Curriculum Vita

 

 

 

TARA TIDWELL BRYAN
63 Deer Marsh Road
Flatrock, Newfoundland Canada A1K 1C8
(709) 437-1963, email: tarabryan@nl.rogers.com tarabryan@nl.rogers.com

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EDUCATION
1987 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Fine Arts
1975 University of New Mexico, Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Come Closer, Arnica Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
2004 Exquisite Edge, PABA Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2003 Exquisite Edge, The Printed Page, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Bright Hill Art Center, Treadwell, New York;
           Treasure Room Gallery, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
2002 Mine: Photocopied posters on hydro poles. March to November, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2001 Exquisite Edge; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John's, NL
1996 Danger! Untidy Zone; Artist's Books; Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge, St. John’s, Newfoundland
1994 Visibility Poor in Fogbanks; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John's, Newfoundland
1992 East to West; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John's, Newfoundland
1990 Landscape Paintings; Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1987 Enclaves and Ephemera; Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, University of Wisconsin- Madison

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007    Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
           Rabbit and House, Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
           Notes on Location, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2006    Rabbit and House, 4th International Artist‘s Book Triennial,Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania
           The Artist and the Book, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2005    Grids and Games, 3-person collaboration, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL
           Fourth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY
           Craft Council Member’s Show, Devon House Gallery, St. John’s, NL
           Stand and Deliver, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado
           The Arthur and Mara Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library, Boca Raton, Florida, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
           The Art of the Book, Galerie Materia, Quebec City, Quebec,  Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2004    Stand and Deliver, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
           The Art of the Book, Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, Sakatchewan,  Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design,
           Halifax Nova Scotia, Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban, Winnipeg, Manitoba,  Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria,
           British ColumbiaMedicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
           Coastlines, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
2003    Currents: Contemporary Studio Craft from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC
           Visual Artists of Newfoundland & Labrador: A Celebration , Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
           Atlantic Art on the Mezzanine, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
           The Art of the Book, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
           Millennium in a Box, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta
2002    Graffiti, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
           Art in the Park, Discovery Centre, Gros Morne National Park, Woody Point, Newfoundland
           Moorings: Contemporary Craft from Newfoundland and Labrador, Gallery Six One One, Toronto, Ontario
           Personal Visions -Artists' Books at the Millennium, University of Delaware Special Collections
2001    Coastlines, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
           The Book: An Evolution of Meaning, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000    Year One, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
           Apocalypse, 2nd International Artist’s book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
           Millennium in a Box, Young Authors Conference, St. Benedict Catholic School, Toronto,  CBBAG Book Arts Fair, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario
           Mary Hawkins Memorial Library, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Windover Gallery, 1612 Schooner Way, R.R. #2, Pender Island, British Columbia
           Dundas Valley School of Art, 21 Ogilvie Street, Dundas, Ontario
           Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario, City of Thompson Museum, 162 Princeton Drive, Thompson, Manitoba
           Conseil québécois de l'estampe (Quebec Print Council),Montreal, Quebec,  North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, North York, Ontario
           Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre, Town Centre Mall, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba,  Centre culturel de Val-David, Maison du Village, Val-David, QC
1999    New Work from St. Michael's Printshop, RCA Visual, LSPU Hall, St. John’s, Newfoundland
           The Joey Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
           Pathways Revisited: Shoe Cove to Flatrock, Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, Newfoundland
1998    Wonderland, Oregon Book Arts Guild Biennial, Forest Grove, Oregon
           Art of The Book, The Word on the Street Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
           Pathways, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,
           Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe Claire, Quebec
           Eptek Exhibition Centre, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
           You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover, Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1997    Pathways, collaborative installation with Diana Dabinett, Labrador Creative Arts Festival, Goose Bay, Labrador
           Barbour Heritage Premises, Newtown, Newfoundland,  Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Newfoundland
           Discovery, Pilar Shepard Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,  Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
           Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
           Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, with Kathleen Knowling, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
           Cultural Assets; Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Newfoundland
1996    Turning the Page; Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
           Home Is Where the Art Is; Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, Ontario,    Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
1995    Home Is Where the Art Is; Forest City Gallery, North York, Ontario
           Small Works; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John’s, Newfoundland
           Selections; Devon House Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
1994    10th Anniversary Exhibition; Christina Parker Fine Art, St. John's, Newfoundland
           Home Is Where the Art Is; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland; B-312, Montreal, Quebec; SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
           Livres d'Esprit; Articule, Montreal, Quebec
1993    Earth, Air and Water; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
1992    The Painted Photograph; University of Central Oklahoma Museum, Edmond, Oklahoma
1991    Bookworks; Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland
           Juried Annual; Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
1990    The Book as Art; Montclair Public Library, Montclair, New Jersey
           The Painted Photograph; University of Central Oklahoma Museum, Edmond, Oklahoma; New Work; Ted Cronin Gallery, NY, NY

COLLECTIONS
Aliant Communications, St. John’s, NL
Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT
Athenium Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
Collection of The Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Law Society, St. John’s, NL
New York Public Library, Special Collections, New York, NY
Ontario Gallery of Art Library, Toronto, ON
The Rooms Art Gallery, St. John’s, NL
University of Calgary Library Special Collections, Calgary, ABWallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse, NY
Private Collections in the United States and Canada, and Europe

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mike Youds, “Come Closer”, The Daily News, Kamloops, BC, January 11, 2008.
Jennifer Morgan, “Falling Down the Rabbit Hole”, The Telegram, October 7, 2005.
Stephanie Porter, “All Around the Mulberry Bush”, The Independent, September 11, 2005.
Gloria Hickey, “exquisite edge”, Artist Books Review, Winter 2004.
Gloria Hickey, “Editing the Landscape”, Newfoundland Quarterly, Summer 2004.
Amy Schoon, “Arcanaworld”, Illumine, University of Iowa, 2003.
J.M. Sullivan, “The Telegram, May 25, 2001.
Mark Vaughan-Jackson, “Pathways―An Invitation to Explore”, The Evening Telegram, April 19, 1997.
J. M. Sullivan, “Pathways”, The Newfoundland Herald, April 19, 1997.
Lisa Moore, "Home is Where the Art Is" (exhibition catalogue), 1994.
Deborah Nobes, “Home is where the Art Is”, The Express, April 20, 1994.

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2005      Best in Show, Fourth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY
             Award for Innovation and Design, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Annual Juried Member’s Show
2004      Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant. Presentation at Movable Book Society Conference, San Diego, California.
             Department of International Trade and External Affairs Grant to attend Exhibition in New Haven, Connecticut
2002      InterMedia Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, collaborative website/performance with dancer Cherie Pyne.
2001      NewTel Innovations Grant for website art project, www.LookingforLisa.com.
2000      Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for 3-D Artist’s Books.
1999      Canada Council for the Arts Millennium Fund. Grant for creation of Gros Morne Time Lines.
             Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for Gros Morne Artist’s Book with Kevin Major and Anne Meredith Barry.
1998      Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for Lyrics, Collaborative Artist’s Book with Luben Boykov and Elena Popova.
             Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant.
             Canada/ Newfoundland Economic Renewal Agreement,Cultural Industries Development Initiative Project Grant.
             Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for Artist’s Books.
1996      Year of the Arts/Cabot 500. Project Grant for Collaborative Installation with Diana Dabinett.
              Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for Artist’s Books.
1995      The Procurement Program of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Purchase Award.
             Newfoundland/Canada Cooperation Agreement on Cultural Industries. Grants for professional development, capital costs.
1994      The Procurement Program of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Purchase Award.
             Newfoundland/CanadaCOOPeration Agreement on Cultural Industries. Grant for documentation, promotional materials.
1993      Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Project Grant for a series of paintings of fog banks.
             Project Grant for collaborative artist's book of linocut seascapes.
1990      Dewar's Young Artist Recognition Award; NY, NY. Artist's Residency; Thorpe Intermedia Gallery; Sparkill, NY.

RELATED ACTIVITIES
2007      Instructor: 5-day Book Workshop , The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB; Japanese Bookbinding,
             St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL; Innovative Structures
             Workshop, The Architecture of the Book Conference, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL.
             Participant: Visual Arts Summit, Ottawa, ON; The Architecture of the Book, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL; Codex, Berkeley, CA.
             Artist in Residence: New Works Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB.

1992-    Instructor of various classes and workshops:, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL: Anna Templeton Centre, St. Michael’s Printshop,
2005     Artists in the Schools   Programme, MUN Lifelong Learning, St. John’s, NL
            Presenter: Books in the Classroom, Eastern Horizon Children’s Literature Conference, St. John’s, NL
            Organizer: Edible Books, Eastern Edge Gallery, 2007, 2001; Library of Artist’s Books fundraiser, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
            Curator: Transactions, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL
            Artist-in-Residence: Gros Morne National Park, Woody Point, NL; St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL

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