Kathy Bergquist
Studio Space Ottawa, Studio 238
2477a Kaladar Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1V 8B9
www.kathybergquist.ca kathy@kathybergquist.ca
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-2024 Studio Space Ottawa OS, Ottawa, ON
2023 Dumoine River Artists Workshop Exhibition, Valley Artisans Coop, Deep River, ON
2022 Climate Change – Passion to Action, RIA Links Artists for Systems Change, Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2019 Sculpture Expo, National Capital Network of Sculptors (NCNS); Horticulture Hall, Ottawa, ON
2019 No Borders Art Festival, Multicultural Artists’ Coalition, Nectar, Ottawa, ON
2018 The Shape of Water, RIA Project Room, Ottawa, ON
2018, 2016, 2015, 2013 Dimensions, NCNS, various locations, Ottawa, ON
2013, 2014 Best of the NCNS, various locations, Ottawa, ON
Collections
Kathy Bergquist is collected by various collectors in Canada, the USA, and France
Residencies, Grants, and Awards
2024 Halls Island Artist Residency; Haliburton, ON
2022 CPAWS-OV Dumoine River Artists Workshop (DRAW), Dumoine ZEC, QC
2021 City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund grant
2017, 2018, and 2019 Wallace Stegner House Artist Residency, Eastend, SK
Relevant Professional Experience & Art Related Contributions
2024 Presenter, with Sandra Gregson, Halls Island Artist Residency presentation, EBA, Ottawa, ON
2019-2021 An initiator, a founding member, and Board President of Studio Space Ottawa (SSO). SSO provides stable, affordable, open, and safe workspaces for visual artists in Ottawa.
2019 Speaker, “A Call for Cultural Courage: Making Space for Artist Studios and Creativity in Ottawa.” An EBA special event, Ottawa, ON.
2017 Presenter, Salon 75, Presentation on the Stegner House Residency program. RIA Salon series, Ottawa, ON
2017 Instructor, Eastend School, Eastend, SK. Worked with the grade 6/7 art class over a three-week period to design and create a sculpture using land art principles and techniques.
Professional Affiliations
Unstuck Collective, Ottawa, ON; Ottawa Arts Council; CARFAC, ON; National Capital Network of Sculptors, Ottawa, ON.
Education
Sculpture courses: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON
Articulation Art Writing Workshops, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
Welder Pre-Apprenticeship Program, University of Guelph, Kemptville College Campus, Kemptville, ON.
Welding Workshop, Kinghorn Blacksmithing, Wakefield, Québec.
B.A. Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Québec
Studio Space Ottawa, Studio 238
2477a Kaladar Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1V 8B9
www.kathybergquist.ca kathy@kathybergquist.ca
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-2024 Studio Space Ottawa OS, Ottawa, ON
2023 Dumoine River Artists Workshop Exhibition, Valley Artisans Coop, Deep River, ON
2022 Climate Change – Passion to Action, RIA Links Artists for Systems Change, Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
2019 Sculpture Expo, National Capital Network of Sculptors (NCNS); Horticulture Hall, Ottawa, ON
2019 No Borders Art Festival, Multicultural Artists’ Coalition, Nectar, Ottawa, ON
2018 The Shape of Water, RIA Project Room, Ottawa, ON
2018, 2016, 2015, 2013 Dimensions, NCNS, various locations, Ottawa, ON
2013, 2014 Best of the NCNS, various locations, Ottawa, ON
Collections
Kathy Bergquist is collected by various collectors in Canada, the USA, and France
Residencies, Grants, and Awards
2024 Halls Island Artist Residency; Haliburton, ON
2022 CPAWS-OV Dumoine River Artists Workshop (DRAW), Dumoine ZEC, QC
2021 City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund grant
2017, 2018, and 2019 Wallace Stegner House Artist Residency, Eastend, SK
Relevant Professional Experience & Art Related Contributions
2024 Presenter, with Sandra Gregson, Halls Island Artist Residency presentation, EBA, Ottawa, ON
2019-2021 An initiator, a founding member, and Board President of Studio Space Ottawa (SSO). SSO provides stable, affordable, open, and safe workspaces for visual artists in Ottawa.
2019 Speaker, “A Call for Cultural Courage: Making Space for Artist Studios and Creativity in Ottawa.” An EBA special event, Ottawa, ON.
2017 Presenter, Salon 75, Presentation on the Stegner House Residency program. RIA Salon series, Ottawa, ON
2017 Instructor, Eastend School, Eastend, SK. Worked with the grade 6/7 art class over a three-week period to design and create a sculpture using land art principles and techniques.
Professional Affiliations
Unstuck Collective, Ottawa, ON; Ottawa Arts Council; CARFAC, ON; National Capital Network of Sculptors, Ottawa, ON.
Education
Sculpture courses: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON
Articulation Art Writing Workshops, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
Welder Pre-Apprenticeship Program, University of Guelph, Kemptville College Campus, Kemptville, ON.
Welding Workshop, Kinghorn Blacksmithing, Wakefield, Québec.
B.A. Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Québec