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  Curriculum Vitae  

Education

2022          ASL – Level 101, Michelle Mary Schaefer - Queer ASL, Vancouver, BC, Canada, attended online. 

2022          BFA with honours in Studio Art – Digital and Integrated Practice, University of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon, SK.

2022          Crip Lit for Spoonies II, group reading and writing workshop, Ashna Ali – Liminal Labs, Brooklyn,

NY, USA, attended online. 

2019           University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, (Regional and Urban Planning courses).

Grants & Awards

2024          PAVED Arts Members Micro Grant, production credit.

2023          JRG Society for the Arts Emerging Artist Award.

2022          SK Arts Microgrant. 

2022          Mina Forsyth Collection Prize, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, semi-permanent 

installation, and a cash prize.

2021           Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities.

2021           Canada Student Grant for Full-time Students
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2021           Saskatchewan Student Grant for Full-time Students.

2021           Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship for Full-time students.

Exhibitions/ Screenings

2024          One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.

2024          Friends of a Sick Girl, ArtsAccess Network Manitoba (AANM), Winnipeg, MB, (solo exhibition). 

2024          Prairie Poems, Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, W1– Centre for Young Culture,

Regensburg, Germany, program curated by Lisa Birke, (group screening). 

2023          One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.

2023          Community, Connections, and ______., The Gallery/ Art Placement Inc., Saskatoon, SK,

curated by The Community Project, (group exhibition). 

2022          One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.

2022          Nuit Blanche Eve, The Avenue Room, Saskatoon, SK, (group screening).

2022          Artist @ Work, analog TV installation, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, W.E. Graham Park, 

Saskatoon, SK.

2022          Reuniting Through Video and Voice: a video art exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery,

Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, (group class exhibition).

2022          Growth will not be restricted, Nuit Blanche Eve, augmented reality animation, the Bowl at the

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. 

2022          a body for my body: BFA Honors Exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and

Art History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

2022          The Shoestring Gallery: The First 10 Years, Digital Project, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 

2021           Guernica Remastered, Adad Hannah, Nicole Hayashi, et al., Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK,

(group exhibition).

2021           One Take Super 8, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK.

2021           Growth will not be restricted, Nuit Blanche Saskatoon, Mayfair Library, Saskatoon, SK. 

2021           Avenues: Video Art from Far Apart, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and Art History,

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, (group class exhibition).

Publications as Author 

2024            invisibly ill zine, no. 2, Saskatoon, SK. March 2024. 

2022            invisibly ill zine, no. 1, Saskatoon, SK. December 2022. 

Bibliography

2024          Remai Modern, “Gabby Da Silva shines a light on invisible illnesses,” Remai Modern Currents,

March 8, 2024. Digital publication, last accessed March 27, 2024.

                  https://remaimoderncurrents.ca/gabby-da-silva-shines-a-light-on-invisible-illnesses/

2023          Akimbo, “Gabby Da Silva on Invisible Illness,” The Cripsters: Akimblog, April 28, 2023. Digital 

publication, last accessed May 1, 2023. https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/gabby-dasilva-on-invisible-illness

2023          Bitter Pill Press, "Healthy Table," Apple a Day, no. 1 (January 2023): 38-39. 

2022          Tash King, "Fatigue," Bed zine, no. 3 (October 2022): 36. 

2022          Boklaschuk, Shannon. “USask Graduate explores invisible illness through artwork,” College

of Arts and Science News. University of Saskatchewan, June 6, 2022. Digital publication, last accessed July 20, 2022. https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/7637/USask_grad

2021           Putnam, Chris. “USask student artists revisit Picasso for Remai Modern exhibition,” College of

Arts and Science News. University of Saskatchewan, October 20, 2021. Digital publication, last 

accessed July 20, 2022. 

https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/6911/USask_student_artists

Collections

Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Residencies & Presentations

2024          RBC Sustained Artist Mentorship Program, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK,

June 27, 2024 – June 26, 2025, resident artist.

2023          invisibly ill Workshop Series, Remai Modern, iGen students, and residents of Sherbrooke

Community Centre, Sherbrooke Community Centre, Saskatoon, SK, October 20 – December 1, 

artist and presenter of workshops. 

2023          Nakatani Gong Orchestra, Tatsuya Nakatani, et al., Cosmopolitan Seniors Centre,

Saskatoon, SK, October 25 – 26th, part of the 11th Annual Sounds Like: An Audio Festival. 

2022          Anxious Documents of Great Precision, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Dept. of Art and Art History,

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, October 14 – 22nd, weeklong studio intensive

workshop and group exhibition.

2022          Future Collective, DJ Olive, et al., PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK, October 17 – 22nd, weeklong

installation and audio-visual camp as part of the 10th Annual Sounds Like: An Audio Festival, (group installation).

2022          Open Studio residency, Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, June 20 – 25th, created a bed

installation out of found materials, including an old mattress and empty recycled pill bottles. 

2021          Artist @ Work, artist presentation, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, Saskatoon, SK, July 30, August 4. 

Work/ Community Services

2024          Board Member, 20 Above Holdings, Saskatoon, SK, since May 2024.

2023          Treasurer, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, since September 2023.

2023          Studio Assistant, Laura St. Pierre, Saskatoon, SK, supported through the SK Arts

Accessibility Fund, between February - June 2023.  

2022          Special Projects/ Archives, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, employed through Young

Canada Works, between December 2022 - March 2023. 

2022          Exhibitions Coordinator, Snelgrove and Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon, SK, employed since August 2022. 

2022          Collective Member, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, since March 2022.

2021           Communications/ Curatorial Assistant, AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, employed while

a student, between May 2021 – March 2022.

2019          Volunteer, Transitional Care Unit, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, hosted a coffee hour

for elderly and recovering patients, March 2019 – March 2020. 

Member of the following organizations:

AKA Artist-run Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021. 

Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK, Joined 2022. 

Arts Access Ability Network, Winnipeg, MB, Joined 2022. 

CFCR Community Radio, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021.

Creative Users Projects, remote in Canada, Joined 2022. ​

PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2021.

Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK, Joined 2022.

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