ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement -



Maria is an artist presently based in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with an MFA in Drawing and Intermedia from the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Her work is influenced by unconventional structures of knowledge that mediate the physical and metaphysical realms such as eastern philosophies, mythology and folktales.

Artist Exhibitions



Solo Exhibitions:

2014 Labyrhint (Finding the thread of the hero-path), CASA Gallery
Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2014 Once upon a Time in Vienna, Gem of the West Museum, Coaldale,
AB, Canada. Invited
2012 Intonations, Galeria Zuzky Medvedovej, Bacsky Petrovec, Serbia.
Juried (publication)
2010 At the other side of beyond, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB,
Canada. Juried (publication)
2009 Reverie, Joan Waterfield Gallery, Yates Memorial Centre,
Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2008 Here and Beyond, Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Fine Arts Building
Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. MFA
Thesis Exhibition
2005 Enchanted, Joan Waterfield Gallery, Yates Memorial Centre,
Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2004 Once upon a Time in Vienna… (Beethoven in Love), Le Petit
Trianon, Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2004 Blown Away, Gallery Potempkin, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2003 In Search of Poetry, McCain Gallery, Coaldale Public Library,
Coaldale, AB, Canada. Invited


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2013/2014 They Made A Day Be A Day Here, Art Gallery of Grande
Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB; Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon, SK; School of Art Gallery, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. Juried (catalogue)
2013 Transitions & Transformations, CASA Gallery, Lethbridge,
AB, Canada. Juried
2013 Izložba Novoprimljenih &<268;lanova, Galerija ULUV, Novi Sad,
Serbia. Juried (catalogue)
2012 Bienále Kysá&<269;skych Akademických Umelcov, Galéria SND,
Kysá&<269;, Serbia. Invited (catalogue)
2012 The New Alberta Contemporaries, Esker Foundation Gallery,
Calgary, AB, Canada. Juried (catalogue)
2012 Notebook, University of Lethbridge Helen Christou Gallery,
Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2011 Salon d’Automne, Waterfield Gallery, Yates Memorial
Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Invited
2010 Vystava Kysacskych Vytvarnikov, Slovensky Narodny Dom,
Kysac, Serbia. Invited
2010 Lethbridge Monotype Exhibition, Waterfield Gallery, Yates
Memorial Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2009 Desiate Bienale Slovenskych Vojvodinskych Vytvarnikov,
Galeria Zuzky Medvedovej, Bacsky Petrovec, Serbia. Invited
(catalogue)
2009 1000 CC, Trapdoor Artist Run Centre Members Show, Bowman
Arts Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
2009 Bridging Divides, Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, AB,
Canada. Juried
2008/2009 Wave 2008: Blurring Boundaries, Juried International
exhibition, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
AB, Canada; Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
Juried. (catalogue)
2008 Real, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Juried
four people exhibition (artist talk)
2008 Art Exhibit in conjunction with Zlata Brana Cultural
Festival, Kysac, Serbia. Invited (publication)
2008 Movement & Dance, Joan Waterfield Gallery, Yates Memorial
Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Juried
2008 Re-drawing the Line, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,
Canada. Juried (catalogue)
2007 Deviate Bienale Slovenskych Vojvodinskych Vytvarnikov,
Galeria Zuzky Medvedovej, Bacsky Petrovec, Serbia. Juried
(catalogue)
2007 Diversity 2007, Juried members exhibition, VAAA Gallery,
Edmonton, AB, Canada
2007 The Works International Visual Arts Festival: M: 19,
Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Juried
2007 Visual Thinking, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,
Canada. Juried graduate students exhibition
2006 The Works International Visual Arts Festival: Art for
Hire, Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Juried
2006 Fast Forward 2006, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Juried
2005 Highway 3 Connections, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, AB;
Crowsnest Pass Art Gallery, Blairmore, AB. Juried
2005 The Works International Visual Arts Festival, All You Can
Art, Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
2004-2007 Grassroots - a Centennial Exhibition of Art from
Communities Across Southern Alberta, Alberta Foundation
for the Arts Traveling Exhibition. Juried (catalogue)
2004 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY, USA...

Artist Publications



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Artist Collections



Public Collections:

Múseum Vojvodinských Slovákov, Bácsky Petrovec, Serbia
University of Alberta Museum and Collections, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Gem of the West Museum, Coaldale, AB, Canada
Ústav pre Kultúru Vojvodinských Slovákov, Novy Sad, Serbia
Lethbridge Regional Hospital, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Coaldale Public Library, Coaldale, AB, Canada...

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