Education
2023 MFA Visual Art, York University
2014 BFA Studio Art, University of Lethbridge
2011 BFA Art History and Museum Studies, University of Lethbridge
Solo Exhibitions
2024 all hell for a basement, and I keep digging, Yuill Family Gallery, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
Gas City Blues, Project Space, CASA, Lethbridge, AB
2023 is that a promise or a threat?, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
2020 SNEEK-E-PEEP'N, Project Space, The Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2019 good grief, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
2018 good grief, CASA, Lethbridge, AB
2016 Waste Land, +15 Project Window, TRUCK Gallery, Calgary, AB
2014 Balanced on the head of a pin, niche gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2013 Perceptionist Show, Potempkin Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2012 Among the Things You Took, Student Exhibition Space, University of Lethbridge, Leth, AB
A Return After Long Wanderings, Student Exhibition Space, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Walking As Long As I Can With My Eyes Shut, Parlour Window, Lethbridge, AB
2011 Eternal Return, niche gallery, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Group or Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Between Things: Alberta Ceramics, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Waking Death, Casa, Lethbridge, AB
2022 The Faceless Familiar, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
Gender and the Lens III, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
Peinture fraîche et nouvelle construction (Fresh paint and new construction), Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec
Buddy Read, Number 3 Gallery, part of S.P.A.M. (Special Presentation Art Mail) (virtual)
MMXXII, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
2021 OVER THE EDGE//TOE THE LINE, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina, SK
MMXXI, VAAH Artspaces, York University, Toronto, ON (virtual)
2020 Photophobia: Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (virtual)
2019 The Marketplace of Feelings, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson, Auckland, NZ
2018 The Topography of Bodily Sentiments, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
intimacy: a FLIP Fest Art Exhibition, U of L Penny Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2017 Cabinet of Queeriosities IV, CASA, Curator Leila Armstrong, Lethbridge, AB
Roloff Beny Retrospective Exhibition, U of L Penny Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2016 The Best of the Cabinet of Queeriosities, The Works Festival, Edmonton, AB
2015 Cabinet of Queeriosities III, Casa, Curator Leila Armstrong, Lethbridge, AB
2014 Conjugation, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Curator Ann MacDonald, Lethbridge, AB
Marginal Benefits, The Penny Building, Lethbridge, AB
2013 Formed & Formless: Annual Curated Student Exhibition, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Curator Richard William Hill, Lethbridge, AB
2010 KS-KH, Student Exhibition Space, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
Residencies
2024 Watershed Ceramics Invitational Residency, Summer Session VI: Queering Mud, Edgecomb, ME
2023 Long Term Artist in Residence, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2020 Flex Residency, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2015 Late Fall Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR), The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Writing Residency c/o Southern Alberta Art Gallery Writing Prize, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Professional Experience
2023-24 Residency Coordinator, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2023 Instructor, York University, Toronto, ON
2019-20 AAC Works Manager & Public Art Administrator, Allied Arts Council, Lethbridge, AB
2017-18 Visitor Services Coordinator & Preparator, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2016-17 Visitor Services Assistant & Preparator, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2015 Walter Philips Gallery Preparatorial Workstudy, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2014 Install/Preparatorial Intern, Missing Body exhibition curated by Cindy Baker, Lethbridge, AB
2013 Summer Educator, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2011-13 Weekend Gallery Attendant, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
Grants/Fellowships
2024 Canada Council for the Arts, Research Creation, Explore and Create Grant
Alberta Foundation for the Arts’, Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant
2023 Nomination for Exceptional Thesis and Dissertation Prize, York University
2022 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant (SSHRC), Federal Funding
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Provincial Funding
Academic Excellence Fund, York University
2021 York Graduate Scholarship, York University
2021 Young Artist Award, Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge
2014 Southern Alberta Art Gallery Writing Prize – First Place
2013 Roloff Beny Foundation Photographic Award
2012 Excellence in Digital Art Award – Annual University of Lethbridge Art Student Open House Awards
Southern Alberta Art Gallery Award – Annual University of Lethbridge Art Student Open House Awards
Artist Talks
2022 is that a promise or a threat?, Art NOW series, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
2021 OVER THE EDGE//TOE THE LINE: Artist Talk, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina, SK
2020 SNEEK-E-PEEP'N: Artist Talk with Kasia Sosnowski, The Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB (ZOOM)
2018 good grief - and other things, Art NOW series, Univeristy of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
good grief, Artists Talk, Trap/door Artist Run Centre & The Gallery at Casa, Lethbridge, AB
Exhibitions Curated
2019 Disorientation, work by Harley Morman, Project Space, The Gallery at Casa, Lethbridge, AB
Hobby Shop, work by Arianna Richardson, Project Space, The Gallery at Casa, Lethbridge, AB
2015 Trade and Exchange: Practicum Showcase, PK Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2014 Curio, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
2011 Student Art Show, Penny Building, Lethbridge, AB
2010 1940’s, Helen Christou Gallery, University of Lethbridge, AB
Published Works
2023 "is that a promise or a threat?", Thesis Support Paper, April 2023
2021 "Roots", Folklore for Resistance, Issue No. 2, March 2021
2020 "Bodyhacking: Taking back the human in an inhumane world", Broken Pencil, Issue 88
2014 “Keith Langergraber’s ‘Theatre of the Exploding Sun’,” Border Crossings vol. 33, no. 4
Contact Info:
sosnowski.kasia@gmail.com
@bad.bucket
@vimeo