Kelsey Ford Curriculum Vitae

Education

Bachelor of Fine Art Honours Studio Art with a Minor in French, High Honours - University of Saskatchewan

Exhibitions

2024 “Overlap”, Station Arts Centre, Rosthern, SK

2024 “Overlap”, Chapel Art Gallery, North Battleford, SK

2024 “Saskatchewan International Print Exchange - SKIPE”, The Eye Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2024 “The STUFF of Printmaking”, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK

2023. “Paleo Art”, The Eye Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “Summer Impressions”, The Bunk House, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “Shared Threads: experiments with sting and clay”, Alt Haus, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “THE DREAM MUSEUM”, Feature Creep, Online Publication

2023 “softer”, Neutral Ground Window Gallery, Regina, SK

2023 “Huoli”, The Eye Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “Greatness Pt I”, The Drop Spot, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “Greatness Pt 2”, The Drop Spot, Saskatoon, SK

2023 “Community, Connections & ___________”, The Community Project, The Gallery/Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK

2022 “Light Up The Stage”, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, in partnership with 25th Street Theatre, Saskatoon, SK

2022 “Climatica”, Flatgrafika II Printmaking Symposium, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2021 “Mixing Rice”, Biofeedback Collective, Curated by Kyuubi Culture, Odd Couple, Saskatoon, SK

2021 “The Macramé Leaf Project”, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, in partnership with 25th Street Theatre, Saskatoon, SK

2020 “Pending Install”, Biofeedback Collective, Virtual Gallery

2020 “Relief Conspiracy”, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME, USA

2019       “Morphology” BFA Exhibition Show, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2019 “BODY”, Biofeedback Art Collective, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2019     “As Long As The River Flows” An Art Response to the Oil Catastrophe – North Saskatchewan River, The Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, SK

2019      “Verso / Recto” Harder Hall Lobby, Alfred University, NY

2019      “Ambiguous Mirror: Senior Printmaking Exhibition”, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2018      “Frame by Frame, Digital Media Exhibion”, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2018      “Animating Textiles: The Performative Impulse” Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2018     “Night: Neon Dreams” Presented by NOM and Wahbee Sahbee, Flint Saloon, Saskatoon, SK

2018     “Pffttt…, Printmaking Exhibtion” Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2017     “Becoming Water” Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2015      “Ink Pod, A Spring Printmaking Exhibition” BAM (Bridges Art Movement), Saskatoon, SK

2015     “SKYAP’s Community Show: Communion”, SKYAP Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK      

2014     “Advance Placement Art Exhibition”, Trio Imagery Studios, Saskatoon, SK

Interviews & Media

2023 Take print off the page’: Saskatoon artists evolve printmaking with new exhibition, Interview by Matt Olsen, https://podsask.ca/take-print-off-the-page-saskatoon-artists-evolve-printmaking-with-new-exhibition/

2023 Feedback with Biofeedback: a [digital] gardening project, Blackflash Article by Jane Reväe McWhirter, https://blackflash.ca/expanded/feedback-with-biofeedback-a-digital-gardening-project/

2020 Pending Install: A Catalogue Essay, Kyle Zurvinski, https://biofeedbackcollective.com/

2020 SK Arts, Virtual Gallery Features Emerging Artists, by Sabrina Cataldo for SK Arts https://sk-arts.ca/menu/news-and-resources/features/1007-virtual-gallery-features-emerging-artists.html

2019 College of Arts and Science News Usask, Students show artwork as part of international collaboration organized by USask professor By Shannon Boklaschuk, https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/4146/Students_show_artwork_as_part_of_international_collaboration

2019       The Sheaf, From ancient primates to human-insect hybrids to cyberspace rabbits: Exploring BFA thesis shows at the Snelgrove By Cole Chretien https://thesheaf.com/2019/04/02/from-ancient-primates-to-human-insect-hybrids-to-cyberspace-rabbits-exploring-bfa-thesis-shows-at-the-snelgrove/

2017       @MyBoyfriendCameBackFromTheWar Instagram version archived on Olia Lialina’s website  “The Last Real Net Art Museum” http://myboyfriendcamebackfromth.ewar.ru/

2017       University of Saskatchewan Undergrad Student Initiative, “Art & Science: The Story of a Single Stream” By Anna Osburn. https://vpresearch.usask.ca/students/undergraduate/student-stories/art-science-the-story-of-a-single-stream.php

2017       “Becoming Water: Art and Science in Conversation” A short film directed by Ian Toews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCpaj4p_XZI

Publications

2023 “The Dream Museum” by Feature Creep

2020 “Press Pause Press Volume II” by Press Pause Press

2019 “Geek Out! II: Queer Pop Lit, Art & Ideas” by Sage Kalmus

2017 “Becoming Water: Art and Science in Conversation”

Grants

2022 Sask Lotteries - Community Grant Program with 25th Street Theatre

2022 SK Arts - Artist in Communities Research and Development Recipient with Biofeedback & The Gallery / art placement

2021 SK Arts - Artist In Communities Recipient in partnership with 25th Street Theatre

2020 SK Arts - Micro-Grant Recipient with Biofeedback Collective

2019 Nominated for the BMO 1st Art! Competition

Collections

The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Alfred University, NY, USA

California State University, Sacramento, CA

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, PL

Private Collections

Board & Curatorial Experience

Curation :

2025 Parallel Prints, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK

2023 Community, Connections & ___________, The Community Project, The Gallery/Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK

2022 Climatica, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2020 Pending Install, Biofeedback Collective, Virtual Gallery

2019 VERSO RECTO, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

Boards:

2019 - 2024 Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, Vice Chair

2020 - 2021 PAVED Arts, Director

2021 - Now SK Printmakers, Member at Large

2022 - 2025 Saskatchewan Arts Alliance