C.V.
EDUCATION
2008, B.Ed, OISE at University of Toronto, Ontario
2006, MFA, Stony Brook University, SUNY, New York
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
2002, BFA Honours, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Re-Emerge, The Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
A Crafty Revival, OCAD Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022
Art Interruptions, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
Brightening Barriers Public Art Initiative, City of Barrie, ON
I am Here: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Barrie Arts Award Sculpture creation for City of Barrie
2021
Artists Group Show, be contemporary Gallery, Stroud, ON
Making Space, Spare Room Gallery, Barrie, ON
Brightening Barriers Public Art Initiative, City of Barrie, ON
Installation at Petal Pusher, Barrie, ON
What’s Up: Artists Group Show, be contemporary Gallery, Stroud, ON
2020
Install In Place, Community Installation, Alliston, ON
Reminders, Catalyst Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto ON (Postponed due to COVID)
Benefactors Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
A Leap of Faith, be contemporary Gallery, Innisfil, ON
Abstracted Realities, be contemporary Gallery, Innisfil, ON
Arts Culture Days, installation at Bohemia, Barrie, ON
2019
Reminders, Campus Gallery, Barrie, ON (solo)
Unmade, The Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
Golden Reflections, The Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, ON
Off the Hook Silent Auction, The MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2018
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
2017
21st Annual International Women’s Day Art Show, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
Fabrications, Quest Art School and Gallery, Midland, ON Juror
2016
20th Annual International Women’s Day Art Show, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
2015
Into the Woods, Quest Art School and Gallery, Midland, ON
Fabrications, Quest Art School and Gallery, Midland, ON
Best in Snow Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie ON
2014
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
SDVA Faculty Exhibition, Campus Gallery, Barrie, ON
Hard Twist: This is Personal, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2013
The Textile Show, Gerrard Art Space, Toronto, ON
Exchange The University of Belgrade, Serbia
2012
The Canadian Landscape Gallery 1313 Toronto ON
De rerum natura Common Thread International Exhibition, Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre, Oakville, ON
Outdoor Fibre Installation, Common Thread International Exhibition, Queen Elizabeth Park Grounds, Oakville, ON
2011
Scapes, Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
Landscape Exhibition, Art Works Gallery, Toronto, ON
Annual Juried Exhibition Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2010
Georgian College Faculty Exhibition, Campus Gallery, Barrie, ON
The Drawing Room, Drawn Festival, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Anges Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON
Hard Twist: Chroma, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2009
Hard Twist, New Twist, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Common Thread International Fibre Arts Exhibit, b42 Gallery, Oakville, ON
The New Hybrids, The Living Arts Centre, Missassauga, ON
2008
Made to Measure, Arts Etobicoke, Etobicoke, ON
Insomnia, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
Changes, Hotel Atlantis, Venice, Italy, Curator
2007
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON
Insomnia, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
BIG little fibre FIBRE, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
You Are Here: The Emotional Geography of Place, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
Mixed Media Paintings, Strut Gallery, SoHo, NY (solo)
MFA Graduate Exhibition, Staller University Art Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2005
I’ve been Waiting for You, Melville Library Gallery, Stony Brook, NY (solo)
Seeing Through Sixty Years, The Wang Center, Stony Brook, NY
Bind, Melville Library Gallery, Stony Brook, NY (solo)
2004
The Best of SUNY, Convention Center, Albany, NY
FourCast, Melville Library Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
Transitional Spaces, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
First Graduate Show, Gallery 4222, Port Jefferson, NY
SUNY MFA Show, Convention Center, Albany, NY
2002
BFA on View, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, ON
Twentyfour for Higher, Ontario Hall, Kingston, ON
Visual Pot Luck, Casa Dominico Restaurant, Kingston, ON
A New Space, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2001
Private Property, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
Millie and the Crew, Common Ground Cafe Gallery, Kingston, ON (solo)
2000
Ediface, Yaletown Café and Desserts, Kingston, ON (solo)
Vertigo, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING POSITIONS
2022-present
Program Coordinator, Museum and Gallery Studies Program, Georgian College
Director, The Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON campus
2019-2022 (change from work present)
Contract Lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Interior Design, Toronto Metropolitan University
2015-2022
Adjunct Professor, RCC/Yorkville University, Toronto ON
2019-2020
Contract Lecturer, School of Interior Design, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2016 – 2019
Program Coordinator, Interior Design, Yorkville University, Toronto, ON
2008-2016, 2020-present
Partial Load Professor, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
2008-2013
Adjunct Professor, Thompson Rivers University, BC through Georgian College, Barrie ON
2010-2011
Part-time Professor, Centennial College, Toronto, ON
2006
Lecturer, Women’s Studies Department, Stony Brook University, NY
Sessional Instructor, Fine Arts Dept., Stony Brook University, NY
2003-2006
Instructor of Record, Fine Arts Dept., Stony Brook University, NY
Additional Instructor, Stony Brook University, NY
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2022, Yorkville University Support for Scholarly Activities Fund Grant
2021, Feminist Educational Practices in/post Pandemic Creative Classrooms. Presentation for Focus on Teaching and Learning Conference. Georgian College
2021, Feminist Educational Practices in/post Pandemic Classrooms. Presentation for PDGIA Conference, Fall 2021
2021, Feminist Educational Practices in/post Pandemic Design Classrooms. Presentation for IDEC Virtual Conference, Fall 2021
2021 Feminist Educational Practices in/post Pandemic Classrooms. Presentation for PDGIA Conference
2019, Fabricated Forests Workshop, Fibre Festival, Espanola, ON
2018, Yorkville University Professional Development Grant
2018, Fabricated Forests Workshop, Quest Art School and Gallery, Midland, ON
2010, Self-Directed Creative Residency, The Banff Centre
2007, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2006, Recipient of Stony Brook University’s President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
2005, Nominee for Thayer Fellowship in the Arts/Ross Award
2005, Nominee for Outstanding Student Achievement in Sculpture, Sculpture Magazine
2005, Nominee for Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS
2021 “Notes from the Portal: Feminist Teaching Strategies in/post Pandemic Art and Design Classrooms” published in Teaching in the Post Covid-19 Era (Cummings and Fayed ed. Springer press).
2019 The Northern Appeal, 6th edition
2019 Amy Bagshaw: Deconstructing Memory and Time, Good Life Magazine
2018 Brava Kilo Hey you Demons! Album cover
2012 The Nature of Fibre: Amy Bagshaw C.Chumbley Blah Blah Blah Magazine, July 2012
2011 Weekly Fibre Artist Interview, World of Threads Festival, online
2010 Review of Hard Twist: Chroma exhibition and interview
2008 Feminist Time Against Nation Time, cover, L.Dietrach and V. Hesford, New York, NY, paperback release in 2009
2005 Education Dept. didactic material, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Stony Brook University Women’s Studies Department Website image
2004 The Best of SUNY MFA catalog, Albany, NY