www.scottsaundersart.com
scottsaunders15@hotmail.com
Vancouver, BC. Canada
604 446 4667
Education
2017 MFA. Interdisciplinary. Simon Fraser University School of Contemporary Art.
2008 BFA. Interdisciplinary. NSCAD University.
Areas of Study: Media Arts / Documentary Film / Installation.
Collaborations/Art work
2020 I’ve Never Been Very Good At Being Alive. Red Gate Arts Society. Vancouver, BC.
2018 Serenity Now. Red Gate Arts Society. Vancouver, BC.
2017 Will Yesterday Be Like Tomorrow, Will Tomorrow Be Like Today. Audain Gallery. (MFA Graduation Show).
Vancouver, BC.
2016 No Lost Blips. Audain Gallery. (MFA group show). Vancouver, BC.
2015 Mixed Greens. Audain Gallery. (MFA group show). Vancouver, BC.
2014 Somewheres. Confederation Centre Art Gallery. (group show) Charlottetown, PE.
2013 Urban Encounters: Tracing The City. Academic Conference/ Exhibition. Khyber Art Center/ NSCAD/ Various
Site-Specific Locations. Halifax, N.S.
Rue d'Armand. Public site-specific video/audio installation. Park Lane Mall. Halifax, NS. Collaboration with
Tarek Abouamin.
2012 Found Public Object Suspended Between Functional Past and Purposeful Future. Anna Leonowens Gallery.
Halifax, NS.
Sovereignty. Anna Leonowens Gallery. (group show). Halifax, NS.
March of Progress/ Channel 5. Public site-specific installation. Charlottetown, P.E.I. Collaboration with Ariel Nasr. Art In The
Open Festival.
Town Square. Public site-specific installation. HRM Independent Projects Recipient. Juried. Halifax, NS.
2011 You Wanna Play Again? Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS. Collaboration with Ariel Nasr.
Field of Fire. Public site-specific installation. Charlottetown, P.E.I. Art In The Open Festival.
You Wanna Play?/ Channel 5. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS. Collaboration with Ariel Nasr.
Nocturne Festival anchor project.
Free Parking. Confederation Centre For The Arts. (group show).
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2010 Mandaee Bazaar. Public site-specific video installation. HRM Independent Projects Recipient. Juried.
Collaboration with Ariel Nasr. Halifax, NS.
A Year In The Making: The Public Gardens Project. Curator and Participating Artist. Sponsored by Halifax
Regional Municipality/ Tour Tech East. Halifax, NS. Nocturne Festival anchor project.
I/O. Eye Level Gallery. (group show). Halifax, NS.
Grand Lodge: Dignity, Sweep, or Elegance with Accommodation, Protection, or a Meeting Hall. Saint
Mary’s University Art Gallery. (solo show). Halifax, NS.
Life is Good. Confederation Centre For The Arts. (group show). Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2009 Tide’ s Comin’ In... Public site-specific Video/Audio Installation. Sponsored by Tour-Tech East. Halifax, NS.
Nocturne Festival anchor project.
Emerging Artist Video Screening. Juried. Art Gallery of York University. Toronto, Ont.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia Scholarship Recipients Exhibition. Anna Leonowens Gallery.
Halifax, NS.
NewPoints. ViewPoint Gallery for Contemporary Fine Art Photography. Halifax, NS.
2008. Cake On the Icing. Emerging Artist Show. Interaccess Gallery (group show). Toronto, Ont
Detect, Observe, Find, Discover, Notice, Spy, Sight. Public site-specific Video installation. Nocturne Festival
Anchor Project. Halifax, NS.
Related Cultural Activities
• Nominated for the Sobey Art Award (Pan Wendt, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 2014)
• Creator/Curator of the Park Lane Art Plinth in downtown Halifax. (2013)
• Assistant Curator for Anchor Projects. Nocturne Festival. (2013)
• Creator/Curator of the no name Galleries in downtown Halifax. (2013)
• Visual Arts Nova Scotia panellist/presenter: Exhibiting In Alternative Venues. (2013)
• Awarded $5000 from HRM Independent Projects Call for 3 month site-specific installation in the downtown core of Halifax. (2011).
• Created site-specific installation work for Halifax International Security Forum. (2013)
• Nominated for the Sobey Art Award (Robin Metcalfe, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, 2012)
• Awarded $11,138 from HRM Independent Projects Call for 2-week site-specific video/audio installation in downtown core of Halifax. (2010).
• Awarded Electronics Residency at Center For Art Tapes, 2009/10.
• Modern Inspiration- Public presentation/workshop on studio practice for Creative Nova Scotia Conference and Awards Gala, 2008.
• Member of Viewpoint Gallery for Contemporary Fine Art Photography. 2008.
• Recipient of Visual Arts Nova Scotia Mentorship Scholarship. 2008/09. Juried.
• Anna Leonowens Gallery Technician. Installing shows/collaborating with and assisting visiting artists.
Press
• "Pop-Up Halifax: Scott Saunders' Guerilla Galleries." Visual Arts News. (Spring). Kathleen Higgins.
January 16, 2014.
• "The Power Issue." Visual Arts News. (Spring). Lizzy Hill. January 16, 2014.
• "Video: Controversial window display in Halifax, N.S. turns heads." The Globe And Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-controversial-window-display-in- halifax-ns-turns-heads/article11435634/
• "Window art makes Barrington Street a destination." Halifax News Net. Yvette d'Entremont. http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/Living/2013-03-26/article-3207662/Window-art-makes- Barrington-Street-a-destination/1 March 26, 2013.
• "Life behind the glass: Artwork looks to spruce up downtown Halifax." Halifax Metro. Haley Ryan. http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/592817/life-behind-the-glass-artwork-looks-to-spruce- up-downtown-halifax/ March 13, 2013.
• "Hanging Out In Town Square." NSCAD News. Marilyn Smulders. http://nscad.ca/en/home/abouttheuniversity/news/saunders-060112.aspx January 6, 2012.
• "Controversial "Town Square" Still Grows In Argyle's Herald Pit." OpenFile. Katie Ingram. http://halifax.openfile.ca/halifax/text/controversial-town-square-still-grows-argyles-herald-pit February 17, 2012.
• "Art project helps to fill gaping city hole." Halifax Metro. Aly Thomson. December 16, 2011. • "Wondrous site of art." The Chronicle-Herald. Remo Zaccagna. December 16, 2011.
• "Responding To Town Square." Spacing Atlantic. Adria Young. http://spacingatlantic.ca/2012/01/17/responding-to-town-square/ January 17, 2012.
• "Street Art Adds Color To Halifax Streets." Peninsula News. Rose Behar. http://peninsula- news.kingsjournalism.com/?p=5032 February26, 2012.
• "Sue Carter Flinns Top 3: Atlantic Above All." Canadian Art Magazine online. Sue Carter Flinn. http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2010/12/23/sue_carter_flinn_top3/ December 12, 2010.
• “Nocturne: A Return to the Gardens.” Canadian Art Magazine online. Sue Carter Flinn. http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2010/10/21/nocturne/October 16, 2010.
• “Nocturne spotlight: A Year In The Making.” The Coast. Michael Fraiman. October 14, 2010. • “Artist builds Grand Lodge from rubble.” The Chronicle Herald. Elissa Barnard. September 23, 2010.
• “Inside The Lodge.” The Coast. Laura Kenins. August 26, 2010.
• “Nocturne art at night attracts thousands.” Unews.ca. Review: Mark Buckley. http://unews.ca/story/item/nocturne-art-at-night-attracts-thousands/
• “Nocturne’ s Building Inspection.” The Coast. Sean Flinn. October 15, 2009.
• “Everywhere’s A Sign.” The Coast. Shannon Fay. September 30, 2009.
• “City’s Vibrant Arts Shine at Nocturne.” Halifax-HRM West Community Herald. Angela Mombourquette. October 30, 2008.
• “Nocturne Nabs Popular Vote.” The Dope Show, The Coast online. Sue Carter Flinn. http://www.thecoast.caBlog-3863.113118-4647.113118_Nocturne_nabs_popular_vote.html
• “Eyeing Nocturne: a free art fest.” The Chronicle Herald. Elissa Barnard. October 17, 2008.
• “Photopolis and Nocturne: Where Darkrooms meet White Nights.” Canadian Art Magazine online. http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see- it/2008/10/16/photopolis-and-nocturne/ October 16, 2008.
• “Nocturne: Sight Night.” The Coast. Laura Kearns. October 16, 2008.
• “Dinner and a Show.” The Coast. Sue Carter Flinn. October 12, 2006.