Evan Furness

Curriculum Vitae

Epekwitk/PE Canada

evanjfurness@gmail.com 

Education
2024 Contemporary Management in Arts and Culture
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
2021 Gallery Preparation and Exhibition Design
NSCAD Extended Studies, Halifax, NS
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, with distinction
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2023 Gambrels, Eves & Beams, cchhuurrcchh, Mahone Bay, NS; curated by Andrew Cairns
2019 To the rhythm…, Flourish Festival, Fredericton, NB; juried
2018 For Rona, salle sans sous, galerie sans nom, Moncton, NB; invited by Galerie Sans Nom
2017 Old Wood & Steel Songs, START Gallery, Sackville, NB; juried

Selected Group Exhibitions and Collaborations
2023 Frost Gloam, with Marti Hopson and her ensemble, The River Clyde Solstice Walk, River Clyde Arts, New Glasgow, PE
2023 Site/Scene, with Lisa Theriault and Damien Worth, Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild, Charlottetown, PE; juried
2023 Baba Yaga, with Pat Brunet and Kelly Casely, Route 11 Festival, Wellington, PE
2023 Seasons Change, Glenaladale School House, this town is small, Tracadie Cross, PE; juried
2023 Palimpsest III, with Doug Dumais and Bren Simmers, Art in the Open, Charlottetown, PE; curated by Roxanne Fernandes
2022 Echo/Reflect/Refract, The River Clyde Solstice Walk, New Glasgow, PE; juried
2022 Certain Conditions, Art in the Open, Charlottetown, PE; juried
2021 Pickup Performance, Antigonight Town Hall Gallery, Antigonish, NS; juried
2021 In Noticing, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS; curated by Tara Lynn MacDougall
2020 This Love Is New But Its Projections, this town is small x The Guild, Charlottetown, PE; juried
2019 Tabula Rasa, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB; curated by Cole Degenstein
2018 They’ll Call, Art in the Open, Charlottetown, PE; curated by Pan Wendt
2018 Afterimage, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE; curated by Pan Wendt
2018 Swan Song: Graduating Exhibition, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB

Solo and Collaborative Screenings
Father Archie (composer), 2023
Directed by: Todd Fraser

2024 Silverwave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
2024 Third Watch, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB
2024 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scotland
2024 International Film Festival of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2023 Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, NS

Everybody Writes About Dreams, 2023
2023 Small Screen: Dreams, this town is small, Charlottetown, PE

Staging for Stations, 2023
2021 Small Screen: Perspectives, this town is small, Charlottetown, PE
2021 Infinite Variety: Sappy Fest, Sackville, NB

Ark (composer), 2023
Directed by: Todd Fraser
2021 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, NS
2021 Process Experimental Film Festival, Riga, Latvia
2021 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Shorts: Chemical Potential, Hawick, Scotland

Residencies, Workshops and Talks:
2024 Panel Discussion Structures of support, networks, and belonging, Pumice Raft, Toronto, ON
2024 Workshop Zine Bee, Creative PEI x Ch’town Zine Fest, The Guild, Charlottetown, PE
2023 Workshop Zine Making 101, Ch’town Zine Fest, Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, Charlottetown, PE
2023 Artist Talk Certain Conditions, Radiant Rural Halls, this town is small, Charlottetown, PE
2022 Workshop, Zine Making Workshop, Ch’town Zine Fest & this town is small, Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, Charlottetown, PE
2021 Workshop, Intro to Relief Printmaking, PEI Craft Council, Charlottetown, PE
2019 Residency, EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB
2017 Workshop, MAKER MAKER: Mini Zines, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB (with Kevin Melanson)
2017 Roundtable, Short Pause for Thought, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB
2016 Artist Talk, Bordertown Festival, Town of Sackville, Sackville, NB

Selected Professional Experience
2023- Season Producer, River Clyde Arts, New Glasgow, PE
2022- Co-founder & Artistic Co-Director, Ch’town Zine Fest, Charlottetown, PE
2022- Co-chair, this town is small Board of Directors, Charlottetown, PE
2023 Production Designer, Parasomnia, Classroom 5 productions, Charlottetown, PE
2018, 23 Preparator’s Assistant, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
2022 Art Director, Who’s Yer Father?, 63 Lights Productions, Charlottetown, PE
2019-22 Visual Arts Educator, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
2019 Exhibition Coordinator, this town is small, Charlottetown, PE

Grants and Awards:
2023 Honourable Mention for Achievement in Experimental Filmmaking, Atlantic International Film Festival - Father Archie (composer, film
by Todd Fraser)
2023 Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts - Ch’town Zine Fest
2023 PEI Arts Grant (Creation), Innovation PEI - Framing Devices drawing series
2022 Community Sustainability Micro-Grant, City of Charlottetown - Ch’town Zine Fest
2021 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts - Certain Conditions
2019 PEI Arts Grant (Creation),  Innovation PEI - All these things that move between
2018 PEI Arts Grant (Creation), Innovation PEI - Movements in a room
2018 Dr. J. E. A. Crake Award in Fine Arts, Mount Allison University
2017 Independent Student Creative Research Grant, J. E. A. Crake Foundation

Bibliography (Print and Radio)
- Pendergast, Norah, “SiteScene,” Billie Magazine, 13 Feb 2024.
- Morgan, Hannah, “Practice in Vernacular” Radiant Rural Halls, 2023, pp. 21.
- “Confederation Centre Art Gallery Summer Series” Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainie. CBC Radio 1, 9 Jun 2023.
- “Charlottetown Zine Fest.” Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainie. CBC Radio 1, 31 Oct. 2022.
- Zyrd, Michael and Broomer, Stephen, Moments of perception: Experimental Film in Canada. Goose Lane Editions. 2021.
- Mann, Alex, “A Good Place to START,” The Argosy, Review, Sackville, NB November 16, 2017. Print.
- Yarr, Kevin, "Sputnik, a ship wreck, and the March of the Crows: Art in the Open is Saturday," CBC News PEI, Preview, August 25, 2017. Web.
- Carter, Matt, “Saint John’s SAD DOG Magazine is working to inspire the next wave of New Brunswick indie publishers.” Grid City Magazine, Press,
Saint John, NB, March 20, 2017.
- Miller, Geordie, "Big Art in a Small Town: A Report on Sackville’s Ok.Quoi?!" Canadian Art, Review, August 4, 2016, Web.

Selected Contributions and self published works:
2024 You Are Here, digitally printed, hand bound comic, Edition of 20. Print.
2023 Palimpsest III, Digitally printed artist book, Edition of 50. Print.
2020 All these things that move between, Digitally printed artist book, Edition of 50. Print.
2019 “A projection of the ocean on a white cloth,” Tabula Rasa, three-panel comic, Cole Degenstein, ed. March 20. Print.
2018 For Rona, Silkscreened accordion book, Edition of 6
2017 In Between Days, Digitally printed comic, Edition of 20
2017 “In Between Days,” It’s nice once in awhile: an anthology of comics and narrative drawing, Jordan Beaulieu, ed. October 15. Web. Print.