EDUCATION
2010
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Master of Arts: Photography (Distinction)
2002
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
& Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS
Bachelor of Education, Visual Arts Specialist
1999
Mount Allison University
Bachelor of Fine Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB (curated by Emily Falvey) (January-May)
2023
Altered Images Center for Fine Art Photography,
Fort Collins, CO (group – virtual) (Curated by Lisa Volpe)
2022
Land(e)scape Analog Forever Magazine
(group – virtual) (Curated by Joni Sternbach)
the things we love tell us what we are
J.K. Contemporary, Joe Batts Arm,
Fogo Island, NL (Group) (Curated by M’Liz Keefe)
2021
Path of Entry, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL (group)
(Curated by Chintia Kirana)
2020
Personae: Indigenous and Canadian Portraits 1861–2020,
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON (group – virtual)
(Curated by Robert Tombs)
Circadian, Ax Gallery, Sussex, NB (group)
(curated by Amy Ash)
2019
Process of Time, Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Fredericton, NB (solo) (curated by John Leroux)
Decade, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK (group)
2018
Permanence, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB
21 tintypes, Red Sky Gallery, Antigonish, NS
Iceland Film Photography Association, Gallerí Fold,
Reykjavík, Iceland (group) (curated by Laura Valentino)
2017
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio, Cape Breton University Art Gallery,
Sydney, NS (solo) (curated by John Matthews)
Under Summer Skies, Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
2016
Make. Work. Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
Island Types, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown,
PE (solo) (curated by Pan Wendt)
2015
(dis)regard, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
(solo) (curated by Colin Cavers)
Phantom Presence, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
(group) (curated by Karen Ruet & Terry Graff)
Curiouser and Curiouser, Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre,
St. Andrews, NB (group) (curated by Martha Moore)
Once an Island, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland (group)
Some of Our Own, Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
Re: sent Work, Parentheses Gallery & Art, Halifax, NS
2014
13 Artists, Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB (curated by Pan Wendt)
Alumni Exhibition, Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts, Sackville, NB
Face to Face, Galerie 12, Moncton, NB
2013
Manual for a Landscape, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Windshift, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland (group)
Photomatic: travelling tintype studio, Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB
Past Forward, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
(curated by Susanne Ramsenthaler)
2012
Ornamental Branch, Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
(dis)regard, Lochgelly Art Gallery, Lochgelly, Scotland
Largo Arts Festival, Largo, Scotland (solo) (curated by Colin Cavers)
(dis)regard, Fotospace, Glenrothes, Scotland (solo) (curated by Colin Cavers)
diptych, Galerie 12, Moncton, NB
2011
Photo Alchemy, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon (curated by Laura Moya)
2010
The Things that Drift Apart, Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
(dis)regard, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (MA Thesis)
Krakow Photomonth, Plac Nowy, Krakow, Poland (juried)
Architecture Naturally, Bankside Gallery, London, England (juried)
Pinhole, Beyond Words, Edinburgh, Scotland (juried)
Stare, Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Scotland (juried)
Louped, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (group)
Salon, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (juried)
2009
Mount Allison Showcase, Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
2008
From Me to You, Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
2008
so soon?, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2007
Site/Specific/Sight, Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB (curated by Tom Lovatt)
New Works, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
Members Showcase: Karen Stentaford, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
SELECTED PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY EVENTS & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2023
The Factory: Resonance Shift
Art in the Open, Charlottetown, PE,
(with Melissa Marr & Emma Hoch)
(curated by Janna Graham) Fall 2023
2021
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Rising Tide Festival, Alma, NB, August 13-15
2020
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Rising Tide Festival, Alma, NB, August 14-16
2018
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Antigonight, Antigonish Culture Alive, Antigonish, NS
(curated by John Matthews) September 15
2017
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Open Doors, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB (September 23)
The Factory
Nocturne, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
(with Melissa Marr) (curated by Dale Shepard) October 15
2016
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Lumière Art at Night Festival,
Lumière Arts Festival Association, Sydney, NS
(curated by Karie Liao and Christie MacNeil) September 24
2015
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Art in the Open, Confederation Centre Art Gallery,
Charlottetown, PE (curated by Pan Wendt) August 29
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio, Third Shift,
Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB
(with Christie Lawrence) August 22
2014
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio
Artist in the Streets, Tides Institute & Art Museum,
Eastport, ME, (with Christie Lawrence)
(by invitation) July 24-27
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023
Ströndin Studio, Seydisfjödur, Iceland, May 1-15
SÍM Artist in Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland, April 2-30
Tides Institute, Eastport, ME, February 5 – March 2
2022
Tilting Artist in Residence, Fogo, NL, August 1-22
Fundy National Park, Alma, NB, June 12-18
2021
Fundy National Park, Alma, NB
(with Leah Garnett), July 21-25
2019
Vermont Studio Center (Full fellowship),
Johnson, VT, May 12-June 6
2022
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Artist in Residence,
Fredericton, NB, June 19-July 1
Fundy National Park, Alma, NB, July 14-19
2015
SÍM Artist in Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 1-31
2013
SÍM Artist in Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 1-31
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-23
Assistant Professor, Mount Allison University
Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Sackville, NB
2005-19
Photography Technician and Part-time Lecturer,
Mount Allison University
Department of Fine Arts, Sackville, NB
2021-23
Board of Directors, Struts Gallery – Faucet Media Arts Centre,
Sackville, NB
2004-05
ArtsSmarts Nova Scotia Provincial Program Coordinator
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2004-05
Education Consultant, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax, NS
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022
Marjorie Young Bell Sabbatical Award,
Mount Allison University
2020
artsnb New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant
2019
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts and Music Award,
Mount Allison University
2018
Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts Fund
Mount Allison University
2016
Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts Fund
Mount Allison University
2013
artsnb, New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
artsnb, New Brunswick Arts Board,
Career Development Grant
2012
Curriculum innovation grant,
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
Research and Creative Activity Stipend,
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
(funding for research and creative activity)
Flash Forward, Honorable Mention,
Canadian Emerging Photographer
2011
Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts Fund
Mount Allison University
2010
Architecture Naturally,
Highly Commended Work, London, England
2009
artsnb, New Brunswick Arts Board,
Career Development Grant
2008
Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts Fund,
Mount Allison University, Sackville
2007
artsnb, New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant
PUBLISHED WORK
Aeonian Magazine, Issue 9
“Interview: Karen Stentaford” 2023
PhotoEd Magazine
“Radical Approaches to Teaching Photography” 2023
Washington Post – Double bubble brings joy, trouble, 2020
Our rural selves: Memory, place, and the visual in Canadian rural childhoods.
Dr. Claudia Mitchell and Dr. April Mandrona.
McGill-Queens University Press, 2019.
Start to Finish Workshop Series, ArtsLink NB, 2018.
Riddle Fence – Magazines Canada, 2018.
Company Province – Report on Business
– Globe and Mail, 2016.
SELECTED ARTICLES, CATALOGUES & MEDIA
Val Erie, “North-east of everywhere”
THIS Magazine, ON, November/December 2022
Amy Ash, “Silver Linings”
Visual Arts News, Halifax, NS, summer 2021
Dana-Marie Lemmer, “Artist Interview with Karen Stentaford”
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, 2020
Jon Claytor, “Circadian at AX, the Arts & Culture Centre Of Sussex, NB”
Akimblog Review, 2020
Robert Tombs, “Personae: Indigenous and Canadian Portraits 1861–2020”
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 2021
Amy Ash, “Circadian” Saint John, NB, 2020
Laura Valentino, “Eitt Andartak” Reykjavík, Iceland, 2018
Julia Thompson, “Permanence” Fredericton, NB, 2018
Pan Wendt, “Island Types” Charlottetown, PE, 2016
Karen Ruet “Phantom Pressence” Fredericton, NB 2015
Mike Landry, “A lesson in alchemy” Telegraph Journal,
Saint John, New Brunswick, April 26, 2014
Margaret Eaton, “Art Talk – Face to Face set for Galerie 12”
Times and Transcript, Moncton, New Brunswick, March 6, 2014
Mike Landry, “Salon Q&A” Telegraph Journal,
Saint John, New Brunswick, July 13, 2013
Mike Landry, “Tintype Time” Telegraph Journal,
Saint John, New Brunswick, May 11, 2013
Brent Mazerolle, “Tintype photos recapture an era gone by”
Times & Transcript, Moncton, New Brunswick, May 6, 2013
Jonna Brewer, “Photomatic: Travelling Tintype Studio”
Radio Interview on CBC Information Morning Moncton, May 2013
Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2012
Laura Moya, “Photo Alchemy: An Exhibition of Contemporary Alternative Photography”,
Portland, Oregon, 2011
Paul Cardwell, “Our History in bricks and mortar”
East Fife Mail, Fife, Scotland August 18, 2010. 9
Lori Beaman, “Harvesting Images”
Vie des Arts, Montréal, Québec, Fall 2009. 15
Tom Lovatt, “Site/Specific/Site” Fredericton, NB, 2007
Campus Scholar, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB, Fall 2006. 11
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES
2023
Fall Into Teaching (panel member on experiential learning)
Mount Allison University, August 30
Fiskisúpa – Ljósmyndasósa.
(artist talk, exhibition, & group tintype portrait)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 4
slow photography. (artist talk)
SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland, April 5
2022
Capturing Light. (virtual artist talk), Students of David Brooks Art classes,
Bernice MacNaughton High School, Moncton, NB, January 2022
2021
Silver & Light. (virtual artist talk & lecture)
Third Year Photography, Concordia University,
Montreal, QC. (November 19)
Iceland. Mobility, Spatiality, Virtuality. (virtual artist talk)
Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, October 22
Path of Entry. (virtual artist talk)
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, April 16
2019
Artist talk. Edinburgh College of Art,
Edinburgh, UK, November 12
2018
Experiential learning – Observe, respond. (lecture)
Teaching Day, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB, August 29
ACT/ION! (Lecture) Interdisciplinary Conversations,
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, March 15
2017
LandMarks2017 (lecture) ICFAD/CAFAD Conference,
NSCAD University Halifax, NS
Through the lens (lecture and artist talk)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, April 24
2016
Island Types, (artist talk), Confederation Centre Art Gallery,
Charlottetown, PE, July 21
2015
Photomatic, (artist talk), The View Camera,
NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, November 20
Island: sense of place (artist talk) SÍM, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 13
2014
Our Town (artist talk)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, April 2
2013
The original instant: wet plate collodion, (artist talk)
Rotary Club, Sackville, NB, October 24
Photomatic: Travelling Tintype Studio, (artist talk)
SÍM, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 10
Finding a Sense of Place, (artist talk)
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 11
The original instant, (artist talk)
Past/Forward Alt-Photo Symposium,
Edinburgh, Scotland, March 9
2012
(dis)regard, (virtual artist talk) Napier College,
Edinburgh, Scotland, October 31
2008
Contemporary landscape photography in Canada, (lecture),
Canadian Art History, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB, September 30
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
2023
The Original Instant: Collodion Tintypes (workshop)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (May 5-7)
2020
The Factory: Cyanotype printing (workshop)
This town is small, Charlottetown, PE,
(with Melissa Marr) March 7
2018
Documenting art (workshop) ArtsLink,
Sussex, Fredericton & Saint John, NB, March 9-10 & April 27
The Quiet Factory, MAKER MAKER, (workshop)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, (with Melissa Marr) February 28
2017
Cyanotype printing (workshop),
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, April 23
2016
The original blueprint: cyanotype (workshop),
Lumière, Sydney, NS, September 23
2015
Tintype in the studio (workshop), The View Camera,
NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, November 20
Planning and creativity (lecture and workshop),
The Planning Process, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB (with Melissa Marr) April 1
2014
Retro Photo (workshop part of the Handmade Assembly)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, October 25
2012
Planning, creativity, and public art (lecture and workshop),
The Planning Process, Mount Allison University
Sackville, NB (with Melissa Marr) November 15
Make Do and Mend (workshop part of the Handmade Assembly)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB,
(with Gay Hansen) October 27
COLLECTIONS
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
Museum of Flat Earth, Fogo, NL
New Brunswick Art Bank, Fredericton, NB
The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
The Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME
The Vermont International Museum of Contemporary art + Design:
Traveling Mobile Museum, Green Mountains, VT