Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1983 M.F.A (sculpture), University of Calgary, AB
1982 Handpapermaking, Banff School of Fine Arts, AB
1981 B.FA. (painting and printmaking), University of Regina, SK
1980 Lithography, Banff School of Fine Arts, AB
1974 B.Ed in English and Drama, University of Regina, SK
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 PONDEROSA, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2017 Drifters & Blooms, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 Eating the Sun, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2012 Birch Poems, Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, AB
2010 I Speak My Daughter Tongue, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
The Body at Body Worlds, The Telus Science Centre, Calgary, AB
New Works, Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, AB
The Blackfoot Woman Elder Series, Mountain Galleries at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, BC
2009 Consensus: The Blackfoot Portrait Series, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB
Consensus: The Blackfoot Portrait Series, The Aboriginal Courtroom at the Court House, Calgary, AB, in conjunction with
The National Conference of Provincial Court Justices
2008 Consensus: The Blackfoot Portrait Series, Bilton Contemporary Arts Centre, Red Deer, AB
2007 Recent Work, Masters Gallery Ltd. Calgary, AB
2006-03 Teresa Posyniak, Masters Gallery Ltd. Calgary, AB
Recent Paintings and Drawings, The Gallery Chateau Whistler, Whistler, BC
2003 The Comfort Takers, The Leighton Art Centre, Calgary AB
2001 Shells and Walls, mixed media installation, 30'x30'x8'. A collaboration with Springboard Dance in performance at The
Secret Theatre, Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary AB
2000 Women at Rest, Gallery at the Alliance Francaise, Calgary, AB
Women and Bundles, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1998 Pensive Poses, Paper Galley, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1996 Warm Place, Newzones Galley of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1993 Abyss: related works, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Teresa Posyniak, Muttart Art Gallery, AB
1992 Studio Watch: Teresa Posyniak, Edmonton Art Gallery, AB
1988 Teresa Posyniak and Helen Zenith, Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, AB
1984 Posyniak/Beauparlant: a collaboration, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Embodied Minds: Collaborative Structures, solo and collaboration with Inese Birstins, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
M.F.A. Exhibition, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
1983-82 Teresa Posyniak, The Little Galley, University of Calgary, AB
1981 B.F.A. Exhibition, The Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
The Sister Show: Teresa and Suzanne Posyniak, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 REBELLIOUS, Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s, Art Gallery of AB, Edmonton
CHROMA, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2018 This+That+TheOther, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
Canmore Arts Guild, AB
CHROMA, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2017 This+That, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
TEN, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
CHROMA, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 CHROMA, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB
2011 Body of Evidence: Examining Figure and Form, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
Hot Flash: A Survey of Encaustic Technique, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
2010 Celebration Show, Alberta Society of Artists Invitational exhibition, Lougheed House, Calgary, AB
It's in the Bag: bca artists, bilton contemporary art, Red Deer, AB
Group Show for the Olympics 2010, Mountain Galleries at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, B.C.
2009 The Art of Women, bilton contemporary art, Red Deer, AB
2008 Being Human: An International juried exhibition celebrating the human figure, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB
2007 Stepping Out: ASA Art Exhibition in collaboration with DECIDEDLY JAZZ Danceworks, Artpoint Gallery and Studios,
Calgary, AB
2005-04 Ars Poetica, juried touring group exhibition sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Clearcut: The Understory, invitational touring exhibition at the Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, AB and the Red Deer
and District Museum, Red Deer, AB
2003 Pulse, Polish Canadian Cultural Centre, Calgary, AB
Ars Poetica, juried exhibition sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, touring AB
Inspiring Damselfish: Teresa Posyniak, Colleen Philippi, Susana Wald, Accompanying book launch of Damselfish by
Susan Ouriou, XYZ Publishing at the Alliance Francaise, Calgary, AB
2002 Group Show, Painted City Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002-99 Garden Sanctuary, a Travelling Exhibition by the Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
2001 Archidance, Presented by Springboard Dance, including Drawing Performances and Exhibition by Artists at The Secret
Theatre, Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, AB.
2000 Assortment of Hadala, Posyniak and Wong, Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, AB
1999 Assortment of Hadala, Posyniak, Rioux & Wong, TransAlta Corporation, Calgary, AB
1998-97 Suffering & Healing in Health Care, 17 Hospitals in Alberta, Sponsored by Edmonton Art Gallery. (Juried – Touring)
1998 Images and Reflections: The Tenth Anniversary of the Artist’s Circle, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
1997 Inaugural Exhibits, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Garden Sanctuary, a Travelling Exhibition by the Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
Garden Sanctuary, a Travelling Exhibition by the Art Gallery of Calgary, AB
The Last Picture Show, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1996 Enduring Ties; the Colour, Contract and Patters of Life, Profiles Galley St. Albert, AB
1995 Artists in Bloom, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Alberta Society of Artists, Exhibition, Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, AB (Juried)
The Playrights Festival, Martha Cohen Theatre, Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, AB
Stolat: Diversity in Unity, Penny Lane Gallery, Calgary, AB
1994 Emerging Landscape, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1993 Refiguring the Figure, Juried by the AB Society of Artists, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
The Alberta Society of Artists, The Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB (Juried)
Series '93, Instructors Exhibition, Red Deer Arts Performing Arts Centre, AB
1992 Big Pictures, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
1992-91 Celebrating Women in the Art, 10 Alberta Artists were selected to exhibit their work in Edmonton over a 10-month period
in numerous spaces.
1990 Celebrating Women in Art, Petrocan Gallery, Calgary, AB (Juried)
1989 Red Signal, Little Gallery, University of Calgary, AB
Alberta Sculptors, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB (Juried)
Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1988 Visions of Alberta, (Invitation), Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Series '88, Instructors Exhibition, Red Deer Arts Performing Arts Centre, AB
1987 Individuals, (invitation), Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Faculty Exhibition, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1986 Feltmaking: Four Major Installations, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, ON
Series '86, Instructors Exhibition, Red Deer Arts Performing Arts Centre, AB
Rituals/Systems, Site Specific Installations by five sculptors at Ringhorse Galley, Edmonton AB
The Annual Faculty Exhibitions, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, AB
Faculty Works, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, AB
1985 Five Alberta Sculptors, Whyte Museum, Banff, AB
The Alberta Women=s Juried Art Exhibition, touring five Alberta Cities
Handmade Paper: The Medium/The Structure 1985, originating at the Burlington Centre and touring five Ontario Cities
The Annual Faculty Exhibition, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, AB
Ancient Memories, (Four Alberta Sculptors), Beaver House Galley, Edmonton, AB
1984 Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1983 Sculptors, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Faculty Works, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, AB
1982 Ten Approaches, The Canadian Music Centre Gallery, University of Calgary, AB
Preview 83, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1981 Women Artists, Norman MacKenzie Art Galley, Regina, SK
Printshop: Seven University Printmakers, Dunlop Art Galley, Regina, SK
1980 The Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Galley, Saskatoon, SK (Juried)
College and Broad, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (Juried)
PUBLIC ART
1995 A Green Day at Chinook Part School, a mural executed with artist Colleen Philippi, Calgary, AB
1994 Lest We Forget, a sculpture dedicated to the memory of 135 Canadian women murdered by men since 1989. The piece
was purchased by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and loaned permanently to the Law School at the University of
Calgary, AB
COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, AB
Calgary Board of Education, AB
Campbell and Associates, Calgary, AB
Caradon Windows and Doors Ltd., Calgary, AB
Dr. Samuel Schorr Professional Corporation, Calgary, AB
Hunting Hills High School, Red Deer, AB
McNally & Co., Calgary, AB
Moli Industries Ltd., Calgary, AB
Museum of Contemporary Art (Calgary)
Private National and International Collections
Regina Public School Board, Regina SK
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation, Saskatoon, SK
The Belvedere, Calgary, AB
The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, B.C./Yukon
The City of Calgary Civic Art Collection, Calgary, AB
The Diamond Family Art Collection, Vancouver, B.C.
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
The Wheat Pool Corporation, Regina, SK
Trimac Limited Corporate Art Collection, Calgary, AB
Zenith Hookenson, Calgary, AB
AWARDS
2004 Kahanoff Foundation Scholarship for Leadership Calgary program
1995+92 Alberta Culture Project Grant
1986 Canada Council Project Grant
1985+81 Saskatchewan Arts Board Major Award
1985 Sauza of Tequila Mexico Arts Awards: Honourable Mention
1982 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship
University of Calgary Thesis Research Grant based in New York City
Banff Centre School of Fine Arts Tuitional Award,University of Calgary Graduate Studies
1981 Saskatchewan Teachers Federation Purchase Award
University of Calgary Graduate Assistanceship (Teaching)
1980 Saskatchewan Art Board Travel Assistance Award
Banff Centre Proficiency Awards, University of Regina, SK
PUBLICATIONS REVIEW/ARTICLES/TELEVISION
2019 Averns, Dick. “Teresa Posyniak: Ponderosa,” GalleriesWest, October 3.
Holmes, Nancy. “Branches and Bark: An Essay on the Ponderosa Pine Paintings of Teresa Posyniak,” Ponderosa (chapbook),
Abbisibbia Press, Kelowna, BC.
2016 Crowell, Rebecca and Jerry McLaughlin. Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations, Squeegee Press,
Oakland, CA. p. 236, 245-46.
PUBLICATIONS REVIEW/ARTICLES/TELEVISION
2016 “Christine Klassen Gallery,” The Chapel (blog), https://shepaintsred.com/2016/04/03/christine-klassen-gallery/
2012 Buckland, David. Carbon 12: Art et changement climatique, Espace Fondations EDf, Paris, France. p. 42-44.
2010 Teresa Posyniak: Our Artist-in-Residence for Prairieaction Foundation, RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to
Violence and Abuse) representing Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, May issue.
Dick Averns, Calgary: Kent Monkman, The Nude in Canada and Teresa Posyniak at the Glenbow Museum, Akimbo
2009 Teresa Posyniak, Exploring Resiliency Through Art, RESOLVE RESEARCH DAY, November Image feature: Beverly Hungry
Wolf, Painting (encaustic and mixed medium on linen), Alberta Views, January/February Issue.
2008 Beverley Beckley, Teresa Posyniak: Consensus:Blackfoot Portrait Series at bca, Galleries West, Fall/Winter
Mark Weber, Blackfoot Portrait Series at bilton, Red Deer Great West Publications, November
Arts and Culture/ Visual Arts Material Girls, Avenue Magazine, Calgary, September issue
2006 The Cultural Memory Group, Remembering Women Murdered by Men: Memorials Across Canada, Sumach Press,
Kingston, ON
2005 Mary-Beth Laviolette, An Alberta Art Chronicle: adventures in recent and contemporary art, Altitude Publishing,
Canmore, AB.
Britt Germann, Mixing Media: encaustic art at Mountain Galleries@, Cover Story, Whistler This Week, Sept. 22-28.
Cover Art on Intimate Partner Violence: Reflections on Experience, Theory, and Policy@, edited by Mary Rucklos Hampton
and Nikki Gerrard, Cormorant Press, Toronto, Ont., 2006
2004 Feature Photograph, Alberta Views, May/June 2004
Gilbert A. Bourchard, Clear-Cut Indictment: Artists respond to logging in the Big Horn, Legacy Magazine: Alberta's
Heritage, Arts and Culture, Fall 2004.
Barbara Balfour, Lest We Forget, The Calgary Herald, Section D, November 15
2003 Leanne Staples, Artist gives a very special gift to Alberta Children's Hospital patients, Calgary Health Region's Volunteer
Cheer, June, Vol.20, No. 9.
Leanne Staples, Artist donates time, talent to comfort sick children, Frontlines, September 8, 2003, #94.
Feature Photograph, Highlights, The Alberta Society of Artists, April 2003, #65.
2002 Cover Art for Adultery Poems by Nancy Holmes, Ronsdale Press, 2002
2001 Christison, Tim. Exploration of Movement and Space, The Straight, Jun 7-13, 2001, Vol. 4. #153
Lippitt, Faye, Structure, Dance Meld Seamlessly, The Calgary Herald, Jun 8
2000 Severson, Anne. Arts Update, FFWD, Feb 17-23, 2000
1999 Severson, Anne. Arts Update, FFWS, Aug 5-11, 1999
Tousley, Nancy. Critics Pick, Calgary, Herald, Jul 22-28, 1999
Little, Cathy. Art Alberta, CBC Radio, Jul 1999
Severson, Anne. At Peace Among the Plants, FFWD, Jul 1-7, 1999
1998 Teeuwen, Dave. Posing Perceptions: Nudes attempt to politicize female form, Exhibit Review in Visual Arts section,
FFWD. Dec 17, p. 19
Galleries Section, The Calgary Herald Weekly Entertainment Guide. Dec 17, p HL41
1995 Lest We Forget; a sculpture dedicated to murdered women, featured on the program, The Creators, on the Women's
Television Network, (WTN) Jan. 26
Teresa Posyniak and her memorial sculpture, Lest We Forget, featured on P.O.V. Women, on (WTN), Jan 17
1994 Teresa Posyniak’s sculpture, Lest We Forget, featured on Dec. 8, as part of a week-long series on Art Inspired by the
Montreal Massacre on the program, Skylight, on Vision TV.
Ford, Catherine. A War that Never Ends: Monument to murdered women leaves space for new names, The Montreal
Gazette, Dec 6.
Ford, Catherine. Quit whining and do something to END VIOLENCE, The Calgary Herald, Dec 2.
Beacom, Chris. Victims Remembered, The Calgary Sun, Nov. 30.
Toneguzzi, Mario. Sculpture dedicated to slain women, The Calgary Herald, Nov 30.
Kinsella, W.P. reads from his recent novel to raise money to install Posyniak's sculpture, Lest We Forget, at the University
of Calgary Law School.
Ruttan, Susan. Project Pay Homage to Murdered Women, The Calgary Herald, Jun 22.
Scott, Susan. Lest We Forget: The Victims - Artist honours murdered women, Neighbors - The Calgary, Herald, Jun 22.
Severson, Anne. Sculpture in law will recall murdered women, The University of Calgary Gazette, Jun 13;
Posyniak, Teresa. Pro-Choice Art. The Kensington Clinic Project, Artichoke Magazine, Spring Issue, Calgary, AB
Bartkiewicz, Ellis. Feature Photo of Lest We Forget, Matriart Magazine, Women & War Issue, Winter, Toronto, ON
PUBLICATIONS REVIEW/ARTICLES/TELEVISION continued
1994 Posyniak, Teresa. The Building of Lest We Forget, A Monument dedicated to Murdered Women, Herspective Magazine,
January Issue, Vancouver, BC
1993 Teresa Posyniak, An Artist Mourns, Vis-a-Vis, a National Newsletter on Family Violence, published by the Canadian Council
on Social Development, Fall, Vol. 11, No: 2
Walton, Mark. Creative Drive & Social Conscience, Art Bridge - an Art & Information publication, Vol. 1. Issue 3, May
Garneau, David. Teresa Posyniak: Abyss, Artichoke, Spring 1993, Vol. 5, No: 1
1992 Garneau, David. Teresa Posyniak: Abyss, Extension Magazine, Vol. 2 No: 2, Winter
1988 Spain, Maeve. Celebrating the Muttart=s Individuals. A Review of 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Arts Bridge, Issue 42.
1986 Conley, Christine. Rituals/Systems; Review, Vanguard Magazine, Summer
1985 Burtch, Michael. Handmade Paper: The Medium/The Structure, Ontario Crafts Magazine
Eliot-Los, Elyse. Defining Peoples Art, Cityscope Magazine, Spring
1984 Embodied Mind: Perception is Reality, Art as Fantasy Architecture, Art and Architecture Magazine, Vol. 1-3, January
White, Stephanie. A Conversation with Teresa Posyniak, Art and Architecture, Magazine, Vol.1-3, January
GUEST LECTURES AND TEACHING
2010 Lecture at The Glenbow Museum, Conoco Philips Theatre on artwork related to solo exhibition I Speak My Daughter Tongue
2009 Exploring Resiliency Through Art, paper presented at conference on "Healing from Violence and Abuse", RESOLVE Research Day, Regina, SK
2005 Instructor of encaustic painting at Elevation 1309 Contemporary Art Gallery, Canmore, BC
Instructor of encaustic painting at Riverrock Artists Retreat, Cochrane, AB
2004 Juried the candidates for the Masters Gallery Art Scholarship Award at Bow Valley College, Calgary, AB
2003 Instructor, Figurative Drawing and Mixed Media, Riverrock Artists Retreat, Cochrane, AB
Instructor, Collage workshop for teachers at Milton Williams Creative Arts School, Calgary, AB
2001 Guest Artist, Artist Workshop at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper, AB, March
2000 Guest Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB, October
1999 Panel Guest, Writers Guild of Alberta Conference, Calgary, AB, September
1996 Guest Speaker, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, AB
1996-95 Instructor of Mixed Media, Summerscapes Program, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
1994 Guest Artist, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
Guest Artist, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
1993 Instructor of Drawing, Summer Art Series Program, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
1992 Guest Artist, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
Instructor of Painting, Continuing Education, Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB
1983-89 Instructor, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB - Two and Three Dimensional Design, Drawing, Handpapering, Feltmaking,
Sculpture with Fibre and Mixed Media
1988 Guest Artist, Banff Centre School of Fine Art, Banff, AB
Instructor of Handpapermaking Summer Series >88 Program, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
1984-86 Instructor of Handpapermaking Summer Series >86 Program, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Guest Artist, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
1984 Instructor of Handpapermaking, David Thompson University, Nelson, BC
Guest Artist, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Guest Artist, Grant MacEwen College, Edmonton, AB
1983 Graduating Teaching Assistanceship, University of Calgary; Painting, Sculpture, 2D/3D Design
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Board member of The Arts Advisory Committee for The Military Museums (TMM), Calgary
Artist in Residence for The Prairieaction Foundation
Past Board Member of the City of Calgary Public Art Board 2004-2009
Alberta Society of Artists
Past member of The Alberta Children's Hospital Arts Advisory Board
Past member of The Calgary Allied Arts Foundation
Leadership Calgary (Alumni)
The Artists' Circle, Museum of Contemporary Art (Calgary) MOCCA