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Curriculum   Vitae



Academic Achievement
2018         Introduction to Welding, BC Institute of Technology            Burnaby, BC
2014         Making Neon in the Hot Shop, Terminal City Glass Co-op         Vancouver, BC
2011         Pushing the Envelope with John Miller, Pilchuck Glass School   Stanwood, WA
2004 - 2008  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Glass major                             Calgary, AB
             Alberta University of the Arts (AUA, formerly ACAD) 
2007         Ted Jolda's Advanced Technical Course, Red Deer College        Red Deer, AB

Solo Exhibitions, 2 Artist Exhibitions, and Public Art
2018  Where We Meet, PARK(ing) Day (Public Art)                             Calgary, AB
2017  Propel, ACC +15 Window (Solo)                                         Calgary, AB
2017  Inviting, City Atrium Gallery (Solo)                                  North Vancouver, BC
2017  Future Forms, Place des Arts Atrium Gallery (Solo)                    Coquitlam, BC
2016  Revive, The Works Art and Design Festival, Fairmont (Solo)            Edmonton, AB
2016  Into The Woods, Crafthouse Gallery (Solo)                             Vancouver, BC
2016  Awaken, Harris-Warke Gallery (Solo)                                   Red Deer, AB
2016  Love Your Ocean, Vancity Kitsilano Branch 11 (Public Art)             Vancouver, BC
2015  Spotlight, Discovery Gallery (Solo)                                   Edmonton, AB
2015  Present Nature, McMullen Gallery (2 Artist /S. Grist)                 Edmonton, AB
2014  Larissa Blokhuis, City Atrium Gallery (Solo)                          North Vancouver, BC
2014  Western Connections, Melcor Art Gallery (Solo)                        Spruce Grove, AB
2014  GlassEarth: Mixed Media by Larissa Blokhuis, Kiwanis Gallery (S)      Red Deer, AB
2014  Growing Connections, Leigh Square Community Arts Village              Port Coquitlam, BC
      (2 Artist /Cheryl Hamilton)
2011  Art in the Community, District Foyer Gallery (2 Artist /R. Kohen)     North Vancouver, BC
2009  Urchins, Untitled Art Society +15 Window (Solo)                       Calgary, AB

Arts, Culture, + Collections Director of Curiosity Collider, 2017 - 2019
Content creator, curator, grant writer, interdisciplinary collaboration facilitator, community liaison
-Participation as artist (A) and organiser (O) marked below with (CC). Other events organised:
2018           SciComm Social, Science World                                Vancouver, BC
2018           NightShift: Quantum Futures, Museum of Anthropology          Vancouver, BC
2017 - 2019    Collider Cafe, Cafe Deux Soliels, quarterly speaker series   Vancouver, BC

Curatorial Work
2019           Her Story, Annex (CC, O)                                     Vancouver, BC
An animated/live action film series featuring Canadian women scientists, with talkback and panel discussion. 
2018           Interstitial, Beaumont Studios (CC, O)                       Vancouver, BC
An art exhibition about science innovations by Canadian women, featuring three workshops.  
2017 - Present Director of Huisje Gallery                                   Vancouver, BC
A small space to see new work: exhibition and critique. Monthly event featuring a single artist.

Awards and Grants
2019 Vancouver Civic Theatres Grant (CC,O)                                  Vancouver, BC
2018 WWEST and eng•cite Funding Partners Program (CC, O)                    Vancouver, BC
2018 BC Arts Council, Professional Development Assistance                   Vancouver, BC
2018 Vancouver Foundation Small Arts Grant                                  Vancouver, BC
2017 WWEST and eng•cite Funding Partners Program (CC, O)                    Vancouver, BC
2007 Jason Lang Scholarship, Awarded for GPA                                Calgary, AB

Film and Publication
2019 Film: Premiered at Capturing Vancouver, Montalbano Theatre (VPL)       Vancouver, BC
2019 Writing: Seagery Zine 3: That Side of Paradise, Sep. 2019: 37. Print.  Vancouver, BC
     Wong, Katrina Vera, Editor.

Group Exhibitions
2021  Forest Findings, West Vancouver Memorial Library                      West Vancouver, BC
2020  SZ 3.5 Blank, Kunstmatrix                                             Online
2019  Natural Abstraction, Three Sisters Gallery                            Canmore, AB
2019  Northwest Light and Colour, Port Moody Arts Centre                    Port Moody, BC
2018  Emerge Festival Art Exhibition, Gallery Gachet                        Vancouver, BC
2017  Eclipse: Total Alignment, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre (CC, AO)        Vancouver, BC
2016  As The Crow Flies, The Arts Factory                                   Vancouver, BC
2016  Child's Play, CityScape Community Art Space                           North Vancouver, BC
2015  Botanically Inspired, VanDusen Botanical Garden                       Vancouver, BC
2015  Strange Necessity, Studioworks                                        Vancouver, BC
2015  Language of Craft, ACC Feature Gallery                                Edmonton, AB
2015  What's Your Number? UAS Vancouver                                     Vancouver, BC
2015  Fire, Seymour Art Gallery                                             North Vancouver, BC
2014  Handle With Care, Seymour Art Gallery                                 North Vancouver, BC
2014  Coming Up Next, Discovery Gallery                                     Edmonton, AB
2014  Air, Seymour Art Gallery                                              North Vancouver, BC
2013  Small Treasures, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies                 Banff, AB
2013  Winter Gift, Seymour Art Gallery                                      North Vancouver, BC
2013  Corazón Siempre, New-Small and Sterling Gallery                       Vancouver, BC
2013  Art Party, Seymour Art Gallery                                        North Vancouver, BC
2013  A Responsive Landscape, The Top Floor Gallery                         West Vancouver, BC
2013  Showcase, Ferry Building Gallery                                      West Vancouver, BC
2013  Cultural Intersection, Endeavor Gallery                               Calgary, AB
2013  Ironclad Art 2013, Interurban Gallery                                 Vancouver, BC
2013  Rhino Face Eraser: A Group Study of Anger, Artpoint Main Gallery      Calgary, AB
2013  &ampersand 4 (with Sarah Brownlee), UAS Satellite Gallery             Calgary, AB
2013  Earth, Seymour Art Gallery                                            North Vancouver, BC
2012  Totally Amazing Glass Gallery, Circle Craft Christmas Market          Vancouver, BC
2012  Open House, Terminal City Glass Co-op                                 Vancouver, BC
2012  Coming Up Next, Discovery Gallery                                     Edmonton, AB
2012  Spark, Terminal City Glass Co-op                                      Vancouver, BC
2012  Connections, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery                                  Calgary, AB
2011  Festival of Lights, Scotia Creek Gallery                              Whistler, BC
2011  Totally Amazing Glass Gallery, Circle Craft Christmas Market          Vancouver, BC
2011  Timeless, Twist Gallery                                               Toronto, ON
2011  ZoomerShow2011, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place                Toronto, ON
2011  ARTrageous, Scotia Creek Gallery                                      Whistler, BC
2011  &ampersand 3 (with Sarah Brownlee), UAS Satellite Gallery             Calgary, AB
2011  Heat: Expressions in Glass, CityScape Community Art Space             North Vancouver, BC
2011  The Cheaper Show 10, Rizehouse                                        Vancouver, BC
2011  Women Artists A-Z, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies               Banff, AB
2011  Summer Display, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Shop                  Victoria, BC
2010  Totally Amazing Glass Gallery, Circle Craft Christmas Market          Vancouver, BC
2009  Closing Show, Looks Could Kill Art Boutique                           Calgary, AB
2009  Calgary Glass Initiative, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts             Calgary, AB  
2008  Sea Creatures, Looks Could Kill Art Boutique                          Calgary, AB
2008  Summer Display, Waterton Gallery                                      Waterton Park, AB
2008  Grad Show, AUA                                                        Calgary, AB
2008  The Horse Show (Collaboration), AUA                                   Calgary, AB
2008  Amalgam, #103, 305 10th St. NW                                        Calgary, AB
2007  New Work, Glass Collective Show and Sale, AUA                         Calgary, AB
2007  Open House, AUA                                                       Calgary, AB
2006  Glass Alumni Symposium, AUA                                           Calgary, AB

Artist Presentations
2017  Excellence in Science Communication, Royal BC Museum (CC, A)          Victoria, BC
2017  Lunch “n” Learn, City Atrium Gallery                                  North Vancouver, BC
2016  Into The Woods, Crafthouse Gallery                                    Vancouver, BC
2016  Collisions Between Art + Science, Vol. II, Curiosity Collider         Vancouver, BC
2015  Art of Craft Lecture Series: Botanically Inspired, CCBC               Vancouver, BC
2015  Lunch “n” Learn, North Vancouver Community Arts Centre                North Vancouver, BC
2014  Critiquing Workshop, Leigh Square Community Arts Village              Port Coquitlam, BC

Representation
2017 - Present  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, 280 - 1721 29 Avenue SW      Calgary, AB
2014 - Present  Ambergris Gallery, 442 Dodge St.                            Block Island, RI
2014 - Present  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, 10186-106 St. NW             Edmonton, AB
2009 - Present  Jarea Art Gallery, 6 King St.                               St. Andrews, NB

Media
Walker, Beverly.  "5 Questions with DTES Small Arts Grant Recipient Larissa Blokhuis." Vancouver Foundation, 14 May. 2018. Web. 

Krolik, Julia. "Creators – Larissa Blokhuis." Art the Science, 15 Feb. 2018. Web.

Ozpeta, Sebnem and Theresa Liao. "Eclipse: Total Alignment, Larissa Blokhuis." Curiosity Collider, 19 Oct. 2017.

Vangool, Janine. “The Future, Hot.” UPPERCASE, Apr. 2017: 87. Print.

Stephen, Virginia. "Review: The Language of Craft." Studio 1 Sep. 2015: 59-61. Print.

Miller, Thomas. "A Glass Half-Full Kind of Art." Spruce Grove Examiner. Canoe Sun Media, 7 Nov 2014. Web.

Francoeur, Renee. "Adventures in Glass." Red Deer Advocate 24 Jul. 2014, Local sec.: C1. Print.

Bruneau, Jaclyn. "Interview." SadMag. Sad Mag­a­zine Pub­lish­ing Soci­ety, 10 Apr. 2014. Web.

Dalton, Matthew A. "MMFV 2013 - Maker Questions." R&D Media Labs. R&D Media Labs, 15 Jun. 2013. Web.

Glover, Jillian. "The Cheaper Show: 10th Anniversary." This City Life. Tumblr, 27 Jun. 2011. Web.

Robertson, Yvonne, and Daniel Hallen. "At Granville Island, Making Art Out of Glass." Thethunderbird.ca. UBC Journalism. 19 Sep. 2010. Web.

Professional Associations
2013 - Present  Alberta Craft Council
2012 - Present  Seymour Art Gallery
2012 - Present  Terminal City Glass Co-op
2011 - 2014     BC Representative for the Glass Art Association of Canada
2010 - 2013     BC Glass Arts Association

Teaching Experience
2017 - Present  Terminal City Glass Co-op, Workshop Teacher                 Vancouver, BC
2013            Harmony Arts Festival, Kids and Teens Instructor            North Vancouver, BC
2013            Trout Lake Community Centre, Arts Instructor                Vancouver, BC
2012 - Present  Terminal City Glass Co-op, Beginner Glassblowing            Vancouver, BC
                Teacher's Assistant to various instructors
2012 - 2014     New-Small and Sterling, One Day Course                      Vancouver, BC
2012            Red Deer College, Advanced Glassblowing for Beginners       Red Deer, AB
                Teacher's Assistant to Jeff Holmwood
2009 - 2014     New-Small and Sterling, mini glass workshop                 Vancouver, BC
2009 - 2012     Glasscraft, Ballz of Fire workshop                          Vancouver, BC

Symposia
2019  Creative City Strategy, CoV Cultural Services, Vancouver Playhouse    Vancouver, BC
2013  Glassport: A Gallery Hop, Three Day Festival, Various Locations       Calgary, AB
2011  Glassaholics Mingler, featuring Jeff Holmwood, Andrighetti Glass      Vancouver, BC
2011  Regional Glass Gathering, featuring Kirstie Rea, U of Victoria        Victoria, BC
2010  Pilchuck Glass School 32nd Auction, The Westin Seattle                Seattle, WA
2007  Craft and Contemporary Art Practice Colloquium, The Banff Centre      Banff, AB

Commissions (for private collections)
2021            Silicazoa                                                   Jerome, ID, USA
2015            Jumbo Trees                                                 Greensboro, NC, USA
2014            Bamboo                                                      Calgary, AB
2013            Sea Display Series                                          Vancouver, BC
2012            Wedding Centrepiece                                         Burnaby, BC
2011            Mushrooms                                                   Mississauga, ON
2010            His and Hers Vases                                          Vancouver, BC
2010            Colour Accent                                               Vancouver, BC
2010            Urchin Light Box photographic print                         Calgary, AB
2009            Gourds                                                      Ottawa, ON
2007            Trees                                                       Calgary, AB
2006            Silkscreens: Fruitcake Cupcake                              Calgary, AB/
                and No Mistake                                              Cambridge, ON

International Travel (Art museum, gallery, architecture, and glass studio study)
2015            Nationaal Glasmuseum, Het Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Netherlands
2010, 2011      Seattle, USA
2009            Glasgow, Scotland
2008            Canberra, Australia (Australian National University)
                Murano and Venice, Italy
                Barcelona, Spain
2003, 2008      Rome, Italy
2002, 2008      Paris, France
1999            Incheon, South Korea (stayed with artist, Mr. Kang)



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