CV
Megan Dyck
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2012-2014 MFA Visual Arts, University of Victoria, BC
2006-2010 BFA (with distinction) Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Stringent Fetes, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Artist in Residence Program, Calgary
2015 Debutantes and Scamps, AVALANCHE! Institute of Contemporary Art, Calgary
2014 Underdogs, Fifty Fifty Gallery, Victoria, BC
2013 Traipsey, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria
2011 Perimeter;Vessel, Stride +15 Gallery, Calgary
2011 Line Dance, Untitled Art Society, Calgary
2009 New Drawings, The Wallor Gallery, ACAD, Calgary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
The Rumpus Room, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
Faculty Exhibition, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
2014
In Your Eyes, University of Victoria MFA 2014 Graduate Show, Victoria
Under New Management: Video Store, *various locations: Third Space Gallery, St John, NB (2014); Judith and Norman Alix Gallery, Sarnia, ON (2014); Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2013); ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon (2013).
2013
Encoding Identities, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Offspring, Upstairs Gallery, University of Victoria
2012
The Sketch Book Project: Various Locations
2011
Bump\Shift, Satellite Gallery, Calgary
The Abstract Drawing Show, Satellite Gallery, Calgary
Mediating Perceptions, Studio C, Calgary
The Sketch Book Project: USA Tour, Various location
2010
For Louise: an Exhibition in Honour of the Life and Work of Louise Bourgeois, Untitled Art Society
Alberta College of Art + Design Grad Show, ACAD
8 x 8 x 8, Gallery 371, ACAD
ArtaWEARness X Wearable Art Extravaganza, ACAD main mall
2009
Holiday Tree Show, The New Gallery, Calgary
3 > 2: A Sculpture Show by Painting + Drawing Majors, Gallery 371
Not in Nottingham, Gallery 371
Expensive Expansive Group Show, The Ralph Klein Gallery, ACAD
Residencies
Summer 2017 — Textîlsetur Îslands Artist in Residence Program, Blönduós, Iceland
Spring 2017 — Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Artist in Residence Program, Calgary
Winter 2017 — Gushul Artist in Residence Program, Blairmore, AB
Teaching Experience
2017-2015
Sessional Instructor, Painting 101, Alberta College of Art + Design (fall 2016 and fall 2015)
Sessional Instructor, Humanities 110: Art + Design Now, Alberta College of Art + Design (winter 2017, fall 2016, winter 2015)
Sessional Instructor, Drawing 204: The Human Figure, Alberta College of Art + Design (spring 2016 and fall 2015)
Sessional Instructor, Art 103: Design Principles, University of Calgary (spring 2017, winter 2017, fall 2016, spring 2016, winter 2016, fall 2015)
Sessional Instructor, Painting 213: Modern & Contemporary Painting, Formal & Conceptual Issues, Alberta College of Art + Design (spring 2016)
2015
Sessional Instructor, Drawing 120: Contemporary Investigations, Alberta College of Art + Design
Instructor, Introduction to Installation Art, Vancouver Island School of Art
Instructor, Sculpture 200: Ideas and Processes, Vancouver Island School of Art
Instructor, Critical Studies II, Vancouver Island School of Art
2014
Instructor, Sculpture 100: Introduction to Materials, Vancouver Island School of Art
Instructor, Art History 215: Minimalism to End of Century 1965-2000, Vancouver Island School of Art
Sessional Instructor, Drawing 202, University of Victoria
2013
Teaching Assistant, Foundation Sculpture: Material Methods, (Megan Dickie) University of Victoria
2012
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Contemporary Art Theory: Practice and Criticism, (Matt Trahan), University of Victoria
Art Instructor, Various Classes, Studio C, Calgary (since Fall 2010)
Academic Tutor, ACAD, (2011-2012)
Awards and Scholarships
2017
Individual Faculty Research Project Grant, ACAD Faculty of Professional Affairs Committee
Visual Arts Individual Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2010
Painting 4rth year Award, ACAD Access to the Future Fund
Art Central Studio Prize, ACAD and Art Central
09/08/07 Jason Lang Memorial Scholarship, Government of Alberta
Artist Talks
2014 Surface Development, Megan Dickie's Sculpture 104 class, University of Victoria
2011 Found Objects for Mark-Making, Menno Simons school, Calgary
2011 Free Sculpture, Prospect Human Services
2008 Experimental Abstraction, Laurel Smith’s Abstract Painting Class, ACAD
Professional Activities
2011 Published contributor, www.freshbreaddaily.ca New Works by Becky McMaster
2011 Workshop: Utilizing Found Objects, Prospect Human Services
2010 Published contributor, www.shotgun-review.ca Exploding Flatness: New work by Nate McLeod and Cassandra Paul
2010 Published contributor, www.carculturejournal.blogspot.com Scottishness far removed from Scotland Itself
2009 Jade Ford: Skeleton Painter, The Appendix Magazine.
2009 The Dirt on the Doilies of Judy Dibus, The Appendix Magazine.
Published Writing
2010 Eye of the Storm: Recent work by Matthew Mark, Fresh Bread, The Bakery Studio Collective
2010 Grindings on Wood: New Works by Amber Yano, Blend Magazine. Alberta College of Art + Design Student's Association
2009 Draw Drab Grab: The Processes of Sarah van Sloten, Blend Magazine. Alberta College of Art + Design Student’s Association
Bibliography
2011 Megan Dyck's Line Dance, Sarah van Sloten for www.shotgun-review.ca
2010 Catalyst, Spring 2010 / Issue No. 3. (Pg. 10) Alberta College of Art + Design
2010 Moving through Space and Constellations of Marks, Sarah van Sloten for Blend Magazine, Alberta College of Art & Design Student's Association
2009 Megan Dyck: Working Corpus, Sarah van Sloten for Blend Magazine, Alberta College of Art + Design Student’s Association