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AGNIESZKAM.MATEJKO11207UniversityAvenue
Edmonton,Alberta,[email protected]
780.438.1559agnieszkamatejko.com
spacebetween.org
EDUCATION
1978–1982 B.F.A.UniversityofAlberta1984–1987 M.V.A.Sculpture,UniversityofAlberta
EMPLOYMENT
2011–present FreelanceVisualArtsReviewer,GalleriesWest
2014–present VisualArtCurator,OfficeofTeachingandLearningServices,
MacEwanUniversity
1988–2015 SculptureInstructor,MacEwanUniversity
2002–2011 VisualFundamentalsInstructor,UniversityofAlberta
COMMUNITYARTPROJECTS
2017–present Leadartistforthe“WordOntheStreet”,installationofpoetrywrittenbyarearesidents,createdincollaborationwithE4C,fundedbyNewChapterGrant,CanadaCouncil.
AMcCauleycommunityinstallationinspiredbyLenooseMartial,amanwhowashomelessforoverthirtyyears,sandblastedintothesidewalkswherehelived.
2016–present Leadartistbehindsixyouth-centeredmuralprojectscreatedwiththesupportoftheStonyPlainRoadandAreaBusinessAssociationandtheCityofEdmonton(incollaborationwithColleenUlliac).
2018–present LeadartistbehindtheLouiseMcKinneyRiverfrontParkstairsmural“EveryStep”,tobecreatedincollaborationwithgradefivestudentsattheMountRoyalSchoolwiththeassistanceofPrincipalMaryAnnDobson.
2018–present VisualartworkshopfacilitatorandeditorofCyclesandCircles,abookaboutaddictionfeaturingstories,artandpoetrybyBissellCentrecommunitymembers.
2017 Oneoftheleadartistsof“GraffitiPoetry”ayouth-centeredmuralalongEdmonton’shistorictrolleyline;textisbyHighlandsJuniorHighSchoolandMcNallyHighSchoolstudents(createdincollaborationwithColleenUlliac).
2016–2018 Leadartistbehindthe“PoetryPathwaysintheMeadows”installationofover80poems,createdincollaborationwithTheMeadowsCommunityLeague,severalareaschools,andcollaboratingpoetJannieEdwards.https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/love-letters-to-the-world-etched-into-communitys-sidewalks
2016 Leadartistbehindthe“RemmiandFriends”intheInglewoodcommunity,createdwithareayouthinresponsetoracistgraffiti.https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-students-replace-graffiti-in-inglewood-with-mural
2015 Theleadartistbehindthe“WeWalkTogether”installationontheHighLevelBridgefeaturingpoetrybyBraemarHighSchoolstudents,createdwiththesupportofKathaleenQuinn,ChairofSocialWorkatMacEwanUniversity,CityofEdmontonsocialworkers,andJannieEdwards.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/students-offer-hope-inspiration-on-high-level-bridge-1.3033259
2013–2014 Leadartistbehindthe“WelcomeProject”atext-baseddigitalinstallationattheOrmsbyCommunityCentreconsistingoftwo24’longwallmuralsfeaturingphotographybyJohnFreemanandtextbynewcomerstoAlberta.
The“Connect”mural,inprogressinthephoto,islocatedbehindtheJasperPlaceHotel-oneofthesixmuralscreatedintheinnercitycommunityoftheStonyPlainRoadandarea.
2012–2015 CoordinatorofthreestudentgalascreatedwiththeStonyPlainandAreaBusinessAssociation;thefundsraisedhelpedtocreateaseriesofMacEwanstudentmuralsinbackalleys.Website:maquettesproject.wordpress.com
2011–14 Co-curatorwithProf.LizIngram,“Refuge:PrintImpressions”McMullenGallery;printsbyinternationallyrecognizedartistswereexhibitedinvarioushospitalsfollowingthisexhibition.
2013–2014 Theleadartistbehindthe“SidewalkPoetry”installationofsandblastedpoetrywrittenbychildren,youthandarearesidents;anEdmontonArtsCouncil,PercentforPublicArtcommissioninCallingwoodPark.
PUBLICATIONS
2018–inprogress Catalogueessay,“ChildrenofIcarus”byKeithHarder,VernonArtGallery,2019.
2018 Catalogueessay,“OkanaganPrintTriennial”,KelownaArtGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“VisionsfromIndia”,areviewofagroupexhibitionattheArtGalleryofAlberta.
2018 AlbertaViews,“TheWritingontheWall”,abookreview,April1.
2018 GalleriesWest,“PaulFreeman’sDilemma”,areviewofanexhibitionbyPaulFreemanattheGallery@501.
2018 GalleriesWest,“CommonThreads”,areviewofanexhibitionbyKirstyTempletonDavidgeatthePeterRobertsonGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“DoilyResidues”,areviewofanexhibitionbyWendyTokarykattheSNAPGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“BuildingCommunity”,areviewofanexhibitionbyHubertHohnattheArtGalleryofAlberta.
2018 GalleriesWest,“StagingHomes”,areviewofanexhibitionbyGillianWillansattheMcMullenGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“ShiningaLightonMétisCulture”,areviewofagroupexhibitionattheArtGalleryofAlberta.
2018 GalleriesWest,“IndiaInked”,areviewofagroupexhibitionattheSNAPGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“TheInevitabilityofChange”,areviewofanexhibitionbyFlorinHateganattheHarcourtHouseGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“TheArtofSolace”,areviewofanexhibitionattheMcMullenGallery.
2018 GalleriesWest,“FayeHeavyShield’sCallingStones”,areviewofanexhibitionbyFayeHeavyShieldattheArtGalleryofAlberta.
2018 GalleriesWest,“PortraitsBeyondSocialMedia”,areviewofanexhibitionbyCamWallaceattheScottGallery.
2017 GalleriesWest,“TravisMcEwen’sFuturisticWorld”,areviewofanexhibitionbyTravisMcEwenattheDC3Gallery.
VIDEOINSTALLATIONS
2008–2013 “TheSpaceBetweenYouandMe”isacomputerizedvideoinstallationaboutyouthwithTouretteSyndromecreatedincollaborationwithBobLysayandexhibitedatvariousconferencesandshowsincluding:HiramCollegeOhio;TheWorksFestivalofArtandDesign;variousEdmontonHighSchools.Thelatestseriesofexhibitionsencourageddiscussionsabout
“TheSpaceBetweenYouandMe”wasexhibitedinfiveEdmontonHighSchoolsandservedasastartingpointfordiscussionsaboutdiversityandsocialinclusion.
diversityandbecamethesourceofanartistprojectblogonourwebsite:spacebetween.org
2012–2016 “adrift”isavideoinstallationabouthomelessnesscreatedincollaborationwithJannieEdwardsandBobLysay,exhibitedat:TheEdmontonPoetryFestival;“InSight”,VisualizingHealthHumanities,FABGallery,UniversityofAlberta;“BrainStorms”,UniversityofAlbertaMuseumsandGalleriesatEnterpriseSquare.ItisbasedonthelifeofLenooseMartial,amanwhowashomelessforoverthirtyyears.IwroteabouthislifeinaphotoessaypublishedinAlbertaViews,“TheStreetisMe”,June2010.
MEDIACOVERAGE
2018 EdmontonExaminer,DougJohnson,“EdmontonianstohaveeddasandepicsetchedintoMcCauleysidewalkstohonourlateartistintheneighbourhood”March,5.
2018 TransformingEdmonton,SheliaMuxlow,“Sidewalkpoetryinspireslanguageandcommunity”,May2.
2017 EdmontonSun,“SidewalkPoemsEtchedbyArtists”,June25.https://edmontonsun.com/2017/06/25/sidewalk-poems-etched-by-artists/wcm/c3194b85-9799-493a-88df-fd3bada99e2d
2016 TransformingEdmonton,AdrienneCloutier,“Wordsthatgrewfromtheconcrete”,November2.
2015 MetroNews,LeahHoloiday,“EdmontonstudentspenpoeticphrasesetchedintoHighLevelBridgesidewalk”,April14.http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2015/04/14/edmonton-students-pen-poetic-phrases-etched-into-high-level-bridge-sidewalk.html2
2015 CBC,“Studentsofferhope,inspirationonHighLevelBridge”,April14.
2014 Metronews,StephanieDubois,“NewmuralinwestendgivesEdmontonnewcomersavoice”,July10,2014.
2014 MacEwanNews,StephanieSparks,“Underonebluesky”,July10.
2014 CallingwoodConnector,BradIson,“ExpressingFreedomasaNeighborhood”,July.
2014 Metronews,StephanieDubois,“MacEwanUniversityteachertoengravepoetryinCallingwoodsidewalks”,January7.
2013 Connect,ExtraordinaryStories,MacEwanUniversity,“ExpressYourself”awebarticleaboutAgnieszkaMatejko’sprojects,MacEwanUniversity.
2013 TheEdmontonJournal,VickieLatois,“ArtsstudentsshineandIrisheyessmileatEdmontonfundraisers”,agalafeaturingstudentbodyartandmaquettesheldatMacEwanUniversity,March15.
2013 MacEwanNews,“Fineartandbusinessunitetobrightenupneighborhoodstreets”,April3.
2013 MacEwanNews,“Artinstallationaimstostartaconversation”May14.
2012 TheEdmontonJournal,EliseStolte,“Eye-catchingsculpturesbringcolourtoStonyPlainRoad”,afront-pagestoryfeaturingstudentsculpturedisplaysonStonyPlainRoad,March15.
AWARDSANDGRANTS
2018 TheRonitadeBloisCanadianArtEducatoroftheYearAward.CanadianSocietyforEducationThroughArt(CSEA/SCEA)designatedfortherivervalley“EveryStep”projectcurrentlyinprogress.DonatedbyHalMcGee.
2017 CanadaCouncil,NewChapterGrantforthe“WordOntheStreet”poetryinstallation.
2017 CanadaCouncil,NewChapterGrantforthe“WordOntheStreet”poetryinstallation.
MacEwanstudentsculpturesshowsweredisplayedonStonyPlainRoadandinareaparksoverseveralyears;aprojectcreatedwiththeCityofEdmontonandtheStonyPlainRoadandAreaBusinessesAssociation.
2016 NeighborhoodEnhancementGrantforthe“PoetryPathwaysintheMeadows”.
2016 CommunityMuralMatchingGrantforthe“FriendshipMural”.
2014 CityofEdmonton,CommunityServicesgrantforthesecond“WelcomeMural”.
2014 MicroGrant,EdmontonArtsCouncilforthe“WelcomeMural”.
2014 OutstandingServiceAward,MacEwanUniversity.
2014 NeighborhoodRevitalizationMatchingGrant,CityofEdmonton,fortheStudentGalaand“MaquetteProject”.
2013 NeighborhoodEnhancementGrant,CityofEdmonton,fortheStudentGalaand“MaquetteProject”createdwiththeStonyPlainRoadandAreaBusinessAssociation.
2013 ResearchScholarlyActivityandCreativeAchievementGrant,CentrefortheArtsandCommunications,MacEwanUniversity,forthe“Welcome”project.
2013 ResearchScholarlyActivityandCreativeAchievementGrant,CentrefortheArtsandCommunications,MacEwanUniversity,fortheHighLevelBridge,“WeWalkTogether”project.
2013 CertificateofVolunteerRecognition,CityofEdmonton
2013 EdmontonArtsCouncilCommunityInvestmentGrantfor“TheSpaceBetweenYouandMe:StoriesforYouth”Project.
2013 HomewardTrustgrantforthe“OurArtCardProject”.
2013 CityofEdmonton,NeighborhoodRevitalizationMatchingGrantfortheMaquetteExhibitions.
VOLUNTEERACTIVITIES
2013–present PublicArtCommitteemember,EdmontonArtsCouncil,
2016–present CARFACAlberta,boardmember,Secretary
2018–present McKernanCommunityLeague,Secretary
2012–2016 Crohn’sandColitisFoundation,boardmemberandnewslettereditor
2016 MennoniteCentreforNewcomers,volunteerteachingassistantwithrefugeeyouthatLawtonSchool
2010–2012 EdmontonArtsCouncil,steeringcommitteememberfortheselectionofartistsinresidencefortheBoyleStreetCommunityServicesandYouthEmpowermentandSupportServices
2007–2013 FriendsofUniversityHospitals,CulturalDirectorandCommitteeChairoftheArtsInHealthcareCommittee
2012–2013 Volunteerartcardprojectcoordinator“OurArtCardProject”,atBoyleStreetCommunityServices
2013–present ChristmasDayMealsonWheelsdeliveries
2011–present EdmontonBuddhistMeditationGroup,boardmember
