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Carlan Savage-Hughes

[b. 1997, Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Alberta, Canada]

Education: 

2020 Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Minor in Community Engagement 

 

Professional Experience: 

2023 TRUCK Contemporary Art Board of Directors 

2022 Impressionism Painting Workshop, Creative Aging, Calgary 

2022 Studio Facilitator, National AccessArts Centre, Calgary

2021 Youth Zine Workshop Facilitation, Shelf Life Books, Calgary 

2020 Zine Workshop Facilitation, National AccessArts Centre, Calgary 

2019/2020 Teaching Assistant, The Summer Institute for Teens. ECUAD, Vancouver

 

Grants/Residencies:

2023 Community Investment Grant, Calgary Arts Development Association, Calgary

2022 Pod Residency, James Black Gallery, Vancouver

 

Exhibitions: 

2023 Thank You Poster, Oripeau, Nantes, France

2022 Window Art Walk, Ground Floor Art Centre, Vancouver 

2022 a_EYE_installing…68%, The James Black Gallery, Vancouver 

2020 A Thesisss, Something Special Studios, New York City 

2020 Let’s Stay In Touch, Truck Contemporary, Calgary 

2019 A Disentangled Numbing, ECUAD Exhibition Commons, Vancouver 

2019 Fumes of Sighs, The Object Corner at ECUAD, Vancouver 

2019 The Next Hill I’m Walking Up, ECUAD Exhibition Commons, Vancouver 

2019 Infertile Ground (solo show), Ground Floor Art Centre, Vancouver 

2018 Ether Pieces (solo show), The Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver 

2018 For Them, The Lily Gallery, Calgary 

2018 Intimacy: A Flip Fest Art Exhibition, Dr James Penny Building Art Gallery, Lethbridge 2018 TedxECUAD, ECUAD Exhibition Commons, Vancouver 

2017 Naked, Quest University Canada, Squamish 

2017 Hot Art Wet City, Ceramic Gallery of BC, Vancouver 

2016 ACAD Show-Off, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary 

 

Curatorial/Social Practice Projects: 

2019 Ground Floor Art Centre, Vancouver 

2019 Porch Gallery, ECUAD, Vancouver 

2019 Not for Sale Student Art Sale, ECUAD, Vancouver 

2019 Sweet Nothings: An Evening of Non-Productivity, The New Gallery, Calgary 

2019 Small Box: Iteration 1, ECUAD Exhibition Commons, Vancouver 

2018 From a Distance, ECUAD Exhibition Commons, Vancouver 

2018 Pleasure as Political: An Evening of Non-Productivity, The Avant Garden, Vancouver

 

Publications: 

2022 “Grid Drawing.” Ground Floor Zine. July, 2022. Independently published in Calgary 

2022 The Hill: A Colouring Book. May 2022. Independently published in Calgary 

2018 “A Community Call To Action.” A Surprising Tool. November, 2018. Untitled Arts Society, Calgary 

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