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Rilla Marshall
Belfast, PEI, Canada
EDUCATION
2004 - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University), Halifax, NS. BFA, Major in Textiles.
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Shift, The Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, St. Peter’s, PEI. (solo)
2021 - Relational Geographies, This Town is Small Artist Run Centre, Receiver Coffee Co., Charlottetown, PEI. (solo)
2016 - The Liminal Project, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS. (solo)
2015 - The Liminal Project, Annexe Gallery, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL. (solo)
2009-10 - Home Terrain, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI. (solo)
2006 - Social Tessellation (with Damien Worth), Gallery in the Guild, the Guild, Charlottetown, PEI. (two person)
2004 - Time Line Lost Found, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS. (solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Collect 2024, Feb. 28-March 3, “HERE & NOW: Collected Works from Canada’s Atlantic Coast”. Curated by Atlantic Craft Alliance, Somerset House, London UK.
2023 - Destruction Recrafted: Hurricane Fiona Up Close and Personal, PEI Crafts Council, Lefurgey Cultural Centre, Summerside, PEI + Concourse Gallery, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2022 - Yield, Eptek Arts Centre, Summerside PEI
2020 - Creative Obsessions, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI.
2019 – Material Worlds, King’s Playhouse, Georgetown, PEI
2018 – Who’s Your Mother? Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI2015 - WIld, Pure Aesthetic Wonder, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery, St. John's, NL + Discovery Centre, Gros Morne National Park, NL
2014-15 - Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI.
2014 - Art in the Open, one night outdoor art festival, Charlottetown, PEI.
2013 - Art in the Open, one night outdoor arts festival, Charlottetown, PEI.
2011 - Art in the Open, one night outdoor arts festival, Charlottetown, PEI.
2010 - Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Devon House Gallery, Craft Council of NL, St. John’s, NL.
- Out of Purgatory III, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI.
- Laborious, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON.
2009 - Contemporary Fibres, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2007 - Common Threads, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI.
- Common Threads, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design Calgary, Alberta.
- Celebration of Crafts: Enriching Island Culture. Eptek Centre, Summerside, PEI.
- A Heritage Room with New Views: An Exhibition of Island Art and Fine Crafts. Lieutenant Governor House at Fanningbank, Charlottetown, PEI.
- Out of Purgatory II, Peake Street Artist Collective. Peake Street Studio, Charlottetown, PEI.
2006 - Puzzles, Peake Street Artist Collective. Peake Street Studio, Charlottetown, PEI.
- Out of Purgatory I, Peake Street Artist Collective. Peake Street Studio, Charlottetown, PEI.
- The Memory Show, Peake Street Artist Collective. Peake Street Studio, Charlottetown, PEI.
2004 - NSCAD Emerging Artists, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
2002 - Accumulation, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS.
OTHER PROJECTS
2021 - Island Craft Artists documentary project, directed by Jody Racicot.
2020 - Home Work: the Lure of the Atlantic, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University. Video series highlighting working from home as an Atlantic artist during the 2020 pandemic.
2014 - Heirloom: A Survey of Contemporary Island Craft, curator, Gallery at the Guild, Charlottetown, PEI.
2006 - Mozart's Requiem, weaving/music composition collaboration with contemporary chamber orchestra Motion Ensemble, as part of OK, Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival, Imperial Theatre, Sackville, NB.
AWARDS
2020 - Prince Edward Island Arts Grant, Creation Grant
2018 – Prince Edward Island Arts Grant, Creation Grant
2014 - Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts, dissemination grant
2012 - Professional Development Grant, P.E.I. Crafts Council
- W.B. Bruce European Fine Art Travel Scholarship, Brucebo Foundation, Gotland, Sweden
2010 - Creation Grant for Artists, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism Culture and Heritage
2008 - Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2008 Award for Exceptional Achievement by a Young Craftsperson
- Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, Project Grant
- Craft Council of NL, New Creations Fund Grant
- Toronto One of a Kind Show, New Artisan Scholarship
2007 - Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts, Professional Development Grant.
2005 - Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts, Production/Creation Grant for Emerging Artist.
2003 - Dunes Studio Scholarship for Craft, NSCAD University.
1998 - Lester B. Pearson College scholarship, Victoria, BC.
COLLECTIONS
- Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection
- Prince Edward Island Provincial Art Bank
- Confederation Centre Art Gallery permanent collection.
- Various private collections in Canada, US, and UK.
ARTIST TALKS
2023 - The Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, St. Peter’s, PEI: “Shift” exhibition.
2016 - Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS: "the Liminal Project" exhibition.
2016 - NSCAD University Textils Department, Halifax, NS: "the Liminal Project" exhibition.
2012 - Confederation Centre Art Gllery, Charlottetown, PEI: "Following the Thread: Swedish Hand-weaving Traditions and Contemporary Textiles"
- Gotland Art Gallery, Visby, Gotland, Sweden: "Following the Thread: Swedish Hand-weaving Traditions and Contemporary Textiles"
2010 - Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown PEI: “Home Terrain” exhibition.
2009 - Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS: Artist Panel Talk for “Contemporary Fibres” group exhibition.
2007 - Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI: "Technology and Weaving: High Tech Craft", public art talk series.
2004 – Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS: “Time Line Lost Found” exhibition.