Located in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Email: natasha.faye.jensen@gmail.com
Education
2020 Contemporary Art Practice (MA), Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2013 Bachelor of Fine Art (with Distinction), Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
Professional Experience
2018-2019 Visual and Media Arts Associate, Arts Commons, Calgary, Alberta.
2016- 2018 Visual and Media Arts Specialist, Arts Commons, Calgary, Alberta.
2014- 2016 Visual and Media Arts Coordinator, Arts Commons, Calgary, Alberta.
2016 ACAD Alumni Discovery Initiative interviewer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Visual Arts Coordinator, Sled Island Music and Art Festival, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Administration Assistant, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Fabrication Internship, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Calgary, Alberta.
2012-2013 Internship at the Esker Foundation, Calgary, Alberta.
2012 Volunteer Coordinator, Nuit Blanche Calgary.
Curatorial
2016 Visual Art Curator, Ignite! Festival for Emerging Artists, Calgary, Alberta.
2015 Visual Art Curator Femme Wave Art Festival, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Yearn: Poetica – Sled Island Art, The Legion, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Wet/White Heat, Avalanche Institute of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 GROUP OF $EVEN, SI Contemporary Art Salon, Calgary, Alberta.
Scholarships, Awards and Grants
2020 RSA Barns-Graham Travel Award 2020, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2018 RBC Emerging Artist Award, Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champion.
2017-2018 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Film and Video Individual Project Funding
2017 ACAD Alumni Horizon Award
2016 Chris J. Melnychuk Memorial Scholarship at Quickdraw Animation Society
2013 Art Central Studio Prize
2012 4th Year Drawing Merit Scholarship
2010 Excellence in Drawing Scholarship
2009-2012 Jason Lang scholarship
Artist-in-Residence
2016-2018 Chris J. Melnychuk Memorial Scholarship at Quickdraw Animation Society
2015 May-June, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, Calgary Alberta.
Jury Member
2018 GIRAF, or the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival, Quickdraw Animation, Calgary, Alberta.
2016 $100 Dollar Film Festival, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Calgary, Alberta.
Solo Exhibition
2018 Honey Pot, Five AM Art and Merchandise, Calgary, Alberta.
2013 Cult of the Invisible, Stride +15 Gallery, Calgary Alberta.
2012 Charmed, Coven Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2012 XXXO, Contemporary Art Gallery of Calgary, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2012 Empty, But Interesting, Coven Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 Blush, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 Unexplored History, Cabinet Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
Group Exhibitions
2020 Material Girls, Project Space, Edinburgh College of Art.
2020 February, HOUSEHOLD, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2020 January, SALON DES REFUSÉS, EMBASSY Gallery Members Show 2020, Edinburgh, Scotland
2017 Portraits, Five Am Art and Merchandise, Calgary Alberta.
2017 Heatwave, curated by Lyndon Navalta, RandM Collective in Cspace, Calgary, Alberta.
2015 SCARLETT LETTERS with Dana Buzzee, Sled Island Music Festival, Calgary, Alberta.
2015 Loose Leaf, Casa Gallery, Lethbridge Alberta.
2014 Fingering It out, Zine Publication and Exhibition, Sled Island Music Festival, Calgary Alberta.
2012 ANIMALS!!!!2, Root Cellar Gallery, Calgary Alberta.
2012 Exaggerated Years of Our Youth, Haight Gallery and Market Collective, Calgary Alberta.
2012 Horse Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Alberta.
2012 Fuck Yeah I Am A Feminist, Root Cellar Gallery, Calgary Alberta.
2012 After this I am going for my PHD in Shaminization of Technological Devices, The Old Y, Calgary, Alberta
2011 Worth At Least 30 Dollars, Contemporary Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 Curio Project, Beat Route Offices, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 Social Heroes, Marquee Room, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 We’re Not Drawing; We Are Drawing, Pop-Up Gallery Eau Claire Mall, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 Semi-Precious, In-Cahoots Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
2011 ANIMALS!!!!, Room 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta.
Festivals/Screenings
2020 Sled Island Lemonade stand,Quickdraw Animation Society. Calgary, Alberta.
2019 International Animation Film Festival- Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
2019 First time Filmmakers session, Pinewood, England.
2019 GIRAF 13 Animation Festival, Calgary, Alberta.
2019 Femme Wave Feminist Arts Festival, Film Program, Calgary, Alberta.
Performances (with festivals or through institutions)
2014 Ignite! Festival for Emerging Artists, Site-Specific with Swallow-a-Bicycle, Calgary, Alberta.
2014 “By the Light of the Pink Moon”, Föda: A Culinary Cabaret, Calgary, Alberta.
Bibliography
Sorell, Lindsay. “Natasha Jensen at Five Am Art and Merchandise,” Akimbo. 2018. Digital.
Kelsey Thompson. “Heatwave: Calgary’s Hottest Art show. The Cummentary. 2018. Digital.
Drew Anderson. “Your Face Here.” FFWD Weekly 20 June. 2013: Print.
Christine Leonard. “Physical Graffiti: An Avalanche of Art.” Beat Route 9 June. 2013. Print.
XX, Official ZINE for Feminist Book Club at Alberta College of Art and Design, Issue no. 5, no. 4, no. 3, no. 2, Print.