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Margaret Joba-Woodruff is a visual artist whose practice employs an interdisciplinary approach to printmaking to consider the intersections of land, body, family, memory, and labour.

 

Born in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) and raised on the island of Noepe (Martha’s Vineyard), Joba-Woodruff is currently living in Vancouver, BC as a guest on the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. When she is not behind the wheel of an etching press, you can find her looking for the people and places that feel like home.​

Photo by Ethel Brown

EDUCATION

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grants & awards

projects & publications

professional experience

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Newfoundland Civic Art Collection - City of St. John's, NL
Archive – St. Michael's Printshop – St. John's, NL
AHVA Permanent Collection – University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC
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BFA Major in Visual Arts — University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Semester Exchange — Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK



Ashes! Ashes! — Alberta Printmakers — Calgary, AB
Worn & Torn, Broken or Blue, Something Something, Tired & True — Neutral Ground Artist-Run-Centre — Regina, SK 
Clean Yard Tidy House — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL 
Split Limbs / Gentle Body — North Van Arts District Library Gallery — North Vancouver, BC

 
 
Puertograbando: SGCI Juried Exhibition — Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico — San Juan, Puerto Rico​
Emerging Along Coastal Margins — Curated by emily critch — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Members Exhibition — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Loot Bag Members Show  — Eastern Edge Artist-Run-Centre  — St. John's, NL
ROLLING — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Members Exhibition — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL
Wake Up Inspired  — Eastern Edge Artist-Run-Centre  — St. John's, NL
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival  — The Cultch  — Vancouver, BC 
Emerging Print — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
Sticky — Alley exhibition curated by @LasaluArtLibrary — Vancouver, BC
Art in the Garden — North Van Arts — North Vancouver, BC
Escaping Boundaries — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
Taipei Art Book Fair — Taipei, Taiwan
And So They Print (Curator & Exhibiting Artist) — Hatch Art Gallery — Vancouver, BC
Errance — BFA & BA Graduate Exhibition — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC
OnSite! Performance Art Festival (Cancelled due to Covid-19) — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC
Taro Cake Pop-Up Exhibition — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC
UBC BFA Open Studios — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC
Third Base — Edinburgh College of Art — Edinburgh, UK
Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC
Works on Paper — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC



Union House Arts  — Port Union, NL
Vermont Studio Center  — Johnson, Vermont, USA
Don Wright Scholarship, Annual 1-Year Residency — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL 
In Cahoots Residency  — Petaluma, California, USA



Canada Council Arts Abroad: Residency Grant
Canada Council Arts Abroad: Travel Grant
ArtsNL Professional Project Grant

Canada Council Explore & Create: Research and Creation Grant
Canada Council Explore & Create: Concept to Realization Grant
Holly Jordan Fellowship, In Cahoots Residency
Canada Council Explore & Create: Professional Development Grant
BMO 1st ART!  Competition Nomination
Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia, 2018 - 2020
Hugh M Brock Education Abroad Scholarship, University of British Columbia
Trek Excellence Scholarship for Continuing Students
Stafford D. Plant Scholarship in Fine Arts


 
Liber Sacrum — illustrator for book by Marlena Blavin, published by Daedu Books — Robert's Creek, BC
SNAPline 2026.1: Ghosts — artist/contributor, published by the Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers — Edmonton, AB
CLEAN YARD TIDY HOUSE — self-published risograph book designed and printed by Nothing New Projects — St John's, NL

​​​​My Mother, My Home — collaborator for artist book by Chipo Chipaziwa — Vancouver, BC
Ghosts Don’t Always Know When They’ve Disappeared ​​​​​​
​ — Assistant for public art project by Sylvan Hamburger — Vancouver, BC
Honouring Our Grandmothers — Assistant for project by Nadine Spence & DTES Heart of the City Festival — Vancouver, BC
House of Nine Dragons —Assistant for project led by Sylvan Hamburger, Love Intersections & VALU CO-OP — Vancouver, BC

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Interim Printmedia Technician — Print Media Research Centre, University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC
Technician — St Michael's Printshop — St John's, NL

Screen Print Production Technician — Vancouver Artist Labour Union Co-op — Vancouver, BC
Volunteer Gallery Attendant — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
Arts Education Assistant — North Van Arts — North Vancouver, BC
Traditional Print Media Assistant — UBC Print Research Centre — Vancouver, BC

margaret joba-woodruff | artist & printmaker

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