Scott Bertram - CV
CV

Education

2010
MFA, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2007
BFA, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
2006
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

2011
HRM Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program - Shortlist Exhibition, Halifax City Hall, Halifax, NS
Inaugral Exhibition, Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects, Halifax, NS
Voices of Fire: Toward a Postmodern Theory of Abstraction, Curated by Benjamin Klein, Galerie SAS, Montreal, QC
The Artist Project, Toronto, ON (Art Fair)
2010
12th RBC Canadian Painting Competition:
- The Power Plant, Toronto, ON;
- Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS;
- Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON;
- Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
With a Twist, NSCAD Fine Arts Faculty Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Subject to Change, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS (Solo)
Unfixed, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC (Solo)
2009
New and/or Knot..., Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Fresh Paint / New Construction, Galerie Art Mür, Montreal, QC
Aural Fixations, Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax, NS
In Return, Sydney College of Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curators: Dr. Brad Buckley and Dr. Bruce Barber
Hello, My Name Is..., Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2008
Where else we gonna put it? Wee Red, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
2007
Audiospace 2007, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
UBC-O Graduating Exhibition, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
23/7, UBC-O Graduating Exhibition
2006
Retread, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Drei Kunstler, Three Person Show, UBC-O Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Behind the Stage, HAW Hamburg Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Finding Voice, Vertigo Gallery, Vernon, BC

Awards

2011
Honourable Mention - HRM Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program
Untapped Emerging Artist Competition, The Artist Project Toronto
2010
Semifinalist - 12th RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage Presentation Grant
2009
SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Joseph Armand Bombardier
BC Arts Council Senior Scholarship Award
2 Travel Grants, NSCAD University
2008
BC Arts Council Senior Scholarship Award
Robert Pope Foundation Graduate Scholarship, NSCAD University
Graduate Fellowship Award, NSCAD University
Travel Grant, NSCAD University
2007
Audiospace 2007 Competition Winner, Open Space Arts Society
CanWest Global Centre for Artists Video Award
BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Nominee Award

Publications

2011
Voices of Fire: Toward a Post Postmodern Theory of Abstraction, Cameron Skeene, Border Crossings, Issue No. 119, p.144
Signs of Life Among the Dying, John Pohl, The Gazette (Montreal), April 2, 2011
Peintures Enflammées, Jérôme Delgado, Le Devoir, April 2, 2011
2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Summer 2010, Volume Eleven
2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition Catalogue, Royal Bank of Canada
Unfixed, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Graduation Catalogue, NSCAD University
2009
MFA Now Painting Competition Catalogue
2006
The Daily Courier, Wednesday, October 26
UBC Okanagan Public Affairs News Feature, Fall 2006
The Phoenix, October, Vol. 17, Issue 3

Collections

Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
Various private collections

Related Professional Activities

2011
Instructor, Intro To Studio Practice, NSCAD University
2010
Instructor, Painting: Collage, NSCAD University
Instructor, Foundation Studio Practice: Paint/Print, NSCAD University
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Visual Culture with Alexandra Emberley
2009
Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Mixed Media Drawing with Suzanne Funnell
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting with Mathew Reichertz
2008
Teaching Assistant, Intro Painting with Sheila Provazza
2007
Gallery Assistant, Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Guest Lecturer, Visual Forum Class, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC, January 23
2006
Gallery Assistant, Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC