alma.visscher@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

2009 – 2011 Master of Fine Arts – Drawing and Intermedia
University of Alberta, Edmonton AB

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2020 Fibreworks 2020, Biennial of Canadian Fibre Art, Idea Exchange, Cambridge ON
2019 Look Again, Whitebrick Gallery, Detroit Michigan USA (curated by Thea Reid)
2019 Abstract Answers, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska, USA (curated by Riva Symko)
2019 Future Library of Worries, Hopes and Fears, Mitchell Art Gallery, MacEwan University, Edmonton AB (with Taryn Kneteman)
2018 The Soul of the Amethyst, Lilliput Gallery, London ON
2018             Edmonton Arts Datathon, Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton AB
2018 Women in Art, Scott Gallery, Edmonton AB
2018 FLUGBAHN, PilotenKueche, Leipzig Germany
2018 UNHEIMLICH, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig Germany
2018 Kaleidoscope GmbH, PingPong Gallery, Leipzig Germany
2017 Learning to Levitate, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, New York City NY (solo)
2017 Hibernaculum, The Works Festival Gallery, Edmonton AB
2016             6 Weeks in the Studio, MacDonald Island Gallery, Fort McMurray AB
2016   A circle in a square, The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton AB
2015   Brainstorms: UAlberta Creates, University of Alberta Alumni Exhibition, Enterprise Square Gallery,
Edmonton AB
2015   Future Station, Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of
Alberta, Edmonton AB
2014 Art Show (32 Arbruat), Blonduos, Iceland
2014. Cathedral Cumulus, RBC New Works Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta,
   Edmonton AB (solo)
2013 Phantom Wing, King Edward School, Calgary AB
(Curated by M. Bourree et al)
2013 Ramble in the Bramble, Edmonton Arts Council Transitory Art Commission,
Whitemud Park AB
2013 Intimate Immensity, Gladstone Gallery, Toronto ON (Curated by Laura Causton-Warren)
2013 Steam, Scott Gallery, Edmonton AB
2012 Capricious! Londonderry Mall, Edmonton AB (Curated by Miranda Sayer)
2012 Internal Dwellings, TRUCK15+ Gallery, Calgary AB (with Lindsay Knox)
2012 Unstable Natures, Latitude 53, Edmonton AB (Curated by the University of
   Alberta Graduate Fine Art Association)
2011 Garden of the Forking Paths, The FAB Gallery, University of Alberta,
Edmonton AB (solo)
2011    Innovation: Technics of a Mind Body Performance, The Little Gallery,
University of Calgary, Calgary AB
2009 Some Adventures, The Mansion Gallery, Langley BC
2009 We Were Dreaming, The Mansion Gallery, Langley BC
2008 Shifting Boundaries: A Graphite Experience, The CityScape Gallery,
        Vancouver BC

RESIDENCIES:

2020 Yorath House Artist Residency (with Taryn Kneteman) Edmonton Arts Council/City of Edmonton, Edmonton AB
2019 Mitchell Art Gallery Summer Residency Program (with Taryn Kneteman) MacEwan University, Edmonton AB
2018 PILOTENKUECHE International Artist Residency, Leipzig, Germany
2017 Emerging Artist Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
2016 Wood Buffalo Artist in Residence, Wood Buffalo Regional District, Fort McMurray AB
2014 Icelandic Textile Centre, Research Residency, Blönduós Iceland
2013 Between Intimacy and Architecture, Residency facilitated by Victoria Stanton
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto ON

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS:

2020           Edmonton Artist Trust Fund Award, Edmonton Arts Council
2020           Creators Reserve Grant, Edmonton Arts Council
2020 Arts Abroad, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 Edmonton Arts Council, Community Art Program
2019 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2017 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2017 Edmonton Arts Council Artist Project Grant
2017 Banff Centre Artist Program Award
2016 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2014    Edmonton Arts Council Project Grant for Individual Artists
2014         Edmonton Arts Council Microgrant
2013         Edmonton Arts Council CIP Travel Grant
2012         Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Alberta
2011         Government of Alberta Graduate Student Academic Scholarship
2011 Graduate Assistant Research Scholarship, University of Alberta
2010 Graduate Assistant Research Scholarship, University of Alberta
2009 Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Alberta

PRESS AND CATALOGUES:

https://sites.google.com/view/mag-exchange-program/artists-teams/taiessa-pagola-alma-visscher?authuser=0

https://yegarts.tumblr.com/post/636502393248497664/yorath-house-studio-residency-reflections-from?fbclid=IwAR29aQcmjJ5SHYFkqrkrFaR4k1SvtQKgySBtjXbY0sl4T1UqCEOjPrpZHFo

2015 Kristy Trinier, Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, exhibition
catalogue published by the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB

2014 Kristy Trinier, Cathedral Cumulus, exhibition catalogue, published by the Art Gallery of
Alberta, Edmonton AB

2014 Leah Sandals, Alberta Biennial 2015 List Looks to Future, Canadian Art Online, July 15

2014 Elizabeth Withey, Selection of 42 artists in Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton Journal,
June 18, 2014

2014 Akimbo Hit List, http://www.akimbo.ca/hitlist/?postdate=2014-07-03

2014 ‪ What to Do This Weekend (August 8–10), Flare Magazine, August 8, 2014

2014 Mutual Art "10 Opening Exhibitions To Watch" https://www.mutualart.com/Article/10-Opening-Exhibitions-
to-Watch/2F2031D23BBB19AC

2013 Agnieszka Matejko, Vue Weekly, Ramble in the Bramble, Issue 935, Edmonton, AB, Sept
19, 2013