EDUCATION
1996-2000 BFA
with distinction, Studio Art Major, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
1994-1996 DEC
in Fine Arts, Dawson College, Montreal, QC.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 ALL
THAT GLITTERS, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Westmount, QC.
2005 DISLOCATION,
Dorval Cultural Centre, Dorval, QC.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Adria
Collins and Manon Labrosse, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa,
ON.
2004 Adria
Collins and Shireen Kamran, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Westmount,
QC.
Undertow:
Adria Collins & Lauren Nurse, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal,
QC.
2003 Recollection:
Adria Collins & Lauren Nurse, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 And We All Shine On: F. Caracciolo, A. Collins, and J.R. Durant, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Westmount, QC
2007
20
x 20, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Westmount, QC
2006
Wax
Works, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Westmount, QC.
Les
Femmeuses 2006,
Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, QC.
2005 Art
Toronto 2005: Toronto International Art Fair (Galerie Sandra
Goldie), Metro Toronto
Convention
Centre, Toronto, ON.
44th
Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square,
Toronto, ON.
Of
Light and Stillness, Snap Design Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
Les
Femmeuses 2005, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, QC.
2004 43rd
Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square,
Toronto, ON.
Les
Femmeuses 2004, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, QC.
2003
Gallery
Artists, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal, QC.
42nd
Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square,
Toronto, ON.
Les
Femmeuses 2003, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, QC.
2002 41st
Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square,
Toronto, ON.
Intimate
Concerns, Arts NDG, Montreal, QC.
Gallery
Artists, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal, QC.
2001 Gallery
Artists, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal, QC.
Les
Femmeuses 2001, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, QC.
Circare,
Dorval Cultural Centre, Dorval, QC.
SPECIAL EVENTS
2007
Westmount
Youth Orchestra Auction, Montreal, QC.
2006
Artuel Contemporary Art Auction, Montreal,
QC.
2005
Heritage65:
McGill Chamber Orchestra Fundraising Auction, Montreal, QC.
Artuel Contemporary Art Auction, Montreal,
QC.
ARTIST TALKS
September 2008 Westmount
Library, Westmount, QC.
July 2002 Arts
NDG, Montreal. QC.
AWARDS
1998 George
Balcan Bursary from Concordia University
MEMBERSHIPS
Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels (RAAV)
Canadian Artists’ Representation / Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC)
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Artuel Contemporary Art Auction, Canadian Liver Foundation, June
8, 2005, Montreal, QC, p.14
Les Femmeuses 2005, Pratt & Whitney Canada, April 23 & 24,
2005, Longueuil, QC, p. 24
Les Femmeuses 2004, Pratt & Whitney Canada, April 24 & 25,
2004, Longueuil, QC, p. 25
Les Femmeuses 2003, Pratt & Whitney Canada, April 26 & 27,
2003, Longueuil, QC, p. 20
Les Femmeuses 2001, Pratt & Whitney Canada, April 28 & 29,
2001, Longueuil, QC, p. 28
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2002/2003/2004/2005, www.torontooutdoorart.org
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Black, Heather. "Adria
Collins and Bobbie Burgers: the nature of surfaces", Westmount Independent
- December 17-18,
2008, p. 10.
Sanford, Jack. “A world of wonder: photography at Maison de la culture
Uguay”, The McGill Daily. Issue 34.
Redfern, Christine. “Tornadoes, fires and rabbits”, Montreal Mirror.
Vol. 19 No. 21, p. 32.
“Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2003”, International Art Treasures
Web Magazine. Ed. Jennifer Ferguson, http://www.internationalarttreasures.com/200309/TOAE/.
Shingler, Kate. “Multiple Impressions: Concordia women artists explore
the past and find themselves”,
The
Concordian. Vol. 18-4, p.11.
SELECTION COMMITTEES
2002 Juror
for the Dorval Cultural Centre’s 2003 exhibition program
2001 Juror
for the Dorval Cultural Centre’s 2002 exhibition program
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Beco Industries Ltd., Montreal, Canada
Domaine Pointe Heron, Mont-Tremblant, Canada
Emergis Inc., Longueuil, Canada
IMS Health Inc., Montreal, Canada
Innova Design, Montreal, Canada
Intrawest Placemaking (Storied Places), Mont-Tremblant, Canada
Kilgour Estates, Toronto, Canada
MRB Attorneys, Montreal, Canada
Nicholl Paskell-Mede Inc., Montreal, Canada
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Montreal, Canada
TransForce, Saint-Laurent, Canada
Tremor Fashions Inc., Montreal, Canada
COMMISSIONS
2005 Smart
& Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Montreal, QC.