with love
DAYNA
AESTHETIC NARRATIVES
about
DAYNA ELLEN
CALGARY, AB CANADA / CV
Born and raised between mountains and prairies, Dayna received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibre from the Alberta College of Art + Design [ ACAD ] in 2014. She continues to live in Calgary with her husband and daughter.
Disciplined across boundaries, she works with tapestry, drawing, digital processes, photography and poetry. Her practice is an alchemy of meditation and movement, where wool and charcoal become prayer. With a heritage in craft and an intuitive eye for design, her work is both traditional and modernly minimal. Inspired by sacred landscapes, Christian spirituality and contemporary aesthetics, she is compelled to create work that exists within the tension of beauty, suffering, millennial feminist discourse and the gospel of Christ.
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN
2014 / Bachelor of Fine Arts in Craft + New Media / Calgary, AB
PHYLLIS BALM PURCHASE AWARD
2014 / Mike + Sherri Balm / Calgary, AB
JASON LANG SCHOLARSHIP
2009 / Alberta Scholarship Program / Edmonton, AB
solo EXHIBITIONS
EPIPHANY / EMBRACING SKY
2018 / CSpace / Calgary, AB
BOUND (juried)
2017 / Arts Commons Window Galleries / Calgary, AB
CELESTIAL BEINGS
2014 / Poly + Esther Gallery / Calgary, AB
BLOOD/RUN DRY; KIN/ETERNAL
2012 / Poly + Esther Gallery / Calgary, AB
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
BETWEEN MOUNTAINS + PRAIRIES:
A MULTI DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF
CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE
2015 / The Manning Foundation / Calgary, AB
PARK LUXE : 7
2014 / River Walk Plaza / Calgary, AB
ACAD GRAD SHOW
2014 / Gallery 371 / Calgary, AB
ANTHENAEUM : UNPACKING THE LIBRARY
2014 / Luke Lindoe Library / Calgary, AB
THE HORSE SHOW (juried)
2013 / Stanford Perrot Lecture Theatre / Calgary, AB
GENERATION WHY (juried)
2011 / Discovery Gallery: Alberta Crafts Council / Edmonton, AB
SLUMDOG COUTURE (juried)
2011 / Artawearness XI: ACAD / Calgary, AB
artist talks
HAPPENINGS 8 PANEL
2017 / Arts Commons / Calgary, AB
SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY
2014 / Centre Street Church / Calgary, AB
ON [ EARTH ] AS IT IS IN [ HEAVEN ]
2014 / Stanford Perrot Lecture Theatre / Calgary, AB
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“PAIRING PROJECT”
2015 / Rad Girl Collective / Page 30, Illustrated, Online Zine
“THROUGH THE AGES”
2015 / Dote Magazine / Page 56, Print / Calgary, AB
“COLLABORATIVE ARTIST BOOK, FINA 450 - 2014:
A GROUP OF ARTISTS AND THE THINGS THEY MUST DO NEXT”
2014 / Mireille Perron / Unpaged, Illustrated, Print / Calgary, AB
“FINA 450 PRESENTS: ANTHENAEUM: UNPACKING OUR LIBRARY CATALOGUE: PRESENTED AT THE LUKE LINDOE LIBRARY 2014 [ FINA 450 EXHIBITION ]”
2014 / Mireille Perron / E-Book / Calgary, AB
professional services
ART + GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR
2015 - 2016 / Urban Grace Church / Calgary, AB
ASSISTANT ART COORDINATOR
2014 / PARK / Calgary, AB
RESEARCH VOLUNTEER FOR LUCY ORTA
2014 / Nuit Blanche / Calgary, AB
COMMISSION : PRESIDENT’S CONVOCATION SHAWL
2014 / ACAD / Calgary, AB
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR : PRACTICUM STUDENT
2012 / Untitled Art Society / Calgary, AB
GENERAL VOLUNTEER
2012 / Nuit Blanche / Calgary, AB
contact
CALGARY, ALBERTA
CANADA
Tel: (403) 612 - 7523