About
Talysha Bujold-Abu (she/her) is an illustrator, administrator, and writer – she holds a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Windsor (2018) and is recipient of the Conundrum Press Mini-Comic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators (2021). Residencies include: New Zealand Pacific Studio (2016), ArtsPond (2020-2021), and Pelee Quarry – Stone & Sky Artists Residency (2020 -2021).
Plant enthusiast (lemon seeds, lemon seeds), mediocre at crosswords but decidedly devoted, avid reader, super into; dice tossing (roll for initiative), the Crystal Gems, and POPCORN.
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Education
2016 - 2018
Masters of Fine Art, University of Windsor
2012 - 2016
Bachelor Honours of Fine Art, McMaster University
Work Experience
2022
Juror - Programming Committee, Artcite Inc., Windsor ON
2021 - 2022
BIPOC Engagement Coordinator, CJAM 99.1 FM, Windsor ON
2020
Juror - City of Windsor: Arts Culture and Heritage Fund, Windsor ON
2018 - 2020
Gallery Manager and Membership Coordinator, Arts Council Windsor & Region, Windsor ON
2017 - 2019
Research Assistant: Borderlands Committee,University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2016 - 2018
Graduate Assistant, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2016
Teaching Assistant (Drawing I), McMaster University, Hamilton ON
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Curation - Marcel Dzama: Illustration and the Other Worlds, Art Gallery of Windsor (Art Windsor Essex), Windsor ON
2022
Mayworks: Windsor HandMade Exhibition, Chimczuk Museum, Windsor ON
2021
Emancipate the Landscape, Artcite Inc., Windsor ON
2021
Diasporic Expressions: Home, Arts Council Windsor & Region, Windsor ON
2021
Structures of Anticipation: Postcards for the Pandemic, Online, Windsor ON
2019
The Body Electric – Diversity in Residency Education: Training in a World of Differences, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPSC) - International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), Ottawa ON
2019
THE TRUTH HAS LEGS, Leamington Arts Gallery, Leamington ON
2019
Structures of Anticipation Exhibition, SB Contemporary, Windsor ON
2018
The Living River Project: Art, Water and Possible Worlds, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON
2018
Art Crawl Exhibition, You and Me Gallery, Hamilton ON
2018
THE TRUTH HAS LEGS, SB Contemporary, Windsor ON
2017
MOONACID, ArtSpeak Gallery, Windsor ON
2017
Art is a Living Thing, Wesley Wing - Aratoi Museum, Masterton NZ
Residencies/Workshops
2020 - 2021
Artist in Residence, Stone & Sky Residency, Windsor ON
2020 - 2021
Artist in Residence, Arts Pond/Artse United, Toronto ON
2019
Structures of Anticipation, Windsor ON, SB Contemporary
2018
Instructor: Protest Art – Painting/Drawing Workshop, Changing the Odds Youth Program, Windsor ON
2017
Instructor: Mural Painting Workshop, Changing the Odds Youth Program, Windsor ON
2017
Instructor: Still-Life Drawing Workshop, Artcite Inc., Windsor ON
2016
Artist in Residence, NZPS - New Zealand Pacific Studio, Masterton NZ
Artist Talks/Lectures
2022
Table Signing, Conundrum Press, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto ON
2022
Artist Talk, School of Creative Arts - McMaster University, Hamilton ON
2021
Artist Talk - Critical Frameworks in Visual Theory, Alberta University of the Arts, Alberta ON
2021
Colonialism and Looting - Contemporary Visual Culture, University of Windsor, Windsor ON
2021
Growing Creative Careers: Artist Panel Discussion - Work In Culture, Windsor ON
2021
Moderator: MAKING SPACE – Anti-Black Racism Panel, Arts Council Windsor & Region, Windsor ON
2020
Pageantry of/and Diversity: International Miss Sepia Competition (guest lecture), Windsor-Essex Black Historical Society, Windsor ON
2020
In Discussion (Series): Kiki Symoné and Talysha Bujold-Abu, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
2020
International Women’s Day: Artists Panel Discussion, Biblioasis, Windsor ON
2019
Reclaiming Hidden Histories: Researching, Writing, and Re-Imagining Community Narrative, Arts Council Windsor & Region, Windsor ON
2018
Guest Speaker, Intersections | Cross Sections Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Achievements and Awards
2021
Mini-Comic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators, Conundrum Press
2018
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award - Excellence in Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity, University of Windsor
Publication
2021
Bujold-Abu, Talysha. “Mother, My Mothers.” [July 2021], Living Hyphen: Expressions of the Hyphenated Identity, Issue Two – Volume 1
2021
Bujold-Abu, Talysha. [May 2021] Imaginations 12-1 | Structures of Anticipation - Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies
2020
Bujold-Abu, Talysha. “Unnatural, this Step.” [Fall 2020], Intermedialities, No. 34
2020
Bujold-Abu, Talysha. "What I hear I keep." [March 2020], Ars Medica, Vol. 15