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 SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025
of a feather (duo)
StFX Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS
(curated by Emily Falvey & Andrea Terry)
2024
of a feather (duo)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
(curated by Emily Falvey)
2019
Process of Time,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
(curated by John Leroux)
2018
Permanence,
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
(curated by Julia Thompson)
21 tintypes,
Red Sky Gallery, Antigonish, NS
2017
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio,
Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Sydney, NS
(curated by John Matthews)
2016
Island Types,
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
(curated by Pan Wendt)
2015
(dis)regard,
Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
(curated by Colin Cavers)
2014
Face to Face, (duo)
Galerie 12, Moncton, NB
2013
Photomatic: travelling tintype studio,
Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB
2012
(dis)regard,
Lochgelly Art Gallery, Lochgelly, Largo Arts Festival, Largo, UK
(curated by Colin Cavers)
(dis)regard,
Fotospace, Glenrothes, UK
(curated by Colin Cavers)
diptych, (duo)
Galerie 12, Moncton, NB
2010
(dis)regard,
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK (MA Thesis)
2008
so soon?, (duo)
Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2007
Members Showcase: Karen Stentaford,
Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Art = Work,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
(curated by Emily Falvey, Lucy MacDonald, Rachel Thornton, Jane Tisdale)
one thing leads to another,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
(curated by Emily Falvey)
Leaders in the Field: The History and Legacy of Art at Mount Allison,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
(curated by Jon Leroux)
Together With Time,
Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE
(curated by Pan Wendt)
2024
erratics II,
J.K. Contemporary, Joe Batts Arm, Fogo Island, NL
(Curated by M’Liz Keefe)
Springtime Friends,
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
40 Years In The Forest,
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
2023
Metamorphosis,
Der Greif, Munich, DE (group – virtual)
(Curated by Varun Gupta & Arpan Mukherjee)
Altered Images,
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (group – virtual)
(Curated by Lisa Volpe)
2022
Land(e)scape,
Analog Forever Magazine (virtual)
(Curated by Joni Sternbach)
the things we love tell us what we are.,
J.K. Contemporary, Joe Batts Arm, Fogo Island, NL
(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 (virtual)
(Curated by Robert Tombs)
Circadian,
Ax Gallery, Sussex, NB (curated by Amy Ash)
2019
Decade,
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
2018
Iceland Film Photography Association,
Gallerí Fold, Reykjavík, IS
(curated by Laura Valentino)
2017
Under Summer Skies,
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
2016
Make. Work.,
Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Sackville, NB
2015
Phantom Presence,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
(curated by Karen Ruet & Terry Graff)
Re: sent Work,
Parentheses Gallery & Art, Halifax, NS
Curiouser and Curiouser,
Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
(curated by Martha Moore)
Once an Island,
SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
Some of Our Own,
Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, NB
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
2013
Manual for a Landscape,
SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
(curated by Hildur Yr Jonsdottir)
Windshift,
SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
Past Forward,
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
(curated by Susanne Ramsenthaler)
2012
Ornamental Branch,
Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
2011
Photo Alchemy,
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
(curated by Laura Moya)
2010
The Things that Drift Apart,
Department of Fine Arts Biannual Exhibition,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
Krakow Photomonth,
Plac Nowy, Krakow, PL
Architecture Naturally,
Bankside Gallery, London, UK
Pinhole,
Beyond Words, Edinburgh, UK
Stare,
Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, UK
Louped,
Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Salon,
Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
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
2007
Site/Specific/Sight,
Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition,
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
(curated by Tom Lovatt)
New Works,
Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
SELECTED PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY EVENTS & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2025
Here/Now: A Community Tintype Portrait,
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, November 9
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio, SAPPYFEST 20,
Sappyfest, Sackville, NB, August 1-3
2024
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio, StudioWorks,
Tides Institute & Art Museum, Eastport, ME, June 30-July 6
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio: community portraits,
Ljósmyndadagar á Seyðisfirði (Photography Days of Seyðisfjörður),
Seyðisfjörður, IS, May 4 -20
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
Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio Open Doors,
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
September 23
2017
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
2026
Union House Arts,
Port Union, NL, August 5-30
Ströndin Studio,
Seydisfjödur, IS, May 1-29
BEAST, Bornholm, DK, April 1-30
Art & Science Residency Bonne Bay Aquarium and Research Station,
Norris Point, NL January 9-30
2024
StudioWorks, Tides Institute & Museum of Art,
Eastport, ME, June 30-July 7
Ströndin Studio,
Seydisfjödur, IS, May 3-29
2023
Ströndin Studio,
Seydisfjödur, IS, May 1-15
SÍM Artist in Residency,
Reykjavík, IS, April 2-30
StudioWorks, Tides Institute & Museum of Art,
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
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, IS, May 1-31
2013
SÍM Artist in Residency,
Reykjavik, IS, July 1-31
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024-Present
Associate Professor, Mount Allison University
Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Sackville, NB
2023- Present
Board of Directors, Photo East / Photo Est
2019-24
Assistant Professor, Mount Allison University
Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Sackville, NB
2021-Present
Board of Directors, Struts Gallery -Faucet Media Arts Centre,
Sackville, NB
2005-19
Photography Technician and Part-time Lecturer,
Mount Allison University Department of Fine Arts,
Sackville, NB
AWARDS & GRANTS
2025
Marjorie Young Bell Faculty Fund – Sabbatical Award,
Mount Allison University
2024
artsnb New Brunswick Arts Board, Artist in Residence Grant
2022
Marjorie Young Bell Faculty Fund – Sabbatical Award, Mount Allison University
2020
artsnb New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant
2019
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship
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
2013
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2013
artsnb New Brunswick Arts Board, Career Development Grant
2012
Flash Forward, Honourable 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
2007
artsnb New Brunswick Arts Board, Creation Grant
PUBLISHED WORK
Point A to Point B Analog Explorations,
Issue 9 “Karen Stentaford” 2025
Le project Ariel (Blaze Island) by Catherine Bush, translated by Sonya Malaborza
published by Prise de Parole cover artwork 2024
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.
ARTICLES, CATALOGUES & MEDIA
Joe Bender and Scott Munn “Hold Still (Documentary Film, 2026)”
Produced by Joe Bender/Cove Film and Scott Munn/Unfolding Pictures
Leaders in the Field: The History and Legacy of Art at Mount Allison,
edited by John Leroux and Thaddeus Holownia, co-published
by Anchorage Press and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 2026
Jon Claytor “of a feather (in memory of Gay Hansen)”
Billie Magazine, NB Spring 2025
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, IS, 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, UK August 18, 2010. 9
Lori Beaman, “Harvesting Images”
Vie des Arts, Montréal, Québec, Fall 2009. 15
Tom Lovatt, “Site/Specific/Site”
Fredericton, NB, 2007
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES
2026
Collaborating with the Environment & Communities, (artist talk)
The School of Fine Arts at Grenfell, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL. January 16
2025
Photograph as Object, (artist talk)
third year photography class at Université de Moncton. Moncton, NB. April 10
of a feather: Thaddeus Holownia and Karen Stentaford, (artist talk),
StFX Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS, March 17
Slowness, (virtual artist talk),
Large Format Photography class University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, MB, March 13
Swap Meet: Residencies, (talk/presentation),
Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, January 14
2024
Silver & Light, (virtual artist talk) Third Year Photography,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC, October 31
Artists in Conversation: Thaddeus Holownia and Karen Stentaford,
(artist talk moderated by Emily Falvey) Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, January 24
2023
Fall Into Teaching, (panel member on experiential learning)
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, August 30
Fiskisúpa – Ljósmyndasósa, (artist talk, exhibition, & group tintype portrait)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, IS, May 4
slow photography, (artist talk)
SÍM, Reykjavík, IS, April 5
2022
Capturing Light, (virtual artist talk),
Students of David Brooks Art classes,
Bernice MacNaughton High School, Moncton, NB, January 11
2021
Silver & Light, (virtual artist talk)
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
DECADE, 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, IS, 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, IS, July 10
Finding a Sense of Place, (artist talk)
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK, March 11
The original instant, (artist talk)
Past/Forward Alt-Photo Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, March 9
2012
(dis)regard, (virtual artist talk)
Napier College, Edinburgh, UK, October 31
2008
Contemporary landscape photography in Canada, (lecture),
Canadian Art History, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, September 30
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
2026
Advanced Wet Plate Collodion (workshop)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, IS, May 13-15
2024
Collodion Tintypes (workshop)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, IS, May 10-12
MAKER MAKER: Found Photo Embroidery (workshop)
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, March 20
2023
The Original Instant: Collodion Tintypes (workshop)
Ströndin Studio, Seyðisfjörður, IS, 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
MAKER MAKER: The Quiet Factory, (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
Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, 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