About Me

GALE LYNN HAGBLOM - Art CV

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Formal Education

MFA Studio Art - U of S, Saskatoon, SK, 2018 – 2020
MA Geography & Planning - U of S, Saskatoon, SK, 2011 – 2014
BFA (Interdisciplinary honour’s degree), NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 2006 – 2007
Graphic Design (certificate) Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB, 1994 – 1995

Installations and Exhibitions

Kaija Sanelma Harris: Warp + Weft - Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK, 2024/25
Choreographed Space - MFA, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, 2020
MIX Print Show & Sale Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, 2018 + 2019
Paper, Clay & Canvas Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, 2017
Paradise Perspectives Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, 2015
SEXTET - Group Show Bessborough, Saskatoon, SK, 2014
Continuum - Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, U of S 2008
Continuum (BFA) - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2007
The Kitchen - The Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS, 2007
Little Bowl Show - Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK, 2000

Art Related Employment

Graphic Artist - Saskatoon Public School Board, 2023 – current
Drawing + Painting Instructor, Art + Art History Department, U of S - 2018 - 2020
Communications Coordinator - Saskatchewan Craft Council 2000 – 2010
Graphic Design Consultant Self-Employed - 1996 – ongoing

Other Training

CARFAC Mentorship – Terry Fenton + Amira Wasfey, 2010/2011
Sobey Art Award – apprentice, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax, NS, 2007

Arts and Culture Experience

Churchill Arts Council - Board Chair, 1990 – 1991
Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NWT Board Member, 1993 – 1995
Emma International Collaboration - Member + Participant, 2000 – 2024
EXPOSITION (SCC) - Board Member - Annual Fine Craft Sale, 2002 – 2008
The Broadway Theatre Board Member, 2010 – 2014
Public Arts Advisory Committee City of Saskatoon – Committee member, 2016 – 2018
SaskArts (Saskatchewan Arts Board) - Board Member, 2017 – 2023
CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, New Zealand, 2017

Professional Membership/Affiliations

Saskatchewan Craft Council, 2000 – Current
CARFAC, 2007 – Current
AKA (Artist-run Gallery) , 2024
The Khyber (Halifax, NS), 2024
Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

Awards, Grants & Adjudication

Potash Corporation Grant ($4,500) - CollaboratioNZ (Biennial Art Event), 2017
Mitacs – Globalink Research Award ($6,000), Research Sami art in public space, 2019
(Sweden & Finland)

Artist Residency + Conferences

Arquetopia Foundation and International Artist Residency, Puebla, Mexico 09/2024

Arctic Arts Summit Rovaniemi, Finland, June 3 - 5, 2019