CURRICULUM VITAE JILL EHLERT

1952 Born, , Alberta, EDUCATION 1992 Diploma of Fine Arts Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC, Graduated “cum laude” 1988 Diploma of Fine Arts Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON, 1982-83 Art History University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB 1986-87 History in Art University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, AWARD 1993 2-month Studio Residency Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC Grant Advisor Xane St. Phillip

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 The Chapel Gallery, Victoria, BC - Curator Nicky Rendall “SeaForms: The Nature of Creation” 2017 Stairwell Gallery, Victoria, BC - Curator Cornelia van Voorst “Observant Transcendence, 1999 Ulla’s Bookshop, Duncan, BC - “Everlasting” 1993 Nievaart Gallery, Sidney, BC - “Angle Fire” 1990 Swans Hotel, Victoria, BC - “Reimaging the Goddess”

2 & 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2014 Public Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC - curator Katie Brennan “Through the Strange” - 2 Person exhibit 2014 Slide Room Gallery, Victoria BC - Curator Wendy Welch “Drawing Beneath the Surface” - 3 Person exhibit

2001 Leapenhi Paper Design, Courtenay, BC “Little Gems” - 2 Person exhibit, 2017 arc-hive Artist Run Centre, Victoria, BC “snapshot”

2016 Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC, curators David Monk and Michael Hammond-Todd “Endangered Wildlife, The Next Migration”

2015 Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC - “In Cahoots” (Synergy) 2015 Gallery 1580, Victoria, BC - curator Connie Michelle Morey “Rebound”,

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2014 Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, “VISA Turns 10” 2012 Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, “Art Incognito”, 2012 CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, BC - curator Jo Dunlop “Studio” 2012 Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, “Spring Show” 2009 Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC curator by Kathy Guthrie, “Proof of Identification” 2009 Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC In affiliation with the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, “Oceans of Art” 2008 “ Fine Arts 2008”, Sooke, BC 2007 “Sooke Fine Arts 2007”, Sooke, BC 2007 Federation of Canadian Artists, Nanaimo, BC, “Summer Show 2007” *Received the Award of Excellence.

2007 Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, “Art Incognito” 2006 Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, “Art Incognito” 2006 Federation of Canadian Artists, Victoria, BC “Fall Show”, *Received the Award of Excellence

2005 Federation of Canadian Artists, Victoria, BC, “Spring Show”, *Received the Award of Excellence”. P UBLICATIONS/REVIEWS 2014 Lake Country Art Gallery. Jill Ehlert & Stephanie Jonsson: “Through the Strange” - Exhibition Catalogue, 2014

2014 Lake Country Art Gallery. Jill Ehlert & Stephanie Jonsson: Artist Interviews, “Through the Strange” - Exhibition interview pamphlet, 2014

2014 Art Review, November 16, 2014 Glenn Lucas “Bizarre Formations at the Lake Country Art Gallery” http://tinyurl.com/jl59njl -or a copy here: http://jillehlert.com/new-page-3/

TEACHING 2015/16 Instructor, Vancouver Island School of Art - Victoria, BC 2000-16 Instructor for various arts organizations on Vancouver Island, the mainland and in private and group classes in my Cobble Hill, BC studio.

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RECENT STUDIES

2017 International Summer School of the Arts, Metchosin, BC . Abstract Alchemy – Judith Kruger

2016 University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia . Natural History Illustration, online course

Verified certificate of achievement

2015 Studio G, Duncan, BC . Human Marks with Dorothy Caldwell

2013-15 Vancouver Island School of Art [VISA] - Victoria, BC 2015 . The Language of Drawing with Jack Southern 2014 . Advanced Drawing I & Advance Drawing II 2013 . Gouache Painting 2013 . Drawing: Science and Nature & Abstract Pencil Drawing

2013 Vancouver Island Workshops – Nanaimo, BC . Colour, Design and Value with Gwen Fox

2011 - 12 Vancouver Island School of Art [VISA] – Victoria, BC 2012 . Contemporary Art Discussion 2012 . Drawing: Making a Mark & Contemporary Botanical 2011 - 12 . Directed Study – Wendy Welch advisor 2011 . Critical Studies II & Critical Studies I 2011 . Drawing: Memory and Nostalgia & Language of Mapping 2011 . Drawing: Ornamentation and Decoration

2010 Vancouver Island Workshops – Nanaimo, BC . Spiritual Language of Art Two Expressive Drawing workshops with Steven Aimone in 2010

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