EDUCATION
2003
MA, Art History, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
1995
MFA, Art Studio, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1992
BA Honours, Visual Art Studio, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2018-present
Professor, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
2021-22
Chair, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
2018-present
Associate Member, Centre for Documentary Studies, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University
2007
Visiting Professor, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan
2006-11
Chair, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
2005-18
Associate Professor, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
2000-05
Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
1998-99
Instructor, Fine Arts Program, Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, AB
1995-98
Instructor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
RESEARCH + CREATIVE ACTIVITY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (*denotes exhibition catalogue)
2023-24
Trinity , Then and Now | Conrad Grebel Gallery, Centre for Peace Advancement
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2020
Trinity ³ | curator Crystal Mowry
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON *
2019-20
Daughters of Uranium | curators Lindsey Sharman and Christina Cuthbertson
Founders’ Gallery, The Military Museums, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB *
2019
Daughters of Uranium | curator Lindsey Sharman and Christina Cuthbertson
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB *
2012
Atomic Suite | curator Anne Ewan
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2006
Seeking Georgia | curator Joan Stebbins
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB *
2005
ReCollect | curator Corinna Ghaznavi
A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
ReCollect | curator Corinna Ghaznavi
Galerie La Centrale Powerhouse, Montreal, QC
2003
polish | curator Joanne Marion
Medicine Hat Art Gallery and Museum, Medicine Hat, AB *
2003
polish | curator Heather Smith
Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK
2002
polish | ACE Art, Winnipeg, MB
2002
Coming to Writing (The Silver Drawings)
Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
1999
Prelude: Distillation, Separation, Balance
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
1998
Prelude: Distillation, Separation, Balance | curator Dan Ring
The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK *
1998
en transi
Forest City Gallery, London, ON
1997
Sanctified Flesh
Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB
1997
Material Continuity (version ii)
Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
1997
Material Continuity (version ii)
Artspace, Peterborough, ON
1996
Material Continuity (version ii)
Neutral Ground, Regina, SK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (*denotes exhibition catalogue)
2023-24
SOS: A Story of Survival, Part II - The Body [second of three-part exhibition series] | curator Darryn Doull
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2023
Radiant Objects: encounters in the nuclear age | curator Jessica Holtaway
Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK
Solent University, Southhampton, UK
2022-23
Unsettling Sites of War | curator Atif Khan [under direction of Barbara Fischer]
Jackman Humanities Institute, Daniels School of Architecture, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2022
From Remote Stars: Buckminster Fuller, London, and Speculative Futures * |
curators Kirsty Robertson and Sarah Smith | Museum London, London, ON
2021
a wave in other words: works from the permanent collection | curator Crystal Mowry
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2020
Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb | curator Joseph Traugott
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019
Nuclear Visions | curator elin o'Hara slavick
John and June Alcott Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2019
Grow Op * | curator LeuWebb Projects
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2017-18
Voices: artists on art | 2017-1967: Contemporary Art 50 Years After Sculpture '67 * |
curators Ian Carr-Harris and Yvonne Lammerich
Harbourfront Centre Gallery, Toronto, ON
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
Al Fanoun Gallery, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi; Library Tower Space, Dubai
2018
Legacies: Canadian Forces Artists Program | curator Joanne Stober
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON
2017
After Hiroshima | curator IoDeposito
B#S Gallery, Treviso and Punto Croce, Venice, Italy
2017
Past Forward: 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition
ArtLab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
2016
Resident Artists, Terra Vivante Art Studio | Fate Festival
San Potito Community Space, Province of Caserta, Campagnia, Italy
2015-16
Group 6: Canadian Forces Artists Program, 2012-13 * | curator Laura Brandon
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum, Carp, ON
2016
The Legacy of the Nuclear Age
The Nuclear Forum, The World Social Forum
2015
Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art * | curator Kristy Trinier
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2015
Atomic Photographers Guild
Bank of Japan, A-bombed Building, Hiroshima, Japan
2015
Nuclear Photographs: Atomic Photographers Guild
International Uranium Film Festival, Quebec City, QC
2014-15
senselikeblueplace
Trianon Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2013
Ecotone | curators Ryan Doherty and Christine Sowiak
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2013
Ecotone | curator Ryan Doherty
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2011
Mapping a Prairie City: Lethbridge and Its Suburbs | curators Don Gill and Ryan Doherty
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2008
The Talking Project (with Linda Duvall)
Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007-08
Living Utopia and Disaster: 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art * | curators Catherine Crowston and Sylvie Gilbert
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Walter Phillips Art Gallery, Banff, AB
2007
Art in Transit; Public Art Artist Residency Project
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2006-08
The Forest for the Trees | curator Anne O’Callaghan
Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
La Spezia, Galleria Circolo Culturale, Arte Contemporanea, Italy
Art Gallery, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
2006
Current | curator Allan Mackay
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2001
Pause (storefront window project) | curator Michael Campbell
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2000
Memoirs: transcribing loss * | curator Lisa Baldissera
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1997
Extreme Close-Up: The Body in Context | curator Tim Nowlin
The Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
1995
The Works Visual Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB
Edmonton Art Gallery | City of Edmonton, AB
FACULTY + STAFF EXHIBITIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
2022
Context | Context | Context: Faculty Art Exhibition, Trianon Gallery
2021
Online Showcase: Faculty Art Exhibition
2020
There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here: Faculty Art Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2019
After Hours: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2018
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2017
Fifty: 50th Anniversary Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2015
X20: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2014
Cost Recovery: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2013
Streamlining: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2012
WHMS: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Penny Gallery
2010
Miniature: Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Niche Gallery
2007
Copy-Cat, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2006
Potluck, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2005
Alter Ego, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2004
Matchmaking, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2003
The Found Object Explored, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2002
Something Old Something New, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2001
Closet Practices, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024
Artist Residency, Bundanon, North Nowra, NSW Australia (forthcoming)
2016
Artist Residency, Terra Vivente, Guardia Sanframondi, Province of Campania, Italy
2012-13
Artist Residency, Canadian Forces Artists Program (CFAP), Department of Defence, Ottawa, ON
2012-13
Artist-Rancher Residency, Ecotone | Field Notes Collective | Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2010-11
Artist Residency, Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), Wendover Complex, Wendover, UT
2005-06
Artist Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED PUBLIC GRANTS + AWARDS
2023
International Residencies Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022
Explore and Create | Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2021
Project Grant, Visual Arts and New Media, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2017-21
Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2017
Project Grant, Visual Arts and New Media, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2016
International Residencies Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2015
Project Grant, Visual Arts and New Media, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2014
Project Grant, Visual Arts and New Media, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2013
Project Grant, Assistance to Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts
2012
Project Grant, Visual Arts and New Media, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2011
Project Grant, Assistance to Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts
2009
Project Grant, Alberta Creative Development Initiative (ACDI)
Canada Council for the Arts | Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2008-09
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB | Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2008
Project Grant, Multidisciplinary Grant Program, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute
2004
Project Grant, Visual Arts Program, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2002
Project Grant, Visual Arts Program, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
1998
Creation/Production C Grant, Canada Council
1998
Creative B Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1997
Creative B Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
1995
Professional Development Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
SELECTED GRANTS + AWARDS, UNIVERSITY OF LETHRIDGE
2020-25
Board of Governors Research Chair, Tier I
2001-19
Travel Award, Office of Research Services (granted annually)
2017
VPR Strategic Opportunities Award
2016
Internal SSHRC Grant
2014, 2012, 2010
Academic Research Enhancement Award, Faculty of Fine Arts
2013
Community of Research Excellence Development Opportunities (CREDO)
2013
University of Lethbridge Research Fund Award (ULRF)
2012
VP Internal Artistic/Creation Grant
2006
Academic Research Enhancement Award, Faculty of Fine Arts
2001
University of Lethbridge Research Fund Award (ULRF)
SELECTED LECTURES + TALKS + PRESENTATIONS
2023
“Trinity, Then and Now,” Lectures at Noon, Department of Fine Arts
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2022
“Climate and Community,” Together Again: A Celebration of the Arts | RSC Celebration of Excellence
and Engagement #COEE2022, presented by the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2022
Invited Workshop Participant, Mapping the Cold War: The Spatialization of Preparedness,
PI Sara Matthews, Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Carp, ON
2022
Trinity ³ | Screening and Discussion with Mary Kavanagh and Sara Matthews
Museum London, London, ON
2021
“before the before the after,” Invited Speaker, Board of Governors, University of Lethbridge
2021
“before the before the after,” Bombhead Lecture Series, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2020
"Trinity ³," Women of Influence for Women’s Art Lecture Series
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2019
"Daughters of Uranium," Nickle at Noon Lecture Series, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2019
"Daughters of Uranium," Articulations Lecture Series, [with co-curators Christina Cuthbertson
and Lindsay Sharman] Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2019
“Equivalents,” Grow Op [panel: Maria Thereza Alves, Mary Kavanagh; moderator: Katie Lawson]
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2018
"Atomic Tourist: Trinity," MFA, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2017
"Nuclear Anxiety and Activism," Non-fiction Art, Instrumentalism and Social Practice, [panel: Mary
Kavanagh, Jackson 2bears, David Miller; moderator: Don Gill] Visible Evidence XXIV, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017
"Atomic Tourist: Trinity," Nuclear Families: From Trinity to Nagasaki, [panel: Mary Kavanagh, Mark Klett,
Katy McCormick; moderator: Claude Baillargeon] 2017 SPE National Conference, Orlando, FL
2016
"Georgia's Bed,” Art NOW Speaker Series, University of Lethbridge
2016
"Georgia's Bed," Art, Archive, and the Documentary Impulse, [Panel: Mary Kavanagh, Jackson 2bears;
moderator: Don Gill] Visible Evidence XXIII, Bozeman, MT
2016
"Atomic Tourist: Trinity," Nuclear Light: Revelation and Apocalypse, [Panel: Robert Del Tredici, Mary
Kavanagh, Katy McCormick; moderator: Blake Fitzpatrick] The Inventions of Light: Invention de la Lumiere
Symposium, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2015
"Group 6: Canadian Forces Artists Program," Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum, Carp, ON
[Panel: Leslie Reid, Thomas Kneubuhler, Rhonda Weppler, Leslie Hossack, Mary Kavanagh]
2014
"Sensing Rain and Ruin, Speaking Up, Falling Out," Articulations Lecture Series,
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2014
"Georgia O'Keeffe, New Mexico and The Bomb," Women's Scholars Speakers Series, University of Lethbridge
2013
“Spatial Memory: A Theory of the Present,” Department of Creative Studies,
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2012
"Artist Lecture | Atomic Suite," The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2011
Participant, Alberta Oil Sands U.S. Media Symposium, Fort McMurray, AB
2011
Participant, Ecotone: Art-Science Symposium on the Meeting of Communities
Southern Alberta Art Gallery | University of Lethbridge, Stavely; Lethbridge, AB
2008
"Artist Lecture," Nickle at Noon, Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2008
"Artist Lecture," Art for Lunch Lecture Series, University of Regina, Regina, SK
2008
"Artist Lecture," Artist Speakers Program, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2006
"Artist Lecture," Artist Speaker Series, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2006
"Artist Lecture," Art NOW Speaker Series, University of Lethbridge
2004
"Defining a Practice," Women’s Scholars Speakers Series, University of Lethbridge
2003
"Artist Lecture," Medicine Hat Art Gallery and Museum, Medicine Hat, AB
2000
"Artist Lecture," Department of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge
1999
"Artist Lecture," Fine Arts Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK
1998
"Artist Lecture," Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1998
"Artist Lecture," Latitude 53 Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1997
"Artist Lecture," Fine Arts Department, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
1996
"Artist Lecture," Women’s Studies Department, Trent University, Peterborough, ON
1996
"Artist Lecture," Artspace, Peterborough, ON
SELECTED WRITING + ARTIST'S PROJECTS BY MARY KAVANAGH
2022-23
“Mendeleyev's Dream,” (print portfolio project) Energy Futures Alberta, project coordinator Eveline Kolijn |
(artist project) Reimagining Fire: Artists and Writers on the Future of Energy, Eveline Kolijn, ed., Calgary,
Durville and UpRoute Books, 2023.
2020
"Atomic Tourist: Trinity," (artist project) McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.
2016
"Annotations," (essay) Glass: Judy Tuwaletstiwa, Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2016.
2015
"Atomic Suite," (artist project) Prefix Photo, Issue 32: Occupying Forces, Fall 2015.
2013
"Atomic Tourist: Trinity Site, New Mexico," (article) On Site Review, Issue 29: geology, Fall 2013.
2011
"Field Notes Collective | Mapping a Prairie City: Lethbridge and Its Suburbs," (essay)
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.
CURRICULUM VITAE
RESEARCH RESIDENCIES
2015
Research Residency, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
2014
Research Residency, National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2008
Research Residency, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2005
Research Residency, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, Santa Fe, NM
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2021
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Arts and Humanities
2020-25
Board of Governors Research Chair, Tier I in Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge