Artist CV

Nat Cann (he/him) is a Canadian artist, a graduate of Mount Allison University, and New Brunswick provincial winner of the 2012 BMO Art 1st Prize. Nat has enjoyed exhibiting work across Canada in public galleries, artist-run centers, and workshops dabbling in assemblage, experimental printmaking and critical inspections of heritage. Such ideas have been explored from coast to coast via residencies and workshops in lands both fantastic and remote. Nat now resides in Saint John, New Brunswick, on the traditional lands of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi'kmaq Peoples where he currently instructs workshops in printmaking at the Saint John Arts Centre.

To get in touch, contact nathanacann@gmail.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS  

2021 Stelæ, Third Shift 2021, Saint John, NB 

2021 Printers Inc., Sunbury Shores, St. Andrews, NB
2021 Roadside Attractions, Gallery on Queen, Fredericton, NB
2020 Recherches en Cours, Espace Solo,  Îles de la Madeleine, QC
2020 Colis Suspect: Well-Painted Places, Endroits Bien Peints, Îles de la Madeleine, QC
2019 Third Shift, Ghosts – Constellation Series, Grannan St. Installation, Saint John, NB
2019 Haunt, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB
2017 Unseemly; exhibition of exclusively Tumblr artists, Los Angeles, CA
2016 A man Above, Calgary Transit Terminals, Calgary, AB
2015 NB art bank acquisition exhibition/collection, NB, Canada
2014 The Studio of the Enso, Saint John Arts Center, CG Gallery, NB
2014 City in Red, Osaka, Japan
2013 Scopholia, Collage exhibition, London, UK
2013 Found, exhibition of exclusively Tumblr artists, New York, US
2012 Fallen Soldiers, Imago, Moncton, NB
2012 BMO 1st Art! 2012, exhibition, MOCCA, Toronto, Ont, Canada
2012 Mount Allison BFA Graduate show, Owen’s Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada

RESIDENCIES

2021 Exhibition Air, Residency utilizing carbon captured materials, Calgary, Canada

2021 Creative Spark Print Residency, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. (Postponed)
2020 Colis Suspect, Magdalena Islands, Quebec, Canada.
2015 Sylvia Grinnell Artist Exchange, Sylvia Grinnell National Park, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
2014 Banff Arts Center, Visual Arts Spring Thematic Residency, Banff AB, Canada

SELECTED PUBLISHINGS

2021 Well Painted Places by Kara Au 

2021 Art Ideal Magazine Issue I, Circle Arts, Lyon, France – Read Here
2021 Artist Grief Cards, Artists Literacies Institute, NY, US – Read Here
2021 Shorelines, Third Space & ACAP, Canada - Upcoming
2020 Radio Canada, Colis Suspect, Canada - Listen Here
2019 The Gathered Gallery, Haunt - Read Here
2019 Peer Review, The East Magazine, Canada - Read Here
2019 Artist Spotlight/Third Shift 2019 Catalogue, Saint John, NB, Canada
2014 New Brunswick Art Bank Acquisitions, Fredericton, NB, Canada – Read Here
2012 Canadian Art, BMO First Acquisitions, Toronto, Canada– Read Here

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2021-22 Instructor, Printmaking, Sunbury Shores, St. Andrews, NB 

2020-21Catapult Mentorship Program, Artslink, NB
2019-21 Instructor, Printmaking, SJAC, Saint John, NB  

2019-20 BMG Buckland Merrifield, Representation, Saint John, NB  

2018-20 KKP Printing, Pressmen, Rothesay, NB   

2016-18 Print Cataloger, Banff Arts Centre, AB  

2013-14 Saint John Arts Center, Portfolio Development Assistant, Saint John, NB
2012 BFA: Visual Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

2021 Creation Grant, Category C, Arts NB

2020 Career Development Grant, Arts NB

2015 Canada Council for the Arts: Visual Arts, Travel Grant

2014New Brunswick Arts Acquisition Program 2013-2014 

2014Originals Emerging Artist category, Saint John, New Brunswick 

2012 New Brunswick Winner of the 2012 BMO Art First competition 

2009 Recipient of the Edward (Ted) Pulford Memorial awar