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CIRRICULUM VITAE OF ALANA HOLST
496020 19 Street E, High River, AB
Phone: 587-585-6245
e-mail: artbyalanaholst@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
University of Calgary Painting Workshop 1999
Alberta College of Art & Design Foundation Year 1991-1992
EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Art Show – July 2013 – Medicine Hat, AB
2012 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Art Show – July 2012 – Medicine Hat, AB
2011 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Art Show- July 2011 – Medicine Hat, AB
2011 The Blue Show, Cultural Center – March 2011 – Medicine Hat, AB
2010 Solo Exhibition: The Hive Artist’s Hub-October, 2010 – Medicine Hat, AB
2010 Featured Artist: Inspire Studio & Gallery – June 2010 – Medicine Hat, AB
2010 Miniature Art Show & Sale, Cultural Center – February 2010 – Medicine Hat, AB
2009 Artisan’s Fair, Esplanade Arts Centre – September 2009 – Medicine Hat, AB (Juried Exhibition)
2009 6th Annual Unseen Art: ArtPoint Gallery – September 2009 – Calgary, AB (Juried Exhibition)
2008 The Madhatter Roasterie – Fall/Winter 2008/09 – Medicine Hat, AB
AWARDS:
2013 Donna McLean Painting Award at Medicine Hat Stampede Art Show for "It's a Horse, Of Course"
2012 3rd Place Award in Painting Category at Medicine Hat Stampede Art Show for "Prairie Wheat"
2011 Honourable Mention in Painting Category at Medicine Hat Stampede Art Show for "Where the Horses Were"
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2010 'Snippets' artist Alana Holst loves Medicine Hat's active arts culture Medicine Hat News – October 2010 – Alex McCuaig
2007 Murals add a Personal Touch Medicine Hat News – May 2007 – Kaylynn Hohensinn
2007 Casting Memories of Pregnancy Medicine Hat News – May 2007 – Kaylynn Hohensinn
2001 Murals Inject Life in Mundane Walls The Calgary Sun – October 2001 – Erika Baltrus
SELECTED COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS:
Kenneth M. Lutes – Medicine Hat, AB
William Cocks – Medicine Hat, AB
Dr. Allen McKenzie – Medicine Hat, AB
Karen Hawkes – Calgary, AB
Don & Gladys Gillespie – Medicine Hat, AB
Tim & Sue Sterkenburg – Medicine Hat, AB
Commissioned by World-Wellness to paint large paintings for their therapy rooms – Medicine Hat, AB
Commissioned by The Palliser Health Foundation to do a series entitled “Life in Bloom” for their Labour and Delivery Ward – Medicine Hat, AB
Commissioned by the Town of Hays, AB on the Town’s 50th Anniversary to paint their Grain Elevator from old photos, as it had been torn down years before, to be displayed in their Town Hall – Hays, AB
Commissioned by Dr. Dennis Springhetti, DDS to paint a 5’x 5’portrait of a woman with bright, shiny white teeth for his dental practice – Calgary, AB
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 20th December 1972. Nationality: Canadian
REFERENCES
Susan Knight, Visual Musings Photography, Medicine Hat, AB www.susanknight.ca/contact
Tobie LaLiberté, Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, AB Phone: 403-502-8580
Maureen Newton, Inspire Studio & Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB Phone: 403-580-1808
Elizabeth Dunn, ArtPoint Gallery & Studio Society, Calgary, AB Phone: 403-265-6867