Bio
Kirsty Templeton Davidge
Born in Toronto, ONT
Lives & works in Edmonton, AB
Kirsty Templeton Davidge returned to school in 2011 to pursue a degree in the visual arts. She received her bachelor degree in Fine Arts with Distinction from the University of Alberta in 2015 and was awarded numerous scholarships as well as nominations for both painting and sculpture awards. Templeton Davidge is primarily a figurative painter working within classical modes of representation where the concepts of beautiful 'truisms' remain an important and integrated part of her work. With each painting, she strives to blend the technical, emotional and conceptual aspects of painting.
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Education
2015 - Graduate with Distinction BFA University of Alberta
Awards
2020 - Edmonton Arts Council - Creator's Reserve Grant
2017 - Edmonton Arts Council Individual Project Grant
2017 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Individual Project Grant
2016 - Best in Show, Rites of Passage 12, Cincinnati, Ohio
2015 - Nominated for BMO 1st Art Prize in Painting
2014 - Jason Lang Scholarship
2014 - Natalka Horeczko Scholarship in Painting and Print-Design
2013 - Jason Lang Scholarship
2013 - Natalka Horeczko Scholarship in Painting and Print-Design
2013 - Universiade '83 Undergraduate Scholarship
2012 - Jason Lang Scholarship
2012 - Justine Angelina Carswell Memorial Award in Fine Arts
2012 - Universiade '83 Undergraduate Scholarship
Art Fairs
2022 - Art/TO, Toronto, Ontario
2021 - Art/TO, Toronto, Ontario
Prizes
2023 - Finalist - Kingston Portrait Prize
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Effacing, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2022 - Woman's Work, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2018 - Common Threads, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2016 - Hole-And-Corner, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2015 - Anamnesis, Peter Robertson Gallery
2015 - Anamnesis, Recollections and Perceptions, The Works, Ed
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 - Summer Group Show, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2020 - Navigation Group Show, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2019 - Summer Group Show, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2017 - Summer Show, Peter Robertson Gallery
2017 - Comfort, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton
2016 - Why the @#$! Do You Paint? Gladstone Gallery, Toronto
2016 - Hole & Corner, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2016 - Rites of Passage 12, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016 - Between, Among & Away, dc3, ADGSA, Edmonton
2016 - HerWORK, McPAG Gallery, Stony Plain
2015 - #YEGCANVAS, Public Art Project, Edmonton
2015 - Proximities, Edmonton
2015 - Notes from Elsewhere, Edmonton
2014 - Stanley Milner Library, Edmonton
2014 - The Book as Agent of Change, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2014 - Off the Wall, Edmonton
2013 - Capacity for Fellowship, Edmonton.
Publications & Press
2017 - The Jealous Curator, 04.09.17
2017 - Booooooom! 08.09.17 https://www.booooooom.com/2017/09/08/artist-spotlight-kirsty-templeton-davidge-2/#more-105469
2016 - Manifest Exhibition Annual 12, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016 - Booooooom! 08.07.16
2016 - Art Pick of the Week, Edmonton Journal
2015 - Its All Interpretation
2015 - Bringing Art Into the Conversation, June 18, 2015, Edmonton Journal, Fish Griwkowsky