Sarah Maloney, RCA
sarah@smaloney.com www.smaloney.com
EDUCATION
1994 Master of Fine Arts Degree, The University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
EXHIBITIONS
Solo:
2022 Upcoming. Mid career survey, exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, travelling to Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS. and other venues
2015 First Flowers, Studio 21, Halifax, NS.
2014 First Flowers, ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS.
2013 Water Level, Studio 21, Halifax, NS. Collapse, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
2011 Habitat, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NF.
2008 Inhabit: Studio 21, Halifax, NS.
2007 New Work, Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2005 Image, Object Memory – Work created while artist in residence at the Memory Disability Clinic, Veterans Memorial Hospital, Halifax, NS.
1999-2000 Corpus, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Touring to the Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery, Florenceville, NB. St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
1994 Embodied, University Club, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
1993 Body of Work, University of Windsor/Common Ground Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Windsor, ON.
1991 Pillars , Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, ON.
Group: selected
2021 The Botanical Turn, curated by Helen Gregory, The McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, ON.
2020 Soft Launch, The Blue Building Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2019 Maud Lewis and the Nova Scotia Terroir, curated by Sarah Fillmore, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, travelling to the Coast Gallery, Zhuhai and Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen. China. Beading Now, organized by Karine Gaucher, La Guilde, Montreal, QC.
2018 Alphabetical order: things artists have drawn. Prints and drawings from the permanent collection. Curated by Mora Dianne O'Neill, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Sculpture, Meet Painting…Painting, Meet Sculpture. Curated by John Leroux. the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Fait Main / Hand Made. Curated by Bernard Lamarche, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, , Québec City, QC. Verdant. Four person with Janice Wright Cheney, Beth Biggs & Linda Kelly, Gallery on Queen, Fredericton, NB. WATCH OUT: A Critical Selection from the Permanent Collection. Curated by Danielle Hogan, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB.
2017 Cultural Topographies: The Complexities of History and Identity in Canada. Curated by Julie Rene de Cotret, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON. Manif d’art 8 – Québec City Biennial, two person with Karine Payette, curated by Alexia Fabre, Materia, Quebec City, QC.
2016 Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey. Curated by Sarah Fillmore, David Diviney & Bruce Johnson. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS.
2015 Anatomica. Curated by Cindy Stelmackowich. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2014 - 2015 Making Otherwise: Craft and Material Fluency in Contemporary Art, Curated by Heather Anderson, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Touring to Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS and Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, ON.
2013 Nature in Culture: two person, with Melissa Doherty, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON.
2012 Skin: the seduction of surface, curated by Sarah Fillmore, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Royal Canadian Academy, New Members’ Exhibition, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s, NF.
2011 Synaptic Connections: Art & the Brain, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Contemporary Gothic, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB.
2010 Fibreworks 2010, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge ON. What Remains, the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI. 50th Anniversary Legacy Collection, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB .
2009 SCULPTURE ETC. Two person exhibition with Colleen Wolstenholme, the Yellow Box Art Gallery, Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, NB.
2008-09 LA RENCONTRE – Y CYFARFOD – THE MEETING - NITU NATSHISKUATAW, Four Languages – One passion, la Maison historique Hamel-Bruneau, Musée du textile et du costume du Québec, QC.
2007 Grays Anatomy - The Human Body in Art, curated by Jeffrey Spalding, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Finding the Invisible - with Janice Wright Cheney & Barb Hunt, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2006 Fray, curated by Sarah Quinton. Textile Museum of Canada, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON. Writing on the Wall, two person exhibition, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Transit- Atlantic Crossings: Galerie Schloss Mochental, Mochental, Germany.
2005 Transit- Atlantic Crossings: Deutsche Werkstaetten Hellerau, Dresden, Germany. Nova Scotian Artists, by invitation of the Honourable Myra Freeman, Lieutenant Governor, Government House, Halifax, NS.
2004 Corporelle, three person exhibition with Janice Wright Cheney & Barb Hunt, Diagonale centre des arts et des fibres du Québec, Montréal, QC. Metier, Curated by Svava Juliusson, the Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2000-2001 Artists in a Floating World - The Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, curated by Tom Smart, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2000 One-One, two-person with Ray Cronin, the Space Gallery, Saint John, NB.
1999 Knit, three person, Eastern Edge, St John’s, NF.
1998 Rivergardens. Outdoor sight specific sculpture, curated by Curtis Collins, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB.
1997-1998 Theatrum Mundi, The Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, curated by Susan Gibson Garvey. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS. The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Saint John’s, NF. The Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC. MacKenzie Gallery, Regina, SK.
1995 The Ephemeral Public. Saint Thomas University campus, Fredericton, NB.
1994 Sculpture Expo ‘94, City Centre Atlantic, Halifax, NS. Gallery Connexion’s Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, NB. 10th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition , the Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan.
1993 Artseen 2 - Artcite, Windsor, ON. 1993 Southwest Biennial - The Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
1992 (Past) Industrial. The Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan.
1991 1991 Southwest Biennial . The Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
1990 RE: STORE, Artcite, Windsor, Ontario.
Art Fairs
2021 Art Toronto, represented by The Blue Building Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2017 FORM Miami, represented by Studio 21, Halifax, NS.
2016 SOFA Chicago, represented by Studio 21, Halifax, NS.
2014 Art Toronto. Represented by Studio 21, Halifax, NS
2013 Art Toronto. Represented by Studio 21, Halifax.NS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY – selected
Maud Lewis and the Nova Scotia Terroir. Exhibition Catalogue. Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen. China.
Beading Now! Exhibition Catalogue by Karine Gaucher, La Guilde, Montreal, QC
Sculpture, October 2018. Volume 37, No. 8. Feature article, '“Sarah Maloney: A New Image of Landscape”, by Ray Cronin.
Fait Main/ Hand Made, Exhibition Catalogue, by Bernard Lamarche, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, QC.
Making Otherwise: Craft and Material Fluency in Contemporary Art, Carleton University Art Gallery, by Heather Anderson, Ottawa, ON.
The Telegraph Journal, Salon (Saint John, NB), April 28, 2018. Review of Verdant by Tom Smart, “Tales of Spring”.
Manif D’Art/8 La Biennale de Quebec, The Art of Joy, Biennale Catalogue.
Terroir, A Nova Scotia Survey, exhibition catalogue, essays by David Diviney, Sarah Fillmore, & Bruce Johnson, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017.
Visual Arts News, Summer 2015 Volume 37 Number 1, Feature Review of Anatomica by Jaime Forsythe, “Physical Landscapes, Anatomica’s View on The Interior”.
Visual Arts News, Spring 2015, Volume 36 Number 3, Feature Review of Making Otherwise by Daniel Higham, “Power & Politics: Making Otherwise’s Exploration of Craft”.
The Chronicle Herald, (Halifax, NS), May 3, 2013. Review of WaterLevel by Elissa Barnard, “Sculptures plunge viewer into water lilies’ world”.
Kelowna Daily Courier, (Kelowna, BC) Monday, February 4, 2013, Review of Collapse by Portia Priegert, “Great Tulip Crash inspires art”.
Tightly Laced, 2013, Collapse exhibition catalogue, essay by Liz Wylie.
The Telegraph Journal, Salon, (Saint John, NB) July 7, 2012. Review of Skin by Mike Landry, “In the Flesh”.
Habitat, 2011, Sandra Alfoldy and Charlotte Jones. Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
TheScientist.com, “Knit, purl, medulla oblongata”, February 6, 2009 by Elie Dolgin. http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/55402/
Visual Arts News, Summer 2008 Volume 30 Number 1. Review of Inhabit by Sophie Pilipczuk, “Coming of Age: Sarah Maloney”.
The Chronicle Herald, (Halifax, NS) Saturday, February 9, 2008. Review of Inhabit by Elissa Barnard “Maloney’s wallflowers playful, sexual”
Fast Forward Weekly, (Calgary, AB) May 03-09, 2007 review of Finding the Invisible by Anthea Black, “Hide and Seek”.
The Calgary Herald, (Calgary, AB) Sunday, April 29, 2007 review of Finding the Invisible by Jennifer McVeigh “Hidden meanings there for the finding”.
Finding the Invisible, 2007 exhibition catalogue, essay by Mireille Perron
Craft Perception and Practice Volume III, essay by Mireille Perron
Fray, 2007 exhibition essays by Sarah Quinton and Caroline Bell Farrell, on line
Transit-Atlantic Crossings, 2005 exhibition catalogue, essays by Colin Ardley and Ingrid Mueller
Surfacing Journal, Winter 2005, Volume 26, Corporelle: conversation between Barb Hunt, Sarah Maloney and Janice Wright Cheney
The Chronicle Herald, (Halifax, NS) April 3, 2004, Review of Métier by Elissa Barnard, “Métier: History in the Making”.
Métier, Exhibition catalogue 2004, essay by Svava Juliusson.
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery Collection, Selected Works, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery 2000
Woman’s Art Journal, Fall 2000/Winter 2001 Volume 21, Number 2. Article by Lianne McTavish – “Body Narratives in Canada, 1968-99: Sarah Maloney, Catherine Heard and Kathleen Sellars”.
The Daily News, (Halifax, NS) Thursday April 6, 2000. Review of Corpus by Marilyn Smulders “Artist uses body parts to create body of work”.
Arts Atlantic #63, Article by Lianne McTavish “Resisting Bodies and Contemporary Canadian Women Artists”.
The New Brunswick Reader, March 6, 1999. Article by Maria Kubacki “Anatomy of an Artist”.
Canadian Medical Association Journal, February 23, 1999, Article by Caralee E. Caplan, “Fabricating the Body”.
Corpus Exhibition Catalogue, A New Brunswick Trilogy, 1999, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Essay By Lianne McTavish.
The Globe and Mail, (Toronto, ON) Friday October 16, 1998, Article by Monique Dull
The Daily Gleaner, (Fredericton, NB) review of “Theatrum Mundi” by Christina Sabat.
Theatrum Mundi, the 1997 Marion McCain Exhibition Catalogue, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Essay by Susan Gibson Garvey. 23, 1996.
The Daily Gleaner, (Fredericton, NB) November article by Christina Sabat - “Body Art: The Case of the Gendered Anatomies”.
The Mall Show, Sculpture Expo ‘94 Catalogue. Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Essay by Ray Cronin.
The Daily Gleaner, (Fredericton, NB) November 19, 1994. Article by Christina Sabat - “Body Parts: The Art of Experience”.
AWARDS
2020 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create Grant for Research & Creation.
2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002 Arts Nova Scotia and Province of Nova Scotia Creation Grant
2015 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2012 Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council Established Artist Recognition Award. Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
2009 Canada Council for the Arts Assistance to Visual Artists – Project Grant
2005 Canada Council Travel Grant
2004, 2001, 1998 Canada Council for the Arts Mid Career Grant
2004 Craig Foundation Grant
2000, 1997, 1995 Province of New Brunswick Creation Grant
1990 Ontario Arts Council Short Term Grant
RESIDENCIES
2013 Annapolis Region Community Arts Council, Annapolis Royal, NS.
2012 University of Windsor, School of Visual Arts Foundry, Windsor, ON.
2009 Gros Morne National Park, NF.
2003-04 Artist in Residence, Division of Geriatric Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS.
COLLECTIONS
The Nova Scotia Art Bank The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery The Canada Council Art Bank
The New Brunswick Art Bank Dalhousie Art Gallery
Government of Canada, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
The Memory Disability Clinic, Veterans Memorial Hospital, Halifax