RHONDA BARRETT - Collage Artist
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA
902-293-4729
Original Paper Collage Art,
Reproductions, Commissions
Little bits of paper; BIG art!
Rhonda Barrett (b.1979, Canada, paper artist)
Halifax, NS B3K 3L4
Selected exhibitions and showings:
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2020 - Solo Exhibition - 'Home is where thethe heART is', Round Hill Studio, Annapolis Royal, NS
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2020 - Group Exhibition - Winter Fantasy, Art Zone Gallery, Halifax, NS
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2019 – Solo Installation – ‘The Poets Grotto’, Nocturne, Art at Night, Halifax, NS
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2019 – Group Exhibition – ‘Memorable Moments’, Art Zone Gallery, Halifax, NS
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2019 – Group Exhibition – ‘Moon’, ARCAC ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal, NS
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2019 – Group Exhibition and Sale – Peggy’s Cove Festival of the Arts, NS
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2019 – Group Exhibition – ‘Clapback’, James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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2019 – Solo Exhibition – ‘Park’, Art 1274 Hollis, Halifax, NS
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2019 – Solo Exhibition – ‘Patterns Disturbed’, Gallery 1919, Halifax NS
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2018 – Solo Exhibition – ‘Maiden, Mother, Crone’, Gallery 1919, Halifax, NS
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2018 – Solo Exhibition – ‘Germinations’, Dart Gallery, Portland Street, Dartmouth, NS
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2018 – Juried Exhibition – ‘Small Treasures’, ICCA, Inverness, NS
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2018 – Group Exhibition – ‘Hands Dancing’, ICCA, Inverness, NS
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2018 – Group Exhibition – ‘Generations’, Truro Art Society, Truro, NS
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2018 – Group Exhibition – ‘Red’, Hardware Gallery, Kentville, NS
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2017 – Group Exhibition – Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards Finalists, Parrsboro, NS
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2017 – Group Exhibition – Art Zone Gallery Members Show, Barrington Street, Halifax, NS
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2017 – Group Exhibition – ‘Mon o chrome’, Dart Gallery, Portland Street, Dartmouth, NS
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2017 – Group Exhibition – ‘Creative Resistance’ St. FX Gallery, Antigonish, NS
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2017 – Solo Exhibition - Corridor Gallery – VANS office, Pier 21, Halifax, NS
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2016 - Performance (Dance) – Art Zone Gallery, Nocturne 2016, Halifax, NS
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2016 – Group Exhibition/Dance Performance – Art Zone Gallery, Barrington Street, Halifax, NS
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2016 – Group Exhibition – Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards Finalists, Montreal, QC
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2016 – Group Exhibition – Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards Finalists, Parrsboro, NS
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2015 – Group Exhibition – Art Zone Gallery Members Show, Barrington Street, Halifax, NS
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2015 – Solo Event/Exhibition – ‘Birds Flyin’ High’, The Waiting Room, Almon Street, Halifax, NS
Education:
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2017 – Fundamentals of Graphic Design, 5 Course Specialization, CAL Arts through Coursera
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2017 – Heritage Management, Universite Bocconi through Coursera
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2002 – Architectural Technology, College of the North Atlantic (drafting and architectural sketching and modelling)
Associations:
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Creator and director of Canadian Collage Collective, started in 2020.
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Member – Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), Halifax, NS
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Member Artist - King's Point Pottery and Craft, King's Point, NL
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Member Artist – Paper Artist Collective, London, UK
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Member Artist - Eastern Shores Gallery, Head of Jeddore, NS
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Member of Eastern Tea Bar and Friends, Halifax, NS
Media Coverage:
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Authored an article for Contemporary Collage Magazine, Issue 8 'Mary Delaney; Collage Pioneer'
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Featured by Kolaj Magazine in Issue 31 published in September 2020.
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Featured on Global Halifax Mornings, June 25 with Jeremy Keefe. (5:45 of on air time)
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Interviewed by The Chronicle Herald, ‘In the Studio’ Series for publication in 2019.
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Featured in Murze Magazine, ‘Ten Days of Art’, Issue Five, 2019
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Featured in Murze Magazine, ‘Minimalism’, Issue Three, 2018
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Featured in The Coast Magazine ‘Fall Arts Preview’, Volume 26, Number 11
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Interviewed and aired as part of CBC Atlantic News coverage of the Paint Peggy’s Cove event, July 10, 2017
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d’Entremont, Yvette: “Making It With Metro”, Metro News, January 20-22, 2017
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“2016 Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards Finalists Exhibition, 30 September-14 October 2016”,
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Kolaj Magazine, Issue 16, 2016
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Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards, “Les Expositions 2016 Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards Exhibition”; Black Dog and One-Eyed Press, 2016
Collections:
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Pieces are currently being held in private collections in
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Toronto, ON
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Calgary, AB
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Halifax, NS
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Vancouver, BC
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Boston, MA, USA
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New York, NY, USA
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Corporate commissions
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Black Sheep Restaurant, Halifax, NS
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Wayfare Oyster House, Whitehorse, Yukon
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Julia Johnson, Caldwell Banker Supercity, Halifax, NS
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Workshops Taught:
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2019 – Up-cycling Newspaper Into Landscape Art – 1 day workshop, Chester Arts Centre, Chester, NS
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2018 – Crazy Figure Collage – 2 hour workshop, MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
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2017 – Collage FUN-damentals – 2 hour workshop, MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
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2017 – Collage Creation – 1 day workshop, Main and Station, Parrsboro, NS
Awards:
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2019 – Honorable Mention, ‘Protest Art Contest’, MacGillvray Law, Halifax, NS
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2018 – Regional Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
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2017 – Regional Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
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2017 – Finalist at Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards, Main and Station, Parrsboro, NS
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2016 – Emerging Artist Award- Art Zone Gallery, Barrington Street, Halifax, NS
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2016 – Finalist at Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards, Main and Station, Parrsboro, NS