LYNDSAY McKAY
Born: July 22, 1975
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EDUCATION:
2023: MFA, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2020: BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018: Visual Arts Diploma, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
2006: Practical Nursing Diploma, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023: The Space Between, SOCA Gallery, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
2021 (September - October): As Above So Below, The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023: Thesis Exhibition, UWindsor MFA Graduate Show, Leamington Art Gallery, Leamington, ON
2023: Retrospective Exhibition, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria, BC
2022: Traces, Biomorphic Landscapes, Leamington Art Gallery, Leamington, ON
2021: Support Structures, Michael Wright Art Gallery, Port Coquitlam, BC
2021: Pathways to Modernity, Italian Cultural Center, Vancouver, BC
2021: Discovery, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021: The Mending Ground Project, in collaboration with Connie Michele Morey, Residency Contribution, Victoria, BC
2021: Emerging Artist Exhibition, Fortune Gallery, Victoria, BC
2020: Bridge Studio Crawl, Virtual Studio Exhibit, Victoria, BC
2020: AUGUST, Biomorphic Landscapes, Errant ArtSpace, Victoria, BC
2020: Until Magazine, Issue 2 “Tenderness”, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2020: The Show 2020, Biomorphic Landscapes, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver BC
2020: Symbiotic, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
2019: ECUAD Sculpture Gallery, Burden, Vancouver, BC
2019: Elbow Gallery, Aemulatio, Vancouver, BC
2019: The Object Gallery, Biomorphic Landscapes, Vancouver, BC
2018: Performance, Smoke and Mirrors, Victoria, BC
2018: Undefined Space Gallery, Who Sees Me? Who Knows Me? Victoria, BC
2018: On the Cusp, Victoria, BC
2017: Out of the Grey, Victoria, BC
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ARTIST TALKS:
2023: SOCA Gallery, The Space Between, Graduate Exhibit, Thesis Defense & Extended Discussion, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2023: Artist Talk, Photographic Works, Embodiment, Identity, Porosity of Space: Contemporary Photography, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2022: Working with Bioplastics: Contemporary Art and the Life Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2022: SOCA Gallery, Traces Graduate Show, Research and Process
2021: 4900 Professional Practice Course, University of Windsor, Windsor ON.
2020: Bio-Art Teaching + Student Engagement, Monterey Middle School, Victoria BC
2020: Biomorphic Gardens, Virtual Demonstration, Bridge Studio Crawl via Arc.Hive, Victoria BC
2020: Ground + Glow, Biomorphic Landscapes: A Discussion in Posthuman Grounding
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2022/23: Lead Graduate Student Liaison & Coordinator, University of Windsor, Graduate Exhibition with Leamington Arts Centre, Leamington ON
2023: Workshop, Fabricating with Bioplastics – Director/Facilitator, Incubator Art Lab, Windsor, ON
2022/23: Research Assistant - University of Windsor, School of Creative Arts, Incubator Art Lab, Windsor ON
2023: Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Photography, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2022: Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, History of Photography, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2022: Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, Art History, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2022: Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, Bioart: Contemporary Art and the Life Sciences, University of Windsor,
Windsor ON
2022: Social Media Content Coordinator, Incubator Art Lab, Windsor ON
2022: Bioplastic Workshop – Director/Facilitator with Incubator Art Lab, Windsor, ON
2022: Biofabrication Workshop, Living Matter Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2022: Teaching Dossier Workshop, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2021 - Graduate Assistant, 4900 Professional Practice, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
2021: Bonnie McComb-Kreye Studio Residency, Victoria, BC, Canada
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS:
2023: Nominated, Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal
2022: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor
2018: Jessie Allan Forsyth Memorial Leadership Scholarship
2018: President’s Showcase Award