Sarah Jane Holtom
Email: sarahjaneholtom@gmail.com
sarahholtom.com
Born in Terrace, British Columbia in 1980
Raised in Jasper, Alberta
Lives in Vancouver, BC
EDUCATION
2004BFA, Drawing; Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta
2003Queensland College of Arts, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 The Painting from life with Sarah Holtom Show; Access 7 TV, SK
2008 All dogs go to heaven; Lucky's Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006100 Portraits of Calgary Artists; The Living Arts Center, Calgary AB
100 Portraits Performance; Truck Gallery's "C.A.M.P.E.R Van", Calgary, AB
Board of Governor’s Award of Excellence; Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB
Mayor's Luncheon for Business and the Arts; Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, AB
2005Portrait Show; Downstream, Jasper, AB
2004Art Show; Downstream, Jasper, AB
2003Sarah Holtom's Art Show; Downstream, Jasper, AB
2002Open House Gallery; 37 Patricia Place, Jasper, AB
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Blind Contour; OSAC (Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils), SK
Here is Now; 304 Dunlevy, Vancouver, BC
200923rd Annual Fall Show; Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
23rd Annual Fall Show; Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Frenzy; Bird Dog Video, Calgary, AB
Mind the Gap; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
PRADO 1; Melville Community Works, Melville, SK
Speak, Memory; Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, SK
2008 Portrait of the Artist; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
Miracles; Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, SK
Landscape & Memory : Portraits; Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, SK
Creature; Elephant Artist Relief, Calgary, AB
2007Selections from the gallery's permanent collection; the National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canora, SK
Short Shorts; Circa, Calgary, AB
Russian Construction; Bird Dog Video, Calgary, AB
100 Portraits of Calgary Artists; Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary AB
Inaugural Show; 807, Calgary AB
Hit or Miss: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Curated by John Will and Chris Cran; The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary AB
2006Flux League Hockey; Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens, New York, NY
Art City, 100 Portraits of Calgary Artists; The Royal Legion, Calgary AB
Heavy; The HiFi Club, Calgary, AB
Graduate Show: Alberta College of Art & Design; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
Sarah’s Show: Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
Mutton Busting; The Epcor Center for performing arts, Calgary, AB
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB
2003TKO; Space Gym, Calgary, AB
Drawing Show; 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
Delusions of Grandeur; The Stride Gallery, AB
Art Swap; 371 Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB
Post Cards; Queensland College Of Arts, Brisbane, Australia
2002A Beastiary; The Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
1998Jasper on Display; Jasper Municipal Museum, Jasper, AB
Jasper on Display; Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, Edmonton, AB
COLLECTIONS
2009 Saskatchewan Arts Board; Permanent Collection "Painting from life with Sarah Holtom Show", SK
2007 Glenbow Museum; Permanent Collection "100 portraits of Calgary Artists", Calgary, AB
AWARDS / GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2009 Emerging Visual Independent Artist Grant; Saskatchewan Arts Board, SK
2009 Project Grant; The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, SK
2006Fine Art Project Grant; Alberta Foundation for the Arts, AB
2004Award of Academic Excellence; ACAD, Calgary, AB
Student’s Choice Award, ACAD, Calgary, AB
Ignac & Karla Herskovic Memorial Scholarship, ACAD, Calgary, AB
Millennium Bursary, Canada Student Loan, CA
2003Jason Lang Scholarship Award, ACAD, Calgary, AB
2001Friends of Jasper Scholarship, Parks Canada, AB
PRESS
2008 Access television; "Miracles" Yorkton, Sk
CBC radio; Blue Sky, December 7th
2006Juxtapose Magazine; SaidAndDone.com, October
Calgary Herald; Nancy Tousley, "Author puts artists in picture"; October 20 2006
CJSW radio; Jenny Conaway-Fisher, September
Fast Forward; Hugh Graham, "The faces of Calgary's arts scene"; September 7-13, V. 11 No. 39, Calgary
BeatRoute Magazine; Kim Neudorf, "100 Portraits by one busy painter"; September, Calgary
CBC radio; August 5th
Swerve Magazine; August
City TV; Calgary, August
Akimblog Calgary; August
Truck Gallery; August
2005BeatRoute; Richard Clements, "Sarah Holtom"; Calgary, May
MEMBERSHIPS
2010The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, (Vice Chair), Yorkton, SK
Tourism Comity, (Chair), Canora, SK
2009 The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canora, SK
2008 The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canora, SK
2007 The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canora, SK
2006 Quickdraw Animation Society Calgary, AB
2005 Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary, AB
2003 The Print Club, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
2001 Jasper Artists Guild, Jasper, AB
Work Related
2007-10 Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Art Teacher, Yorkton, SK
2007 ABC Disney; "Holiday in Handcuffs" Lead Dresser-art department.
