Sonny Assu

Born 1975
Nation: Laich-kwil-tach of the Weka'yi (Cape Mudge) Nation
 
EDUCATION
2002 Emily Carr University, BFA (Visual Art: Print Making, Digital Arts, First Nations Studies), Vancouver, BC
1999 Kwantlen Polytechnic University College, Fine Arts Diploma Program, Surrey, BC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Sonny Assu, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2008
Sonny Assu: iDrums, Gallery2, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2007
iPotlatch, Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Brandon, MB

2006
Sonny Assu: As Defined by the Indian Act, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 2011

Sound of Conversation, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2010

The Home Team, Gallery2, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver BC
Alternorthern, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Endlessly Traversed Landscapes, Vancouver, BC
Seattle City Lights Portable Works: Part III, Seattle, WA

2009
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast, McMichael Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast, Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Beat Nation: Hip Hop as an Indigenous Culture, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC; SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Blue Like an Orange, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
How Soon is Now? Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pop Goes the World, The Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2008
Influence, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
World Histories, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Comic Relief, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservations 2, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2007
SAM at 75, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2, Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, AK; Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2006
The Altered Image, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservations 2, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL; Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN; Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Past to Present, Donald Ellis Gallery in association with the Equinox Gallery, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Earth: The World Urban Festival, Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, BC
Talking Stick Festival Art Exhibit, Round House Community Centre, Vancouver, BC

2005
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
HIVE: A New Works Group Show, Vancouver, BC
Dem(ouse)graphics, New Perspective Gallery, Passmore, BC
Evolution (Emily Carr Alumni Exhibition), Emily Car University, Vancouver, BC
Futuristic Regalia, Campbell River Art Gallery, Cambpell River, BC; Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2004
Futuristic Regalia, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2003
Thinking Textile, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC

2002
Urban Red Wire (Talking Stick Festival), Round House Community Centre, Vancouver, BC

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2009: BC Arts Council, Mid-Career Production Grant
2007: Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant
2007: BC Arts Council, Production Grant
2007: Emily Carr University, The Emily Award (distinguished alumni)
2005: Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2004: BC Arts Council, Artist Production Grant
2003: First Peoples' Cultural Foundation, Aboriginal Artist Development Award
2003: Vancouver Foundation, Visual Arts Development Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006: The Georgia Straight, March 2nd, 2006.
2005: Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 2, The Vancouver Courier, March 6th, 2005 2005: The National Post, January 6, 2005.
2004: Colour TV, March 14th & 18th. Air dates North by Northwest, CBC Radio.
2004: Westender, February 26th, 2004.
2004: Thinking Textile, ISBN # 0-9692572-8-7.
2004: Futuristic Regalia, ISBN #1-895329-60-4.
2004: Richmond News, January 7th, 2004.
2004: Art Zone (Season two), Aboriginal Peoples Television.
2003: The Georgia Straight, December 4th, 2003.
2003: The Richmond Review, December 4th, 2003.
2003: Richmond Art Gallery News, Fall/Winter 2003.
2003: North by Northwest, CBC.
2003: Radio Red Wire Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue #3.
2002: ZeD, CBC TV Art Zone (Season one), Aboriginal Peoples Television First Nations Drum, August, 2002.
2002: Grad Catalogue, Emily Carr Institute.
2002: Westender, March 28th, 2002.
2002: Red Directions, Volume 2, Issue #4.
2002: CKVU Channel 13 News, Reporter: Peter Clement.
2001: North by Northwest, CBC Radio.
2000: First Story, Aboriginal Peoples Television.
2000: Visions Magazine, ECUAD Alumni Magazine.

COLLECTIONS
Seattle Art Museum
City of Seattle
Canada Council Art Bank