MERRYN TRESIDDER
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Education:
2019 - 2020  Masters of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Mi’kma'ki, Canada.  
2010 - 2013  Bachelors of Art with Honours: Mixed Media Fine Art, University of Westminster, Harrow, London, UK.

Solo Exhibitions:
2021   Dowr Koll, The Square Theatre, New Glasgow NS
2020   Glas; Alfred Wallis' New Plastic Panorama Online Anna Leonowens Gallery

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024   Pathways, ​AC World Gallery Systems, Halifax, NS
            Halifax Celtic Cultural Festival, The Spatz Theatre, Halifax, NS
2023   Halifax Celtic Cultural Festival, The Forum, Halifax, NS
2022   Art Nova Scotia Acquisitions Exhibit - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
2021   Creative Pictou Summer Show - DeCoste Centre for the Arts, Pictou, NS
2019   Not Everybody* Is A Painter - Anna Leonowens Gallery
            Woodlands - Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS  
            Fresh Paint/New Construction - Art Mûr, Montréal QUÉ
            Spring Artists in Residence - Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Cape Breton, CA
2018   This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things -  Anna Leonowens Gallery 
            Parallax Art Fair - Kensington Town Hall, London UK
2017   Everything's F**ked - CMR (Cornwall Media Resource) Project Space, Redruth UK 
2016   Tosta - Prince of Wales Pier, Falmouth UK 
2015   The Clubhouse AGM - The Exchange Gallery, Penzance
2014   Tyre & Waltz - Bombast Gallery, London UK 
2013   51 - Ambika P3, London UK 

Curated:
2017    Where we are Now - CAST, Helston UK 
2016    Prospect - Inland Art Festival, CMR Gallery
2015    Transit MK II - CMR Gallery 
                Transit - Porthleven Lifeboat Gallery, Porthleven 
2014    TAPIOCA - Gallery 320, London UK 
2012    Dog Chew - London Gallery West, London UK

Artist in Residence:
2020  Town Council of New Glasgow,  Pictou County, NS
2019  Inverness County Centre for the Arts, 

Awards:
2021  Arts Nova Scotia, Grants for Individuals
2019  Fund for Creative Excellence,  Reznick Family Scholarship 
              Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD
2018  Laurel Woodcock Scholarship
              Graduate Scholarship Award
              European Regional Development Grant, Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change
2009  Gorsedh Kernow, (The Cornish Gorseth): Best Photograph

Teaching & Professional Experience:
2024 -                 Halifax Celtic Cultural Festival, Cultural Committee Member
2023 - To Date  Nautel, Surfaces Tech and Fabrication
2023 -                 Craig Gallery, Dartmouth NS Summer Workshop instructor 
2021 -                 Chester Art Centre, NS Assistant Director
2019 - 2020       SUNSCAD,  Student Union of NSCAD, MFA Representative 
2019 - 2020       GUNSCAD, Graduates Union of NSCAD,  Founding member
2018 - 2020       NSCAD, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant,  Halifax NS, Canada; 
                                  2020 - 'Intro to Painting'
                                  2019 - 'Intro to Painting'
                                  'History of 20th C [Western] Art'
                                  2018 - 'Introduction to Visual Culture' 
                                  Responsible for;
  • Delivering presentations, workshops and demonstrations
  • General class critiques, assistance and maintenance 
  • Marking
  • Studio instruction
2018 - 2019       SUNSCAD, Graduate Representative
2015 - 2018       CMR, Cornwall Media Resource, Membership, An artist led initiative in Redruth, UK
2014  - 2017      CAST , Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, Studio at the John Passmore building in Helston, UK
2013 - 2014       Issa Salliander, Apprenticeship
2012                   Engage Project, Learning Curator, Nottingham Contemporary, Margate Turner Contemporary and The Hepworth                                              .                                 Wakefield, UK. Working with artist Jonty Lee on a Tate funded research project.
2012                   Arcade Gallery, Internship, Old Street, London, UK. 
2009 - 2014      Tate St. Ives, Learning team Peer Leader, St. Ives, UK. 
                                   Responsible for:
  • Delivery of learning activities based on current exhibitions to young audiences.
  • Delivery of school centred outreach initiatives.
  • Involved in feedback programmes to Tate directors representing young audiences.
  • Involved in exhibit selection representing young audiences. 

Bibliography:
Glas; Alfred Wallis' New Plastic Perspective, NSCAD Library, May 2020 
Venice, Kassle, Cornwall, Self publicised reflections, Aug 2018

Selected Publications [Links]:
Olivia Malley, Salt Wire News, Aug 2021
Adam MacInnis, The Chronicle Herald, Article, Oct 2020
Sage Sidley, Featured MFA, NSCAD MFA Blog, Interview, Feb 2020
Christiana Myers, Canadian Art,  News article, Mar 2019 
Rhisiart Tablebot, League of Celtic Nations 'Carn' Magazine, Issue 169, Interview, Dec 2017
Alice Mahoney & Fred Vittie, Everything's F**ked, Exhibition Catalogue, Feb 2017 
Alice Mahoney, Inland Art Festival, Featured Artist, Oct 2016
Rachel Coward, Tate Gallery St Ives, Tate Collective Series, Feb 2016 
Natalie Lauren Brown, Midsummer Nights: Studio Snoop, Interview, Mar  2015 



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