Sarah Petite Curriculum Vitae

CV March 2008
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Contact Information

Winter address:

239 George Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada E3B 1J4

Summer address:

PO Box 10
Port Maitland
Nova Scotia, Canada
B0W 2V0

Email: mail@sarahpetite.com

Websites

E-Studio Directory
http://vans.ednet.ns.ca/artist_pages/spetite.html

Galerie Saule
www.galeriesaule.ca/

Biography

Born Pennsylvania, U.S.A., grew up near Boston..Settled in Canada, (Canadian citizenship 1971)

Went to art school, discovered the painter within, began in oils

Sojourned in Canadian cities and countryside, in Singapore, Italy, England

Raised three children

1988, self-taught encaustic painting.

Divides time between Fredericton, New Brunswick (winter) and Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia (summer).

Education

1969

(BA) English literature, University of King's College Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1980-83

Fine Art (painting, printmaking), Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1985

Art History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

East Meets West, juried members' exchange between Gallery Connexion,

Fredericton, New Brunswick and aceartinc., Winnipeg, Manitoba

AGNS West (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Yarmouth Branch) Regional Artists' Show

2006, 2007

New Brunswick Art Bank Recent Acquisitions

2005-2006

University of NB Art Centre, Fredericton

Galerie Colline, Université de Moncton, Edmundston Campus

City of Saint John Gallery, Saint John Art Centre

Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, l'Université de Moncton, Moncton

Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery, Florenceville

Restigouche Gallery, Campbellton

Struts Gallery Artist-Run Centre, Sackville

Galerie Artcadienne, Miramichi

2006 Folio, Annapolis Region Community Arts Council (ARTsPLACE), Annapolis Royal,NS

Yarmouth County Museum, Yarmouth, NS

Art in a Box, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, waterfront, Halifax, NS

2002

NB Art Bank Acquisitions, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB

2000-2001

Artists in a Floating World; des artistes dans un monde flotant, The Marion
McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

Lichen (new works) Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

2008

Cradles of Art, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, NB

2006

Depths in Fathoms, Annapolis Region Community Arts Council (ARTsPLACE), Annapolis Royal, NS

2002

Section-Elevation, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB