EMMY SKENSVED
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EDUCATION
2005-2007 MFA, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
2001-2005 AOCAD, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada/ Florence, Italy.
2005 Canadian Art Colleges Collaborative Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Framework, SEPTEMBER Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2009 Spiegelblank, Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin, Germany.
2007 Borderlines, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada.
2007 Borderlines, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada.
2006 Luxury Good, LE. Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2005 Killer Valentines, LE. Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Are You Coming Too?, Galerie Knoth & Krüger, Berlin, Germany.
2010 «»»»«««» «´´´´´´´```````», The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany.
2010 Group Show, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2009 The New Omega Workshops, SEPTEMBER Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2009 Helter Skelter, Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin, Germany.
2009 Die Welt zu Gast bei Scotty Enterprises, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin, Germany.
2008-2009 RBC Painting Competition (traveling exhibition in Canada):
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal
Museum London, London
The Power Plant, Toronto
The Rooms, Saint John's
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Civic Footprint, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto, Canada.
2009 Frameworks Timeraiser, The Fermenting Cellar, Toronto, Canada.
2008 Greener Pastures at NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA.
2008 Anonyme Zeichner, LISTE Basel, Switzerland and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
2007 What’s Been Done, artLAB, London, Canada.
2006 LE. Trois, LE. Gallery,Toronto, Canada.
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada.
2006 Group Show, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, Canada.
2006 Disconnected, Modern Fuel ARC, Kingston, Canada.
2005 Debt, The Other Gallery, Banff, Canada.
2005 On A Whim, Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2005 Start, Studio 21, Halifax, Canada.
2004 Arrivo/Partenza, Florence, Italy.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2010 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant.
2008 Royal Bank of Canada Painting Competition finalist.
2007 Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant.
2007 Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant.
2007 Presidents Graduate Scholarship.
2006 Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
2006 Win Shantz Travel Scholarship.
2005 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Studio Prize.
2005 OCAD University Drawing & Painting Medalist Scholarship.
2005 Dorothy Hoover Award.
2004 Takao Tanabe Scholarship.
2001-2004 Aiming for the Top Scholarship. PROJECTS, COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2008 Collection of the Canadiana Foundation, Ottawa, Canada.
2007 Artist’s Project, YYZINE, YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, Canada.
2006 Collection of 401 Richmond, Toronto, Canada.
2005 Wall painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada.

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 Curated Wohnungsausstellung I, Berlin, Germany.
2010 Assistant for artist Paul Sietsema, Berlin, Germany.
2007 Artist Talk, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada.
2007 Panel discussion, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
2006 Assistant for artist Kirstine Roepstorff, Berlin, Germany.
2006 Instructor, 200 level drawing course, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
2005 Teacher’s Assistant, 100 level drawing course, University of Waterloo, Canada.
2005 Performed for Gale Allen at Primo Premio Interzionale della Performance, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy.
2005 Artist Talk, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada.
2004 Teacher’s Assistant, Portfolio Workshops, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada.
2003 Teacher’s Assistant, Encaustic Workshops, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada. SELECTED PRESS
2009 LaTourelle, Rodney, New Omega Workshops at September, Akimblog, July 28, 2009, Berlin, Germany.
2009 Mania, Astrid, Komm, Spiel mit den Schmuddelkindern: New Omega Workshops bei September, Berlin, July 10, 2009, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Jordan Press, Bordering on Greatness, The Kingston Whig Standard, August 9, 2008, Kingston, Canada.
2007 Dault, Gary Michael, Dazzling Canvases Aren't Painted, The Globe and Mail, December 22, 2007, Toronto, Canada.
2006 Dault, Gary Michael, Navigation Through Changing Waters, The Globe and Mail, December 2, 2006, Toronto, Canada.
2005 Barnard, Elissa, Emerging Artists off to a Great Start, The Chronicle Herald, April 16, 2005, Halifax, Canada.