D U S T I N    W E N Z E L

Education:

• M.F.A., Candidate (Scholarship), York University, Toronto, Ontario.

• B.F.A., Major in Fine Arts, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Solo Exhibitions:

• Inside Whales, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B.

• Prospect Twelve, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

• Inside Whales, The Nova Scotia Museum Of Natural History, Halifax, N.S.

• The End, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions:

• BRAINWAVE: Common Senses, Exit Art, New York, NY.

• The Opera House Show, Lunenburg Opera House, Lunenburg , N.S.

• Graduation Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, N.S.

• Performance in Michael Fernandez’s Terribly Long Swords, MSVU Art Gallery, N.S.

• F.A.S.S., Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, N.S.

• Annual Members’ Show, Khyber Arts Center, N.S.

• Members’ Show, eyelevelgallery, N.S.

• Mutations in the Garden of Delight, Gateway Park, Halifax Port Authority, N.S.

• Sound Bytes Yer Arse (performance), NSCAD University, N.S.

• Sound Bytes, Anna Leonowens Gallery, N.S.

• II, Anna Leonowens Gallery, N.S. (Two Person).

• ARTPORT Contemporary, Art Gallery Of Nova Scotia (Pier 20), N.S.

Upcoming Solo Exhibitions:

• Pieces, Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, ON (Feb.20 – Mar.25)

Grants:

• Exhibition Assistance Grant – Exit Art, New York, NY, Ontario Arts Council

• Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

Residencies:

• NSCAD-Lunenburg Residency – One-year placement, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Curatorial Projects:

• Co-curated with Peter Dykhuis an outdoor sculpture installation at Gateway Park in coordination with NSCAD University and the Halifax Port Authority.

• Sculpture, What is, Anna Leonowens Gallery. Curated two consecutive shows.

Scholarships:

• NSCAD Endowment Scholarship from the Robert G. Merritt Memorial Fund

• NSCAD David Lanier: “Big Hat, No Cattle” Sculpture Scholarship

• NSCAD Endowment Scholarship from the Thomas George and Ethel Pearson MacKenzie Fund

• NSCAD Centennial Scholarship from the Henry D. Larson Fund

Selected Public Presentations:

• Inside Whales, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John (slide lecture).

• Lunenburg Academy, N.S. (slide lecture).

• Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg, N.S. (slide lecture).

• Inside Whales, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (slide lecture).

• Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg, N.S. (slide lecture).

Selected Bibliography:

• Art In America, “Mind and Matter”, April 2008. pp. 68-71.

• Visual Arts News, “Young Guns”, Mike Landry, Winter 2008, pp.6-11.

• Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., “Prospect 12: Dustin Wenzel”, (Catalogue) Essay by Peggy MacKinnon.

• The Coast: Fall Arts Guide, “Prospect 12: Dustin Wenzel”, Sept. 27, ’07, p.20.

• The Coast, “In the Galleries”, June 14, ’07, p.36.

• enROUTE Magazine (Air Canada), (2 Images and Biography), June 2006, pp.119-122.

• Five One Six Three: The NSCAD University Magazine, “Dustin Wenzel: Sculpture”, Erika Proctor, 2006 issue, p.08.

• The Coast, “D’oh! Where’s my deer?”, Sue Carter Flinn, Sept 22, ’06, p.42.

• NSCAD U Annual Report 04/05, (ARTPORT Contemporary piece featured), p.16.

• Daily News: HFX, “The Art of the Possible”, Marilyn Smulders, May 19, ’06, p.17.

• NSCAD University Website: Faculty and Student Profiles, 2005/06.

Commissions:

• New Brunswick Museum: Nine cetacean endocranial casts. (From NBM and Canadian Museum of Nature specimens).

• The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic: Right whale endocranial cast, bronze.

Professional Work Experience:

• Foundry Technician, Lost and Foundry, Almonte ON.

• Studio Assistant – Bronze Casting, Doug Bamford, Ottawa ON.

• Sculpture Assistant – Mold Making/Casting, Stephan Brathwaite, Almont ON.

• Teaching Assistant, Continuing Studies – Sculpture: Clay Modeling and Plaster Casting. NSCAD University, Halifax, N.S.

• Preparations, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: installation/dismantling of exhibits, including Rodin, Art of the Ancient Mediterranean, and Christo & Jeanne-Claude.

• Preparations, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery.

• Gallery Assistant, Anna Leonowens Gallery.

• Installation Coordinator, NSCAD University, Gateway Park, Pier 21.

• Studio Assistant - Underpainting, Marilyn McAvoy, Halifax N.S.

• Student Sculpture Technician, NSCAD University.