CURRICULUM VITAE
B. 1967 Sarnia, Canada
Lives and works SW Ontario
E D U C A T I O N
2016 Falmouth University Cornwall, UK MFA with distinction
1991 Crawford College of Art and Design Cork, Ireland BFA
1988 Bealart London, Canada Special Art
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2026 Christ Church Cathedral For the Seasons Victoria, Canada
2025 A.Wilfred Johns Gallery, University of Victoria Meet Me Here & There Victoria, CA
2024 Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery In the Garden of Exquisite Unknown Sarnia, CA
2019 Mount House Gallery Akin Uncountable Marlborough, UK
2016 Ranger Station Art Gallery Not Lost at Sea Harrison Hot Springs, CA
2016 Back Lane West Tender to the Sea:2 Redruth, UK
2015 Falmouth University Tender to the Sea Falmouth, UK
2014 University of the Fraser Valley Gallery draw the line Abbotsford, CA
2013 Elissa Cristall Gallery New Work Vancouver, CA
2013 Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Sales & Rental Featured Artist Vancouver, CA
2013 Ranger Station Art Gallery Exploring Totem Harrison Hot Springs, CA
2012 Parts Gallery dwell Toronto, CA
2012 Herringer Kiss Gallery stem Calgary, CA
2010 Herringer Kiss Gallery presage Calgary, CA
2008 Herringer Kiss Gallery stem & wing Calgary, CA
2006 Halde Galerie serenity Halde, Switzerland
2004 ARC Gallery elements Vancouver, CA
2003 studio blue gallery Constellations Vancouver, CA
1999 Art Gallery of the South Okanagan Cycles and Symbols Penticton, CA
1995 Michael Gibson Gallery Sixty-five Drawings London, CA
S M A L L G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2019 Mount House Gallery Kindred Vessels Marlborough, UK
2018 Haida Gwaii Museum Artists in Gwaii Haanas Haida Gwaii, CA
2011 Herringer Kiss Gallery Abstract Hues Calgary, CA
2010 Toronto International Art Fair Parts Gallery Toronto, CA
2009 Parts Gallery orsa (S.Humston/Ric Santon) Toronto, CA
2007 Sopa Fine Arts stem & sentinel (S.Humston/J.Alfaro) Kelowna, CA
2006 Sopa Fine Arts elements Kelowna, CA
2006 Jacana Gallery sweet raw (S.Humston/Leah Rosenberg) Vancouver, CA
2006 Summit Gallery bloom Banff, CA
2005 Snap Gallery The Shape of Light Vancouver, CA
2005 Snap Gallery movement & stillness Vancouver, CA
2005 Sugar and Sugar rogers, ljubojevic, humston Vancouver, CA
2003 Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Sales and Rental Spring Exhibition Vancouver, CA
1997 Between Cultures Selected Group Exhibition London, CA
1995 MacIntosh Gallery, UWO Generating Voice London, CA
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2019 Mount House Gallery Artists’ Sketchbooks Marlborough, UK
2018 Buitenwerkplaats Starnmeer 365 Starnmeer, Netherlands
2017 44AD Gallery Art + Text juried exhibition Bath, UK
2015 Fringe Arts Bath The Manifesto of the Wall Bath, UK
2014 Herring Kiss Gallery The Painters Calgary, CA
2014 Elissa Cristall Gallery Soliel Vancouver, CA
2013 The Reach Public Gallery Fraser Valley Biennale Abbotsford, CA
2007 The Cultch Process & Intent Vancouver, CA
2006 Jacana Gallery Best Wishes Gallery Artists Group Show Vancouver, CA
2006 Sopa Fine Arts wrap it up Gallery Artists Group Exhibition Kelowna, CA
2006 ARC Gallery uncommon passion Group Exhibition Vancouver, CA
2005 Jacana Gallery Winter Group Show Vancouver, CA
2005 Halde Gallery Recent Contemporary Works Halde, Switzerland
2005 ARC Gallery uncommon denominator Vancouver, CA
2004 Gallery Jones Selected Artists Vancouver, CA
2004 ARC Gallery uncommon light Vancouver, CA
2004 Aion Gallery Art to Carry -artist’s book exhibition Vancouver, CA
2003 studio blue Gallery Artists Vancouver, CA
2003 Casa Gallery Gallery Artists Vancouver, CA
1998 Art Gallery of the South Okanagan Okanagan Creates Penticton, CA
1998 Art Gallery of the South Okanagan Treasured Chests Penticton, CA
1998 White Gallery Bealart Retrospective London, CA
1997 Figuratively Speaking Independent Group Exhibition Penticton, CA
1996 The Alternator Annual Member’s Exhibition Kelowna, CA
1995 The Big Picture Independent Group Exhibition London, CA
1995 London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, CA
1995 Michael Gibson Gallery Gallery Artist’s Exhibition London, CA
1994 London Art & Historical Museum 47th Annual Juried Exhibition London, CA
1994 Michael Gibson Gallery London Contemporary Artists London, CA
1994 London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, CA
1994 Forest City Gallery Big City Show London, CA
1994 Room Twenty-Three Group Exhibition Guelph, CA
1993 Michael Gibson Gallery Juried Miniature Exhibition London, CA
1993 Michael Gibson Gallery Contemporary London Artists London, CA
P E R F O R M A N C E
2017 Sound of Nature, Sound of Art Live painting Lincoln Center, Oregon USA
2007 ECHO CHAMBER Chapel Arts Centre Painting performance Vancouver, CA
2006 ECHO CHAMBER Artist Resource Centre Painting performance Vancouver, CA
2005 Silence A live elevator installation Artist Resource Centre Vancouver, CA
2004 SHED multi media installation Artist Resource Centre Vancouver, CA
A W A R D S & R E S I D E N C I E S
Jeffery Rubinoff Sculpture Park & University of Victoria Hornby Island & Victoria, Canada
Hugo Burge Foundation Artist in Residence Marchmont Estate, Borderlands, Scotland
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
Marlborough College Artist in Residence 2018/2020 Marlborough, UK
Lucy Morrow Ceramics Invited Artist Residency Douarnenez, France
Cultureland Artist Residency Amsterdam/Starnmeer, Netherlands
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Oregon, USA
Earthskin Artist in Residence Muriwai, New Zealand
Gwaii Haanas Artist in Residence Parks Canada & Haida Gwaii Museum
Back Lane West Artist in Residence Redruth, UK
BC Arts Council Education Grant
Ranger Station Art Gallery Artist in Residence Harrison Hot Springs, CA
Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist in Residence New York, USA
Knock on Woods Artist in Residence Mayne Island, CA
BC Arts Council (Art Gallery of the South Okanagan) Exhibition Assistance Grant
Ontario Arts Council (MacIntosh Gallery) Exhibition Assistance Grant
Ontario Arts Council (Forest City Gallery) Exhibition Assistance Grant
City of London Arts Bursary
Michael Gibson Gallery, Juried Miniature Exhibition Best in Show Award
T E A C H I N G / W O R K S H O P S / L E C T U R E S
University of Victoria Victoria, CA Artist talks & lecture
Jeffry Rubinoff Sculpture Park Hornby Island, Canada Artist talk
Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery Sarnia, CA Workshops & exhibiting artist lecture
Marlborough College Marlborough, UK Summer School
Marlborough College Marlborough, UK Artist in Residence lectures & teaching
Cultureland Amsterdam, Netherlands Artist in Residence lecture
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Oregon, USA Artists in Residence lectures
Earthskin Muriwai, New Zealand Artist in Residence lecture & open studio
Haida Gwaii Museum Skidegate, CA Artist in Residence workshop & artist lecture
Trinity Western University Langley, CA Guest Lecturer
Artist Resource Centre Vancouver, CA Creative Daily Practice workshops
Opus Art Supplies Vancouver, CA Creative Daily Practice workshop
Ranger Station Art Gallery Harrison Hot Springs, BC Creative practice workshop
Falmouth University Cornwall, UK Undergrad visual research & drawing course
Back Lane West Redruth, Cornwall, UK Artist lecture
Vancouver Art Gallery Art Sales and Rental Feature Artist lecture
Elissa Cristall Gallery Vancouver, CA Artist lecture
University of the Fraser Valley Abbottsford, CA Artist lecture
Ranger Station Art Gallery several Artist in Residence workshops & artist talks
Byrdcliffe Art Colony Woodstock, USA Artist lecture & open studio
C O L L E C T I O N S
Private collections in Canada, United States, Britain, Ireland, Europe, Australia; Haida Gwaii Museum, Earthskin, Cultureland, University College Cork, Cenovus Energy, Walkaway, Encana Corporation
ARTIST BIO
Siobhán Humston is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the entangled relationships between nature, materiality, perception and place. Working across sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography and earth-based practices, she is interested in the spaces where environmental, scientific and spiritual ways of knowing intersect.
Her practice is grounded in close observation, contemplation and a sustained engagement with the more-than-human world. Through natural, found and reclaimed materials, Humston considers fragility, resilience, transformation and interconnectedness, often allowing materials and processes to retain an element of unpredictability. Her work invites a considered form of making—one that attends to subtle shifts in material, atmosphere and perception.
Humston’s interdisciplinary approach has roots in an early and sustained engagement with music. Her studies and practice have encompassed piano, violin, guitar and other instruments, informing an ongoing interest in the relationship between sound, visual perception and embodied experience. This musical sensibility has contributed to her exploration of synaesthesia—experiencing and translating one sensory language overlapping with another.
Many years after her studies in art at Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, Ireland, Humston completed an MFA with Distinction in Art & Environment at Falmouth University in Cornwall, UK. Her practice has since been shaped by an extensive series of international artist residency awards in Haida Gwaii, New Zealand, the United States and Europe, as well as an extended residency at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, UK. In 2020, she was accepted into the practice-based PhD program at the University of Dundee, but chose to return to Canada in 2021 to continue developing her practice independently.
Her extensive international practice encompasses more than seventy exhibitions, including the recent For the Seasons in Christ Church Cathedral’s New Jerusalem Chapel, Victoria, BC, and In the Garden of Exquisite Unknown, a solo exhibition at the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, which culminated more than two years of focused work. Her art is held in private and public collections internationally, and among her awards are the Pollock- Krasner Foundation Fellowship and grants from the BC and Ontario Arts Councils.
Humston’s current practice is informed by the evolving tenets of her Day-to-Day Aesthetics methodology—a dedicated, contemplative approach to everyday experience that considers observation itself as an artistic practice. Her research extends into questions of sustainability, perception, interconnectedness -what she refers to as the poetics of place. This methodology extends to her recent creation of Five Elements Contemplative Cards, a collection of fifty photographic cards with quotes and unique contemplations engaging the elements air, earth, ether, fire and water as material presences. Like her artwork, they invite reflection to our relationship with consciousness and the natural world.
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