Breanne Bandur

 

(b. 1993, Simcoe, Ontario) is an emerging visual artist currently based in Saskatoon. Breanne holds a Diploma in Fine Arts from Dawson College (Montréal, 2012), a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University (Halifax, 2015), and an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, 2021).

Breanne’s practice is rooted in her understanding of drawing as a process-based art form with strong ties to intuition, as well as ways of knowing, feeling, and being. She considers drawing as a channel through which one can access ways of knowing by engaging in dialogue with the immersive power of mark making. This philosophical grounding within and relationship to the medium serves as the conceptual framework from which Breanne works, and is the catalyst for her artistic practice. Her drawings are large-scale, gestural, mixed-media works that engage in the complexities of formal visual art language, as well as a wide range of material exploration.

 
 
 

EDUCATION

2021 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Fine Art, Minor in Art History Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, NS

2012 Diploma of College Studies in Fine Arts Dawson College, Montréal, QC

EXHIBITIONS

2024

Re-Assembly / Tracking Drawing Currents (invitational group exhibition), Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montréal, QC. Curated by Giuseppe Di Leo (upcoming)

2023

Peripheries (juried solo exhibition), The Gallery at Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK

Community, Connections, and __________. (invitational group exhibition), Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Curated by The Community Project YXE

2022

Jazz Influences: Rhythm, Movement, and Improv! (juried group exhibition), Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB. Curated by Manar Abo Touk

2021

Ebb and Flow (solo MFA exhibition), AKA Artist-Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK

2020

Nuit Blanche Eve (juried group online exhibition), hosted by Nuit Blanche Saskatoon in partnership with Shared Spaces, Saskatoon, SK

Murmuración (traveling group exhibition and portfolio exchange), Southern Graphics Council Int’l Conference Exhibition Puertográfico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Open Studio, Toronto, ON

Intersections/Cross-Sections Conference & Art Exhibition: Changing the Current (juried group exhibition), York University & Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

25th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference: Landedness (juried group exhibition), Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2019

Silence! (group exhibition), Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

Two X Four Gallery (group exhibition), featured in Nuit Blanche Eve, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

2015

The Magic Show (juried group exhibition), Centre [3] for Print & Media Art, Hamilton, ON

Records of Being (solo BFA exhibition), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

No End of Insight (group exhibition), NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

Hot Prints (group exhibition), NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2014

RED (group exhibition) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Hot Prints (group exhibition) NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

2012

After Hours (group exhibition), Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montréal, QC

PROJECTS AND RESIDENCIES

2023

Drawing 2023 (inclusion of work in juried online catalogue), hosted by Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON (upcoming)

2022

Fugitive Junctures (site-specific drawing part of juried arts festival), Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, hosted by Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

Participating artist in EMMA International Collaboration, Ness Creek, SK

Residency, Open Studio Project hosted by The Community Project YXE at Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2021

Moulin de la Nouvelle-Orléans (assistant to Alison Norlen in sculptural public installation), Luna Fête Festival, hosted by the New Orleans Jazz Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

Alley Gallery (juried public art installation), hosted by Downtown Saskatoon (DTNYXE), Saskatoon, SK

2020-2021

Participating artist in Studio Program, AKA Artist-Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK

2015

Residency, Late Fall Artist-in-Residence Program in Visual Arts at The Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, AB

PRESENTATIONS

2021

Artist talk, reMARKS, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

2020

Artist talk, Intersections/Cross-Sections Conference & Art Exhibition: Changing the Current, York University & Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Conference presentation, 25th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference: Landedness, Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2015

Artist talk (Records of Being exhibition), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

2014

Artist talk (delivered with fellow exhibitors of RED exhibition), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

GRANTS & AWARDS

2023

SK Arts, Independent Artists Program: Creation Grant

2022

Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation Grant

2021

SK Arts, Micro-Grant

SK Arts, Equipment Purchase Fund Grant

University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History, Nomination for Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award (departmental level)

University of Saskatchewan, Mina Forsyth Collection Award

2020

University of Saskatchewan, Graduate Teaching Fellowship

University of Saskatchewan, College of Arts & Science, Graduate Student Travel Award

University of Saskatchewan, Student Travel Award

2019

University of Saskatchewan, Graduate Teaching Fellowship

COLLECTIONS

2021

Department of Art & Art History Collection, University of Saskatchewan

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023

2023 Visual Arts Instructor in Drawing, Department of Fine Arts, Northwestern Polytechnic, Grande Prairie AB

2022

Sessional Instructor, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Art Today: Ideas & Practices

2021

Teaching assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Drawing Foundation

Teaching assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Painting Foundation

Primary instructor, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Drawing Foundation

2020

Instructor, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Art Today: Ideas & Practices

Teaching assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Drawing Foundation

Primary instructor, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art & Art History Drawing Foundation

2019

Teaching assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Art & Art History Introductory Printmaking

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE WORK

2022-2023

Sessional Representative, Academic Programs Committee (BA, BFA, BMus), University of Saskatchewan