About Tricia - Curriculum Vitae

Education and Complementary Training

2017	Toni Onley Project, Wells, British Columbia, invited participant to residency
2009	Transart Institute for Creative Research, MFA
2008	Residency at the Centre for Innovative Culture and Arts in Canada, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops,
2007	New York Studio School, New York, NY, Drawing Marathon
2006	Residency at the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2005	Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Landscape, Politics and Poetry, Graduate of Liberal study, Italy
2003	Residency at the School of Visual Arts, New York, New York,
2002/03	University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, curatorial and public art courses
2002	University College of the Cariboo, in conjunction with the British Columbia Open University, Kamloops, BC, B.F.A.
2001	Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Quebec, textile weaving
1996/97	Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, painting and advanced Drawing
1993/94	University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, directed studies in Fine Arts
1993	University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, Fine Arts Diploma
1992	Capilano College, Montaigut le blanc, France, painting and drawing
1992	University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, B.A.
1973	University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, B.Ed.

Awards

2022	Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pin Inducted into the Thompson Rivers University's President's Circle
2017	Tony Onley project, Island Mountain Arts Centre, Wells, BC
2007	Alzheimer Society, British Columbia, Clyde and Lanny Slade Leadership Award
2003	Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Distinction conferred by the Naming of Children’s Studio: The Tricia Sellmer Studio
2000	University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, Distinguished Alumni for Arts and Culture
1999	City of Kamloops, Kamloops, BC, Arts and Culture Award

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019	Gallery 635, Kamloops, BC, *Flying Solo…Collected Thoughts*
2017	St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, BC, *Riverwatch*, Season of Creation 2017
2016	Salmon Art Gallery, Salmon, BC, *Umbrian Postcards* Chazou Contemporary Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Common Secrets*
2010	Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC, *Endless Little Bits, In conjunction with watercolour paintings by Julia Bullock-Webster (1826-1906) Arnica, Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, BC, Fragile Illusions*
2006	Tobiano Presentation Centre Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *I Walk Tobiano*
2005	Kamloops Art Gallery (BMO space) in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Society of Kamloops, Kamloops BC, *99 Ways to See A Dying Rose, The Forget-Me-Not Project*
2003	Open Studio, School of Visual Art Residency Program, New York, NY, *I Never Promised You A Rose Garden*
2002	University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Venus Meets Barbie* Salmon Arm Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC, *Up Close, Front and Center* Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Tapestry Gardens*
2001	Quesnel Art Gallery, Quesnel, BC, Up Close, Front and Center
1998	Gruda Art Gallery, Peachland, BC, Twenty-Three Pieces
1996	Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC, Homage to Louisa

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions

2021	Gallery 635, Kamloops, BC., *Together Alone*, (Tricia Sellmer /Royden Josephson)
2014	Little Red Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Man, *Art Moves, (Participant Aganetha Dyck / Tricia Sellmer) GALLERY 3D, Mestre, Venice, Italy, Translation(s)* Arnold J. Kemp, Tricia Sellmer, Lucy Harrison, Daniel Arnaldo-Roman, Zoran Poposki, Laurence Wood, Luis Lara Malvacias, Tessie Word& Damon Ayers, Victoria Hindley, & Eva Petric, curated Zoran Poposki & Laurence Wood
2013	MacDonald Island Art Gallery, Fort MacMurray, Al, *Boppin with Mr. myah, ( With Alexander Forbes & Tricia Sellmer) Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, Translation(s)* Arnold J. Kemp, Tricia Sellmer, Lucy Harrison, Daniel Arnaldo-Roman, Zoran Poposki, Laurence Wood, Luis Lara Malvacias, Tessie Word & Damon Ayers, Victoria Hindley, Eva Petric, curated Zoran Poposki & Laurence Wood ART STAYS International Festival of Contemporary Art in Slovenia, *Translation(s), group video project with Arnold J. Kemp, Tricia Sellmer, Lucy Harrison, Daniel Arnaldo-Roman, Zoran Poposki, Laurence Wood, Luis Lara Malvacias, Tessie Word & Damon Ayers, Victoria Hindley, Eva Petric, curated Zoran Poposki & Laurence Wood The 5th edition of Not Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark Translation(s)* Arnold J. Kemp, Tricia Sellmer, Lucy Harrison, Daniel Arnaldo-Roman, Zoran Poposki, Laurence Wood, Luis Lara Malvacias, Tessie Word & Damon Ayers, Victoria Hindley, Eva Petric, curated Zoran Poposki & Laurence Wood Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, B.C., Translation(s) Arnold J. Kemp, Tricia Sellmer, Lucy Harrison, Daniel Arnaldo-Roman, Zoran Poposki, Laurence Wood, Luis Lara Malvacias, Tessie Word & Damon Ayers, Victoria Hindley, Eva Petric, curated Zoran Poposki & Laurence Wood Fourth Universalist Society, 160 Central Park West @ 76th, New York, New York March 22nd & 23rd, Vagina Monologues & visual Arts exhibition Wilson House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Row Upon Row, (in collaboration with writer, Alexander Forbes)
2012	Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC. Boppin With Mr. Mynah, (in collaboration with writer, Alexander Forbes, music producer, Henry Small, singer, Tina Moore) Kamloops Art Gallery, Thompson Rivers University Art Gallery & Arnica, Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, B.C, Connecting the Dots, (a collaborative project and exhibition in three Venues, over a period of three time slots with 40 international and regional artists)
2009	Scotia Bank Nuit Blanc, Toronto. *Art Moves*, (Participant with Aganetha Dyck / Tricia Sellmer) The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery Kamloops, BC Boppin With Mr. Mynah, (in collaboration with writer, Alexander Forbes, music producer, Henry Small and singer, Tina Moore)
2008	Royal Museum, Victoria, BC Untold Stories: Beatrice Gregory Morley, I am Still here, (in collaboration with Ila Crawford) TRU Art Gallery, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, *Untold Stories: Beatrice Gregory Morley, I am Still here, (in collaboration with Ila Crawford) Wells Art Gallery, Well, BC, Sun Records & Texaco Stadiums*, (in collaboration with writer, Alexander Forbes)
2007	Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, *Garden, (Collaborative exhibition with writer Alexander Forbes) Phoenix Theatre, Fort Nelson, BC, Boppin With Mr. Mynah* (in collaboration with writer, Alexander Forbes, music producer, Henry Small, singer, Tina Moore)
2004	Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Double Exposure* (in collaboration with writer Alexander Forbes)
2003	Kamloops Museum & Archives, Kamloops, BC, *Think: Rumours of Bees* (in collaboration with writer Alexander Forbes)
2001	Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *River Series* (in collaboration with writer Alexander Forbes) Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *The Crow Show* (in collaboration with ceramic artist, Sheila McDonald) Kamloops Museum & Archives, Kamloops, BC, *River Series* (in conjunction with the Travelling Exhibition Freshwater, Watery Land, Musée du Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Musée Du Fjord, Musée de la Civilisation, Quebec, Biosphere, Canada)
1999	Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC, *Divisions* (in collaboration with ceramic artist, Rhona Arms)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021	The Old Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC., *In the Time of Solitude* Gallery 635, Kamloops, BC., *Celebrating the Colour Red*
2018	The Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC., *Through the Memory Atlas: 40 years of Collecting*
2015	Westbeth Gallery, New York, New York, *Oh Canada / New York: An Art and cultural Exchange, (catalogue) Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC., Drawing on the Edge*, (Aganetha Dyck, Ann Kipling, Laura Hargrave, Tricia Sellmer) (catalogue)
2013	Thompson Rivers University Gallery, Games People Play
2012	Arnica Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, BC, *Connecting the Dots*
2011	International Women Artist’s Salon, New York, NY, *Artists in the Kitchen* Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY, *Estrogenius 2011*
2010	Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, *Legacy 2010* 1080 Wien Gallery, Vienna, Austria, *SHELTER* Lolita, Women Artist Salon, New York, NY, *Exhibition ONE: Zero Gravity* Concentart, Berlin, *Spaces in Between*
2009	Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, *REFRESH* Concentart, Berlin, *Transart Graduate Exhibition 09* Arnica, Artist-Run Centre, Kamloops, BC, *Arnica Nouveau* Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery, Wells, B.C, *Legacy: Artists Helping Artists*
2007	Manhattan Arts International online exhibition @manhattanarts.com, New York, NY, *HerStory* Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC. 30 X 30, 30th anniversary exhibition
2006	Galleria Giotto, The International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Art Residency Exhibition, Montecastello di Vibio-Pg Italy, *Red Shoes with Umbria landscapes 1 - 12* Community Arts Council of Kamloops Extension Gallery, Kamloops, BC., *The Chair Affair* Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *F-Word: Feminist Upstarts*
2004	Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Walk a Mile in These Shoes*
2003	Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Critters in the Collection* Kamloops Arts Council, Sportsmart Place Exhibition Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Wildfire Exhibition* Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Celebrating the Local: KAG's 25th Anniversary Exhibition* University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Visions of Canada: Postcards from Abroad* Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Rhythm and Form*
2002	Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC, *Summer Group Show* University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *ekleltyka 3*
2001	Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Vessels*
2000	Kamloops Community Arts Council, Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops, BC, *All About Eve.* *What About Adam?* Growers Building, Kelowna, BC, *OMRAC Juried Exhibition*
1999	University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Travel Stories* Kamloops Museum and Archives, Kamloops, BC, *Selection of studio works* Interior Savings Centre, Rivers Room, Kamloops, BC, *All About Eve* MacArthur Park, Kamloops, BC, OMRAC, *Regional Juried Exhibition*
1998	Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Home Base Morgan Dawn Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, *Floral Lights: Spring/Winter*
1997	Community Arts Council, Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops, BC, *First Night Exhibition* Bellingham, WA, USA, *Reaching for the Light* In conjunction with the American Breast Cancer Association
1996	Community Arts Council, Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops, BC, *First Night Exhibition* Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *CAC X 4* Oasis Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Little Picture Show* Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops, BC, *Community Arts Council Juried Exhibition* Oliver Recreation Center, Oliver, BC, *OMRAC Juried Exhibition*
1995	University College of the Cariboo, Student Union Building, Kamloops, BC, *After the Montreal Massacre* Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Between the Years* Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *St. Joseph's Church: Ten Years after the Restoration* Mac Arthur Park, Kamloops, BC, *Community Arts—Images and Objects*
1993	University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Juried Student Exhibition*
1992	University College of the Cariboo Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Juried Student Exhibition*

Curatorial Projects

2022	Old Court House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *What's the Point, Casa Art Collective Orchard Walk Residence Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Following the Curve,* Casa Art Collective 960 Victoria St, Casa Decor, Kamloops, BC, Ukrainian Canadian Congress Sunflowers for Peace Project
2016	Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Hockey Night, Glenn Clark, Steve Mennie, Craig Williams Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, The Sky Was 1950, Katherin Edwards Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Landscape and Memory*, 22 international artists
2015	Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *CC: Cuban Connections*, James Rauchman
2014	Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Sylvia Garay: A Retrospective & Treads, Sylvia Garay Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Luminocity – Off the Cuff*, Nam June Paik, Eileen Leier, Jean-Marie Casbarian Klaudia Stoll & Jacque Wachall of Stoll & Wachall,
2013	Chazou Gallery, Kamloops, BC, *Paper Works* Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, *Games People Play*, (in conjunction with Thompson Rivers University’s International Department)
2012	Kamloops Art Gallery, Thompson Rivers University Art Gallery and Arnica, Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, B.C, *Connecting the Dots*, (a collaborative project and exhibition in three venues, over a period of three time slots with 40 international and regional artists
2004	Cunliffe House Gallery, Kamloops, BC, curated *Senses of the Truth*, artist Elham Ansari
2000	Interior Saving Coliseum, Rivers Room, Kamloops, BC, “*All About Eve and What about Adam”* exhibition
1999	Interior Savings Coliseum, Rivers Room, *All About Eve* exhibition in response to Boogie the Bridge

Publications

2012	Article, *Building a Public Art Collection in Kamloops*, Sitelines, February, 2012 http://sitelines.org/sites/default/files/sitelines/BCSLA_FEB2012_FINAL.pdf
2011	*Finding Victorine*, New York, NY, The Hell’s Kitchen Arts Magazine, At the Edge, edition June 2011
2009	Chapter in the publication of the Kamloops Women’s Resource Group’s Society *Not Just a Tea Party: Celebrating Women’s Contributions to Community Life - Beatrice Gregory Morley*

Published Catalogues & Books

Oh, Canada / New York: An Art and cultural exchange, curatorial essay by Jayne Holsinger, Layout and design by Richard Fogarty, published by Chazou contemporary Art Gallery, printed by Rich Fog Micro Printers (2015)
Drawing on the Edge, curatorial essay by Julie Fowler, Layout and design by Richard Fogarty, published by Chazou Contemporary Art Gallery, printed by Rich Fog Micro Printers (2014)
Trajectories, comment by Alexander Forbes, Layout and design by Richard Fogarty, published by Chazou Contemporary Art Gallery, printed by Rich Fog Micro Printers (2014)
Infused Encounter(s), curatorial essay plus commentary by Dr. Connie Brim, Thompson Rivers University, Layout and design by Richard Fogarty, published by Chazou Contemporary Art Gallery, printed by Rich Fog Micro Printers ISBN: 978-0-9938022-0-1 (2014)
Connecting the Dots, published by Arnica Artist Run Centre, for the Connecting the Dots project which included two time slots, three venues, Kamloops Art Gallery, Artist Run Centre, and Thompson Rivers University Gallery. ISBN 978-0-991708-0-5 (2012)
Erased, author and designer, in the collection of the Canadian National Library, Special Collections. Edition of 25 hand-printed. AMICUS no. 34986599, Dewey: 769.92 22, LC Class no.: ND553*, Reserve – ND553 M55 S4 2009 – NO ILL
Sun Records & Texaco Stadiums, Collaboration with Alex Forbes, introduction by Julie Fowler, Reminiscences by Henry Small, published by Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC. (2008)
Natural Correspondence, co-authored with Alexander Forbes, published by Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, iIntroduction by Dr. Constance Brim, Thompson Rivers University, Essay by Ken Favrholdt Layout and design by Michael Barnes, CAP-A-PIE Press, Burnaby, BC. (2007)
Boppin’ with Mr. Mynah, co-authored with Alexander Forbes. Introduction by Dr. Connie Brim, Thompson Rivers University. After-word, by Rebecca Jacobson, Selkirk College published by CAP-A-PIE Press, Burnaby, BC. (2007)
Double Exposure, co-authored with Alexander Forbes, published by CAP-A-PIE Press, Burnaby, B.C. Introduction by Dr. Connie Brim, ISBN 0-9730315-2-2, (2004)
Rumours of Bees, co-authored with Alexander Forbes, published by Red Heifer Press, Beverly Hills, foreword by Dr. Constance Brim, Thompson Rivers University, ISBN: 0-963148-8-9, (2003)
Tapestry Garden, exhibition catalogue, published by the Kamloops Art Gallery, essay, Jacqueline Larson, foreword, Jann Bailey, preface, Susan Edelstein, ISBN: 1-895497-51-5 (2002)

Inclusion in Group Catalogues

Through the Memory Atlas: 40 years of Collecting, (2018), essay by Charo Neville, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Transart Institute Graduation Exhibition (2009), essay by Michael Bowdidge & Sophia Lycouris, layout and design by Criscoladegsin.com
Home Base: Notes to an Installation, Kamloops Art Gallery 1998, essay by Andrew Hunter, introduction, Jann LM Bailey (catalogue, ISBN 1-895497-34-5)

Selected Public Collections

Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC City of Kamloops, Kamloops, BC
The Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Kamloops Sexual Assault Center, Kamloops, BC
The Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
The Flinn Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The Marjorie Willoughby Hospice House, Kamloops, BC
North Shore Primary Care Centre, Interior Health, Kamloops, BC
Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic, Interior Health, Kamloops, BC
Urgent Care Centre, Interior Health Center, Kamloops, BC
Hillside Centre, Interior Health, Kamloops, BC
Canadian National Library and Archives, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, (Hand-printed book, Erased, 1/25)
Musee Municipal d’Art et d’Historie de Colombes, Paris, France (Hand-printed book, Erased, 1/25)

About Tricia - Curriculum Vitae

Education and Complementary Training

Awards

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Curatorial Projects

Publications

Published Catalogues & Books

Inclusion in Group Catalogues

Selected Public Collections

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