Since 2015, Bartlett and Jessica Groome have maintained a long-distance practice rooted in friendship, which manifests their collaborative alter-ego CIRCLES & WIGS.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleighbartlett
Education
MFA, School of Fine Art and Music, The University of Guelph (2011)
BFA, Painting, (Honors with Distinction) Alberta College of Art + Design (2006)
Selected Professional Activity
Exhibitions
2018
Summer Heat, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Alive with the Sun, Paniki Gallery, (Solo) Batan, Aklan, Philippines
2017
Great and North, Imago Mundi, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Venice, Italy
Reddish, Michael Gibson Gallery, (Solo) London, ON
Restructured, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA, USA
2016
Night Moves, Paul Kuhn Gallery, (Solo) Calgary, AB
Crank That, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
2015
Future Station: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Edmonton, AB
Both One and Another, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT, USA
2014
Pinwheel, Paul Kuhn Gallery, (Solo) Calgary, AB
RBC Painting Award, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Shared Vibrations, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2013
Made in Alberta: Part IV, The Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
Caped and Bound, Michael Gibson Gallery, (Solo) London, ON
2012
Sincerely Yours, Propeller Centre for The Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
Skipping Stones, Michael Gibson Gallery, (Solo) London, ON
2011
Chalk and Butter, Diaz Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
Voices of Fire: Toward A Post Postmodern Theory of Abstraction, Galerie SAS, Montreal, QC
The Black and The White: An Allegory of Colour, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Collaborative Exhibitions | CIRCLES & WIGS (with Jessica Groome)
2018
Best Friends Forever, The Cube, (Solo) Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
The Sleepover, The Lily, (Solo) Calgary, AB
Through the Memory Atlas: 40 Years of Collecting, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC
2017
Make / Shift, FELT Galleri, (Solo) Bergen, Norway
2015
CIRCLES & WIGS, Howard Park Institute, (Solo) Toronto ON
Selected Publications
2018
Interview with Claire Scherzinger, (Circles & Wigs) Overly Dedicated. (podcast) April 10
“Why Colour? Notes on Imi Knoebel, Henri Matisse and colour as quality for Circles and Wigs.”
Manfred Naescher. Kamloops Art Gallery. (exhibition essay) April 1
2016
“Out of the Bush Garden” Imago Mundi, Luciano Benneton Foundation. (publication) P66-67
2015
“Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art” (catalogue) P30-31
“Two Things: Ashleigh Bartlett and Jessica Groome” Art Metropole. (online article) May 24 2014
“Visual Art at Sled Island” Andrea Williamson. Akimblog. (online review) June 24
“See the 15 Painters Shortlisted...” James Adams. The Globe and Mail. (online article) June 14
“Alberta Biennial 2015 List Looks to…” Leah Sandals. Canadian Art. (online article) July 15
2013
“Lightening Up” Robert Enright. Border Crossings Magazine, Border Views. Issue 128 (article) P20
2011
“Peintures Enflemmes” Jérôme Delgado. Le Devoir. (review) April 1
“KWAG Biennial: Monochrome Mavericks” David Balzer. Canadian Art (online article) June 9
“Voices of Fire…” Cameron Skeene. Border Crossings Magazine. Issue 119. (review) P144
Residencies
2018
Elmo’s House Artist Residency, Batan, Aklan, Philippines
Eastside International ESXLA, Los Angeles, USA
Kamloops Art Gallery, (Circles & Wigs), Kamloops, Canada
2015
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada
2013
Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
Selected Awards
2018
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
2017
Canada Council for the Arts, (Circles & Wigs) Travel Grant
2016
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Emerging Artist Award
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2014
RBC 16th Annual Painting Competition, Semi-Finalist
2012
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant
2010
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Award
Alive with the sun
Alive with the sun