::VERONICA FUNK::
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Curriculum Vitae.

Veronica Funk was raised in northern Manitoba, studied Art & Design at Red Deer College and is currently working towards a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Literature. She is a juried Member of the Alberta Society of Artists, the recipient of the Federation of Canadian Artists Tinyan Chan Award, Fortis Alberta Professional Artist Award, AAW Vitreous Amazing Cultural Ambassador Award, and has been recognized for her contributions to arts and culture in Alberta through the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist and Soul of Airdrie nominations. 

With the backdrop of her home studio nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Veronica Funk draws inspiration from the urban and natural environments around her, as well as cherished memories of her youth, to craft a compelling visual narrative. Using a vibrant palette, symbols, and imagery, she weaves together her tales, employing a variety of techniques to create multilayered stories that aim to elicit emotions and encourage conversation.

Collaboration and shining a light on the challenges and accomplishments of women are passions of hers. Her artistic focus has shifted towards storytelling, with a particular emphasis on celebrating the lives and stories of women through portraiture. This pursuit has become the central theme of her life's work.

FORMAL EDUCATION:
1986  Art & Design, Red Deer College
2021-2 Art History, Alberta University of the Arts
​Current Bachelor of Arts Degree, Thompson Rivers University


AWARDS & HONOURS:
AAW Vitreous Amazing Cultural Ambassador Award, 2021
Airdrie City View Best Local Artist, 2018
Soul of Airdrie Nomination, 2016
TD Mayor's Night of the Arts FortisAlberta Professional Artist Award, 2015
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Nomination, 2013
Federation of Canadian Artists Tinyan Chan Award, 2007

RESIDENCIES:

Alberta Society of Artists Residency, Calgary, AB, 2024 (ASA, AFA, AB Gov't)
Sparrow ArtSpace Residency, Calgary, AB, 2023​
Banff Boutique Inn Residency, Banff, AB, 2022
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB, 2017-2018
Airdrie Public Library, Arts & Culture Coordinator, Airdrie, AB, 2009-2017

CURRENT GALLERIES:
ASA Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Bluerock Gallery, Diamond Valley, Alberta
Leighton Art Centre, Millarville, Alberta
Lineham House Galleries, Okotoks, Alberta

EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS: 
2025 Ahead of Her Time, Framed on Fifth, Calgary, Alberta
2025 Alberta Bound, Bluerock Gallery, Diamond Valley, Alberta
2024 Mastrius Women, ASA Gallery, Calgary, Alberta (ASA, AFA, AB Gov't)
2024 The Grandmothers + Woman's Work, Cranbrook Art Gallery, Cranbrook, British Columbia (BC Arts Council, Vancouver Foundation, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, BC Gov't)
2024 The Women, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary, Alberta (CADA, City of Calgary)

2023 Woman's Work, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary, Alberta

2023 The Grandmothers, Trico Living Well, Calgary, Alberta
2023 Sacred Vessel, Vintage Caffeine Co., Kensington, Calgary, Alberta
​2022 The Grandmothers, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, Alberta (CADA, AFA, Gov't of Canada)
2022 Wunderland, Murdoch Mysteries Exhibition, CBC/Shaftesbury Productions, Toronto & Kingston, Ontario
2022 Extraordinary Women, Airdrie Public Library, Airdrie, Alberta
2022 Birds, Bees & Blooms, Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2022 The Grandmothers, Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta

2020 Fashion Plates, ASA Gallery, Calgary, Alberta (ASA, AFA, AB Gov't)
2018 100 Days: Nasty Women, Inglewood Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
2018 Sacred Vessel, Vertigo Theatre, Calgary, Alberta
2017 Sacred Vessel, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta
2017 Sacred Vessel, Effusion Gallery, Invermere, British Columbia

2017 Sacred Space, Art in Civic Spaces, Genesis Place, Airdrie, Alberta
2015 Sacred Space, Daffodil Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2013 A Flood of Roses, Hotel Arts, Calgary, Alberta (Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibit)

2013 Sacred Vessel, Highland Primary Care Network, ARTember, Airdrie, Alberta
2012 Sacred Vessel, Ayrspace Gallery, Ayr, Ontario

2011 100 Women - International Women Celebrate, Group Exhibit, AyrSpace Gallery, Ayr, Ontario
2010 Celebrations, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
2010 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2010 Celebrations, Globe Cinema, Calgary, Alberta
2009 Celebrations, Vegreville Public Library, Vegreville, Alberta
2007 A Year in Saskatchewan, Cooperative Development Foundation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
 
2004 9/11, Alberta (Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibit AFA)
2003 Simple Pleasures, Centennial Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2003 Simple Pleasures, Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta   

2003 Simple Pleasures, Milner Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2003 Reflections, Tutt Street Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
2003 Reflections, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2002 Simple Pleasures, Epcor Performing Art Center, Calgary, Alberta (AFA + CRAF) 
 
2003 Group Exhibit, Generations Public Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta
2002 Simple Pleasures, Yukon Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
2002 Simple Pleasures, The Painted Lady Gallery, Skagway, Alaska

2002 Simples Pleasures, Marro Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2002 Simple Pleasures, Fosbrooke Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta
2002 Simple Pleasures, Artworks Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
2001 Interiors/Exteriors, Joints, Calgary, Alberta
2001 Simple Pleasures, Artspace, Calgary, Alberta 
           
PUBLIC ART:
2021 'Honouring the Ancestors' utility box refresh, Main Street, Airdrie, Alberta
2021 'Coast-to-Coast', 10'x65' mural, Luxstone Manor, Airdrie, Alberta
2018 'Hoodoos' Bench, Placemaking Project, Airdrie, Alberta
2018  'Alberta' & 'Prairie Sentinel', Art in Transit Shelters, Airdrie, Alberta
2015  'Counting Crows', Picnic Table, Ed Eggerer Athletic Park, Airdrie, Alberta
2014  'Art in Motion', Airdrie Transit, Airdrie, Alberta
2014  'Artists' Alley: Street Lamp Banner Program', 8th Street & 1st Avenue, Airdrie, Alberta
2013  'I Am We::The Boat', Canmore Public Library, Pascale Ouelett (Bigoudi)
2012  ‘Honouring the Ancestors', Utility Box Project, Main Street, Airdrie, Alberta
2011  ‘Centennial’ Mural, Mount Royal University, Mural Mosaic, Calgary, Alberta
2010  ‘Fall Supper’ Mural, 12’x8’, Irricana Mural Project, Irricana, Alberta
2009  ‘Le Cadeau du Cheval’, Mural Mosaic, Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta
2008  ‘Friends’ Mural, 12’x8’, Irricana Mural Project, Irricana, Alberta
1986  Murals, Alberta Winter Games, Edson, Alberta

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Airdrie Public Library, Airdrie, Alberta
Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta
Apple Wellness Center, Airdrie, Alberta
Calgary Health Trust, Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Reads, Calgary, Alberta
City of Airdrie, Airdrie, Alberta
Edmonton Public Library, Edmonton, Alberta
Halton Women's Place, Burlington, Ontario
Highland Primary Care Network, Airdrie, Alberta
Nova Chemicals, Calgary, Alberta
Shelf Life Books, Calgary, Alberta
Sobey Cancer Support Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
St. Albert Public Library, St. Albert, Alberta
St. Martin de Porres, Airdrie, Alberta
​The Children's Reading Place, Calgary, Alberta
TC Energy, Airdrie, Alberta

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS:
2025 Calgary Guardian, 'A Day in the Life' with Calgary Visual Artist Veronica Funk, Lauren Kannwischer

2025
Where Women Create Magazine, 'Veronica Funk',  Spring 2025, Stampington & Co.
2024
CBC, 'Portrait series brings women to the forefront of Alberta's art history', Ose Irete
2023
CBC, 'Woman's Work', The Homestretch, Chris dela Torre
2023
Global News, 'Phenomenal' new Calgary exhibit showcases women's struggles during COVID-19 pandemic', Gil Tucker
2021
What Women Create Magazine, 'Veronica Funk', Stampington & Company
​2020
Art Journaling Magazine, 'The Breathings of Your Heart', Stamgington & Company
2019
In Her Studio Magazine, Spring, 'In My Studio', Amber Demien, 
2018
Galleries West Magazine, Dec 27, 'Reboot 2018: Gender in Question', Portia Priegert 
2018
Galleries West Magazine, Apr 19, 'Nasty Women', Portia Priegert
2017
AirdrieLIFE Magazine, Summer 2017 'Amazing Airdrie Women', Sherry Shaw-Froggatt
2015,
ARABELLA Magazine, Aug 1, 'North of 56', Sam Amos
2015
 AirdrieLIFE Magazine, Feb 20, 'TD Airdrie Mayor's Night of the Arts - a celebration of arts and culture'
2014
Edmonton Avenue Magazine, Sep 1, 'Arts Season, Visual Arts' 
2013 
Global TV, 'ARTember in Airdrie'
2013 
CKUA Radio, 'Art Beat: The Alberta Flood Rose Project', Kathleen Renee
2013 
Untitled Productions, 'Veronica Funk::Sacred Vessel::Bluerock Gallery', Zoe Slusar & Bailey Kerluke 
2013
Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine, Aug 1, 'Judge a Book by its Pages' 
2013  Artists in the Raw, Deborah Catton
2012  The Pulse of Mixed Media, Northlight Publishing
2012 A
venue Magazine, Jan 1,  'A Book in the Hand', Naomi K. Lewis
2012  
HGTV, 'Craftscapes', Sue Warden
2011  International Women Celebrate, Ayrspace Press
2010  Best of Worldwide Watermedia, Volume II, Kennedy Publishing
2010  International Contemporary Artists, I.C.A. Publishing
2010  The Letters, Robert Genn, Studio Beckett Publications
2009 
AirdrieLife Magazine, Sep 01  'Where the Art is', Ellen Kelly
2007 
Art Avenue Magazine, Oct 10  'Pears, Chairs, and Vessels '       
2004 
The Stony Reporter + The Grove Examiner, Jan 24  'Gallery exhibition wide-ranging', Christopher Nash
2002
Avenue Magazine, Apr 01  'Celebrate good times', Michaelle LeManne
2002
Shaw Television, 'Interview with an Artist', Lisa Holliston
2001
Where Calgary Magazine, Jun  01,  'Keep It Simple', Jill Sawyer
2001  
A-Channel News, 'Wired'
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AFFILIATIONS:
Juried Member, Alberta Society of Artists 
​Juried Member, Leighton Art Centre
Founding Director, Airdrie Mayor's Night of the Arts 
Founding Director, Airdrie Regional ARTS Society
Founding Director, Creative Airdrie
 
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      • Mastrius Women
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      • Pocket Portraits - 100 Women Artists
      • Postcard Portrait Project
      • The Women
      • Women of the West
      • Woman's Work
      • Wunderland
    • 52 WEEKS >
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      • Gratitude
      • Storytellers
      • Wild
      • Wildflowers
    • Fashion Plates
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  • Curriculum Vitae
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  • Free Resources
    • Info for Artists
    • Workshops >
      • Painting Animals
      • Painting Art Journals
      • Painting Backgrounds
      • Painting Bees
      • Painting Canoes
      • Painting CityScapes
      • Painting Flowers
      • Painting Hearts & Houses
      • Painting Landscapes
      • Painting Portraits
      • Travel Journalling
      • The Business of Art
  • Contact