Alison Keenan CV
Education
2011 Simon Fraser University. Certificate in Liberal Arts
2008 Emily Carr University BFA (Visual Arts)
1977 Scholarship, Atelier of Gobelin and Aubusson Tapestry, Cairo, Egypt
1960 Arts Educational College, London, England
Grants/Awards
2020 Artist of the Month Award. The Union House Project. Instagram
2015 City of Vancouver. Community Grant. Chinese Cultural Centre
Telling Stories: A Visual Arts Exhibition
2002 City of Vancouver. Project Grant. Roundhouse Community Centre
If Images Speak a Thousand Words…?
1996 Canada Council. Jean A. Chalmers Fund for Crafts. Coordinator.
Community Tapestry for Dr.Peter Aids Centre. Vancouver.B.C. Design Team
1990 Elizabeth Keeling Award . Fabric Arts Guild. Vancouver.B.C.
Artist Residencies
2021 LEῆA Artist Research and Residency Centre.Galiano Island B.C.
2019 Artist Residency at #casagallerysandelcabo@13feetoffthegroundmexico
2017 Graniti Murales Project.Sicily.granitimurales.org/the-residency-program
2014 Lord Byng Secondary School. Fine Arts Department. Vancouver.B.C.
Summer painting Residency SS.Master 19222 heritage steam tugboat.Granville.Island
2013 Summer painting Residency SS.Master 19222 heritage steam tugboat.Granville.Island
Murals
2020 Rooftop Garden Mural. Sidney Manor.Yaletown.Vancouver.B.C.
2019 Penticton Art Gallery Mural for Vision 20/20
2019 Treehouse Mural for British Properties with 13 feet Off the Ground Collective
2018 Sweet Harmony Mural designed by Morgane Billault+13feet Off the Ground Collective
2018 Big Pets Mural. Designed by Angela Gooliaff for SPCA. City of Vancouver.
2017 Graniti Murales Project. Sicily.granitimurales.org/the-residency-program
Corporate and Private Collections
Permanent Collection of the Centre Cultural Columbien Vancouver.
Museum of Modern Art, Giza, Cairo. Egypt.
International Centre for Diplomats, Zamaleck, Cairo, Egypt.
Rosamilia Archives, Sarno, Italy. Craft Association of B.C.
Vancouver- Point Grey Community Office of MLA David Eby.
Private collections Vancouver B.C. Taipei Taiwan, New Jersey, N.Y
SS Master Steamship Society. Maritime Museum. Vancouver.B.C.
Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche, Treviso, Italy
Dr. Peter Centre Vancouver B.C.
Brooklyn Library. Brooklyn. N.Y. U.S.A.
Musee Georges de Sonneville, Gradignan, France
Vera Public Library Archive. Thessaloniki. Greece
Graniti Murales Art Project Graniti. Messina. Sicily
Sidney Manor Yaletown Vancouver B.C.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Eagles and Peregrine Falcon Gallery Window for VanCity. Vancouver B.C.
2018 Raven and Crow. Gallery Window Art Beat Harmony Arts Festival. West Vancouver.B.C.
2014 The Tree: Literal and Figurative. Gallery Window
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. Vancouver B.C
2011 Street Dance Part 2 Port Moody Art Centre Port Moody, B.C
2008 Aftermath: Recent Paintings Jericho Arts Centre. Vancouver. B.C
Selected Invitational/Juried Group Exhibitions
2022 Art Rental Exhibition. CityScapes Art Gallery. Vancouver.B.C.
2022 arTHANKS exhibition Paneficio Gallery. Vancouver B.C.
2021 ArtRich21 Richmond Art Gallery. Richmond. B.C.
2019 Avian Alphabet. The Fort Gallery. Langley. BC.
2019 Puertas 13 Feet off the Ground Collective. Pez Gordo Gallery. San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico
2018 Bare Minimum 13 Feet Off the Ground Art Collective. Off the Rail Vancouver B.C.
2018 Imago Mundi: Great and North OCADU OnSite Gallery, Toronto
2018 Dreaming of Canada. Art Gallery of St. Albert. Alberta Canada
2018 ARTSPEAK SHOWCASE Exhibition at Silk Purse Arts Centre Gallery. West Vancouver
2018 From Where We Stand. 13 Feet Off the Ground Art Collective. Port Moody Art Centre
2018 Luppolo Exhibition. Vancouver.B.C. 13Feet Off the Ground Art Collective.
2017 13 Feet Off to Sicily. Main Space Vancouver B.C.
2017 Artisan Series Vancouver Edition. Semi-Finalist Winsor Art Gallery Vancouver B.C.
2017 Imago Mundi: Great and North. Palazzo Loredan. Venice. Italy.
2017 The Summer Group Exhibition I: Work on Canvas. Lipont Art Centre Vancouver.B.C.
2017 150th Anniversary Canada Exhibition. Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Venice
2017 Your City/Your Countryside. Musee Georges de Sonneville. Gradignan. France
2016 International Mail -In Art Exhibition. Federation of Canadian Artists Vancouver.B.C.
2016 Lord Byng Gallery Exhibition. Vancouver B.C.
2015 Moving Forward Looking Back ECUAD 90th Anniversary
Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Vancouver.B.C.
2015 Imago Mundi Project, FONDAZIONE BENETTON STUDI E RICERCHE, Treviso, Italy.
2015 Telling Stories: The Connections between Us Chinese Cultural Centre.Vancouver.B.C.
2015 The Thread of Life. Sheffield Art Centre. England
2015 Harbour Art Exhibition Vancouver Maritime Museum B.C
2014 The Tree: Literal and Figurative. The Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. Vancouver B.C.
2013 Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books. University of Akron. OH
2013 Water Works. Vancouver Maritime Museum B.C.
2012 In Camera: the working dancer. Gallery at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC.
Sans Brush CityScapes Community Art Space North Vancouver B.C.
On-Line Publications Catalogues/You Tube pages
2020 Lockdown https://www.instagram.com/fronteerlockdown/
2020 The Gashlycrumb Tinies Alphabet inspired by Edward Gorey. Ontario and Portugal
2019 Art Insider: An Artist Collective’s Adventure in Mexico.
Ferry Building Gallery. West Vancouver.
2019 Italian Television. TGR Sicilia. Cameo of Mural in Graniti. 13/03/2019
2018 http://www.tricitynews.com/entertainment/collective-was-still-on-a-high-after-sicily-
2017 http://www.13feetofftheground.com
2017 www.gazzettadesud.it Oct31/2017 Artiste canadesi colorano Graniti.
2017 Gazzetti Online "12 Canadian Artists Paint Centuries Old Walls" in Graniti Sicily
2017 150th Anniversary Canada Venice Biennalle
http://www.istitutoveneto.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/26
http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/exhibition/
2015 Telling Stories Exhibition opening video. http://youtu.be/OZ6hmLq-kOI
2015 Telling Stories: The Connections between Us.
http://www.gallerieswest.ca/locations/chinese-cultural-centre-museum-and-archives/
Moving Forward Looking Back ECUAD 90th Anniversary. Page 24.
2015 Zine in a Box edition three. Starnberg. Germany
2015 Oh West Canada! Contemporary Artists from Western Canada.
Luciano Benetton Collection. Italy
2014 The Tree: Literal and Figurative Exhibition Catalogue. Co-author, www.sassamatt.com