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BIO &
CURRICULUM VITAE
ARTIST BIO
Born in 1984, Brandon Hearty is a multi-disciplinary studio artist who uses augmented reality to animate prints, paintings, and relief sculptures.
Hearty lives and works in Calgary, where he completed an MFA from the University of Calgary. In addition to his opportunities to show locally throughout Alberta, Brandon’s work has exhibited elsewhere in Canada, and internationally in the United States and Great Britain.

CV
Brandon Hearty
B. 1984 Alberta, Canada
Education
2017 Master of Fine Arts, University of Calgary
2017 Student Exchange, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Brigham Young University
2012 Foreign Study, Wirral Metropolitan College, Birkenhead, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Chaotic/Neutral, Emmedia Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 AVATAR, The Little Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 The Big House, Taylor Family Digital Library, Calgary, AB
2016 NAHOM, Gallery 621, Calgary, AB
2015 Behavioral Sink, CASA, Lethbridge, Alberta
2013 Non Populus Auditorium Gallery, Provo, Utah
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Canada Interlude, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
2017 Crosswalk Menagerie, Stollery Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2017 Apparitions/Between Clarity and Fragmentation, Gallery 621,Calgary, AB
2017 CGP London, – London, UK
2017 WIP Show, Royal College of Art – London, UK
2016 Post Mini Show and Sale The Little Gallery, Calgary, AB
2016 PHOTOREAL Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016 MFA Group Exhibition, UofC Art Balcony, Calgary, AB
2015 MFA 1st Year Exhibition, The Little Gallery, Calgary, AB
2014 Love and Records, Galt Gardens, Lethbridge, AB
2014 Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2013 This is the Place August, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Pride of Place, The Caravan Gallery, Wirral, UK
2013 Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Detatch, JKB Room 3123, Provo, UT
2013 Annual Student Show, 2013 B.F. Larsen Main Gallery Provo, UT
2013 Mayhew Show 2013, B.F. Larsen Main Gallery, Provo, UT
2012 Busy Being Born, B.F. Larsen Main Gallery, Provo, UT
2012 Shared Ground, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
2012 LDS 9th International Art Competition Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
Press & Publications
Canada Interlude, Catalogue, The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, January 2018
Calgary Herald, GIRAF: Calgary Artist Brings a New Reality to Animation, Eric Volmers, November 23, 2017
Calgary Metro News, GIRAF Animation Festival Teaches Cinematic Flair and Augmented Reality, November 15, 2017
2017 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, University of Calgary Department of Art, September 2017, p. 22-25
International Painting Annual 4, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, April 2015, p. 90
11th Annual Painting on the Edge, Exhibition Catalogue, Federation of Canadian Artists, August 2013, p. 14
9th Annual Magnitude-7, Print Catalogue, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, vol. 72, June 2013, p. 46
International Art Exhibit Winners Announced, Exhibit Opens, Ensign Magazine vol. 42, #5, May 2012, p. 144
Internships & Residencies
2017 RBC Emerging Artist Apprenticeship Program, The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts Edmonton, AB
2017 Mara/Laing Graduate Student Exchange Programme Residency, The Royal College of Art London, UK
2015 SAAG Education Internship, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Lethbridge, AB