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"As a child, my imagination was fired by the luminescent gilding and intense hues of Byzantine icons. My paintings are ties to my roots, bringing together past and present, old and new, real and unreal, life and spirit." |
Julie Kaldenhoven has been winning prizes for her artworks since grade school. After graduating With Distinction from the Fine Art program at Grant MacEwan College in 1993, Julie experimented with various mediums and found that acrylics offer the boldness and immediacy she prefers.
Julie is active in various arts organizations and enjoys teaching art through community and gallery programs. Her works, including a commissioned portrait of Dr. Grant MacEwan, are held in private and public collections across Alberta.
Education
1993
Fine Art Diploma (with Distinction), GMCC, Edmonton, AB
Awards: Highest Campus Honors, Louise McKinney Scholarship
1986
Bachelor of Commerce Degree, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Awards: Royal Canadian Legion Bursary, Alexander Rutherford Scholarship
Recent Exhibitions
2008
The Midas Touch (Solo), Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, AB (juried)
2007
Guilded, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB (juried)
Fall Show and Sale, St. Albert Painters' Guild, St. Albert, AB
Spring Show and Sale, St. Albert Painters' Guild, St. Albert, AB
Instructor’s Show, Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, AB
2006
Presence, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
Small Works Show, Studio Gallery, St. Albert, AB
Fall Show and Sale, St. Albert Painters' Guild, St. Albert, AB
Myriad, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
Large Format Show, Society of Western Canadian Artists, Scotia Place (juried)
Hidden Talents, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
Notable Commissions
1995 - Portrait of Justice Phillip Clarke, Field & Field Perraton, Edmonton
1994 - Portrait of Dr. Grant MacEwan, GMCC, Edmonton, AB
1993 - Portrait of Dr. Gerald Kelly, President, GMCC, Edmonton, AB
Related Experience
Present - Art Instructor, Drop-In-Art for the Artist at Heart, Profiles Public Art Gallery
Acrylic Painting, City of St. Albert
Adult Programs (Painting), Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove
