Contact Information

Dale MacKenzie
Fishbone Studios
1209 Robertson Ave., Nelson, BC, V1L 1C3
Box 325, Eagle River, Ontario P0V 1S0

e-mail: dalemack@telus.net

Biography

Dale began studying art 13 years ago in Montreal. She studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Saidye Bronfman School of Art in the three year Comprehensive Art Program. Following this she completed a mentorship program in the Independent Studies Program at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal specializing in multi-media work. She has also studied clay sculpture at the Manitoba Institute of Sculpture and painting at the Forum Art Centre in Winnipeg.
Fishbone Studios are located on Eagle Lake in N.W. Ontario and in Nelson, B.C.

Solo Exhibitions

• “Fish Out of Water”, Manitoba Travelling Exhibition: Watson Art Centre Gallery, Dauphin, MB, June 2010
• “The Fishing Series, Continued” Paintings (new works), Law Office of Nasmyth Morrow & Bogusz, Nelson, BC, 2010
• “The Lure of Fishing” (Paintings & Sculptures), Portage and District Arts Centre, Portage La Prairie, MB, 2009, artist fees
• “Guides & Dollies” (Sculptures), EPCOR Centre, Calgary, AB, 2008
• “Legacy of Eagle Lake” (Paintings), Riverview Lodge, Dryden, ON, 2008
•  “Of Fish and Fishermen”, (Paintings), Rodmay Heritage Hotel, Powell River, BC, 2008
• “Something’s Fishy” (Paintings and Sculptures), Arts On Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2007
• “Focus On Art”, (Paintings and Sculptures), Business and Art Project, Calgary, AB, 2007, 2008
• “Days Gone By”, (Paintings and Sculptures), Dryden Region Culture and Educational Centre, Dryden, ON, 2006
• “Heads or Tails: A Fishy Story” (Paintings, Collages, and Sculptures) Dryden District Museum, Dryden, ON, 2005
• “A Body of Memory” (Paintings), Golden Prairie Arts Council, Carman, MB, 2004
• “Cruising the Cosmos” (Paintings and Sculptures), The Red Igloo Gallery, Lachine Canal Complex, Montreal, PQ, 2003

Group Exhibitions

• Municipality of Machin 100th Anniversary, Group Exhibition, The Fort, Vermillion Bay,  ON, September 2009
• Dryden and Region Arts Council, Annual Exhibition, Dryden and District Regional Museum, September 2009
• “Expose Yourself To Art”, Vermilion Bay, ON, 2007, 2008
• “Hat-Story”, McMullen Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Edmonton, AB,  2007
• Professional Walleye Trail, Two person exhibition at International Fishing Tournament, Dryden, ON, 2007
• Dryden Regional Studio Tour, Dryden, ON, 2007-2009
• “Images in Scarlet: Remembering the Mounted Police”, (Sculpture), Juried Exhibition, Fort Calgary, Calgary, AB, 2006
• “Three Artists” (Paintings), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 2004
• “Thursday’s Artists” (Paintings), Lachine Canal Complex Gallery, Montreal, PQ, 2003

Collections

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre, Northern Nishnawbe Education Council,
Sioux Lookout, ON  2009

Memberships

• Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC, 2010
• Kootenay Gallery of Art, History and Science, Castlegar, BC, 2010
• Portage and District Arts Centre, Portage La Prairie, MB, 2009-2010
• Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), Winnipeg, MB, 2004-present
• Visual Arts Alberta Association, 2006-2009
• The Alberta Society of Artists, Juried Member, 2006-2009
• Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, AB, 2004-2009
• Dryden Regional Arts Council, Dryden ON, 2004-2009
• Wildflower Arts Centre, Calgary, AB, 2004-2006

Artist’s Talk and Presentations

•Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Magazine, Featured Artist: “The Art of Angling”, Summer Issue, 2009
• The Country Register (Ontario), Featured Artist, Sculptures, July-August, 2009 Issue
•Portage La Prairie and District Arts Centre, August 2009
• CBC Radio Interview, Thunder Bay Region, 2008
• Shaw Television Interview, NW-ON, 2008
• Dryden Observer, newspaper article, 2008
• “The History Embodied in the Exhibit: Heads or Tails: A Fishy Story”, Dryden District Museum, Dryden, ON, 2005

Education

• Comprehensive Art Program, Saidye Bronfman School of Art, Montreal, PQ, 1998-2002
• Independent Studies (Mentoring) Program, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, PQ, 2002-2003
• Manitoba Institute of Sculpture, Mentoring with a Senior Artist, Winnipeg, MB, 2003
• Forum Art Centre, Winnipeg, MB, 2004

Professional Associations

• Member, Board of Directors, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC, 2010
• Creator/Organizer: “Focus On Art”, Business and Art Project, Calgary, AB, 2007-2008
• Coordinator, East Side Studio Crawl, Calgary, AB, 2007-2008
• Vice President, Burns Visual Arts Society, Calgary, AB, 2007-2009
• Creator/Organizer: “Expose Yourself To Art”, Multi-Artist Exhibition, The Fort, Vermilion Bay, ON, 2008
• Program Committee, Alberta Society of Artists, 2006-2007
• Chair of Advertising Committee, Calgary East Side Art Crawl, 2006
• Evaluator, Calgary East Side Studio Crawl, 2005-2008
• Evaluator, Dryden Regional Arts Council Studio Crawl, 2006
• Grant preparation, reorganization strategy, and Board facilitation of Dryden District Regional Arts Council, 2005