Bio

Liza Montgomery

b. Winnipeg, MB

Education

2011 BA — Art History (Contemporary/Canadian), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

2006 BFA —Visual Art (Drawing) with Distinction, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB

Exhibition History

2015 SSNAP 2015 Finalist Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC (Group)

2013 “Artifice,” Gallery at Hycroft, U.W.C.V, Vancouver, BC (Two Person)

2008 “Pameran Poskad ’08,” House Gallery, Singapore (Group)

2008 “Relevance of Feminism,” The Marquee Room, Calgary, AB (Curated, Group)

2007 “Hit or Miss: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing,” The Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary,AB

(Curated by Chris Cran and John Will, Group)

2006 “Framework Calgary Timeraiser,” The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB (Juried, Group)

2006 “ACAD Board of Governors Award Show -Graduating Exhibition,” The Illingworth Kerr Gallery,

Calgary, AB

2006 “Eye Candy,” Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, AB (Curated, Group)

2005 “Depiction: A Portrait Show,” The Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB (Juried, Group)

Awards

2015 Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize

2006 Recipient, ACAD Board of Governors Award (Drawing)

Bibliography

Hopkins, Mark, “Barring Feminism: A Different Venue for Discussion of Equality”, ffwd, Vol. 13 No. 59

(2008), p. 19

Malec, Jacek, Curatorial Essay, “Hit or Miss: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing,” (2007)

Weder, Adele, “’Waste Not’ and ‘Fragmented History’,” Border Crossings, Issue No. 117 (2011), p. 84-85

Curatorial Projects

2010 “Fragmented History: Objects and Meaning,” West Vancouver Museum, Curatorial project

completed as Curatorial and Collections Assistant Intern at the WVM (Supervised by Darrin

Morrison).

Published Writing

“Getting Social with Instant Coffee,” Satellite Gallery Wordpress, (April 2012)

“The Business of Art in the Digital Age,” Satellite Gallery Wordpress (May 2012)