Bio
Dominique Hurst is a visual artist whose work is primarily rooted in painting and drawing, though photography and her own writing practice serve as important influences. She is a native of the Maritimes, having lived throughout all three provinces. She has also spent time in Toronto and Nuremberg (Germany) and currently resides in Halifax. She graduated from NSCAD University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a minor in Art History in April 2016.
Artist Statement
Often working representationally as a means of communicating daily realities, contradictions and happenstance, I am searching to present complex iterations of ideas intertwined with meticulous application of image and material. In this way, over the past couple of years, I have found spaces and the way we paradoxically, ironically and/or awkwardly interact with them, often architecturally, to provide interest and tension. What objects of mediation do we employ in these mundane (and not so mundane) interactions? How do we construct meaning through lived experience? Relying on my own experiences as a sort of flâneuse, the result is specifically personal, yet openly tangible.
Selection from CV
Education
BFA, minor in Art History, NSCAD University, Halifax NS (April 2016)
Shows
Solo show, Seven Bays Café, Halifax NS (August 2020)
White Rabbit Collective, Nuremberg Germany (July 2019)
NSCAD University Graduation Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Arts Gallery, Halifax NS (April 2016)
Solo show, Constructed Spaces, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax NS (January 2016)
Starfish Awards Student Art Sale, NSCAD Port Campus, Halifax NS (May 2014 and 2015)
Publications
NSCAD University Graduation Catalogue, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax NS (April 2016)
Free Coffee catalogue publication, NSCAD University, Halifax NS (2015 and 2016)
Commercial Work
Private art sales and commissions
Commercial representation, KEW Furniture Store, Dartmouth NS (March 2016-September 2021)
Logo design for Yoga Nook Studio, Richibucto NB (March 2020)
Commissioned sign construction and design for Seedlings Community Garden, Halifax NS (August 2014)
Commissioned building front design and installation for Dr. Kiran Pure and Associates Ltd., Dartmouth NS (April 2014)
Logo design for Dr. Kiran Pure and Associates, Dartmouth NS (July 2013)
Other Relevant Experiences
Masters of Tomorrow Award, Casino, looking out (2015), as chosen for Pier 21 National Museum of Immigration auction fundraiser, Halifax NS (May 2016)
Artist talk, Constructed Spaces, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (January 2016)