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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 xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™y̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (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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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
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TBA — 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 â€‹
Split Limbs / Gentle Body — North Van Arts District Library Gallery — North Vancouver, BC
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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
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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
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Art in the Garden — North Van Arts — North Vancouver, BC
Escaping Boundaries — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
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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
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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
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Works on Paper — UBC Audain Art Centre — Vancouver, BC
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Vermont Studio Center  — Johnson, Vermont, USA
Union House Arts  — Port Union, NL​
Don Wright Scholarship, Annual Residency — St. Michael’s Printshop — St. John’s, NL 
In Cahoots Residency  — Petaluma, California, USA
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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
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CLEAN YARD TIDY HOUSE — artist book published by Nothing New Projects — St John's, NL
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My Mother, My Home — collaborator for artist book by Chipo Chipaziwa — Vancouver, BC
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Project Assistant — Ghosts Don’t Always Know When They’ve Disappeared —  Directed by Sylvan Hamburger — Vancouver, BC
Project Assistant — Honouring Our Grandmothers — Directed by Nadine Spence — DTES Heart of the City Festival — Vancouver, BC
 Project Assistant — House of Nine Dragons —Directed by Sylvan Hamburger in collaboration with Love Intersections & VALU CO-OP
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Technician — Print Media Research Centre, University of British Columbia — Vancouver, BC​
Technician — St Michael's Printshop — St John's, NL

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Screen Print Production Technician — Vancouver Artist Labour Union Co-op — Vancouver, BC
Volunteer Gallery Attendant — Dundarave Print Workshop — Vancouver, BC
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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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