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I have recently been creating ‘activated situations’ for my performance pieces. This has involved projects sited within the public domain that question the habits, behaviour and opinions of individuals and society in general. My projects intend to cause a disruption in the everyday flow of events that force viewers to reassess their understanding of accepted codes of behaviour, value systems and social conditioning. These projects centre on a form of transaction or exchange...



b i o g r a p h y :  s u z a n n e c a i n e s

Suzanne Caines received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1993 and a Bachelor of Education in 1999, graduating with distinction. She graduated with her Masters of Arts (Fine Arts) from Chelsea College, the London Institute in 2004.

Caines has held several solo exhibits and has participated in group exhibitions and festivals in public galleries in North America and Europe.

These include: Trampoline, Berlin Germany; Reception Space/Meals and SUV’s, London, England; The Projection Gallery, Liverpool, England; The Nunnery Gallery, London, England; Transmediale 2006, Berlin, Germany and VertexList Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

Caines has received several Canada Council Grants, Nova Scotia Arts Grants and has participated in several international residencies including CAMAC Marnay Sur Seine, France; The Future Idea of Art, The Banff Center, Canada and the local artist in residence at CFAT, Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is currently working on issues surrounding locality and what that means to a community.

e d u c a t i o n

2003- 2004 MA Fine Art The London Institute Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England

1999 Bachelor of Education, Visual Arts Specialist Mount Saint Vincent University and NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1989-1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

s e l e c t e d s o l o e x h i b i t i o n s

September 2005-- Rock The Boat Galerie CAMAC, Marney-Sur-Seine, France

July 2005-- Chain Links Harcourt House Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

August 2004-- MA Graduation Exhibition Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England

April 2003-- Where She Slept Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

March 2001-- Where She Slept Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario

September 2000 --Through the Looking Glass The Space, Saint John, New Brunswick

October 1998-- Rural Mailboxes Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia

s e l e c t e d g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n s

October 2006-- Trampoline Included in First Play Berlin, Berlin Germany

October 2006-- The Projection Gallery Part of The Liverpool Biennial 2006, Liverpool, England

October 2006-- CFAT Media Train in Bergen Cinemateket, USF Cinema, Bergen Norway

August 2006-- Foldback Sound Festival Reception Space/Meals and SUV’s, London, England

May 2006-- Visualeyes National Performance Festival Latitude 53 Contemporary Gallery
Projex Room, Edmonton, Alberta

March 2006-- Visions in the Nunnery ~ The Nunnery Gallery, London England ~ included in NODE. LONDON

February 2006-- Transmediale 2006 Festival for art and digital culture, Berlin, Germany

November 2005-- Center For Art Tapes in New York VertexList Gallery in Brooklyn, New York

January 2005-- Detroit’s International Film and Video Festival Museum of New Art (MONA)
Pontica, Michigan

November 1998-- The Unyielding Impulse Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

April 1998-- Responses Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

September 1996-- More Than Fourteen Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

September 1996 --Visual Arts of Nova Scotia (V.A.N.S.) Far and Wide. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia;

r e s i d e n c i e s

January 2007-- Center for Art Tapes Halifax, Nova Scotia September & Banff Center for the Arts

August 2006-- Future Idea of Art Residency, Banff, Alberta July & CAMAC centre d’art marnay art center

August 2005-- Marnay-sur-Seine, France

s p e c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n/ a w a r ds/ p u b l i c a t i o n s

August 2005-- Awarded Canada Council Grant Creation/ Production Grant for mid career artists

July 2005-- Awarded Tenot Foundation Grant Used for residency at CAMAC, France

May 2005-- Awarded Nova Scotia Arts Council Grant Production and Presentation Grant for Collective MAIN

November 2003-- Nova Scotia Arts Council Grant Professional Development Grant

March 2002-- Merit Artist Award National Art Educators Association, Miami, Florida

March 2002-- Canada Council Grant Creation/Production Grant

March 2001-- Nova Scotia Arts Council Grant Presentation Grant

March 2001-- Canada Council Travel Grant To attend my opening in Ottawa

October 2000-- Awarded 4C’s Foundation Grant Community Based Art Project

October 1999-- Awarded Canada Council Grant Creation/ Production Grant

March 1998-- Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase Selected Painting by a Juried Committee
The Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, Nova Scotia

t e a c h i n g e x p e r i e n c e

September 2005-- Instructor December NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Introduction to Studio Practice, Individual Course Appointment

September 2005-- Instructor December NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Studio Practice, Individual Course Appointment

March 2005-- Presentation of Work Center for the Arts, Grant MacEwan Edmonton, Alberta

September 2004--Instructor December Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Introduction to Studio Practice, Individual Course Appointment

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