Curriculum vitae
b. Port Alberni, B.C.
Lives and works in Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Education
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts with great distinction, major in Studio Art, University of Saskatchewan
1983 Bachelor of Education, University of Saskatchewan
Solo exhibitions
2023-24 Coming Home, Shurniak Gallery, Assiniboia, SK
2020 Outside Inside, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2019-20 Horns ‘n Hooves, Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2019 Seeking Solace, Frances Morrison Library Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
2018 Steppin’ Out, Nouveau Gallery, Regina, SK
2018 Chasing Light, Green Ark Collected Home, Saskatoon, SK
2016 Natural High, Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2015 Landscapes & Stills, University Club, University of Saskatchewan Campus, Saskatoon, SK
2014 To the Forest, City Perks, Saskatoon, SK
2014 North Country, Black Spruce Gallery, Northside, SK
2014 New Territory, Hues Art Supplies, Saskatoon, SK
2013 Seeking Kenderdine, Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2013 After, Assiniboia & District Regional Library, Assiniboia, SK
2012 I went to the woods….,The Gallery at the Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
2011 Tree, Calories Restaurant, Saskatoon, SK
2005 Embedded, BFA Exhibition, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK,
Group exhibitions - selected
2023 Ephemeral/Ephemera, IEA Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Mulranny, Ireland
2022 Three Person Landscape Exhibition, Gallery Merrick, Victoria, B.C.
2022 Brilliant Moments, Canwax West Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Penticton, BC
2022 Convergence, IEA Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Morro Bay, CA
2021/23 Western Showcase Artist Studio, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB
2021 Global Warming is REAL, Encaustic Art Institute Juried Encaustic Exhibition, New Mexico, US
2021 14th International Encaustic Conference Virtual Juried Show, Truro, Mass., US
2021 Waxing Poetic, Canwax West Encaustic Juried Online Exhibition, Osoyoos, BC.
2020 Critical Links, Humboldt Art Gallery, SK
2020 Brilliant Moments, Virtual International Encaustic Exhibition, Penticton Arts Council, BC
2019 Three Person Exhibition, Trinity Galleries, Saint John, NB.
2019 4U, Four-person exhibition, Nouveau Gallery, SK.
2019 Society of Canadian Artists’ 2019 Open International Juried Online Exhibition
2018 Summer II, Art on Ninth, Calgary, AB
2018 Studio on 20th Group Show, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
2018 reconfigured, Studio on 20th, The Gallery at the Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
2017 Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2017 All Together Now, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016 -present Art Now, Saskatchewan Galleries Art Fair, Regina & Saskatoon, SK
2016 Members Show, Humboldt & District Gallery, Humboldt, SK
2014 Toronto Art Expo, The Stall Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 Nude Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting, Regina, SK
2012-15 Art Trek, The Mix & The Studio on 20th, Saskatoon, SK
2009-11 Members Juried Show, The Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
2008-09 South Saskatchewan Artists Exhibition, Shurniak Gallery, Assiniboia, SK
Residencies & Retreats
2024 Two Week Assiniboia Artist Retreat, Assiniboia, SK. 2024 One Month Artist Residency at Pouch Cove Foundation, NFLD
2023 “Wax Across the Water”, IEA Encaustic Celtic Retreat, Mulranny Arts Center, Ireland
2023 Two Week Artist Residency at Chateaux Orquevaux, France
2022 “Wax on the Water”, IEA Encaustic Retreat, Morro Bay, CA
2021 Two Week Residency with American Encaustic Artist Michael David, Truro, Mass. US
2018 International Emma Artist Collaboration, Ness Creek, SK.
2011 Artists’ Workshop Retreat, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus Guest artist: David Alexander
2010 Emma Lake Art Educators Retreat, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus
Awards
2024 Saskarts Micro Grant to attend February Artist Residency in Pouch Cove, NFLD
2023 International Encaustic Artists Scholarship to attend IEA Retreat in Mulranny, Ireland
2023 Recipient of the Rays of Hope Award, Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan
2022 Saskarts Micro Grant to attend the IEA retreat in Morro Bay, CA
2022 International Encaustic Artists Scholarship to attend the IEA retreat in Morro Bay, CA, April, 2022
2021 Thea Haubrich Award of Excellence, Best in Show Award at the Canwax West “Waxing Poetic” Encaustic Exhibition, Osoyoos, BC
2020 Denis Diderot Grant, Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
2020 Guy Rutter Memorial People’s Choice Award, 44th Annual Mann Gallery Winter Festival Art Show, Prince Albert, SK
2018 2nd Best in Show Award for “Summer in Saskatchewan” in Open Painting/Drawing, Second in Domestic Mammals Class; First and Second in Landscape Division at the Reflections of Nature Art Show, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Best in Show/Mayor’s Prize at 42nd Annual Mann Art Gallery Winter Festival Art Show & Sale for “I Once Roamed This Land”, Prince Albert, SK
2017 2nd Best of Show Award for “Big Prairie Sky” in Open Painting/Drawing; First and Second in Domestic Mammals Class; Second and Third in All Mammals Division; First & Third in Landscape Division at the Reflections of Nature Art Show, Saskatoon
2014 Recipient of the Saskatchewan Art Educator Award, CSEA, Halifax, N.S.
Bibliography
Mar 2024 Interview with Artists in Canada Podcast “Canadian Art Today” Jan 2024 Kathy Bradshaw Art, online artist interview/feature with ShopLocalCanada.ca
Dec 2023 Top Saskatoon Artists You Need to See, Saskatoon Artist: Kathy Bradshaw”, ShopLocalCanada.ca
Dec 2023 Global Artists Atelier Online Community – Feature by Tom Zbaren
Nov 2023 Self-written Article for Fall 2023 Issue of Wax Fusion, “Kathy Bradshaw, Canada”
Nov 7, 2023 Kathy Bradshaw’s Art Voyage Returns to Roots, by Sherri Solomko, Sask Today
Aug 8, 2023 Encaustic Artist Coming Home with Assiniboia Art Show by Ryan Kiedrowski, Sask Today
July, 2023 A Day in the Life: Saskatoon-based Encaustic & Oil Painter Kathy Bradshaw, Calgary Guardian
May, 2022 “Thinking of You (Ukraine)”, artwork cover and interview with Sincerely Us magazine, UK. Dec, 2021 Kathy Bradshaw: Short Artist Documentary by Nolita Studios for Black Spruce Gallery
May, 2021 Arabella: Art, Architecture & Design, Artist Showcase feature
Apr, 2021 Sasktel Max TV Mini Artist Documentary
Mar, 2021 Get Your Goat Podcast, Season 2, Episode 14, “My Journey to Full Time Artist”
Oct, 2020 “Roses on Red Chair”, Hinterland novel cover, American author L.M.Brown
June, 2020 Work featured on Opus Art Supplies Blog – “Canadian Wildlife”
Mar, 2020 Saskatoon Artist Takes Home People’s Choice Award for Encaustic Painting, PA Herald
July, 2019 Encaustic Painting, Artists in Canada Black Book, interview & article by Paul Constable, director
May, 2019 New Faces New Places: Studio on 20th, The Star Phoenix, Erin Petrow
Jan, 2019 The Drive to Create, The Star Phoenix, Matt Olson
Dec, 2018 Art Now Online Gift Guide by SaskGalleries, featured as “A Saskatchewan Artist to Watch”
Nov, 2018 “The Road Home” published in Blue, Artit.Co’s 4th online magazine (UK-based)
Feb, 2018 Chatting with Some of the Winners, Best in Show Mayor’s Prize interview, The P.A. Daily Herald, Peter Lozinski
July, 2017 Painting on the Edge Catalogue for 15th Annual International Competition and Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, B.C.
June, 2014 Join the Tour and See Art at its Finest, The Saskatoon Express, Shannon Boklaschuk
Dec, 2013 CARFAC Saskatchewan Visual Artists Annual Report 2012-2013, published works: “Waning Light” (cover image) and “Northern Bog”
Dec, 2013 The Majesty of the North: The Ancient Boreal Forests Feed Painter Kathy Bradshaw’s Artistic Soul, Saskatoon Star Phoenix by Marsha Day
Mar, 2013 Paintings: Rare Technique, The Saskatoon Star Phoenix by Marsha Day
Apr, 2012 Artist Kathy Bradshaw Unpacks Chaos, Simplicity in New Exhibit, Verb News Saskatoon, by Alex J. MacPherson
Apr, 2011 Inspiration Flows All Around Town–Artistic Gems Discovered at Farmer’s Market – Saskatoon Star Phoenix by Marsha Day
Feb, 2010 Reviving an Ancient Painting Technique, Saskatoon Sunday Sun by Edna Manning
Professional Development & Workshops
2022-23 “Playing With Fire”, Online International Encaustic Workshop, Mulranny, Ireland
2021 Enhancing Color & Brushwork in Oil Painting with Mostafa Keyhani, Online, Sentient Academy
2020 How to Loosen Up Your Painting, Online Course with Richard Claremont, “The Skilled Artist”
2019 Abstracting the Landscape in Oil with Susan Woolgar, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Oil Painting with Doug Swinton, Saskatoon, SK
2018 International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2016 Oil Portraiture in the Style of John Singer Sargent, Matt Mancini, Atelier 2302, Saskatoon
2015 Landscape Painting with Gord MacDonald, Atelier 2302, Saskatoon
2012, 2013 & 2015 Independent Painting Workshops, George Glenn, Prince Albert Arts Center
2012 Drawing the Emma Lake Landscape, Ward Schell, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus
2012-3 CARFAC Mentorship Program, mentor Clint Hunker
2012 Classical Oil Portrait Painting, Craig Berry, Atelier 2302, Saskatoon
2012 Self-Directed Painting with Iris Hauser, USCAD program
2011 Drawing Workshop with Jeff Nachtigall, Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus
2011 Plein Air Painting with Ward Schell, Regina Art Gallery
2010 Self-Directed Painting with Degen Lindner, Emma Lake Workshop
Work & Related Experience
2025 Presenter at the Inaugural Canadian Encaustic Conference, Owen Sound, ON. 2023-24 CARFAC mentor for Saskatchewan artist, Lori Ulriksen
2006 – present Conducts public and private encaustic workshops and demos in Saskatchewan and Alberta
2017 Instructor for “Forest Art”, five day encaustic workshop retreat
2012-14 Lead Organizer of “Art Trek”, a public tour of 60+ artist studios in Saskatoon
2011-16 Guest speaker/lecturer for the Arts Ed Department at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan
2006-16 Advanced Placement Studio Art teacher for the Saskatoon Public School Division
1983-16 Teacher for the Saskatoon Public School Division, Saskatoon