LORETTA PAOLI

Contemporary Visual Artist

Duncan, BC, Canada

​​EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts                        University of Regina, 2005-2008

                                                      Interdisciplinary Studies in Visual Art and Linguistics

Bachelor of Education                   University of Western Ontario, 1992-93: Visual Art, Drama, ESL

Honours Bachelor of Arts              University of Guelph, 1982-85/1990-92, Specialized Hons. in Fine Arts

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EXHIBITIONS

May 2026       Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show 2026, Duncan, BC; group show link

April 2026      Unsilenced Stories: Art as Witness in Health Research; Canadian Association of Health Humanities; digital archive

                       (as member of Certain Age Collective) link

May 2021       QMS Student-Mentor Show, Just Jake’s Restaurant, Duncan, BC, group show

May 2021       Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show 2021, Duncan, BC; Honourable Mention, group show

Oct. 2016       The Sole Project, Art Gallery of Regina, SK

Oct. 2014       Word Problems, Else Scherle Gallery, Regina Beach, SK; 3-person exhibition with Risa Horowitz & Ross Melanson, curated by                           Jeff Nye

Aug. 2013      De la Nazione, Neutral Ground’s “La Nouvelle Terre” at Videographe, Montreal, QC; solo exhibition curated by Brenda Cleniuk;                           link to interview

Nov. 2012      {Person, Place, Thing}, Neutral Ground Art Forum, Regina, SK group exhibition curated by John Hampton); catalogue

Nov. 2008      This Space of Translation, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK MFA graduating solo interactive multi-media exhibition

June 2008      Outlook III, Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics conference at Congress, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Site-specific installation

April 2008      Outlook II, 10th National Metropolis Conference, Halifax, NS; Site-specific art installation

2007-08          Language Crossings, University of Regina, SK (Student Public Art Commission)

                       Year-long series of 3 site-specific installations (‘sunset: july 21’; ‘student exchange’; ‘¿Adónde van?’)

Sept. 2007     The Garage Show, Lane Level Projects, Regina, SK; Group exhibition curated by Sheila Nourse and Jeff Nye; site-specific                                   installation

April 2007       Outlook, Novia Café, Regina; independent site-specific installation

Oct. 2005       MFA Recent Works, 5th Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, SK; group exhibition

June 1998      Work Re: Work, The Library and Gallery, Cambridge, ON; Install Art Collective group exhibition curated by Gordon Hatt,                                       catalogue

July 1996        Works on Paper, The Bookshelf Cafe, Guelph, ON; 2-person show with Charlie Fox

1995               NICHE, Art Outside the Gallery, Guelph, ON; Install Art Collective group exhibition; catalogue

April 1992       Student Juried Art Show, University of Guelph, ON

May 1992       Interventions, Locus in Quo artist collective, Guelph, ON; juried art exhibition

Oct. 1992       Ring Around the Rhetoric - Female Fantasy and Rural Rhymes, Video In, Vancouver, BC; Group screening curated by Karen                               Knights

1985               Fine Art Dept. Staff Show, University of Guelph Faculty Club, Guelph, ON

 

PUBLICATIONS

The Sole Project, essay by Joanne Bristol, 2016; exhibition catalogue for 3-person exhibition, Art Gallery of Regina, Oct. 2016 (featured artist):                         link to catalogue

{Person, Place, Thing} by John Hampton, 2013; exhibition catalogue for group exhibition at Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Nov. 2012 (featured                               artist); launched August 2013

Status of the Media Arts in Saskatchewan: A Report Commissioned by the Saskatchewan Arts Board in collaboration with SaskCulture Inc.,                               Regina, Sept. 2003 (researcher/writer)

Work Re: Work, Install Art Collective, Toronto,1999; exhibition catalogue for group exhibition at Library & Gallery, Cambridge (Introduction                                 writer; featured artist); essays by Catherine Osborne, Gordon Hatt

Niche: Installations, Interventions, Performances, Install Art Collective, Guelph, 1995 exhibition catalogue for independent group site-specific                              exhibition (featured artist; exhibition co-organizer); essays by John Massier and Gordon Hatt

Niche: Art Outside of the Gallery (Video), Install Art Collective, Guelph, 1995 (featured artist) video link

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PRESENTATIONS

A Deeper Dive into the Fine Arts Show, hosted by Robert Maclean, zoom event panelist, Cowichan Valley Arts Council, May 20, 2021

Spaces of Translation: Exploring Language Through a Visual Art Practice, presentation at Visual Languages Conference, First Nations                                      University, Regina, Jan. 16, 2014

Cultural Translation – Transformative Space, Panel Moderator with presenters Shelly Bahl, Sohaila Esfahani, and Cheryl L’Hirondelle, SHIFT                             Symposium, April 9, 2011

Art, Immigration and Inclusion, presentation at Prairie Metropolis Centre Prairie Node Conference, Sept. 24, 2010; link to slideshow

Artist’s Talk, “Art for Lunch” series, University of Regina, SK, Sept. 2009

Outlook III: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Bilingualism and Perspective, art installation presented at CAAL (Canadian Association of                                    Applied Linguistics) conference at Congress, UBC, Vancouver, June 2008

Outlook II: An Artistic Investigation of Immigration, Language and Perspective, poster presenter & workshop co-presenter, 10th National                                      Metropolis Conference, Halifax, Apr. 2008

 

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Artist-in-Residence, Queen Margaret’s School, Duncan, BC, 2022-2024

Honourable Mention Award, Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show, Duncan, BC, May 2021

Saskatchewan Arts Board Independent Artist’s Creative Grant, Dec. 2019

Saskatchewan Arts Board Independent Artist’s Creative Grant, June 2015

Saskatchewan Arts Board ‘Culture on the Go’ Travel Grant, June 2013

Resident Artist, University of Regina Dept. of Visual Art, Summer 2009

Saskatchewan Arts Board Project Research Grant for the Shift Symposium, Mar. 2009

Centennial Graduate Award of Merit, University of Regina, Winter 2008

University of Regina FGSR Graduate Scholarship, Fall 2008

University of Regina Graduate Student Travel Award, Spring 2008

City of Regina Henry Baker Graduate Scholarship, October 2007

University of Regina FGSR Graduate Research Award, Spring/Summer 2007

University of Regina Visual Art Student Public Art Competition winner, March 2007

Saskatchewan Arts Board Individual Assistance Grant, 2005

Edwards Books Award, Student Juried Art Show, University of Guelph, 1992

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CURATORIAL & ARTS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2009-2011.       Symposium Co-Curator, SHIFT: dialogues of migration in contemporary art (April 2011, Regina); Independent curatorial project,                           Strandline Curatorial Collective and MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (part-time) Link to article

2003                 Report Writer: Status of the Media Arts in Saskatchewan, SK Arts

1998-2000        Programme Coordinator; AKA Artist-Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK

1990-1992        Education/Publicity Coordinator, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON

1988-1990        Office Manager/Sales Assistant, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1985-1986        Communications Coordinator; Artspace Artist-Run Centre, Peterborough, ON

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RELATED COMMUNITY WORK

Member, certain age Artist Collective, Victoria, BC (2020-present)

Board Member, Strandline Curatorial Collective, Regina, SK (2009-2011)

Member, Lane Level Projects Artist Collective, Regina, SK (2007-2012)

Board Member, Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre, Regina, SK (1998-1999)

Member/Exhibitions Organizer, Install-Art Collective, Guelph, ON (1995-1999)

Member/Exhibitions Organizer, Locus in Quo Artists’ Collective, Guelph, ON (1992)​

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