ALYSHA CLAIRE CREIGHTON
b. 1986 Vancouver, Canada
Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Intermedia [2010-2013]
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Thesis: the space between us
Supervisors: Allen Ball and Liz Ingram
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Art with Great Distinction [2005-2009]
Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
Residencies
2016
Artist in Residence, Momentum Centre for Time-Based Art, Berlin, Germany
2014
RBC Emerging Artist Apprenticeship Program, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts
2013
Artist in Residence, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB
2011
Still and Moving Imaging Residency, School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected Awards and Honors
2014
Second Place
Gotta Minute Film Festival, Edmonton, AB
2012
A. Florence Andison Friedman Award
Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Graduate Student Scholarship
Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology, Edmonton, AB
2011
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
2010
Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Honorary University of Alberta Master’s Recruitment Scholarship
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Being on the way to something
President’s Gallery, TWU, Langley, BC
2015
Waiting Room
Bleeding Heart Art Space, Edmonton, AB
Proximities
Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert, AB
2014
Apparitions -site specific video installation [curator: Amber Rooke]
The Works Art and Design Festival, Edmonton, AB
2013
the space between us
MFA Thesis exhibition, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2017
Riverface (performance)
The Shooting Gallery Performance Series, The Dusty Flower Shop, Vancouver, BC
Rethinking Matter: The Tactile
Aarhus Center for Visual Art, Aarhus, Denmark
2016
Open Studio, Momentum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015
Street Light for Nuit Blanche Edmonton [curator: Matthew Hills]
Enterprise Square Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Monstrous?
dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton AB
Art & Design 50th Anniversary Exhibition
FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2014
Screening: The Touch
Gotta Minute Film Festival, Edmonton, AB
RBC Emerging Artists Apprenticeship Exhibition
The Stollery Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2013
Moving On: Boyle Street Projections Public Art Project in collaboration with
Allen Ball, Aspen Gallery, Boyle Street Plaza, Edmonton, AB
Inventory [curators: Tori McNish and Chelsey Van Weerden]
The Drawing Room, Edmonton, AB
the space between us [solo exhibition]
MFA Thesis exhibition, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Substance of Space
Stollery Gallery, Skirts a Fire Festival, Edmonton, AB
Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: The News From Here [curator: Nancy Tousley]
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Interface: Refinery Late Night Art Party [curator: Kyle Armstrong]
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2012
Trinity Western University Alumni Exhibition [curator: Erica Grimm]
President’s Gallery, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC
2011
The Touch: Still + Moving Image Screening
SVA Theatre, New York, NY
Matter and Spirit [curator: Patty Wickman]
University Art Gallery, Biola University, La Miranda, CA,
2009
Lingua Franca [curator: Doris Auxier]
Laurentian Centre, Ottawa, ON
Gift Shop: The TWU Senior Art Show
Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, BC
2008
Shifting Boundaries
Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2006
Black and White
Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
Presentations, Lectures and Artist Talks
2015
“Waiting Room” Artist Talk, Bleeding Heart Art Space, Edmonton, AB
2013
“The space between us” Artist Talk, Contemporary Art Survey Class,
Prof. Natalie Loveless, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2012
“The Space Between Us: Negative space and the ethics of nonknowledge” Paper
presentation, The Verge Conference: Art and Ethics, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC
2009
“Shifting Boundaries”, Artist talk, organized by the Cityscape Gallery. Cityscape
Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Curatorial Projects
Curator, Encoding and Decoding, dc3 Art Projects and SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada [2012-13]
Curator, Unstable Natures, Latitude 53 and the Art and Design Graduate Student Association, Edmonton, AB, Canada [2011-2012]
Projection Designer, Held by Mindhive Collective, Edmonton International Fringe Festival, AB
Editing and Documentation, Sight Unseen by Allen Ball, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain, AB
Editing, Action a Day: Maternal Prescriptions artist book project by Natalie Loveless, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB