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, Sociology, University of Toronto and Sheridan
WORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Presenter/Panelist, Sikholars Conference, Princeton University, Princeton 2014 Transart Institute Residency, Uferstudios, Berlin 2014 Summer Institute, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg 2014 Presenter/Panelist, Sikholars Conference, Stanford University, Stanford 2011-2013 Administrative Assistant, MAWA, Winnipeg 2013 Transart Institute Residency, Supermarkt, Berlin 2013 Juror, Mosaic Women’s Film Project, Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg 2012-2013 Sessional Instructor-Art Now, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 2013 Juror/Panelist, Timeraiser, Winnipeg 2012 Presenter/Panelist, Our Journeys Conference, The Sikh Feminist Research Institute (SAFAR), Vancouver 2012 Installation Assistant for John Armstrong, My Winnipeg: There’s No Place Like Home, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg 2012 Workshop Participant, Inflatable Robotics Arts in Canada with Chico MacMurtrie, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg 2012 Organizer, Artist Talk: Artist-Run Centres, 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 Co-curator, International Film Series, South Asian Studies Forum, University 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 Instructor, Drawing Workshop, Community Arts Ontario, Toronto 2011 Sessional Instructor- Drawing 1, U. of Manitoba, 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 & 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 Art Instructor, Reidmount Saturday School, Mississauga 2007-2009 Exhibition Coordinator, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga 2005-2008 Teaching Assistant- Painting 1, Sheridan College, Oakville
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Intermezzo, Mila Kunstgalerie, Berlin 2014 Komagata Maru, Performance Works Theatre, Vancouver 2014 Library, Library Gallery, Winnipeg 2013 Under New Management, ODD Gallery, Dawson City 2013 MUBI, screening of ‘King Kong’, mubi.com 2013 Images Festival, screening of ‘King Kong’, Toronto 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 2011 Hot Time in the City, Art Barn, Winnipeg 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/bio by Production House
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2014 WITH ART Community Art Project, Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg 2014-2015 Adsum Park Public Art Project, 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
2015 Transart Institute Scholarship, Transart Institute 2014 Professional Development Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council 2013 Transart Institute Entry Scholarship, Transart Institute 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