Bio
Shari-Anne Vis was born in British Columbia and currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC. She completed a Liberal Arts Diploma with a focus on Painting, Literature and Psychology at the University of the Fraser Valley and went on to complete a BFA in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Since becoming a mother to three sons, her practice has evolved to include illustration as well as painting. Her work is an investigation of the space we hold for one another and for ourselves and what it means to belong. Looking to the trees and mountains and rivers that surround her, she explores the natural world in her paintings as a metaphor for the tendernesses and fragility we encounter in intimate familial relationships. She recently completed a self directed Artist Residency in Motherhood investigating conceptually and aesthetically how the roles of artist and mother can intersect in meaningful ways. Shari-Anne has exhibited her work in Canada as well as internationally in the US, Italy and Germany.
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B. 1980, Matsqui, Canada
Education
2001-2005 Ontario College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Art
1998-2001 University College of the Fraser Valley, Liberal Arts Diploma
Exhibitions
2021 Breathing House, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
2021 Women In Art, Online Exhibition, Abbotsford Arts Council
2020 Hope/Revolution, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2019 Abbotsford Art + Wine Walk, Solo Show, Refinery House, Fraser River Valley
2016 Coptic Icons, Solo Show, SOMA, Vancouver
2013 Papergirl Vancouver
2010 180 Show, Boulevard Café, Vancouver
2010 Twitter/Art + Social Media, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Now The Trees Have All Grown Up, Solo Show. Little Mountain Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Square Foot Show, AWOL, Toronto
2007 Mezzanine, Grace Gallery, Toronto
Insomnia, Redhead Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Toronto
International Koloring Kollektiv, Galerie Shere8, Berlin, Germany
The Month of May, Eisenhauer & Sheree Plett, Musical Tour
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Solo Show, Katharine Mulherin’s Sideshow, Toronto
2006 South Riverdale Parent Child Centre Auction Fundraiser, Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Ossington Ave. Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square
2005 Bodies of Water, Tempo, College Street
Nomansland, OCAD University Gallery
Square Foot Show, AWOL Gallery, Ossington Avenue
Grad Show, OCAD University, Toronto
Salon 401, 401 Richmond, Toronto
Freedomize India Fundraiser, Toronto
The Art of the Figure, OCAD University, Toronto
2004 St. Andrew’s Gallery Show, Toronto
Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale, OCAD University, Toronto
Holiday Show, String Gallery, Toronto
Slice, Xpace, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
Naked at the Car Wash and Painted Orange, OCAD University, Toronto
Arrivo:Partenza, Monstra Delle Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
2003 Studio Aperto, Monstra Delle Belle Art, Florence, Italy
St. James Church Gallery Show, Florence, Italy
Solo Show, Strung Out on Beads, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale, OCAD University, Toronto
The Women's Collective Art Show, OCAD University, Toronto
Good Friday Gallery Show, Toronto
Books
2016 Jesus Showed Us by Brad Jersak. Illustrations by Shari-Anne Vis. St Macrina Press
2012 Times Two by Sheree Plett. Illustrations by Shari-Anne Vis. Fresh Wind Press
Publications
2013 Mama.Papa.Bubba Blog: Times Two Book Review
2013 This Great Society “Now The Trees Have All Grown Up”
2012 CM Magazine: Times Two Book Review
2012 We Make Stuff, Volume 1
2009 This Great Society “Now The Trees Have All Grown Up (A Prelude)”
2009 Sad Mag “All Grown Up”
2006 Eat Your Friends “Nice to Meet You”
Awards
2005 Curry’s Art Store Prize
2004 Marsh Urquhart Memorial Award
2002 Ferdinand H. Marani Award
Curatorial Projects
2012 Sand & Polish, The Moat Gallery, Vancouver