Hannah Minzloff
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Curriculum Vitae

Hannah is a photo-based artist living and working in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is a dynamic, highly regarded community leader, was short-listed for the Mayors Award of Distinction in Contemporary Art and has received Creation and Presentation grants from Arts Nova Scotia. Her works have been exhibited locally and nationally, have been purchased by the Halifax Regional Municipality and the Art Bank of Nova Scotia, and are in private collections.
Education & Professional Development
NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 2008-2009: Certificate in Computer Graphics (Adobe In Design, Illustrator and Dreamweaver)
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON 1991-1994: BAA Stills Photography
Dawson College, Montreal, QC 1989-1990: Photography
Champlain College, St Lambert, QC 1985-1988: DEC Social Sciences
Trilingual (English, French, German) 

Exhibitions

Solo
2018 RoadWorks, Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS Canada
2016 Portraits on Main Street, Chase Gallery, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, NS Canada

2016 Portraits on Main Street, Antigonish Town and County Library, Antigonish, NS Canada
2014 Portraits on Main Street-the Sydney Suite, Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney, NS Canada
        Portraits on Main Street- the Yarmouth Suite, Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, Yarmouth, NS Canada
        2012 selected works, Antiques & Good Conversation, Woodlawn Library, Dartmouth, NS Canada
        Portraits on Portland, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS Canada [then permanently installed in 2013]
        RoadWorks FRED., Halifax, NS Canada
2011 RoadWorks public installation, PHOTOPOLIS & Nocturne, Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS Canada
2009 UNDERGROUND, selected works, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
2008 UNDERGROUND, public installation, Nocturne Art at Night, Halifax, NS Canada
        UNDERGROUND, public installation, PHOTOPOLIS – The Halifax Festival of Photography Canada
        UNDERGROUND, public installation, CONTACT, Toronto, ON Canada
2005 I fell in love…, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
2003 Antiques & Good Conversation, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada

Group

2015 Are we really strangers? Pop-up studio, Nocturne, Halifax Central Library, Halifax, NS Canada

2014 Who is a stranger? Pop-up studio during Nocturne, Museum of Immigration Pier 21, Halifax, NS Canada
            impromptu: nine thoughts Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS Canada
2013 THIS CITY: Yellowknife, public art installation at the corner of 50th & 50th Yellowknife, NWT Canada
2012 International Women's Exhibit 2012, Women in Focus (online gallery), Atlanta, Georgia USA
2011 selected works, China International Photography Festival and Exhibition, Photography Museum of Lishui, Lishui City China
        Paris Salon, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS Canada
        Images from Japan, Megan Leslie Community Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
2003 NewPoints, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS Canada
1998 Sub-Urbia, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, ON Canada
1994 Venus Garden, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, ON Canada

Collections; Representation
Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney, NS Canada; CBCCD, Archival Pigment print, 50x81cm, 2014
Halifax Regional Municipality: Alderney Landing Cultural Community Centre, Portraits on Main Street, Dartmouth, NS Canada
Portraits on Main Street, Archival Pigment print, sixteen prints, 50x81cm, 2011
Art Bank of Nova Scotia: Various locations, Art Bank Collection, Halifax, NS Canada Study in Line, archival pigment print mounted on aluminum, triptych, 30x30cm, 2003
Private collections in North America & the United Kingdom
Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS

Publications by the artist
Portraits on Portland, hand-crafted concertina book, limited edition of 20, Dartmouth, NS, 32 pages, 2012
RoadWorks, hand-crafted concertina book, limited edition of 20, Dartmouth, NS, 18 pages, 2011

Publications about the artist
Liane Heller, On the Bus: Third try magic for shared bus trip, The Nova Scotian, The Chronicle Herald, front page Halifax, NS Nov 8, 2014 http://thechronicleherald.ca/thenovascotian/1249576-on-the-bus-third-try-magic-for-shared-bus-trip
Radio interview, CJLS The Wave, Yarmouth, NS April 2014
Radio interview, CBC Mainstreet, Sydney NS April 2014
Portraits on Main Street project heads to Sydney – front page, business section The Herald 2013
Radio interview, CBC Information Morning Cape Breton Oct 2013
Portraits on Main Street project heads to Sydney – The Herald 2013
Artists add vision for Yellowknife's downtown, Northern Journal, Fort Smith NWT Sept 30, 2013
Television interview, CBC News: Northbeat, Yellowknife, NWT Sept 27, 2013
Talkin'About Art, Yellowknifer Vol.42 Issue 59 Yellowknife, NWT, 2013
Radio Interview, CKLB, Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territories, Denendeh Sunrise Sept 2013
Radio Interview, CBC North, The Trailbreaker Sept 2013
Visiting artist encourages change, Northern News Services Online Sept 24, 2013
Talkin'About Art, Yellowknifer Vol.42 Issue 57 2013
Radio Interview, CBC North, Trail's End Sept 2013
Portraits on Portland capture Dartmouth old and new, The Coast 2012
Artist argues downtown Portland lively – and not a bit scary, Community Herald 2012
Photographs Chronicle Portland's Personality, The Chronicle Herald 2012
Television Interview, CTV Morning Live 2012
People in Focus, The Weekly News, Dartmouth/Cole Harbour 2012
Silvershotz Folio, Australia & UK, Fall 2010
A Panoramic View, Visual Arts News, Halifax Spring 2010
Radio Interview, Le Reveil, Radio Canada 2009
Halifax Magazine 2008
Radio Interview, Le Reveil, Radio Canada 2008
Radio Interview, Share the Air, CKDU 88.1FM 2008
Radio Interview, Mainstreet, CBC Radio 2008
Metro News, Halifax, NS 2008
Minzloff’s Photos in Transit, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS 2008
Hannah’s Moving Pictures, The Coast, Halifax 2008
NOW Magazine, Toronto 2008
Hannah & Her Photos, HFX, The Daily News, Halifax, NS 2005
HFX, The Daily News, Halifax, NS 2004
Halifax Where Magazine, NS 2003
Art about drawing, time, The Sunday Herald, Halifax, NS 2003

Websites
hannahminzloff.ca
ribbontothefuture.ca

Grants, Bursaries, Prizes
Presentation grant, Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage, 2012
Creation grant, Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage, 2010
Mayor’s Award of Distinction in Contemporary Art, short-listed, 2009
Presentation grant, Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage, 2008

Residencies
2015 Visual Arts NS Artist in Residence in Antigonish
2013 Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney, NS Canada
         Yellowknife Artist Run Community Centre, Yellowknife, NWT Canada
         Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, Yarmouth, NS Canada

Curation
Behind the Scenes, ViewPoint Gallery & Atlantic Film Festival 2010

Teaching & Workshops

2015 Instructor, 3-session photo-based workshop, Professional Artists in the Schools (PAINTS), Musquodoboit Rural High School, NS

         Instructor, 15 photo-based art workshops, grades primary-6, Waverley Memorial Elementary School, Darmtouth, NS

2014/15 Instructor, 8 art workshops, grade 1, Professional Artists in the Schools (PAINTS), Hawthorn Elementary School, Dartmouth, NS
2014 Instructor, 2-day photography workshop with teens, Frogstock, Conseil Jeunesse Provincial, Truro, NS

2013 Facilitator, Let's Talk About Community Art, open Forum Yellowknife, NWT
        Instructor, THIS CITY: a portrait of Yellowknife at this moment in time, Community art workshop, Yellowknife, NWT
2005 Instructor, Writing your artist statement, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax NS

Public Presentation/Artist Talks

2015 Artist Presentation, Portraits on Main Street Antigonish Town and County Library, Antigonish, NS
2014 Panel member, Building Community through Photography, PHOTOPOLIS Symposium NS
         Artist Presentation, ArtFocus, Dartmouth NS
         Artist Presentation, Portraits on Main Street-the Sydney Suite, Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney, NS
         Artist Presentation, Portraits on Main Street- the Yarmouth Suite, Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, Yarmouth, NS
2013 Artist Presentation, Portraits on Portland, permanent installation, Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS
2012 Artist Presentation, Portraits on Portland, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
2011 Artist Presentation, Paris Salon, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
         Artist Presentation, Images from Japan, Megan Leslie Community Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009 Artist Presentation, UNDERGROUND, selected works, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS
2005 Artist Presentation, I fell in love…, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003 Artist Presentation, Antiques & Good Conversation, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS
1998 Artist Presentation, Sub-Urbia, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, ON
1994 Artist Presentation, Venus Garden, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, ON

Associations, Memberships, Jury
Board of Directors, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Member, Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Member, CARFAC Maritimes
Jury, Public art: The Lofts at Greenvale School, HRM, Dartmouth, NS
Jury, Grants to Organizations & Small Groups, Communities, Culture & Heritage Halifax, NS
Jury, Mayor’s Award for Contemporary Visual Art, Halifax, NS
Jury, Grants to Individuals, NS Tourism, Culture & Heritage, Halifax, NS


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