JORDAN BLACKBURN
jordanblackburn.ca | joblackart@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2021 MFA Studio Art – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2016 BFA Interdisciplinary Fine Art and Art History Minor – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
2012 Art & Design Certificate. honours, dean’s list – Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton AB
2012 Art & Design Certificate. honours, dean’s list – Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton AB
SKILLSETS
Photography (creative and artwork documentation)
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign)
Woodworking/experience with power tools
Event facilitation
WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS
2021 Artist in Residence/Instructor – Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, ON
2020 Sessional instructor, FINE 150 – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Teaching assistant, FINE 231 – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2019 Teaching assistant, FINE 100 – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Woodcut Printmaking Instructor – Guelph School of Art, Guelph ON
2018 Programming Assistant & Co-founder – Lore Artist Residency, Hillsburgh ON
Repeat Pattern Workshop – Hillsburgh ON
2017 Gallery Attendant – U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, Edmonton AB
Introductory Screen Printing Instructor – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
2017 Gallery Attendant – U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, Edmonton AB
Introductory Screen Printing Instructor – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
Special Events Committee Member – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
AIR Selection Committee Member – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
Exhibition Photographer – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
2016 Events Volunteer – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
Exhibition Photographer – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
2016 Events Volunteer – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
Exhibition Photographer – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
2015 President – NSCAD Print Club, Halifax NS
2015 President – NSCAD Print Club, Halifax NS
Exhibition Photographer – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
Print Installation Organizer – NSCAD Artist for a Day, Halifax NS
2014 Gallery Photographer – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
VP Cultural Representative – NSCAD Print Club, Halifax NS
Screen Printing Demonstrator – Artist for a Day, Halifax NS
Screen Printing Workshop – NSCAD Extended Studies, Halifax NS
2014 Gallery Photographer – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
VP Cultural Representative – NSCAD Print Club, Halifax NS
Screen Printing Demonstrator – Artist for a Day, Halifax NS
Screen Printing Workshop – NSCAD Extended Studies, Halifax NS
AWARDS
2021 Jeune tête d'affiche – Dazibao, Montreal QC
2020 Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's – SSHRC
President's Graduate Scholarship – University of Waterloo
President's Graduate Scholarship – University of Waterloo
Keith Win Shantz International Scholarship – University of Waterloo
2019 Research and Creation Grant – Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Artist Initiated Public Art Project Grant – Edmonton Arts Council, Edmonton AB
YEG Canvas Award – Edmonton Arts Council, Edmonton AB
2016 BMO 1st Art! Regional Winner – BMO Financial Group, Toronto ON
2016 BMO 1st Art! Regional Winner – BMO Financial Group, Toronto ON
Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
2015 Margo and Rowland Marshall Award for Printmaking – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Robert G Merritt Memorial Scholarship – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
2014 Windfall Bursary – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
2015 Margo and Rowland Marshall Award for Printmaking – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Robert G Merritt Memorial Scholarship – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
2014 Windfall Bursary – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
RESIDENCIES
2019 2019 Visiting Artist – St.Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s NL
2017 Emerging Artist Residency Award – Sparkbox Studio, Picton ON
2016 SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence Program – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
2016 SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence Program – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Now and Then – Tom Thompson Gallery, Owen Sound ON
Changer l'air – Atelier Presse Papier, Trois-Rivieres QC
2021 In Places Rarely Seen (MFA Thesis Exhibition) – UWAG, Waterloo ON
2019 New Work by Jordan Blackburn – Silence Sounds Gallery, Guelph ON
2018 Modern Wilderness – Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer AB
Authentic Bivy – ARTspace, Chatham Kent ON
2017 Great White North AIR Exhibition – SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
2016 Surface Undergraduate Exhibition – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
Feature Artist – Seven Bays Bouldering, Halifax NS
INSTALLATIONS
2021 Residents – Trois-Rivières QC
2015 Medicinal Paste-Up Mural – NSCAD University
Toile #1 Wallpaper installation – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Toile #1 Wallpaper installation – 94 King Street, Dartmouth NS
2014 Character Flaw Pasted Mural – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Toile #1 Wallpaper installation – 94 King Street, Dartmouth NS
2014 Character Flaw Pasted Mural – NSCAD University, Halifax NS
GROUP SHOWS AND CATALOGUES
2017 Lore of the Land – 5479 Seventh Line, Rockwood, ON
2016 BMO 1st Art! Exhibition – Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto ON
Impression Portfolio Exhibition – Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita USA
2015 Free Coffee 2015 Catalogue – SUNSCAD, Halifax NS
2016 BMO 1st Art! Exhibition – Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto ON
Impression Portfolio Exhibition – Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita USA
2015 Free Coffee 2015 Catalogue – SUNSCAD, Halifax NS
Coffee Table HAIKU Book Portfolio exhibition – B-Side Gallery, Halifax NS
Coffee Table HAIKU Book Portfolio exhibition – Mouse Print Gallery, Montreal QC
NSCAD Print club exhibition II – The Nook, Halifax NS
NSCAD Print club exhibition I – The Nook, Halifax NS
2014 Bike Week Exhibition – Argyle Fine Art, Halifax NS
Show of Force Portfolio exhibition – Plan B Merchants, Halifax NS
Coffee Table HAIKU Book Portfolio exhibition – Mouse Print Gallery, Montreal QC
NSCAD Print club exhibition II – The Nook, Halifax NS
NSCAD Print club exhibition I – The Nook, Halifax NS
2014 Bike Week Exhibition – Argyle Fine Art, Halifax NS
Show of Force Portfolio exhibition – Plan B Merchants, Halifax NS
PUBLISHED ESSAYS
2019 Catalog Essay for Exploring Grecian Vases by Bernie Hrytzak – ARTspace, Chatham ON
2017 Authenticity in a Can – for SNAPLINE Summer issue, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton AB
PERMANENT PUBLIC ARTWORK
2017 The Locals Mural – 124 st. Mural with Caitlin Bodewitz, Edmonton AB
The High Street 8 – High Street, Edmonton AB
COMMISSIONS
2021 T-shirt collaboration — Chlorophylle, Chicoutimi, QC
2020 Birch Cream Illustration – Strathcona Spirits, Edmonton, AB
Gin Conifer – Wabasso Distillery, Trois-Riviéres, QC
2019 Hoo Hoo! Drawing – Said the Whale, Vancouver, BC
Gin Label Woodcut – Strathcona Spirits, Edmonton, AB
Logo Illustration – Nimble Fox Wholesome Foods, Toronto, ON
Logo Illustration – What’s in a Beard Podcast, Vancouver, BC
2017 Winter Bike Week Poster – Halifax Cycling Coalition, Halifax NS
Album Artwork – Nature Of, Edmonton AB
Illustration for Print – Royal Bison Craft Fair, Edmonton, AB
2016 Pattern Mural – Highway Man Restaurant, Halifax NS
Hanging Sign – Highway Man Restaurant, Halifax NS
Best of Halifax Cover Illustration – Coast Publishing, Halifax NS
Hanging Sign – Highway Man Restaurant, Halifax NS
Best of Halifax Cover Illustration – Coast Publishing, Halifax NS
Bike Week Poster – Halifax Cycling Coalition
2014 Corn Mural – Field Guide Restaurant, Halifax NS
2012 Character Mural – Blank Skate Shop, Sherwood Park AB
2014 Corn Mural – Field Guide Restaurant, Halifax NS
2012 Character Mural – Blank Skate Shop, Sherwood Park AB
MARKETS AND FAIRS
2019 Art on the Street– Guelph Arts Council, Guelph ON
Not Your Mother’s Market
2018 Cranberry Market – Trillium Waldorf School, Guelph ON
Two Rivers Market – Guelph ON
Made in Canada – Etsy Guelph/Wellington, Guelph ON
Crimpsmas Market – Grand River Rocks, Kitchener ON
Joy Home Tour – Etsy Guelph/Wellington, Guelph ON
Christmas Village Market – Quebec Street Shoppes, Guelph ON
2017 The Royal Bison – Edmonton AB
Edmonton Art Walk – The Paint Spot, Edmonton AB
COLLECTIONS
Wichita State University and SADCI
Sparkbox Studio
SNAP Gallery
Concordia University
NSCAD University
St. Michael's Printshop
SNAP Gallery
Concordia University
NSCAD University
St. Michael's Printshop