Curriculum Vitae
Education
2017 - Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2010 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB
2007 - Fine Arts University Transfer, Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie, AB
Solo Exhibitions
2024
forthcoming, Christie Contemporary, Toronto
forthcoming, 330g Projects, Saskatoon, organized by Marie Lannoo
The Remembering Kind, Dunlop Art Gallery, Sherwood Village Branch Gallery, Curator, Wendy Peart
2023
Sounding It Out, Norberg Hall, Calgary
2022
These Are The Edges, Christie Contemporary, Toronto
2020 -21
double-bodied, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
2018 -19
Acclimatizing Cadence, Christie Contemporary, Toronto
2017
tender waves make the softest gestures, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
to be and nearly without, MFA thesis exhibition, Y+ Contemporary, Scarborough, ON
2016
The State of a Small Sky, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph
2016-18
something now as different than before, The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie & Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition
2015
Fallout, Ledge Gallery, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary
Upshot, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
2013
Place for Space, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
Open Spaces: Window to a View, LRT Platform, City of Calgary Public Art Program, Calgary
2012
ETCETERA, Untitled Art Society, Calgary
2010
Cake Space, LRT Space, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary
2009
Untitled Title for Untitled Work, Wallor Gallery, Calgary
Dropping Like Flies, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Pages, Norberg Hall, Calgary
2021
up front, Norberg Hall, Calgary
Regina Style Pizza, Member show and sale, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina
Regroup, Christie Contemporary, Toronto
Group Exhibition, Norberg Hall, Calgary
2020
10 Years Later, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
2019
together but apart, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
Also, Again, Too, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
2018
Homecoming, The Bakery, Vancouver
Promenade, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
Abstraction Actuelles, Galerie D'Este, Montréal, Québec
2017
pag-unawa, Elmo's House Artist Residency, Batan, Aklan, Philippines
YES FRILLS, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto
Young Canadian Paintings, Idea Exchange Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
What’s Next / Group Show, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
2016
Prattle Combat, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph
Summer Mixer, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
The Third Thing, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph
2015
Hard Rest, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph
Sought, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
LOT: Lack of Transmission, China Town, Toronto
2014
Adorned, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
2013
+one, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
1912/2012 MADE IN ALBERTA PART 1, Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, Calgary
2013 Alberta Biennial: The News from Here, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
2012
Gathering, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary
Encana: The Bow Emerging Artist Project, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
2011
PHASE SIX, Untitled Art Society Main Space & The New Gallery +15 Window, Calgary
Hereby Magpie, collaboration with Ann Thrale Stride Gallery, Project Room, Calgary
2010
VOLCANO, Ant Hill Fabrics, Calgary
Curatorial Projects
2018 - the ratio of an earthworm, co-curated with Patrick Cruz, Toronto
Residencies
2024 - Gushul Residency, Department of Art, University of Lethbridge, Blairmore, Alberta
2022 - Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands
2017 - Elmo's House Artist Residency, Batan, Aklan, Philippines
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
2022-2024
- Creation Grant, Independent Artists Program, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2020
- Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2017
- Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Art
2016
- College of Arts Graduate Research and Travel Award (Ottawa), University of Guelph
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- College of Arts Graduate Research and Travel Award (New York), University of Guelph
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario & University of Guelph (respectfully declined reception of funds)
2015
- Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, School of Fine Arts and Music, University of Guelph
- Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, School of Fine Arts and Music, University of Guelph
- College of Arts Scholarship, School of Fine Arts and Music, University of Guelph
- Dean’s Materials Bursary, School of Fine Arts and Music, University of Guelph
2014
- 2014 Alumni Horizon Award, 2014 Alumni Awards , Alberta College of Art + Design
2010
- BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Nominee
- Board of Governors Nominee, Alberta College of Art + Design
2009
- Delwyn Darling Memorial Bursary, Awarded by Alberta College of Art + Design
2008
- Jason Lang Scholarship, Awarded by the province of Alberta
- President’s Honour Roll, Alberta College of Art + Design
2007
- Dean’s List, Grande Prairie Regional College
- Jason Lang Scholarship, Province of Alberta
- Art Card Project Award - Best in Show, Department of Fine Arts, Grande Prairie Regional College
- Laurence Decore Award for Student Leadership, Province of Alberta
- Eric Bask Memorial Bursary, Grande Prairie Regional College
2006
- Jason Lang Scholarship, Province of Alberta
- Evy Newton McBryan Memorial Award, Department of Fine Arts, Grande Prairie Regional College
- Euphemia McNaught Award in Art, Department of Fine Arts, Grande Prairie Regional College
Bibliography
Mousseau, Caroline. “Soundbites”, exhibition essay, Norberg Hall, May 2023.
O'Quinn, Daniel. “Larissa Tiggelers,” Border Crossings, vol. 41, no. 2, 2022, pp. 160–61.
Wilson, Nic. “Instruments For Seeing,” exhibition essay, Christie Contemporary, March 2022.
Robinson, Lissa. “Larissa Tiggelers: Quiet yet disquieting, these abstracts play with subtle colour fluctuations,” review, Galleries West, online, January 2021.
Woodley, E. C. “Infra-Mincers: Visibling the Invisible in the Art of Fernand Leduc, Louis Comtois and Larissa Tiggelers.” Border Crossings, vol. 38, no. 3, 2019, pp. 102–07.
Del Rosario, Kuh, “The Meticulous Recordings of Larissa Tiggelers,” artist profile, Elmo’s House Artist Residency, April 2018.
Garden-Smith, Shannon. “tender waves make the softest gestures”, exhibition text, Jarvis Hall Gallery, September 2017.
Joyce, Daniel. “On The Road with Daniel Joyce: Alberta, Artist-run Culture,” Canadian Art, 2015. Tousley, Nancy., and Art Gallery of Alberta. 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art. Art Gallery of Alberta, 2013.
Perron, Mireille. “Having Your Fresh Bread and Eating it too. Phase Six: a project in collective identity through progressive collaboration,” FRESH BREAD no. 2, The Bakery Artist Collective, 2011.
Malik, Sarah. “Magpie: The Bird We Love to Hate,” Stride Gallery Catalogue 2010-2011, Stride Art Gallery Association, June 2011.
Jackson, Marcus. “Painting with the Beekeeper: An Interview with Larissa Tiggelers,” Blend Magazine, Alberta College of Art + Design Students’ Association, April 2010
double-bodied, writer, self-published to accompany exhibition: double-bodied, Jarvis Hall Gallery, (2020), Calgary.
press lightly, writer, self-published to accompany exhibition: Acclimatizing Cadence, Christie Contemporary, (2018), Toronto.
Garden Paradox, writer, self-published to accompany exhibition: the ratio of an earthworm, co-curated with Patrick Cruz (2018), Toronto.
“Acclimatizing Cadence” Homecoming, contributing writer, published by Elmo’s House Artist Residency (2018), Batan, Philippines
Stride Gallery Catalogue 2013-2014, foreword author, published by Stride Gallery (2014), Calgary.
Collections
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Boom Goes the Drum Event Planners
Bucci Developments Ltd.
Cadillac Fairview Corporation
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Enbridge Inc.
Encana Corporation
Fidelity Investments
Global Affairs Canada
McMillan LLP.
Royal Bank of Canada Collection
various private collections
Commercially represented by Norberg Hall (Calgary) and Christie Contemporary (Toronto)
Artist Talks and Lectures
2021
Panelist, Creative Careers Panel, After Art School, The Gathered Gallery
Panelist, Roundtable: Everywhere We Are: I remember the flood, Contemporary Calgary
Guest Lecturer, Drawing 1, Sheridan Collage, Oakville, ON
Presenter, Winter 2021 Presentation Series, Faculty of Media Art + Performance, University of Regina
2019
Discussion Leader, Summer Reading Series, Peripheral Review, Toronto
Guest Lecturer, Painting: Contemporary Practice, University of Toronto
2018
Guest Lecturer, Painting: Methods and Materials, University of Toronto
Guest Lecturer, Drawing I, University of Guelph
2017
Artist Talk, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary
2016
Visiting Lecture, Specialized Studio Practice Class, University of Guelph, Guelph
Panellist, Arts Sustainability, Specialized Studio Practice Course, University of Guelph, Guelph
Artist Talk, Foundation Studio, University of Guelph, Guelph
2015
Visiting Lecturer, Critical Studio Studies, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
2014
Visiting Artist Lecture, Fine Art Department, Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie
2012
Guest Lecturer, PNTG 222, Painting in Context, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
Teaching Experience
2020-present
Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Department, Faculty of Media, Art and Performance, University of Regina
2018-2020
Sessional Instructor, University of Guelph
2018
External Examiner, Painting and the Subject, University of Toronto
Sessional Instructor, Special Topics in Painting & Drawing, University of Guelph
2016
Teaching Assistant for Professor Susan Dobson, Specialized Studio Practice I, University of Guelph
Teaching Assistant for Professor Diane Borsato, Foundation Studio 1050, University of Guelph
Professional Experience
2019-2020
Assistant Director, MKG127, Toronto
2015/2017
School of Fine Art and Music Visiting Artist Program Graduate Service Assistantship, University of Guelph
2013-2015
Director, Stride Art Gallery Association, artist-run centre, Calgary
2011-2013
Assistant Director, Stride Art Gallery Association, artist-run centre, Calgary
2010
Engagement Coordinator, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, artist-run centre
2009-2010
Show and Sale Coordinator, Alberta College of Art + Design Students’ Association, Calgary
2006-2007
Technical and Installation Assistant, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB
Other Professional Training
- Boards 101 & 201 and Dreaming of Equitable Boards: Equity Informed & Anti-Oppressive Governance, Ivy and Dean Consulting, Neutral Ground ARC Board Development
- Anti-Racism Training with Future Ancestors Services, Neutral Ground Board Development, Regina
- Indigenous Canada Certificate, University of Alberta, Edmonton
- Accessible Service Provision Certificate in accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Making, University of Guelph
- Education Accessible Certificate in accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, University of Guelph
Selected Professional Service
2022-2023 - Board Chair, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina
2020-2022 - Member of the Board, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina
2022 - Selections Juror, Nuit Blanche Regina
2020-2022 - Board Member, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina
2013-2015 - Vice President of the Alberta Association of Artist-run Centres
Ongoing volunteer for not-for-profit galleries.
Ongoing donations of artwork to not-for-profit and public gallery fundraisers.