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

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

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

 

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

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