ABOUT

CURRICULUM VITAE

Alyson Davies - b.1991, Canada

EDUCATION 

2021 Masters of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

2014    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 

2012 Art & Visual Culture, Study Abroad, University of Alberta, Cortona, Italy

2009 Liberal Arts, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 

2024 Flower of the Fern, Studio Hager, Edmonton, AB

2023 Seedlings, Miller Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2022 Imagining the Heartland, YEG Studio, Edmonton, AB

2019 Land in the Veins. SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2018 Just Beyond the Surface, The Bleeding Heart Art Space, Edmonton, AB

Selected Exhibitions:

2024 Forthcoming Group Show, Studio Hager, Edmonton, AB

2022 Shmoozy, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB

2022-23 Mayor’s Office Group Show, City Hall, Edmonton, AB

2021 Variance, I Like Your Work, Online Exhibition

2021 Studio Smalls, YEG Studio, Edmonton, AB

2021 Shmoozy, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB

2021 Artists in the Fallow, Brighton Block, Edmonton, AB

2021 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2020 The Pause, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2019 Schmoozy, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB

2019 Elsewhere Studio’s Alumni Show, Paonia, CO, USA

2019 Yard Work is Hard Work, with Amanda Chewlos, McLuhan House, Edmonton, AB (Duo Exhibition)

2018 Decidedly So, Train Station Gallery, Salem Art Works, Salem NY, USA

2018 Deep Freeze, The Stollery Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2018 All That I Am Is Grateful, with Pez, House Guest Gallery, Louisville, KY, USA (Duo Exhibition)

2017 SNAP Print Affair: Ginger Snap. SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2017  Mixed States. Workman Arts, CAMH Pop- up Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017  Square. The Works International Art and Design Festival, Mile Zero Dance Society, Edmonton, AB (Tennis Club)

2017  Self_Refinery. Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Tennis Club)

2016   Magic Lantern IV. Slideshow, Montreal, QC

2016 Hall of Fame. +15, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB (Tennis Club)

2015   Do It Yourself: Collectivity and Collaboration in Edmonton. Enterprise Square Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Tennis Club)

RESIDENCIES 

2021 Contingencies of Care, Digital Residency, Canada

2018 Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency, The Yukon River, YT

2018 Salem Art Works, Independent Artist, Edmonton to Salem Residency, Salem, NY, USA 

2017 Elsewhere Studios Residency, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO, USA

2016-17 McLuhan House Artist Residency, Edmonton, AB (Tennis Club)

2015    Elsewhere Studios Residency, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO, USA

GRANTS

2018 Edmonton Arts Council - Individual Artist Project Grant

2018 Canada Council for the Arts; Arts Abroad - Residencies: Edmonton to Salem Residency, organized by Vanessa Mastronardi

2018 Edmonton Arts Council - CIP Travel Grant

2016 Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Visual Arts and New Media Individual Grant (Tennis Club)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

2020 Teaching Assistant, Interdisciplinary Core. Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

2020 Teaching Assistant, Painting: Colours and Materials. Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC 

2020 Studio Apprentice for Glenn Lewis, Vancouver, BC

2019 Research Assistant for Ruth Beer, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

ARTIST TALKS 

2023 Art Gallery at Evergreen - Digital Talks, Coquitlam, BC

2023 Miller Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2019 Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2018 The Bleeding Heart Art Space, Edmonton, AB

2018 Edit Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA

2018 Salem Art Works, Salem NY, USA

PUBLIC ART 

2023 Blue Earth Tarot, Capture Photography Festival, Lafarge Lake - Douglas Skytrain Station, Art Gallery at Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC

2018 YEG Canvas, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Billboard

2016 Arts Hab, Mcluhan House, Edmonton, AB, Mural (Tennis Club) 

PUBLICATIONS

2021 Earth Child Tarot, 3rd Edition, Vancouver, BC

2019 Earth Child Tarot, Collected by MIT Library, Cambridge, MA

2018 Poetry is Dead, Issue 17, Magazine, Vancouver, BC

2018 Earth Child Tarot, 1st and 2nd Editions, Edmonton, AB

2017 Eye Doll. Studio 66B, Publication Studios Edmonton, 2017 (Tennis Club)

2016  Magic Lantern IV, Issue 1, Montreal, QC

2016   The Edmonton Artists Colouring Book, SNAP and Latitude 53 (Tennis Club)

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND MEDIA 

2023 Geist Magazine, Issue 124

2023 Alcove, print publication, Summer 2023

2023 TriCity News, “Blue tarot cards up at this Coquitlam SkyTrain station”, https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/blue-tarot-cards-up-at-this- coquitlam-skytrain-station-7188511, Janis Cleugh, June 24, 2023

2023 Rated Art Magazine, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ 58814fb3bebafbcb337825bf/t/ 64590fbfd33e8801f46670f8/1683558340010/ratedART-spring2023-2.pdf Spring 2023 edition

2023 Translink Buzzer “What journey are you on? Find out with Blue Earth Tarot cards”, https://buzzer.translink.ca/2023/05/what-journey-are-you-on-find- out-with-blue-earth-tarot-cards/, May 16, 2023.

2023 Black Flash, “Doing Our Very Best”, https://blackflash.ca/expanded/doing-our-very-best-always-tennis-club/, M. Gnanasihamany February 17, 2023.

2022             Create Magazine Blog, “Exploring Connection with Nature Though Domesticity: Art by Alyson Davies”, March 3, 2022.

2021 Art Mentorship Society of Alberta Magazine, “Alyson Davies: Behind the Frames”, 2021, Alberta. 

2018 Roy, Brittney, “Explore: Alyson Davies at The Bleeding Heart” www.thecreativethrob.ca/blog/ November 17, 2018, blog

2018 The Humming Magazine, www.thehummingmagazine.com, 2018. Magazine Artist Feature, Toronto, ON

2017 Colucci, Crystal, Mcdonell, Niamh, “Mother Nature”,”cooties zine” September 2, 2017. Web gallery, New York City, NY, USA 

2017 DuSablon, Marie-Ève. “Le regroupment Tennis Club”. www.ici.radio-canada.ca, May 24, 2017, Web article (Tennis Club)

2017 Maimann, Kevin. “Quintet serves up art at McLuhan House.“ Metro News Edmonton, May 23, 2017, Page 1 & 4, Printed newspaper (Tennis Club)

2016 Canadian Art Magazine, Cooley, Alison, Sanader, Danielle, “Gang Up: 16 Great Canadian Art Collaborations”, Summer 2016, Printed Magazine (Tennis Club)

2016  Perram, Megan, Adamant Eve CJSR, Sept 6, 2016, Radio interview. (Tennis Club)

2016 Gang Up: 16 Great Canadian Collaborations ”www.blog.latitude53.org, June 28, 2016, Blog post (Tennis Club)

2016 Boos, Chelsea. “Inaugural Residency Announced at McLuhan House”. www.artshABcom, May 26, 2016, Article (Tennis Club)

2013   Necyk, Brad, “Comunitas: Artistic Explorations though Intermedia”, PrairieSeen Online Magazine, Issue 1, Fall 2014

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2015-19         Founding Member, Tennis Club, Edmonton, AB

2019   Special Events Committee, Society of Northern Albertan Print-Artists, Edmonton, AB

2011- 20        Member, Society of Northern Albertan Print-Artists, Edmonton, AB

2014              Vice President Internal, Visual Arts Student’s Association, Edmonton, AB

2008 President, OAI Youth Theatre Company, Strathcona County, AB

COLLECTIONS

MIT Library, Cambridge, MA

Various Private Collections

Cary Hill Sculpture Park, Salem Art Works, Salem NY, USA 

Society of Northern Albertan Print-Artists, Edmonton, AB

Print Studies Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 

Alyson Davies is a visual artist based in Edmonton, AB (amiskwaciwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory). In the studio Davies studies moments of connection with nature intertwined with personal histories and autobiographic storytelling. Her multidisciplinary studio practice primarily focuses on painting, cyanotype printmaking and ceramics.

She holds a MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and BFA from the University of Alberta. Her artwork has been shown across Canada and the United States.

Alyson is the creator of Earth Child Tarot and Blue Earth Tarot, independently published tarot decks which have been collected worldwide.