CV: Sage Sidley
Education
2018- 2020 Masters of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
2011 - 2016 Bachelor’s, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Mathematics Minor, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Solo Exhibitions
2023 step, slither and scroll, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
2021 Rerouting, The Blue Building: Stairwell Gallery, Halifax NS.
2020 Proximity, <www.proximitystudies.com>,The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS.
2019 Deposits, The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS.
2018 Planes of View, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
2017 Gap, The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford BC.
Boothed, ARTSCO, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC.
Portrait of my Neighbour, Members Gallery, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC.
Group Exhibitions
2022 tangles, overlays, and lines drawn elsewhere, Curated by Talia Golland, InterAccess, Toronto O.N.
2019 Spring Artists in Residence, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness N.S.
Inhospitable Print Exchange, Snap Gallery, Edmonton Alberta.
Not Everybody* is a Painter, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax N.S. MFA group show.
Woodland, Inverness Centre for the Arts, Inverness N.S. Select Canadian Artists.
2018 Do It!, Hans-Ulrich Obrist's, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax N.S.
This is why we can't have nice thigs, Anna Leonownens Gallery, Halifax N.S. NSCAD MFA group show.
A Restless Earth, Lake Country Art Gallery/ Hanss Lujan, Lake Country B.C. Select Artists.
2017 Not-So-Silent Auction, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
ArtsWells Mini Muralist, ArtsWells Festival, Wells BC.
Art on the Avenue, Featured Artist, Festivals Kelowna, Kelowna BC.
Art on the Line, UBCO, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
2016 Drawing From Life, Kelowna Art Gallery/Liz Wylie, Kelowna BC. David Alexander, Rose Braun, Jane Everett,Wanda Lock, Amy Modahl, Gary Pearson, and Johann Wessels.
U100, Lake Country Gallery, Winfield BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Red Dot, Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Art on the Line, UBCO, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
2015 Shelf Life: BFA Graduating Exhibition, UBCO FINA Galley, Kelowna BC. 2015 BFA Graduating class.
The Parallel Collective: Re-, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Courtnee Chulo, Zeke Kan, and Catherine Bennington.
Intermission Series: The Parallel Collective with Sicamous Stories, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Courtnee Chulo, Zeke Kan, and Catherine Bennington.
Ink Belly, Printmaking at UBCO, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO printmaking students.
Long Range Exchange Print Exhibition, UBCO FINA Gallery, Kelowna BC, University of Regina, Regina SK. Select Printmaking students.
4th Annual SIPS, El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt. Select Printmaking students.
2014 Fourth Year, UBCO FINA Galley, Kelowna BC. 2015 BFA Graduating class.
Beyond the Invisible, Cannery Lane, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Ink, UBCO FINA Gallery, Kelowna BC. Select Printmaking students.
Young, French Cultural Centre, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO visual art students.
UBCO Visual Arts Exhibition Showcase, ARTSCO, Cannery Lane, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO CCS students.
Awards/Scholarships
2022 Professional Development Grant, Arts Nova Scotia
2020 NSCAD Student Award, Short List
2019 Judith Jane Leidl Graduate Fellowship
Renznick Family Fund for Student Creativity
Travel Subsidy, NSCAD University
Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD
2018 British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship
Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD
Robert Pope Foundation Graduate Scholarship
2017 Okanagan Art Awards, Emerging Artist Nominee, Arts Council of the Okanagan.
2016 Doug Biden Memorial Scholarship in Visual Arts, Doug Biden Memorial.
Special UBC Okanagan Award - FCCS DVC Art Purchase Prize, UBC Okanagan.
BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Nominee, UBC Okanagan.
2014 Frances Harris Prize in Fine Arts, UBC Okanagan.
2012 – 2016 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship for Continuing Students, UBC Okanagan.
2012 – 2016 Dean’s List UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan.
2011 Valedictorian of 2011 Graduating Class, Rossland Secondary School.
President’s Entrance Scholarship, UBC Okanagan.
Selected Bibliography
Inverness Arts. "Exhibition Preview." Inverness County Centre for the Arts: June 2019.
Mollie Cronin. "Curiosity Ignites." NSCAD University Relations: December 2018.
Sage Sidley. “Night Visions.” Interpretive Essay: Jim Holyoak Nineteen Nocturnes, Alternator Centre for the Arts: January 19, 2018.
Katie Stobbart. "Pics or it didn't happen: Exploring the Impermanence of the Gallery Selfie.”Interview, Raspberry Magazine: November 15, 2017.
Chantelle Fawcett. “Art on Demand 3.3. Gap.” Exhibition Catalogue, Abbotsford: The Reach 2017.
Kelowna Art Gallery. “Drawing from Life artist interviews at the Kelowna Art Gallery.” Interview, YouTube: 2016.
Liz Wylie. “Drawing from Life.” Exhibition Catalogue, Kelowna: Kelowna Art Gallery, 2016. Print.
Global News. “Hidden treasure found.” Global News: September 15, 2016.
Oddleifson, Shauna, “Sage’s Story.” Interview, Our Stories. UBC Okanagan: 2016.
Gimson, Francesca. “Gallery Review: Drawing from Life.” Phoenix News, UBCO: January 4, 2017.
UBC Okanagan BFA Visual Arts Class 2015. “Shelf Life.” Exhibition Catalogue, Kelowna.
James, Sarah. “Road Trip Culture on Display at the Alternator.” Phoenix News,UBCO: March 17 2015.
El Minia University. “4th Annual SIPS.” Exhibition Catalogue, El Minia: Mina University, 2014. Print.
Select Professional & Volunteer Experience
2020/6 - 2022/12 Digital Researcher, Counter Memory Activism Research Cluster, Halifax NS
2021/6 - present Equipment and Access Committee member, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax NS
2022/6 Artist in Residence, ITP Camp New York University, Brooklyn NY.
2021/8 Artist in Residence, The Blue Building Gallery Residency, Halifax NS
2020/4 & 2021/4 Web Design, Media Art Showcase 2020 & 2021, NSCAD University.
2019/6 Artist in Residence, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness Cape Breton.
2019/2 - 2019/11 Board Member, Eyelevel Artist Run Centre, Halifax NS
2018/6 - 2018/7 Artist in Residence, The Berlin Art Institute, Berlin Germany.
2019/9 - 2020/8 NSCAD MFA Blog, Graphic Designer & Photographer, NSCAD University.
2019/1 - 2019/12 On Call Installation Assistant, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
2017/6 – 2017/12 Curatorial intern, Art Council of the Central Okanagan.
2017/1 – 2017/2 Installation assistant, Kelowna Art Gallery.
2017/1 – 2017/3 Artist inventory assistant, Data Input, Jane Everette.
2016/10 – 2017/2 Front desk attendant volunteer, Vernon Public Art Gallery.
Presentations
Artist Workshop: Cyber Security for Artists, The Khyber
Artist Workshop: Connect to Protect, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. connect-protect.ca
Research Presentation: UAAC online conference 2020.
Research Presentation: AHGSA Practice Symposium, Concordia University.
Artist Talk: Artist Presentations: IOTA Bio Art Hangout. Art Bar & Projects.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Introduction to Visual Cultures: FNDN 1200, Lecture NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Noon Talk: Not Everybody* is a Painter, MFA Group Show. The Anna, Halifax NS.
Research Presentation: Medusa Anthropology Graduate Conference 2019, University of Toronto.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Introduction to Visual Cultures: FNDN 1200, Lecture NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Noon Talks: This is why we can't have nice things Exhibition. Anna Leonowens, Halifax NS
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
Guest Presentation: Sage Sidley. VISA 482 Lecture UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. CCS 250 Lecture UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC.
Lunch Box Speaker Series: Artist talk with Sage Sidley, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC.
Quick Talks: Drawing from life, panelist, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC.
Education
2018- 2020 Masters of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
2011 - 2016 Bachelor’s, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Mathematics Minor, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Solo Exhibitions
2023 step, slither and scroll, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
2021 Rerouting, The Blue Building: Stairwell Gallery, Halifax NS.
2020 Proximity, <www.proximitystudies.com>,The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS.
2019 Deposits, The Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS.
2018 Planes of View, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
2017 Gap, The Reach Gallery, Abbotsford BC.
Boothed, ARTSCO, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC.
Portrait of my Neighbour, Members Gallery, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC.
Group Exhibitions
2022 tangles, overlays, and lines drawn elsewhere, Curated by Talia Golland, InterAccess, Toronto O.N.
2019 Spring Artists in Residence, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness N.S.
Inhospitable Print Exchange, Snap Gallery, Edmonton Alberta.
Not Everybody* is a Painter, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax N.S. MFA group show.
Woodland, Inverness Centre for the Arts, Inverness N.S. Select Canadian Artists.
2018 Do It!, Hans-Ulrich Obrist's, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax N.S.
This is why we can't have nice thigs, Anna Leonownens Gallery, Halifax N.S. NSCAD MFA group show.
A Restless Earth, Lake Country Art Gallery/ Hanss Lujan, Lake Country B.C. Select Artists.
2017 Not-So-Silent Auction, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
ArtsWells Mini Muralist, ArtsWells Festival, Wells BC.
Art on the Avenue, Featured Artist, Festivals Kelowna, Kelowna BC.
Art on the Line, UBCO, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
2016 Drawing From Life, Kelowna Art Gallery/Liz Wylie, Kelowna BC. David Alexander, Rose Braun, Jane Everett,Wanda Lock, Amy Modahl, Gary Pearson, and Johann Wessels.
U100, Lake Country Gallery, Winfield BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Red Dot, Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Art on the Line, UBCO, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists, Fundraiser.
2015 Shelf Life: BFA Graduating Exhibition, UBCO FINA Galley, Kelowna BC. 2015 BFA Graduating class.
The Parallel Collective: Re-, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Courtnee Chulo, Zeke Kan, and Catherine Bennington.
Intermission Series: The Parallel Collective with Sicamous Stories, The Alternator Centre, Kelowna BC. Courtnee Chulo, Zeke Kan, and Catherine Bennington.
Ink Belly, Printmaking at UBCO, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO printmaking students.
Long Range Exchange Print Exhibition, UBCO FINA Gallery, Kelowna BC, University of Regina, Regina SK. Select Printmaking students.
4th Annual SIPS, El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt. Select Printmaking students.
2014 Fourth Year, UBCO FINA Galley, Kelowna BC. 2015 BFA Graduating class.
Beyond the Invisible, Cannery Lane, Kelowna BC. Select Okanagan Artists.
Ink, UBCO FINA Gallery, Kelowna BC. Select Printmaking students.
Young, French Cultural Centre, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO visual art students.
UBCO Visual Arts Exhibition Showcase, ARTSCO, Cannery Lane, Kelowna BC. Select UBCO CCS students.
Awards/Scholarships
2022 Professional Development Grant, Arts Nova Scotia
2020 NSCAD Student Award, Short List
2019 Judith Jane Leidl Graduate Fellowship
Renznick Family Fund for Student Creativity
Travel Subsidy, NSCAD University
Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD
2018 British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship
Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD
Robert Pope Foundation Graduate Scholarship
2017 Okanagan Art Awards, Emerging Artist Nominee, Arts Council of the Okanagan.
2016 Doug Biden Memorial Scholarship in Visual Arts, Doug Biden Memorial.
Special UBC Okanagan Award - FCCS DVC Art Purchase Prize, UBC Okanagan.
BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Nominee, UBC Okanagan.
2014 Frances Harris Prize in Fine Arts, UBC Okanagan.
2012 – 2016 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship for Continuing Students, UBC Okanagan.
2012 – 2016 Dean’s List UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan.
2011 Valedictorian of 2011 Graduating Class, Rossland Secondary School.
President’s Entrance Scholarship, UBC Okanagan.
Selected Bibliography
Inverness Arts. "Exhibition Preview." Inverness County Centre for the Arts: June 2019.
Mollie Cronin. "Curiosity Ignites." NSCAD University Relations: December 2018.
Sage Sidley. “Night Visions.” Interpretive Essay: Jim Holyoak Nineteen Nocturnes, Alternator Centre for the Arts: January 19, 2018.
Katie Stobbart. "Pics or it didn't happen: Exploring the Impermanence of the Gallery Selfie.”Interview, Raspberry Magazine: November 15, 2017.
Chantelle Fawcett. “Art on Demand 3.3. Gap.” Exhibition Catalogue, Abbotsford: The Reach 2017.
Kelowna Art Gallery. “Drawing from Life artist interviews at the Kelowna Art Gallery.” Interview, YouTube: 2016.
Liz Wylie. “Drawing from Life.” Exhibition Catalogue, Kelowna: Kelowna Art Gallery, 2016. Print.
Global News. “Hidden treasure found.” Global News: September 15, 2016.
Oddleifson, Shauna, “Sage’s Story.” Interview, Our Stories. UBC Okanagan: 2016.
Gimson, Francesca. “Gallery Review: Drawing from Life.” Phoenix News, UBCO: January 4, 2017.
UBC Okanagan BFA Visual Arts Class 2015. “Shelf Life.” Exhibition Catalogue, Kelowna.
James, Sarah. “Road Trip Culture on Display at the Alternator.” Phoenix News,UBCO: March 17 2015.
El Minia University. “4th Annual SIPS.” Exhibition Catalogue, El Minia: Mina University, 2014. Print.
Select Professional & Volunteer Experience
2020/6 - 2022/12 Digital Researcher, Counter Memory Activism Research Cluster, Halifax NS
2021/6 - present Equipment and Access Committee member, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax NS
2022/6 Artist in Residence, ITP Camp New York University, Brooklyn NY.
2021/8 Artist in Residence, The Blue Building Gallery Residency, Halifax NS
2020/4 & 2021/4 Web Design, Media Art Showcase 2020 & 2021, NSCAD University.
2019/6 Artist in Residence, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness Cape Breton.
2019/2 - 2019/11 Board Member, Eyelevel Artist Run Centre, Halifax NS
2018/6 - 2018/7 Artist in Residence, The Berlin Art Institute, Berlin Germany.
2019/9 - 2020/8 NSCAD MFA Blog, Graphic Designer & Photographer, NSCAD University.
2019/1 - 2019/12 On Call Installation Assistant, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
2017/6 – 2017/12 Curatorial intern, Art Council of the Central Okanagan.
2017/1 – 2017/2 Installation assistant, Kelowna Art Gallery.
2017/1 – 2017/3 Artist inventory assistant, Data Input, Jane Everette.
2016/10 – 2017/2 Front desk attendant volunteer, Vernon Public Art Gallery.
Presentations
Artist Workshop: Cyber Security for Artists, The Khyber
Artist Workshop: Connect to Protect, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. connect-protect.ca
Research Presentation: UAAC online conference 2020.
Research Presentation: AHGSA Practice Symposium, Concordia University.
Artist Talk: Artist Presentations: IOTA Bio Art Hangout. Art Bar & Projects.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Introduction to Visual Cultures: FNDN 1200, Lecture NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Noon Talk: Not Everybody* is a Painter, MFA Group Show. The Anna, Halifax NS.
Research Presentation: Medusa Anthropology Graduate Conference 2019, University of Toronto.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Introduction to Visual Cultures: FNDN 1200, Lecture NSCAD University, Halifax NS
Noon Talks: This is why we can't have nice things Exhibition. Anna Leonowens, Halifax NS
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC.
Guest Presentation: Sage Sidley. VISA 482 Lecture UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC.
Artist Talk: Sage Sidley. CCS 250 Lecture UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC.
Lunch Box Speaker Series: Artist talk with Sage Sidley, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC.
Quick Talks: Drawing from life, panelist, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC.
