Claire Drummond:

  • Born in 1993 in Tio'tia:ke Montreal, QC

  • Education:

    2021-2023

    Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS

    Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing

    2017-2019

    McGill University, Tio’tia:ke Montreal, QC

    Master of Arts in Cultural Studies, English

  • Grants/Awards:

    2023

    Student Art Award Finalist and Winner in Painting, NSCAD University

    Judith Jane Leidl Graduate Fellowship, NSCAD University

    Reznick Family Fund for Student Creativity, NSCAD University

    2022-2023

    Scotia Scholar’s Award, Research Nova Scotia

    2018-2019

    Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master’s Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2024

    Art Work Care Work, Modern Fuel, Katarokwi Kingston, ON, September 14 - November 8

    2023

    Art Work Care Work, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, April 4 - 15

  • Selected Group Exhibitions:

    2024

    Game on, Galerie Gardette, Paris France, Curated by The Curators, August 6- 29

    2023

    Fresh Paint / New Construction, Art Mûr, Tio’tia:ke Montreal, July 15 - August 26

    30 Under 30, Chester Art Centre, Mi’kma’ki Chester, NS, Curated by Bronwyn MacFair, August 10 - September 4

    Student Art Award Showcase, NSCAD University, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, May 12

    Market Series, Third Space Gallery, Saint John Wolastoqiyik/Maliseet, NB, May 5 - June 16

    Small Matters, Bus Stop Theatre Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, April 24 - June 25

    2022

    Strata, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, December 5 - 17

    Threadbare, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, June 20 - 25

    and/and/and/, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, January 18 - 22

    2021

    residua: echoes of place and the matter of memory, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, November 22 - December 4

  • Teaching Experience:

    2024

    Instructor, NSCAD University. In Winter 2024, I will be teaching a course that I designed called Feminine Figurations, which focuses on the limits and possibilities of exploring a feminine form of expression

    2021-2023

    Teaching Assistant, NSCAD University, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS. Courses taught include Painting and the Body, Introduction to Painting and Landcsape Painting

  • Public Talks

    Cultivating Care in our Community, Neptune Theatre, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, May 3rd, 2023

    Art Work Care Work, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, April 12, 2023

  • Publications

    Threadbare, Caleb Freeman, Visual Arts News Spring 2023

  • Artist Residencies

    Cellulose Mentorship Program, Handmade Film Collective, Unama’ki Cape Breton, NS, August 20 - 26, 2023