Sylvia Galbraith – Artist CV

Residencies

2024 – Ströndin Studio, Iceland – Hér og nú/ Here and Now, themed residency
2023 – Santa Fe Workshops – Santa Fe, NM – themed residency The Beauty of Mordencage, with Elizabeth Opalenik
2022 – Union House Arts – Port Union, Newfoundland & Labrador
2017 – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity –  Banff, AB, themed “Mountain Photography Residency” with Ace Kvale, National Geographic
2016 – 2 Rooms Artist Residency, NL – continuing self-directed project, ancient landscapes
2015 – 2 Rooms Artist Residency, NL – self-directed project, ancient landscapes
2014 – Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON – themed residency “Collisions and Borders” with April Hickox (an examination of human/natural interaction within urban wilderness)
2013 – Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON – self-directed photography project, Toronto, ON (urban wilderness on Toronto Islands)

Solo Shows

Upcoming: July 2025 – Tina Dolter Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
2024 –“What Time is This Place?” – Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2022 – “Outside of Time” –  Fishers’ Loft, Port Rexton, Newfoundland & Labrador, CA
2020 – “Continuum” – Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora ON CA & Art North Magazine, UK
2020 – “Outside of Time” – Project2020 (virtual exhibition), Art North Magazine, Tongue, Scotland
2018 – Contact Photography Festival, “Outside of Time”, Abozzo Gallery, Toronto, ON CA (OAC Exhibition Grant)
2017 – “Main Streets & Memories (Waterloo)” Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener ON
2016 – “Main Streets & Memories (Wellington)” – Minto Arts Gallery, Harriston, ON (OAC Exhibition Grant)
2015 – “Main Streets & Memories (Wellington)” – Wellington County Museum, Elora ON
2014 – “Waterline” – Gallery 44 Members’ Gallery, Toronto

Selected Juried Group Shows

2024 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON (Photography Award)
2024 – SNAP Toronto 2024 – Contemporary Photo Competition 2023 – “An Unreliable Vista” – Production Gallery Space, Gallery 44, Toronto ON CA
2023 – “Landscapes 2023” –John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto ON – online exhibition & publication
2023 – “Elemental” – Analog Forever Magazine, online exhibition, CA, US
2023 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON (Photography Award)
2023 – “Unframed” – Propeller Gallery, Toronto ON
2022 – “Transit” – Gallery 44 Member’s Exhibition, Toronto ON
2022 – SNAP Toronto 2022 – Contemporary Photo Competition
2021 – “Unscripted Twillingate Digital” – Twillingate, Newfoundland & Labrador, CA
2021 – “Fresh Voices”, Abozzo Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 –“Spectra” – Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2020 – “In the Meantime” – Gallery 44 Member’s Exhibition, Toronto ON
2019 – TD Wealth Management Juried Art Exhibition – Quest Art, Midland, ON
2019 –  Show 19. – Cambridge Galleries, ON
2019 – International Open Juried Exhibition – Canadian Society of Artists, Online Gallery
2019 – Contact Photography Festival, “Spectra” – Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2019 – SNAP Toronto 2019 – Contemporary Photo Competition – Award of Merit
2018 – “Tradition Transformed”, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art
2018 – Biennial Juried Art Exhibition – Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2018 – “Coast to Coast”, Quest Art Gallery, Midland ON
2018 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON
2018 – Contact Photography Festival, “Spectra” – Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2018 – Contact Photography Festival, “Community” Continuing Studies Gallery, OCADU, Toronto
2018 –Arts Etobicoke Annual Juried Exhibition “I Live Here”, Toronto, ON
2017 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON
2017 – “Fresh” – Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph, ON
2017 – Contact Photography Festival, “Spectra” – Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2017 – “Salon 44” – Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
2017 – “Coast to Coast” – Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph, ON
2017 – “Deep Roots” – Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
2016 – “Tradition Transformed”, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art, Orillia ON
2016 – “Death Perceptions” – Wellington County Museum, Elora ON
2016 – “Girl Power” – Guelph Civic Museum – Guelph ON
2016 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON
2016 –  Contact Photography Festival, “Ellipsis”, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2016 – “In A Place” – Gallery 44 Member’s Exhibition, Toronto ON
2015 – “Remembrance” – Guelph Civic Museum – Guelph ON
2015 – “Summer Exhibition” – Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
2014 – “Insights”, Wellington County Museum, Elora ON   (Insights Award – First Overall)

Awards, Grants & Bursaries

2024 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (What time is This Place?  Hamilton, ON) 
2023 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (An Unreliable Vista, Toronto, ON)
2023 – Canada Council for the Arts – Professional Development Grant
2023 – Riddle Fence Visual Arts Award – Newfoundland & Labrador, CA
2023 – Photography Prize, Insights Exhibition, Elora ON, CA
2022 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (Outside of Time, Port Rexton, NL)
2021 – Canada Council for the Arts –Research and Creation Project Grant
2020 – Ontario Arts Council – Visual Artists Creation Project Grant
2020 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (Continuum, Elora ON)
2020 – Canada Council for the Arts – Arts Across Canada Grant (workshops & lectures, Port Rexton NL)
2020 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (In the Meantime, Toronto, ON))
2018 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (Outside of Time, Toronto, ON)
2017 – Residency Bursary, Banff Centre for Art and Creativity
2016 – Project Grant, Georgian Bay Land Trust/King Family Bursary
2016 – OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (Main Streets & Memories, Elora ON)
2014 – Wellington County Historical Society  – Project Creation Grant

Related Education

2017 to present –Photography Skills, Video & Animation Studio Skills – OCADU, Toronto ON
1983 to 1988 – Photography, Media & Design – Sheridan College of Applied Art & Technology, Oakville ON              

Related Employment & Experience

1986 to present – Professional photographer, artist, independent curator, educator
2014 to 2023 – Exhibitions Coordinator, Waterloo Region County Courthouse
2011 to 2021 – Associate Faculty Member, Photography Certificate Program, Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON
2019, 2021 – Guest Instructor, Bonavista Biennale – Bonavista, NL
2018 to 2019 – Artist Instructor, Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
2011 to 2013 – Director of the Board, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON – Chair of Education Programs
1986 to 1991 – Staff Photographer, Metroland Publishing