ARTIST PROFILE

Alana Tyson

  • Canada (b. 1984)
  • Currently in United Kingdom.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Shades by the Seaside, Llawn02 Festival, Llandudno, United Kingdom.

2012

  • Interior, testbed Oriel Davies, Newtown, United Kingdom.

2011

  • Inscape Cabinet, The New Gallery + 15, Calgary, Canada.
  • Flow, St[art] @ Art Central, Calgary, Canada.

2010

  • Inscapes, RED Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom.

2006

  • A Contemporary Denial of Death, The Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Canada.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Decision Time, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, United Kingdom.
  • A Given Structure, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
  • Scythia 10 International Biennial Symposium and Exhibition on Textile Art, Kherson Local Lore Museum, Kherson, Ukraine.
  • Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies, Newtown, United Kingdom.
  • What is Textiles?, Kalopsia, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Print Out, Embrace Arts, University of Leicester Arts Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom.

2013

  • Lle Celf Visual Arts Exhibition, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh, United Kingdom.
  • Spacial Threads, Bocs, Caernarfon, United Kingdom.

2012

  • World Event Young Artists, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

2010

  • Ornamentation, Red Gate Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2007

  • Fiberart International 2007, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC; The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV, United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1984 in Canada.

EDUCATION

  • 2002 - 2006
    Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
    Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Venice Travel Award
    Wales Arts International, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Large Grant
    Arts Council of Wales , United Kingdom
  • 2013
    re:View Bursary
    a-n Magazine, United Kingdom
  • 2013
    Research and Development Grant
    Arts Council of Wales , United Kingdom
  • 2007
    Project Grant
    Alberta Foundation for the Arts , Calgary, Canada

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, United Kingdom
  • 2014
    Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn, Cumbria, United Kingdom
  • 2007
    Alberta Printmakers' Society, Calgary, Canada

COLLECTIONS

  • Jerome and Deena Kaplan, Maryland, United States
  • Heritage Property Corporation, Calgary, Canada