NASARIMBA
Education: Mikhail Miller (he/him)
2008-9 Printmaking Studio Internship, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB
2006 Print Media BFA with Distinction, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB
Education: Rachel Ziriada (she/her)
2015 Visual Arts BFA with Distinction, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Grants/Awards:
2023 Artist Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
2022 Artist Development Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
2022 Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
2022 Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant Program, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
2021 Artist Development Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
2020 Vivid: The AU Arts Alumni Project, AUArts, Calgary AB
2020 RBC Emerging Visual Artists Program, Arts Commons, Calgary AB
2017 Individual Artist Opportunity Grant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary AB
Residencies:
2023 Jupiterfab Residency, Guadalajara MX
2023 Casa Lü Residency, Mexico City, MX
2022 Mossy Trails Artist Residency, Athabasca AB
2019 Ou-telier International Artist Residency, Ou Gallery, Duncan BC
2018 Wreck City International Residency, Calgary AB
2017 CBE Studio Artist in Residence, Nelson Mandela High School, Calgary AB
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 NASARIMBA, VIVIANEART, Calgary AB
2018 Reaching A Microverse, Arts Commons Window Galleries, Calgary AB
2017 Light Source, Planta Co-Working and Gallery, Mexico City MX
2016 NASARIMBA 2.0, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
2015 Processing Rock Bay, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Unstructured, Lowlands Project Space, Edmonton AB
2023 Simulacra, Huffman-Nyikes presents NASARIMBA and Stephen Harper, Calgary AB
2023 6 Eyes 12 Feet, Casa Lü Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2021 CIFF Poster Show, Calgary International Film Fest, Calgary AB
2021 Salvage, Lowlands Gallery and Studio, Edmonton AB
2020 Castles of Butter, Lowlands Gallery and Studio, Edmonton AB
2020 Covid-19 Poster Show, Burnt Toast Studio (virtual/public distribution), Calgary AB
2020 Off Hours, Calgary Central Library, Calgary AB
2019 Northern Reflections Window Exhibitions, Buds of Buds, Calgary AB
2019 Landed, NVRLND Boutique, Calgary AB
2019 Rust Magic: Inside and Out, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton AB
2019 Sled Island Poster Show, Burnt Toast Studio, Calgary AB
2019 FAR-OUT, Art by Friends Gallery, Annecy FR
2019 Social Issues Poster Show, Burnt Toast Studio, Calgary AB
2018 Art from the Unknown: presented by Rachel Notley, McDougall Centre, Calgary AB
2018 Viva! Exhibition and Fundraiser for Equinox Vigil, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB
2018 House City and Office City, Wreck City Residency Exhibitions, Calgary AB
2018 Avant-Golf, mini-golf course installation, Happenings 12, Arts Commons, Calgary AB
2017 Summer Invitational, Art Point Gallery, Calgary AB
2017 Rust Magic: Magic and Decay, Fresh Canvas Gallery, Edmonton AB
Mural/Arts Festivals:
2023 Mural: Untitled, Nelson International Mural Festival, Nelson BC
2021 Mural: Untitled, Meet The Street Red Deer Mural Festival, Red Deer AB
2020 Mural: Daybreak, collaboration with Jill Stanton, Beltline Urban Mural Project, Calgary AB
2020 Mural: Untitled, Sunnyside Murals Project, Calgary AB
2020 Public Art Installation: Chromatic Build No. 01-03, Nooks and Crannies Festival, Okotoks AB
2019 Mural: Untitled, Rust Magic International Mural Festival, Edmonton AB
2019 Mural: These Roots Run Deep, Wall-To-Wall Mural Festival: Rural Tour, Boissevain MB
2019 Public Art Installation: Untitled, Nooks and Crannies Festival, Okotoks AB
2019 Mural: Impossible Room, Kingsway Mall and Rust Magic Mural Festival, Edmonton AB
2018 Mural: Primary Odyssey, Beltline Urban Mural Project, Calgary AB
2018 Mural: Habesha, Rust Magic International Mural Festival, Edmonton AB
2018 Mural: Untitled, Arts Rising Festival, Penticton BC
2018 Installation: Artist Lounge Installation, Sled Island Music Festival, Calgary AB
2017 Mural: Sun Ice Spirit Level, Wall-to-Wall Mural Festival, Winnipeg MB
2017 Mural: Ode to Matisse, Rust Magic International Mural Festival, Edmonton AB
2017 Installation: Main Stage Bleacher Installation, ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art, Wells BC
2015 Installation: Cosmic, Fresh Paint Gallery, Under Pressure Festival, Montreal QC
Select Commissions/Projects:
2023 Digital Mural: Spring Melts, STEPS and Bank of Montreal, Calgary AB
2023 Mural: Still Life, Downtown West Community Association, Calgary AB
2023 Mural: Eagles Nest, Eagle Crest Construction- Flyover Block, Calgary AB
2023 Mural: Green Views, Greenview Industrial BIA, Calgary AB
2023 Mural: Untitled, Ayres Studio, Mexico City, MX
2023 Mural: Water Flow, Periferia Project Xochimilco, Mexico City, MX
2022 Mural: Untitled, Scotiabank private collection, Toronto ON
2022 Mural: Mother Nature Takes Back What is Her’s, CADA Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant, Calgary AB
2022 Designer: Broadcast in Bloom, Funding Drive 2022, CJSW 90.9 FM, Calgary AB
2022 Mural: Capture the Moment, Cadillac Fairview and MASSIVArt, Calgary AB
2022 Tote bag design: Shelf Life, Shelf Life Books, Calgary AB
2022 Mural: Untitled, BonnyBoom- The Arts Uncommon, Calgary AB
2022 Album Cover Design: Temps, MidCycle, Calgary AB
2021 Ground Mural: Lost and Found, Paint the Pavement and ActivateYYC, Calgary AB
2021 Mural: Trip to Space, Tokyo Smoke, Calgary AB
2021 Postcard: Greetings From Sled, Sled Island Music Festival, Calgary AB
2020 Mural: Student Ascending Staircase,Vivid Artist Alumni Mural Project, AU Arts, Calgary AB
2020 Mural: Stair Rays, +15 Stairwell, City of Calgary Urban Initiatives, Calgary AB
2020 Vinyl Installation: Extra-Terrene, South Bank Utility Boxes, Calgary AB
2020 Paintings: Untitled No. 1-3, Scotiabank private collection, Edmonton AB
2020 Ground Mural / Installation: Brightside / PARK, St.Patricks Island, Calgary AB
2020 Installation: Deerfoot City / PARK, Calgary AB
2019 Mural: Untitled, The Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC
2019 Mural: Untitled, The Ou Gallery, Duncan BC
2019 Mural: Untitled, Nvrlnd. Boutique and Studio Spaces, Calgary AB
2018 Mural: Untitled, Rockslide Gallery and Studios, Victoria BC
2017 Mural: Planta, Planta Co-Working and Gallery, Mexico City MX
2017 Mural: Untitled, Group 2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd, Burns Building, Calgary AB
Facilitated Workshops/Talks:
2017- 23 Workshop facilitators with Tsuut’ina Youth Program, Tsuut’ina Nation
2023 Artist Talk, Open X-Files, Casa Lü, Mexico City, MX
2022 Artist Talk, Playful Mischief, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
2021 Artist Talk, Vivid: The AU Arts Alumni Project, AUArts, Calgary AB
2019 Grade 8 Worldview Art Projects, Twelve Mile Coulee Jr. High School, Calgary AB
2018 Wellness Symposium: Artist Trading Cards, Nelson Mandela High School, Calgary AB
2017 Mural Workshop Facilitators, Boys and Girls Club of Calgary Indigenous Initiative, Calgary AB
Juries:
2022 Selection Panel (Rachel), Beltline Urban Mural Festival (BUMP), Calgary AB
2021 Selection Panel (Mikhail), Beltline Urban Mural Festival (BUMP), Calgary AB
2019 Selection Panel (Rachel), Beltline Urban Mural Festival (BUMP), Calgary AB
Memberships:
2015-21 Burnt Toast Studio, Calgary AB
Publications:
2021 Yilato, Katherine, Galleries West, August 2021, NASARIMBA: An artist duo with a playful name takes lessons from murals into the gallery,
https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/nasarimba/