EDUCATION
- 2007 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Major - Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
- 1971 – 1972 – University of British Columbia, General Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2018 - IPSEITY, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
- 2017 - GRASSLAND, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
- 2017 - LOCAL(i)TY 3, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, B.C.
- 2013 – FALLEN SKY, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
- 2013 – STUDIO WATCH, ‘RED, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN‘, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2010 – COLOUR. LIGHT., Langham Art Gallery, Kaslo, B.C.
- 2009 – PREPARED TO RECEIVE, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, B.C.
- 2009 – PREPARED TO RECEIVE, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C.
- 2009 – PREPARED TO RECEIVE, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
- 2008 – STUDIO WATCH, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2005 – SOMETHING IN A FACE, Sechelt Art Gallery, Sechelt, B.C.
- 2002 – LISTENING TO THE RIVER, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2014 – 2016 - LOCAL(i)TY, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2014 – 2015 - STEAMROLLED, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
- 2014 – 2015 - TWENTY MINUTE DRAWINGS, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2014 – EARTHLY, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
- 2013 – PIPELINE, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
- 2013 – 10th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Boundary Visual Artists, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2013 – 2-progress, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, B.C.
- 2012 – 2PRO:GRESS, Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, B.C.
- 2011 – SUSTAINABILITY, Langham Gallery, Kaslo, B.C.
- 2011 – FACES AND FIGURES – THE DIVINE SPARK, VISAC Gallery, Trail, B.C.
- 2010 – TELLING STORIES, Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery
- 2008 – DRAWINGS, Boundary Visual Artists, Grand Forks Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2007 – INSPIRATION/EXPIRATION, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2007 – CRAFTSHOW 2007, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design,
Vancouver, B.C. - 2005 – IDEAS ABOUT INFINITY, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
- 2004 – HOME GROWN: Artists from the Boundary, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2003 – ARTISTS OF GRAND FORKS AND THE BOUNDARY, Silverton Gallery, Silverton, B.C.
- 2003 – ARTROPOLIS "THE BIG PICTURE: perspectives on change", CBC Buildings,
Vancouver, B.C. - 2002 – ARTISTS COLLECT II, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2002 – ARTWORK: B.C. Festival of the Arts, Surrey, B.C.
- 2001 – ARTISTS COLLECT , Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2000 – ARTWORK: B.C. Festival of the Arts, Nelson, B.C.
- 1999 – A ROSE IS A ROSE, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C.
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION
- 2019 - 'The Woman Who Decided to be a Tree', Wells, B.C.
- 2016 - 'Tied Down Rock', Rattlesnake Mountain, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2014 – 2016 - Windfence –, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C
- 2014 – ‘Machine for Making a Heart Shaped Wind', Rolla, B.C.
- 2013 – ‘One Step Closer To The Moon‘, Rolla, B.C.
- 2012 – ‘Fallen Sky‘, Wells, B.C.
- 2011 – ‘Object Painted To Look Like Itself – Rusted Metal in the Landscape’, Wells, B.C.
- 2010 – ‘Tied Down Rock’, Wells, B.C.
AWARDS
- 2015 –ARTiculate Scholarship, ARTiculate Magazine, to attend the Toni Onley Artists Project, Wells, B.C.
- 2008 – Kootenay Carnival Magazine Scholarship to attend the Toni Onley Artists Project,
Wells, B.C. - 2006 – Brissenden Scholarship for student showing promise in the fields of painting and sculpture
COLLECTIONS
- Grand Forks Art Gallery
(purchased through funding from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Trust)
Listening to Snow - acrylic on canvas - Ms Virginia Greene
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, B.C.
Silke - oil on canvas - Peter von Thiesenhausen
artist
Object painted to look like itself (rusted object)
COMMISSIONS
- 1999 – CD cover art, Ladies of Summer - singer/songwriter - Dave Soroka
- 1993 – CD cover art, Cup of Sand - singer/songwriter - Dave Soroka
PUBLICATIONS
- 2014 Curatorial Project: Local(i)ty: Nora Curiston, Brenda Feist, Laura Widmer By Carin Covin
- 2005/2006 ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, Vol 28:4
- paintings featured on cover and several pages of this literary publication - 1985 ARTS VANCOUVER, publication of the Vancouver Community Arts Council
- regular contributor of articles on arts activities in Vancouver
PRESS
- Winter, 2010 – ROUTE 3 – ‘Flashes of Inspiration – Take a step off the beaten path and
enjoy Grand Forks artist Nora Curiston’s work’ by Shella Gardezi - Summer, 2009 – Interview on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay
- March, 2009 - WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE – ‘Artist Curiston Challenges Her Perceptions’
by Gaeil Farrar
RELATED ACTIVITIES
- 2019 - Attended Toni Onley Artists' Project in Wells, B.C. with mentors Peter von Thiesenhausen and Diana Thorneycroft.
- 2019 - Guest Curator, Post-Diluvian, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2015 - Attended Toni Only Artists – Project in Wells, B.C. with mentors Harold Klunder and Ciara Phillips
- 2015 - General design and installation of - Main Street - Heart of the Community, Gallery 2 Art and Heritage Centre, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2014 - General design, artwork and installation of 'Toys Were Us',
Gallery 2 Art and Heritage Centre, Grand Forks, B.C. - 2013 - General design, artwork and installation of 'The Seventies Show',
Gallery 2 Art and Heritage Centre, Grand Forks, B.C. - 2009 - Outreach Assistant, Art Bank Outreach Project to Celebrate the Canada Council’s
50th Anniversary, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C. - 2009 - Developed and delivered art programming to youth with learning disabilities
through Boundary Family and Individual Services Association, Grand Forks, B.C. - 2009 Instructor, Drawing Workshops, Selkirk College, Grand Forks, B.C.
- 2008 - Attended the Toni Onley Artists’ Project in Wells, B.C. with mentors Peter
von Tiesenhausen and David T. Alexander - 2007 Senior Artist Mentor - Spirit of Place: Culture, Sport, Sustainability, British
Columbia Young Artists Exhibition. A joint project of Emily Carr Institute
of Art and Design, Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Arts Umbrella and
Save the Children, Canada - 2007 - Member, Board of Directors, Grand Forks Art Gallery
- 1996 - 1999 - Grand Forks Art Gallery representative to the Grand Forks and Area Arts
Council - 1994 - 1999 - Member, Board of Directors, Grand Forks Art Gallery
