art + objets d'arts + photography

Born 1971, Ottawa, Canada. Lives and works in Ottawa, ON

PORTFOLIO www.amyalice.com

EDUCATION

1995 Ontario College of Art & Design, Fine Arts Program, Drawing & Painting, AOCAD Honours 1994 OCAD Florence Studio Program, Florence Italy
1992 York University, Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2017 City of Ottawa, A Grant
2016 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2015 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2013 Canada Council, Project Grant to visual artists
2013 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2012 City of Ottawa, B Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2009 City of Ottawa, B Grant
2007 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2004 Canada Council for the Arts, Creation/Production Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
1997 Toronto Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
1995 David L. Stevenson Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design 1991 Entrance Scholarship, York University

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2022- Artworks and elements developed within a Design Team, Infrastructure Ontario
2021 Levitating Ripple, Zibi Development, Gatineau, QC, $75,000 + HST
2020 Rise, City of Ottawa, Maple Island, Ottawa, ON, $50,000 + HST
2019 Transparent Passage, Ottawa Light Rail Transit, Lees Station, Ottawa, ON, $295,000 + HST 2017 Almanac, City of Ottawa, Francois Dupuis Recreation Centre, Orleans, ON, $26,500 + HST 2015 Resound, TELUS Garden, Vancouver, BC, $30,000

2008 Ride Home, Bank Street North Rehabilitation Project, Ottawa, ON

SHORTLISTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2022 Strandherd Drive Widening public art
2021 Emergency Services Headquarters, Red Deer, AB
2021 GH Dawe Recreation Centre, Red Deer, AB
2017 Pattern Recognition, City of Edmonton, Holyrood Light Rail Station, Edmonton, AB 2014 Tributaries, City of Ottawa, Glebe Parking Garage, finalist, Ottawa, ON

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHBITIONS

2016 Parse, Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON
2016 Sink Holes & Voids, Latcham Gallery, with Jenna Faye Powell, curated by Chai Duncan, Stouffville, ON 2013 New Work, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2010 Bookish, DDR Projects, Long Beach, CA
2010 Invented Memories, with Amber Albrecht, Eleanor London Gallery, Montreal, QC
2009 Glint, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2007 Haunt, with Sarah Hatton, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2006 Kinder, with Heidi Conrod, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2006 One Night Stand, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2005 Les filles du fin du monde, Au Pétit Bouchon, Paris, FRA 2004 Up to no good, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2002 Better Late Than Never, Wurm Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2002 Have A Good Time, with Natalie Waldburger, Luft Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Bus Gallery (Katherine Mulherin), Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON
2022 American Road Trip, curated by Imtiaz Hafiz, US Embassador’s Residence, Kuala Lempur, Malaysia 2022 Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2021 Quest for the Environment, Quest Art Gallery, Midland, ON
2020 Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON
2020 Signal, Recent acquisitions from the City of Ottawa Art Collection, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2020 Transformations, Corridor 45|75,Ottawa, ON
2019 Collage Works, Studio 66, Ottawa, ON
2019 Gatherers, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
2019 Fresh Cuts, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI
2018 Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON
2018 Des Àrctic, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Granollers, Barcelona, ES
2017 Des Àrctic, Sinestesia Galeria, Barcelona, ES
2017 Object/Project, Possible Worlds, Ottawa, ON
2017 Longevity, 2017 Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2015 Changing Landscapes, with Zaria Forman and Matthew Shelley, Robert L Ringel Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2014 Habitat Here, with Lorraine Gilbert and Frank Shebageget, Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON 2013 AGA Jubilee Exhibition, Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Paper Pusher, Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON
2013 Interferences, Quartier Contemporary Art Initiatives, The Hague, NL
2012 Collagerie, Stew Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
2012 Exquisite Corpse, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2012 Moveable Feast, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2011 Live/Work 2, UPPERCASE Gallery, Calgary, AB
2011 Place and Circumstance, Ottawa City Hall Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2010 Review/Preview, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 Small Packages, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2010 I Am Artist/Designer, Mareike Auer curator, Krems, Austria
2009 Looking into the Sun, DDR Projects, Long Beach, CA
2009 Drawn: The Primary Mark, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Archive Selection 2009, Fruehsorge/Contemporary Drawing, Berlin, GER
2009 New Year, New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2009 Verticality, O’Connor Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008 Decade, Katherine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto, ON
2008 Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Old School, UPPERCASE Gallery, Calgary, AB
2008 Harbinger, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Verticality, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
2008 Archive Selection, Galerie in der Stadtscheune, Otterndorf, GER
2008 Live/Work, UPPERCASE Gallery, Calgary, AB
2008 Review/Preview, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Candy, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 New Year, New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2007 Piggy Tales, Galerie L’Imagier, Aylmer, QC

2006 Animalia, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2005 Doe, Emoda Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005 Return to Sender, Trapdoor Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2004 Vazeleen, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2004 New Year, New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2002 Pleasure, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
1999 Concealed/revealed, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Ment, Bus Gallery, Katherine Mulherin curator, Toronto, ON

ART FAIRS

2014 Stroke Art Fair, Munich (Andenken Gallery Amsterdam, NL)
2013 Stroke Art Fair, Berlin (Andenken Gallery Amsterdam, NL)
2010 Foire d’art alternatif de Sudbury, Sudbury, ON (SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2023 Digital artist, public artwork for Naomi Blondin & Verna Stevens, Ottawa, ON
2023 Digital artist, public artwork for Rebecca and Kenny Baird, Centennial College, Toronto, ON
2022 Artist, proposal phase Design Team member for Infrastructure Ontario under EllisDon, with Parkin

Architects, Adamson Architects
2022 Artist, proposal phase Design Team member for Infrastructure Ontario under Amico/Sacyr with IBI

Group Architects
2013-2019 Artist, Design team member, OLRT Lee’s Station, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2019 Artist’s Residency, Sagamie Arts Centre, Alma, QC
2019 Artist talk, Gatherers, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
2019 Jury member, City of Ottawa Public Art Program, Ottawa, ON
2018 Jury member, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2017 Artist Talk, François Dupuis Recreation Centre Expansion Grand opening
2015 Jury member, Carte Blanche public art project, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2013 Artist Talk, Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, Den Haag, NL for the exhibition Interferences 2012 Artist Talk, Ottawa School of Art, Brown Bag Lecture Series, Ottawa, ON
2012 Jury member, Ottawa Little Theatre, Cornerstone public art project, Ottawa, ON
2012 Jury member, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2011 Exhibition design, David French Writing Home, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2011 Artist Talk, Carleton University, Friends of Art History, Ottawa, ON
2011 Instructor, Art in the City Summer Camp workshop, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON 2008-2009 Vice President, Board of Directors, Enriched Bread Artists, Ottawa, ON
2007 Instructor, Art in the City Summer Camp workshop, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2006 Artists talk, for exhibition Animalia, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 Co-Curator, Five, group show, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 Artist talk, Enriched Bread Artists, Ottawa, ON
2003-2006 Enriched Bread Artists, Board of Directors, Ottawa, ON

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2020 Sarah Brown, Ottawa Magazine, Random Desires, February 2020
2019 Ananya Vaghela, Capital Current, Ottawa’s LRT stations hold city’s biggest public art project so far, Oct 3, 2019
2018 Sarah Brown, Ottawa Magazine, Random Desires, February 2018
2017 Peter Simpson, Public art’s place in our society shouldn’t be so perilous, Artsfile.ca, August 18, 2017 2017 City unveils public art along Confederation Line LRT stations, Stations will include both integrated and non-integrated pieces by Canadian artists, CBC Ottawa News, July 25, 2017
2016 Katie Hession, YOW Index, The Kit magazine, Toronto, ON, September 2016
2015 Kevin Griffin, Telus Garden Art Collection, Vancouver Sun, September 22, 2015
2015 Domenica Bongiovanni, Purdue’s landscape exhibition provides space to think, Lafayette Journal & Courier, March 4, 2015
2013 Canadian Art, Must-Sees This Week: November 28 To December 4, 2013

2013 Bond, Diane, Playing with scale: Monumental work by Amy Thompson, Apartment 613, February 2013 2013 Paul Gessell, No Walk in the Park, Ottawa Magazine, February 2013
2009 Peter Simpson, A Glint of Night Light, Artist Amy Thompson aims for the stars, The Ottawa Citizen, October 19, 2009
2009 Peter Simpson, Hues of Blues, The Ottawa Citizen, August 22, 2009
2007 Jennifer Van Evra, Eye Candy, Globe and Mail, December 2007
2007 Kim Shin Young, Featured Artist, Vogue Girl (Korea), October 2007
2004 Paul Gessell, A ’50’s Gateway to Fantasy Land, The Ottawa Citizen, April 29, 2004
2004 Euteneier, Anita, Twisted Sisters, Ottawa Xpress, April 22, 2004
2004 Paul Gessell, The heart of sex, The Ottawa Citizen, February 12, 2004
1997 Gillian Mackay, Gallery Going: Paradiso, Globe And Mail, November 22, 1997
1997 Gillian Mackay, Purgatory At Weave, Gallery Going, Globe And Mail, May 3, 1997
1996 Betty Ann Jordan, Yellowhat Collective At Bar Inferno, Gallery Going, Globe and Mail, November 16, 1996

SELECTED EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATIONS

2022 Jim Burant, Ottawa Art & Artists, An Illustrated History, Art Canada Institute, Toronto, ON 2019 Manuell Magazine, Travel Issue, Flawil, Switzerland
2014 Dome of the Hidden Pavilion, book cover artwork, James Tate, Harper Collins, New York, NY 2013 Kolaj Magazine, Artist Feature, Issue 4, Maison Kasini, Montreal, QC

2013 Jos Carbone, book cover, Jaques Benoit, Les Éditions Boreal, Montreal, QC 2013 Enriched Bread Artists/Quartair Exchange Catalogue, Petra Halkes
2012 Room Magazine, cover artwork, Vancouver, BC
2012 Rapide-Danseur book cover, Louise Desjardins, Boreal Press, Montreal, QC 2012 Kid-In Magazine, Alice Bertay, Editor

2011 Live/Work 2, UPPERCASE Gallery exhibition publication
2011 The Madness Vase, book cover, Andrea Gibson, A Write Bloody Book, Austin, TX 2010 Sub Rosa book cover, Amber Dawn, Arsenal Press, Vancouver, BC
2009 Preston Catalogue, Art issue, Mixed Media Mixture, Ottawa, ON
2008 Old School, UPPERCASE Gallery exhibition publication, Calgary, AB
2008 Live/Work, UPPERCASE Gallery exhibition publication, Calgary, AB
2006 Tract, Ottawa Art Gallery publication for the exhibition Animalia, Ottawa, ON

PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2013-2016 2008-2011 2004-2011

Central Art Garage, Ottawa, ON Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC Dale Smith Gallery

COLLECTIVES

2002-2012 Enriched Bread Artists, comprised of Ottawa based artists studios, exhibitions and exchanges 1996-1998 Yellowhat Collective, comprised of Toronto based artists including Ken Nicol, Natalie Waldburger, Michèle White, Janet Bellotto, among others

PUBLIC AND FINE ART COLLECTIONS

Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier (Amsterdam, NL)
Art in Embassies permanent collection (USA, international) Canadian Art In Isolation Collection (Toronto, ON)
City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection (Ottawa, ON)
City of Ottawa Public Art Collection (Ottawa, ON) Residence of the British High Commission (Ottawa, ON) Telus Garden Art Collection (Vancouver, BC)
Zibi Developments (Gatineau, QC)
Private collections