Education
2017 Independent Studio Program, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
1989 Diploma in Fine Art, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
(Major in Photography)
1984/86 Coursework, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB (foundation, photography)
Professional Development / Workshops
2016 Lithography Pronto (with Victoria Edgarr), Ground Zero Printmakers Society, Victoria, BC
2007 Solar Plate Etching, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Angel on Horseback, MoCL Window Gallery, Victoria, BC
Disposable Angels, installation, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
2018 I Wonder, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC
2017 Globular Cluster, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
Gone Home, Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 The 100 Day Project,The Midwives Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
2013 Victoria: A History in Layers, Habit Coffee, Victoria, BC
Studies of the Artichoke Flower, The Midwives Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
2012 Victoria: A History in Layers, site-specific installation in shop windows, Victoria, BC
1995 Cut Block No 69A3-X, Still Eagle, Nelson, BC
1994 Shakti: Feminine Energy, Nelson Museum Gallery, Nelson, BC
Group Exhibitions
2019 Discovery, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Branch, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
2018 Swell, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
Mend, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
Under/Where, Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC
Refugium, The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
2017 Bridge, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
Hopeful Monsters, arc.hive gallery, Victoria, BC
Take Your Bearings, 50/50 Arts Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
2012 The Small Treasures Show, Coast Collective Gallery, Metchosin, BC
The Small Works Show, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
2011 In Your Skin, Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, Victoria, BC
1992 Natural Histories: Traces, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
1989 ECCAD graduation show, ECCAD campus, Vancouver, BC
Grants and Awards
2012 People and Places 150 Grant, support for the Victoria: A History in Layers exhibition awarded by the City of Victoria, BC
2019 Winner of an emerging artist award from the Seymour Art Gallery.
Bibliography
Robin Laurence, Alison Bigg: “I Wonder” Exhibition review, Preview Magazine, Victoria, BC, April/May edition, 2018, page 25.
“Refugium: artists respond to Refugium: Poems for the Pacific”, (exhibition catalogue), Maritime Museum, Victoria, BC, 2018, page 4
“Hopeful Monsters”, (exhibition catalogue), arc.hive, Victoria, BC, 2017, page 23, essay, Connie Morey.
“Gone Home” (exhibition catalogue), Vancouver Island School of Art,Victoria,BC 2017,essay, Wendy Welch.
Community Activities
2019 Artist, TD Art Gallery Paint-In, Moss Street, Victoria, BC
2018 Member, Ground Zero Printmakers Society, Victoria, BC
2018 Member of CARFAC
2017-2018 Member, Board of Directors, arc.hive artist-run centre
2012 Artist, TD Art Gallery Paint-In, Moss Street, Victoria, BC