artist lecture: colette urban

Art and Art History Presents
Colette Urban
Thursday 4 March 2010
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Colette Urban was born in Denver Colorado. After relocating to Canada, 
she received a BFA degree in Visual Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art 
and design, and an MFA degree from the University of Victoria. 




Colette Urban has performed her works at the following venues: Duende, 
Rotterdam,The Netherlands; Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax; 
Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga; Presentation House, Vancouver; Art 
Gallery of Windsor, Windsor; Mercer Union, Toronto; Eastern Edge, St. 
John’s; La Centrale, Montreal; Norwich School of Art and Design, 
Norwich, England; Sala Uno, Rome, Itay; Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art 
Gallery, Corner Brook; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Contemporary Art 
Gallery, Vancouver; Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff; Mendel Art 
Gallery, Saskatoon; Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary; Niagara 
Artist’s Company, St Catherines; Open Space, Victoria; Western Front, 
Vancouver.




In 2006, Colette Urban established Full Tilt Creative Centre in McIvers, 
Newfoundland as an art residency facility to attract contemporary art 
makers to the west coast of Newfoundland. 



Urban on her work: My practice as a visual artist includes the use of performance, drawing, costume- making, sculpture, and installation. My recent projects have been performance-based works inspired by the local landscape, my encounters and collaborations with community members, Newfoundland folklore communicated through storytelling and historic references to the area. The drawings and performances are sourced from personal experience of the rural community of McIvers Newfoundland.

Image: Colette Urban, Polar (2008) (Photo: Katherine Knight)