Education
2009 Masters of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
Selected Awards
2019 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant - to promote "Alice At Naptime" at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF)
2013 "Disabled and Dangerous," a Stokeshow film, won The ALS Canada's Tony Proudfoot Exceptional Public Awareness Award in Media
2008 The B.C. Binning Drawing Scholarship, UBC. ($18 000)
Publications
2019 Alice At Naptime. (April. 2019). Renegade Arts Entertainment.
2019 “So Light She Floats” Fantastic Realms: The 2019 Calgary Expo Artbook. (April 2019). Calgary Expo.
2018 "The Ark Heen." Futility: Orange Planet Horror. (2018) Created by Rick Overwater and Cam Hayden. Published by Coffin Hop Press. Alternate Cover Gallery Art. Page 55.
2018 "Artificial Pollinators" Adventures in Time: The 2018 Calgary Expo Artbook. (April 2018). Calgary Expo.
2017 NAKED YOGA: and another thing. (November 2017). Hillgrove Books.
2017 "Is This Allowed? Having Babies and Making Art." Birthing (Spring 2017). Published by Birth Unlimited. Edited by Nicole Bross. Pages 44 and 45.
2017 "Lucy Walks Through" Fairy Tales and classic Monsters: The 2017 Calgary Expo Artbook. (April 2017). Calgary Expo.
2016 ABC Monstrosity (April. 2016) Hillgrove Books.
2015 Alice In The Womb: A Colouring Book (Oct. 2015). Hillgrove Books.
2009 "Is Blake Your Nemesis," "That Little One," and "Wreak." (art), One Cool Word. (Summer, 2009) Edited by Emily Wight. Cover and pages 2, 14, 15, 22 and 44.
2005 Art Pages, Woo Magazine. (Feb. 2005.) Edited by Julianne Claire. Pages 10 and 11.
Professional Experience
2019 Live drawing performance at the Masonic Temple for the Toronto Comic Arts welcome party, Toronto, ON
2018-present Vice-president on the Panel One board of directors, a non-profit festival and community-building organization for Canadian comic-book creators.
2013-present Storyboards for Stokeshow Productions, Vancouver BC
2017 Album art for Serious Clouds
2015-2018 Convention spots showcasing Hillgrove Books; including Market Spot, Market Collective, Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, The Baby and Tot Show, Panel One, and Lilac Fest, Calgary AB
2016 Appointed to the City of Calgary Painted City Artist Roster
2014 Cover and ad design for Text Me, Love Mom, by Candace Allan, published by Iguana Books
2015 Created Hillgrove Books, Calgary AB
2007-2011 Designs for Inkspoon, a silkscreened clothing syndicate, Saltspring, BC
2006 Mural for The L-Word, a Showcase television drama, Vancouver, BC
2002-2004 Swimming Instructor at the Talisman Centre and Stanley Park, Calgary, AB
Teaching
2019 Presentations for grades K-2 and 7-9 at High Level Public School - (per diem and travel covered by the Alberta Government), High Level, AB
2015 - present Weekly comicbook workshop at braeside Second Cup, Calgary, AB
2018 Comics theory and practice St Bonaventure, Calgary, A.
2017 Corporate colouring-workshop for Calgary Family Day Homes, Calgary, AB
2017 Host of Geek Girls Night Out at Red Scull Comics, Calgary, AB
2016 Lecture on interdisciplinary work The Renert Centre, Calgary, AB
2015 Adult-colouring workshop at Vin Gogh, Calgary, AB
2015 Art-talk at Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB
2015 Author visit for the Learning-Tree Preschool, Calgary, AB
2009 Science and art cross-over field-trip, co-developed with John Mee, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant at The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC
Exhibition History
2010 New Forms Festival and CODE Live. : The Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, BC
2009 The Dead 2. SWARM 2009. Great Northern Way Studios, Vancouver, BC
2009 Interrobang. MFA graduation exhibition, The Morris and Helen Belkin, Vancouver, BC
2009 East Van Throw Down, The Anza Club, Vancouver, BC
2008 Being There and Elsewhere, OrganHaus art space, Chongqing, China
2008 Apocalepsy, The Fall Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 The Blackwater Project. The Blackwater Café, Vancouver, BC
2007 Imagineus. The AMS gallery in the Student Union Building, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2006 Peripheral Vision. The Libra Room, Vancouver, BC
2006 Undergraduate Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2005 Big Pictures. Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Obsessions, Repetitions and Materiality. Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 Accumulative Effects. Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Foundation Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Broadcasts
2002 Created and performed a series of radio broadcasts on CBCfor Richardson’s Roundup, Vancouver, BC
Selected Commissions
2007-present Digital designs for Inkspoon, a silkscreen print syndicate which creates one of a kind clothing.
2006 Mural for The L-Word, a Showcase television drama
Website
2006 www.sheaproulx.com
Associated Organisations
http://panelone.ca/creator-profile-shea-proulx/
www.weshotthemessenger.com
Twitter @SheaProulx
Instagram @sheaproulx
https://www.facebook.com/sheaproulxartbooks/
References
Alexander Finbow, Renegade Arts Entertainment,
alexander@renegademail.com
403-688-1089
Joey Gruzecki, Panel One Comic Creator Society, President of the Board
joeygruszecki@gmail.com
587-888-0308
Marina Roy, The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory
ahva.dept@ubc.ca
604-822-2757