About
Gillian Coulton
Born and raised in rural Alberta
Lives & works in Calgary, Alberta
Gillian Coulton is a emerging artist from rural Alberta. Her work focuses on the landscape as a symbol for memory and conduit for emotion.
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Education
2023 - Masters of Fine Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2021 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
2018 - Visual Art Diploma, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Arnatt Gallery, Strata of Memory, Calgary AB
2022 - Gallery 621, Material Memory and Rural Space, Calgary AB
2022 - Little Gallery, An Isolated Landscape, Calgary AB
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Nickle Galleries, Distance over Time, MFA 2023 Exhibition, Calgary AB
2021 - Nickle Galleries, Phantom Pains, Calgary AB.
2020 - cSpace King Edward, PUSH, Calgary AB.
2019 - Little Gallery, Art 465 Final Show, Calgary AB.
2018 - Little Gallery, Prismatic, Calgary AB.
- Viewpoint Gallery, Emerging Artist Show, Red Deer AB.
- Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Let Your Grasp Exceed Your Reach, Red Deer, AB.
2017 - Welikoklad Event Centre Gallery, Visual Art Student Exhibition, Red Deer, AB.
- Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, What World May Come, Red Deer, AB.
Grants & Awards
2022 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2021 - Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (Master's), University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2020 - Faculty of Arts Gold Medal, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
- Marilyn Perkins Awards in Music, Art & Drama, the Calgary Foundation, Calgary AB.
- Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
- Jack Wise Award for Excellence in Painting, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
- Harry Kiyooka Award for Painting, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2019 - Federation of Canadian Artists Scholarship, Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary AB.
- Smiley Raborn, Jr Scholarship, CanDel Oil Ltd., Calgary AB.
2018 - Governor General’s Academic Medal (Collegiate Bronze Level), Government of Canada.
- Michener Medal for Creative Arts, Government of Canada
2017 - Northlands Visual Art Scholarship, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
- Nicole Hoar Endowment Scholarship for Visual Art, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB