MELISSA COYLE
b. Winnipeg, Manitoba
EDUCATION
2012 - 2016 University of Manitoba, BFA Honours, Winnipeg, MB
EXHIBITIONS
2019 aceartinc., Carte Blanche, Winnipeg, MB
2019 MHC Gallery, Extensions of Death, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Illuminations, Brandon, MB
2017 - 2018 aceartinc., Illuminations, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Parlour Coffee, Nucleation, Winnipeg, MB
2016 School of Art, BFA Graduating Exhibition, ARTlab, Winnipeg, MB
2015 School of Art, Descendants of Goffman, Honours Seminar exhibition led by Steven Duval, Winnipeg, MB
AWARDS
2020 Manitoba Arts Council Learn - Residencies Grant
2019 Winnipeg Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2019 Leighton Artists Studios Independent Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB
2017 2017 Summer Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2016 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts C Grant
2016 Alice Hamilton Prize in Painting, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2016 Tania (TYE) Asper Memorial Prize, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Helga Miller Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017 Chiaroscuro: Mastering Light & Shade — Residency Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2016 - 2017 Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) Foundation Mentorship Program - Participated in a year-long mentorship with mentor,
Sarah Ciurysek, from September 2016 - September 2017.
2015 Descendants of Goffman — Dr. Steven Duval, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
PUBLICATIONS
2019 The Canadian Mennonite, “New Exhibits at MHC Gallery Reflect on Endings”, Vol. 23 No. 5, March 4, 2019
2019 CHVN Radio, “Death and New Life in Winnipeg’s Art and Culture Scene”, article by Mariel Roehr, March 18, 2019
2017 CV2 Magazine, Work featured on the front and back cover of Spring 2017 Issue - Vol. 39 No. 4