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 Avenue 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' 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