| Mackenzie Frere lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His handwoven, contemplative cloth has been exhibited in Canada, China, Japan and Korea. His writing has appeared in “Artichoke Magazine,” “Craft News" (a publication of the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council) and recently in Craft Perception & Practice: A Canadian Discourse Vol III. He received his education at the Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary (BFA 1998) and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (MFA 2005). Presently, Mackenzie is teaching courses in the fibre arts at the Alberta College of Art + Design, weaving in his studio and curating exhibitions for Poplar ArtCraft, an online gallery of emerging visual artists. |
| exhibitions solo immaterial beauty February March 2005 Master’s Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia tract 2 July August 1996 Marion Nicoll Gallery +15 space, Centre for Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta soak March 1996 Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta selected group exhibitions profiles in fibre May 2007 Heritage Weavers Guild, Artpoint Studios, Calgary, Alberta next - emerging Canadian textile graduates Sept Nov 2006 Uncommon Objects Space, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Ontario profiles in fibre June 2006 Heritage Weavers Guild, Artpoint Studios, Calgary, Alberta instructors’ show June 2006 HWSDA Conference, Heritage Inn, High River, Alberta arrivals/departures January 2005 Master’s Group Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia the 3rd natural dyeing biennale in aichi November 2004 Aichi Prefecture Museum, Nagoya, Japan from lausanne to beijing 3rd international fibre art biennale November 2004 Shanghai Library Conference and Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China sutra Curated by Tosca Killoran September 2004 Alternative Space, Hap Gallery, Ohoo Building, Seoul, South Korea plot January 2004 Master’s Group Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia the 2nd natural dyeing biennale in aichi September 2002 Aichi Prefecture Museum, Nagoya, Japan context February 1999 Devonian Gardens Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta aberration with Derek Waite & Angela Yee January 1999 Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta earth stone ceramics glass, international craft exhibition October 1998 Museum of Arts Crafts Itami, Itami, Japan pursuit January 1999 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta teaching Alberta College of Art & Design instructor winter 2008 fibre 3D, introduction to weaving, multi-harness weaving feb + march 2008 knitting in the studio: a contemporary textile art (extended studies) november 2007 finishing techniques for handweavers october 2007 Cloth Dyeing & Painting (substitute instructor) feb + march 2007 knitting in the studio: a contemporary textile art (extended studies) fall 2006 Cloth Dyeing & painting October 2005 Introduction to Weaving and Directed Studio (substitute instructor) NSCAD University instructor Spring 2005 Nature Dyeing Workshop and Independent Studio, Textiles Fall 2004 Nature Dyeing Workshop Winter 2003 NSCAD Continuing Education Children’s Classes (grades 4 to 6) research assistant Spring 2004 and 2005 Dr. Sandra Alfoldy, Craft Historian and NSCAD U professor teacher’s assistant Fall 2003 to Winter 2005 Intermediate Weaving, Textile Studio and Visual Culture instructor 1997 to 2000 Adult and children’s classes in weaving and natural dyeing, The Fiber Hut, Calgary, Alberta other activities curator, Poplar ArtCraft online gallery of emerging artists http://poplarartcraft.mackenziefrere.com September 2006 to present moderator + contributor, ArtClothText, blog for fibre artists http://artclothtext.blogspot.com August 2007 to present Lecturer, “Same Difference: Three Contemporary Textile Artists” June 2006 Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta Provincial Conference, High River, Alberta Instructor, Nature Dyeing Workshops June 2006 Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta Provincial Conference, High River, Alberta writing “immaterial beauty” (excerpt), “Review: ‘The Parting Glass’ the work of Sara Washbush” in Craft Perception & Practice, ed. Nisse Gustafson + Amy Gogarty, Ronsdale Press, coming November 2007 “Expanding Intimacy”, “Profile: Michele Hardy” + “Review: Meta Incognita” fibreQuarterly Canada, vol. 3, Issue 2, http://fiberquaterly.velvethighway.com "(im)material beauty" (excerpt) Artichoke Magazine, Summer 2005, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 34-37 “Review; Acadian Root Baskets of Atlantic Canada” Nova Scotia Craft News, a publication of the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council, Winter 2005/2006, pp 18-19 “What is ‘Is there love in art?’” 5163, NSCAD University Alumni Magazine, Winter 2005/2006, pp 26-29 awards joseph beuys memorial scholarship 2005 NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia louise mckinney heritage trust fund scholarship 1997 & 1996 Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta mollie mabie memorial award 1996 Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta philomela award for innovative work in textiles 1995 Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta |
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