Elderly Care and Research Facility, Oakville

2006               1st and 2nd Year Show, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS:

2013               First Four (catalogue for In Flux), School of Art Gallery (U. of Manitoba)

2012               A Conference Like No Other, sikhchic.com article on artist presentation, U. of British Columbia

2012               Reflections on Sikholars, americanturban.com article on artist presentation, State U. of California

2011               Gradzette, article and image reproduction

2011               Feminist and Queer (FAQ) Review V.3, publication of 3 images

2010               South Asian Focus, article on She is Honour

2010               Desi News Magazine, article on She is Honour                                                      

2010               Punjabi Daily Newspaper, review and articles on She is Honour    

2006, 2009     Buff (catalogue), painting reproductions by Sheridan College

2008               Movement (catalogue), image reproduction/ biography by The Production House

PUBLIC PROJECTS:

2013               WITH ART (On Roster), Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg

2009-2011     unSAID Project, Peel Region, Toronto

2009               Project: Urban Canvas, Amnesty International (ongoing), Toronto                                

2009               Toronto General Hospital Mural Project 2, Toronto

2007               Toronto General Hospital Mural Project 1, Toronto

2005               Toronto Food Bank Project, Toronto

AWARDS:

2012               Creation/Production Grant in the Visual Arts C, Manitoba Arts Council

2012               Professional Development Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council

2012               Marvin and Irma Penn Scholarship in Fine Arts, U. of Manitoba

2012               James B. Hartman Scholarship in Fine Arts U. of Manitoba

2012               University of Manitoba Travel Award, U. of Manitoba

2011               Dr. Annie Smith Graduate Scholarship, Sheridan College

2009               Faculty Painting Award, Sheridan College

2009               Visual Discourse Award, Oakville Galleries

2009               A.G.P. Visual Art Award,  Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives

2009               Best Overall Award, University of Toronto Art Centre

2008               Mural Award, Sheridan College

2008               Wolfitt’s Award, Sheridan College

2006               Stevenson and Son Painting Award, Sheridan College

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