Sean Caulfield

Sean Caulfield was named a Canada Research Chair in Fine Arts (Tier 2) from 2001 – 2011, Centennial Professor from 2011 – 2021, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, living and working in Treaty Six territory, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has exhibited his prints, drawings, installations, and artist’s books extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. Recent exhibitions include: Found Anatomies, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2022); The Flood, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2016); The Body in Question(s), UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2012); Perceptions of Promise, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA/Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta (2011).

Caulfield has received numerous grants and awards for his work including: The Special Award of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Krakow Triennial, 2015; SSHRC Dissemination Grant: Canadian Stem Cell Network Impact Grant; SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant; and a Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, USA. Caulfield’s work is in various public and private collections including: Houghton Library, Harvard University, USA; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA. In 2017 Caulfield was elected to the Arts Division of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada.

Sean Caulfield fue nombrado investigador titular en Bellas Artes de Canadá (Nivel 2) de 2001 a 2011, profesor Centennial de 2011 a 2021, y actualmente es profesor en el departamento de Arte y Diseño de la University of Alberta, y vive y trabaja en el territorio del Sexto Tratado, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, en Edmonton, Alberta, Canadá. Ha expuesto sus grabados, dibujos, instalaciones y libro arte en Canadá, Estados Unidos, Europa y Japón. Algunas de sus exposiciones más recientes son: Found Anatomies (Anatomías encontradas), en la Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadá (2022); The Flood (La inundación), en la Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadá (2016); The Body in Question(s) (El cuerpo(s) en cuestión), en la UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canadá (2012); Perceptions of Promise (Percepciones de promesa), en el Chelsea Art Museum, Nueva York, Estados Unidos/Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta (2011).

Caulfield ha recibido numerosas becas y premios por su trabajo, entre ellos: El premio especial del rector de la Academy of Fine Arts en Varsovia, Trienal de Cracovia, 2015; la beca de difusión SSHRC Dissemination Grant; beca Canadian Stem Cell Network Impact Grant; beca SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; beca de viaje del Canada Council; y una beca Visual Arts Fellowship, del Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, en Estados Unidos. La obra de Caulfield se encuentra en diversas colecciones públicas y privadas, como: Houghton Library, Harvard University, en Estados Unidos; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, en Inglaterra; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, en Austin, Texas, Estados Unidos. En 2017, Caulfield fue elegido miembro de la división de artes de la Academy of the Arts and Humanities de la Royal Society of Canada.