Birth Place

Devon, Alberta

Residence

Calgary, Alberta

Education

• BFA Painting
  Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta
  2000 - 02
• BFA Transfer
  Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
  1998 - 00
• BA
  Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
  1994 - 95

Professional Development

• Photography Basics Course
  Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
  2004
• Art Therapy Course
  Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• Practicum with Art Therapist
  Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• Visual Arts Instructor
  Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
  2000
• Fine Arts Council Member
  Calgary, Alberta
  2005 -- present
• CARFAC Member
  2005 -- present

Awards

• Millennium Scholarship
  1999 - 02
• KITE Award of Excellence
  1999 - 02
• Ian & Hope Cooke Travel Scholarship
  1999
• Heinz Jordan Supply Scholarship
  1999
• Visual Arts Society Logo Award
  1999

Publications

Filing Station, issue 33 (Calgary: August 2005)

Gilbert A. Bouchard, Nextfest Art exhibits prolong their stay, Edmonton Journal (Edmonton: June 20, 2003)

Wes La Fortune, Art City, FFWD Magazine (Calgary: August 31, 2006)

The Drive Home, This Place, CBC radio interview (August 30, 2006)

Art Walk, Artist Talk, This Place, Arts on Atlantic Gallery (September 2, 2006)

Website

http://www.shantaelsleight.com/

Solo Exhibitions

• This Place
  Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2006
• The Crow Studies
  Langham Art Gallery, Kaslo, BC
  2006
• The Crow Series
  NeXtfest Sugarbowl Cafe, Edmonton, Alberta
  2003
• Figurative Works
  Lazy Loaf & Kettle, Calgary, Alberta
  2003

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Eastside Studio Crawl
  Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, Alberta
  2002 - 06
• Triangle Art Juried Show & Sale
  Traingle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2004 / 2006
• Painting & Drawing Graduate Show
  Artspace, Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• BFA Graduating Show
  Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• Painting Show
  Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta
  2002
• Miniature Show and Silent Auction
  Marion Nicol Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  2001
• Pushing the Envelope
  Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta
  2001
• Lacombe Art Show
  Community Hall, Lacombe, Alberta
  2000
• Student Show
  Red Deer & District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
  2000

Commisions

Untitled Crow, Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation, 2006

Raven's Home, local collector, Calgary, Alberta, 2004

Untitled, local collector, Premiere Travel, Calgary, Alberta, 2004