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SONNY ASSU
Born in 1975 Lives and works in Montreal
EDUCATION
2002 Emily Carr University, BFA (Visual Art: Print Making, Digital Arts, First Nations Studies), Vancouver, BC 1999 Kwantlen Polytechnic University College, Fine Arts Diploma Program, Surrey, BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Silenced - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Born in Longing - West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, BC, Canada Coke Salish - Labyrinth Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada Longing: An Anthropological Intervention - Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Sonny Assu - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 iDrums - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada
2007 iPotlatch - Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Brandon, Canada
2006 Sonny Assu: As defined by the Indian Act. - Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Beat Nation - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Throw Down - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada A Stake in the Ground: Contemporary Native Art Manifestation - Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2011 Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art From the Audain Collection - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Decolonize Me - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada Art, Revolution and Ownership, New Forms Festival 11 - Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, Canada Summer Live - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada The United Nations Safe Planet Campaign:The Ocean in Us - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC Artist Circle Exhibition, Harmony Arts Festival - West Vancouver, BC, Canada Don't Stop Me Now - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada Exquisite Corpse: Who is that body in the window? - Grunt Gallery (Special Project), Vancouver, BC (Be)longing - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, USA We:Vancouver 12 Manifestos for the City (Preview of Digital Natives Public Art Project) - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010 Exhibit E - Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, Vancouver, Canada The Home Team - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada Alternorthern - The LAB - San Francisco, CA, USA 2525 Michigan Ave., Unit A8 & B2, Santa Monica, CA USA 90404 T/ 310 264 5988 F/ 310 453 6354 www.patrickpainter.com
Endlessly Traversed Landscapes (Public Transit Exhibit) - Vancouver, Canada Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part lll - Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery - Seattle, WA, USA
2009 Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast - Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art - Vancouver Blue Like an Orange - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada Beat Nation: Hip Hop as an Indigenous Culture - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada - SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada How Soon Is Now? - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Pop Goes the World - The Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon, SK Canada
2008 Winter Group Exhibit - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada INFLUENCE - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada World Histories - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA Comic Relief - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ, USA
2007 SAM at 75 - Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA, USA Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, AK, USA - Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006 The Altered Image - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada Past to Present - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, USA - Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA - Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM, USA Earth: the World Urban Festival - Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, Canada 90º - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
2005 HIVE: A New Works Group Show - Studio #1, 901 Main St. Vancouver, BC. Dem(ouse)graphics - New Perspective Gallery, Passmore, BC. Evolution (Alumni Exhibition) - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, USA Futuristic Regalia - Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC, Canada - Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC, Canada
2004 Futuristic Regalia - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 Thinking Textile - Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2002 Urban Red Wire - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC Emily Carr Graduation Exhibit - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
ARTIST TALKS
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2012 Current Body of Work - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada. - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. - Camosun Collage, Victoria, BC, Canada
2011 Longing - West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, BC, Canada (Be)longing - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA Current Body of Work - Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC Sound Of Conversation - Satellite Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Current Body of Work - University of Lethbridge Visiting Artist Series - Vancouver Island University Speaker Series - Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC. - Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art - Vancouver, Canada
2009 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada REMIX, Open Education Conference - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Current Body of Work - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2008 World Histories - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA
2007 Contemporary Traditions: The Work of Sonny Assu - Seattle Art Museum Lecture, Seattle, WA, USA - UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 90º - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
2004 Full Circle - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
STUDIO TOURS/TALKS
2011 Associates from the Vancouver Art Gallery 2009 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver 2007 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
ARTIST PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2011 B4C: NYC Freedom Panel - Demos, New York, NY, USA Digital Natives Symposium - UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada Foundation Forum - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2009 Art + Identity - Hotshots Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pleasure and Doom -Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2010 Baie St. Paul International Artist Symposium - Baie St. Paul, Quebec, Canada The Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond, BC, Canada
2009 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
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2008 Des Moines Art Center - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA ArtStarts in Schools - Kitsalano Secondary, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007 ArtStarts in Schools - North Delta Senior Secondary, North Delta, BC, Canada
2003 NEW MEDIA INNOVATION CENTRE - Vancouver, BC, Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2012 Sobey Art Award - Long List Canada Council for the Arts - Production grant
2011 British Columbia Achievement Foundation: Award of Excellence, Creative Achievement in First Nations Art Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2010 British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2009 British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2007 Canada Council for the Arts - Production grant British Columbia Arts Council - Production grant Emily Carr University - Distinguished alumni award
2005 Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant
2004 British Columbia Arts Council - Artist production grant
2003 First Peoples' Cultural Foundation - Production grant Vancouver Foundation (VADA) - Development grant
PEER ASSESSMENT JURIES
2010 Canada Council for the Arts. - International Residency jury.
2008 British Columbia Arts Council -Level 1 & 2 Awards jury.
2007 Visual Arts Development Awards (VADA) - Awards jury.
2005 Canada Council for the Arts. - Emerging artist grant jury.
2004 Art Underfoot Selection Panel -City of Vancouver
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada The City of Richmond, BC, Canada Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Washinton, USA Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada The Seattle Art Museum, Washinton, USA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS 2525 Michigan Ave., Unit A8 & B2, Santa Monica, CA USA 90404 T/ 310 264 5988 F/ 310 453 6354 www.patrickpainter.com
2011 Coke Salish (Vancouver Live 125) Digital Natives (Produced by Other Sights for Artists' Projects) - Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver Canada
PUBLISHED WRITING + ILLUSTRATIONS
The Vancouver Review (Cover) Fall 2011 Troubling Tricksters (w) ISBN# 978-1554581818 The Vancouver Review (w +i ) Fall 2010 + Fall 2009 beckoningforchange.org (w) Featured artist The Vancouver Review (i) Summer 2009 Mini International (i) #22